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Theater as Data : Computational Journeys into Theater Research /

"In Theater as Data, Miguel Escobar Varela explores the use of computational methods and digital data in theater research. He considers the implications of these new approaches, and explains the roles that statistics and visualizations play. Reflecting on recent debates in the humanities, the a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Escobar, Miguel (Theater researcher) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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