Digital Humanities is one of the key directions in Humanities in the contemporary global context, as well as one of the hot issues in academic research. As for Digital Chinese Humanities, digital technology and tools can not only conduct a quick search and analysis on literature and materials, but also showcase traditional literature and research findings, which are important means for contemporary research. As Digital Humanities enters the Age of Generative AI, more and more possibilities and opportunities are underway for the study of classical Chinese literature.
Since its establishment, the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute is committed to enhancing innovative research in the study of Chinese humanities with frontier research output. In the Academic Year of 2023-2024, the Institute will organize the Lecture Series on Digital Chinese Humanities, by inviting several scholars and experts to share latest research findings, tools and insights on Digital Chinese Humanities. All scholars, researchers, students and anyone who are interested in the topic are welcome to register and join us!
First lecture of the series was held on 27 September. Details are as follows:
Digital Humanities and the Study of Classical Chinese Poetry in the Age of Generative AI
Date: 27 September 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Room SWT702, Level 7, Shaw Tower, Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
Speaker: Dr. Chen Jing (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Moderator: Dr. Li Nengzhi (Research Associate, Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Language: Mandarin
Summary
是次講座，陳婧博士從「數字人文」的定義談起，隨之介紹目前學術界在數字人文領域的研究成果，以及她現在進行的數據庫建設項目——明清古詩總集數據庫，研究集中在唐代以前的古詩總集，目前已有24部古詩總集數據。更多詳細資訊可參考：http://chinesepoetryanthology.org/。
陳婧博士分析了數字人文在文學研究中的應用，一方面是數字人文對於文學文本本身的影響，另一方面是數字人文對於文學文本之外的影響。數字人文提供了更多的研究途徑，例如利用數據分析小說中的人物網絡、社交網絡等，從而加深對於文學作品的理解。陳婧博士對比了生成式人工智能與普通人工智能在研究中的工作流程和運用，認為人工智能能夠加速數字人文項目的進展，但生成式人工智能的中國古典詩歌相關知識存儲不夠，「數字人文」與「人」密不可分，因此在使用人工智能輔助研究的過程中，需要與人力智慧相結合，期望探索更多現代化工具來支持研究者的工作。
(Recorded by Zhou Shaowen, research student of the Institute)