The Black Studies Dataverse contains various quantitative and qualitative datasets related to the study of African American life and history that can be used in Digital Humanities research and teaching. Black studies is a systematic way of studying black people in the world – such as their history, culture, sociology, and religion. Users can access the information to perform analyses of various subjects ranging from literature, black migration patterns, and rap music. In addition, these .csv datasets can also be transformed into interactive infographics that tell stories about various topics in Black Studies.
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Apr 2, 2021
Rambsy, Kenton; Bryant, John; Chaudhary, Hira; Dennis, Michael; Falkenstein, Misty; Foggie, Ahmed; Ford, Terrance; Harrison, Jade; Phelps, Lauren; Riojas, Michael; Sumili, Mohammed Ali H; Zitting, Angela, 2020, "Edward P. Jones - Short Story Locations - Vol. 1", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/BB70Z2, Texas Data Repository, V2
This dataset documents Edward P. Jones’s consistent focus on Washington D.C. as a setting in his two short story collections. During the Fall semester of 2017, in the graduate course ENGL 5324, my students and I used digital tools and performed close reads to extract actual locat...
Apr 2, 2021
Rambsy, Kenton; Rambsy, Howard II, 2018, "Jay Z Collaborators Dataset - Vol.1", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/IYUWGK, Texas Data Repository, V3
This dataset is an overview of the people with whom Jay Z collaborated through his 13 solo studio albums released between 1996 and 2017.
Apr 2, 2021
Rambsy, Kenton; Rambsy, Howard II, 2018, "Jay Z Samples Dataset - Vol.1", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/XK2LEW, Texas Data Repository, V2, UNF:6:it3uIfhY7Dk7Ay5VDNS5dw== [fileUNF]
This dataset is an overview of the samples contained on Jay Z's 13 solo studio albums released between 1996 and 2017.
Apr 2, 2021
Rambsy, Kenton; Harrison, Jade; Newsom, Rebecca, 2018, "The Black Short Story Dataset - Vol. 1", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/5TBANV, Texas Data Repository, V2
Funded by a 2017 UTA, iLASR (Liberal Arts + Smart Revolution) Grant, this dataset contains information related to over 600 African American short stories that appeared in 100 African American and American anthologies published between 1925 and 2017. This dataset was produced by D...
Nov 5, 2020
Rambsy, Kenton, 2020, "Storytelling with Data - The Beyonce Edition", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/XL8NIX, Texas Data Repository, V2
This four datasets are used in conjunction with the senior seminar course, “Storytelling with Data: The Beyonce Edition.” This compilation of information related to Beyonce’s live performances related to the singer’s music videos, live performance, award nominations and wins, and...
Oct 23, 2020
Rambsy, Kenton; Rambsy, Howard, 2020, "300 Key African American Literary Texts.", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/86VLHU, Texas Data Repository, V1
This dataset is comprised of 300 African American novels, essays, poems, autobiographies, slave narratives, and short stories. Inspired by Metacaon.org, a project that weights texts based primarily on the number of citations that works have received in scholarly journals. The dat...
Dec 16, 2019
Rambsy, Kenton, 2019, "Cultural Geo-Tagging The Big 7", https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/4IKXDI, Texas Data Repository, V1
Over the course of several decades, anthology editors shaped the landscape of literature by repeatedly publishing stories by a core group of writers: Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Alice Walker. This data...
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