Gephi

Screenshot of Gephi website

Introductory video – Gephi 0.7

Description

Gephi is an open-source software for network visualization and analysis. Is is developed based on a visualize-and-manipulate paradigm which allow any user to discover networks and data properties. Features include explore, analyze, spatialize, filter, cluster, manipulate and export different types of networks. (Source)

Creator

The Gephi Consortium

Type(s) of DH Tool or Platform

Data analysis

Screenshots of Platform

Vectorial Preview – Creating cartography

Interactive graph manipulation – Real-time visualization

Data Laboratory – to manipulate data columns, search and transform the data.

Statistics and metrics framework – Offer the most common metrics for social network analysis (SNA) and scale-free networks.

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Mediathread

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Introductory video – Multimedia Annotation and Essays

Description

Mediathread is an open-source platform for exploration, analysis, and organization of web-based multimedia content. It interoperates with a variety of image and video collections (such as YouTube, Flickr, library databases, and course libraries), enabling users to lift items out of these collections and into a scholarly analysis environment. In Mediathread, items can then be clipped, annotated, organized, and embedded into compositions and other written analysis. (Source)

Creator

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Columbia University

Type(s) of DH Tool or Platform

Data analysis, Annotation

Screenshots of Platform

Analyze tool – Press to clip media to annotate, organize, share, and embed into essays and other written analysis

Video Annotation – Highlight certain part of the video to annotate

Image Annotation – Select an area of focus to annotate

Compiling tool – Embedding into essays or written analysis.

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Palladio

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Demo

D’Alembert’s Correspondence

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Description

A platform for visualizing and analysing networks of historical data. Palladio is web-based tool that allows a user to upload structured data, graphically establish context within Palladio and then choose from a variety of innovative spatial, temporal and network visualisations to analyse and present research findings. (Source)

Creator

Humanities + Design Lab, Stanford University

Type(s) of DH Tool or Platform

Data analysis, Mapping, Visualisation

Screenshots of Platform