Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, and Wikidata, the rapidly growing knowledge graph, are not yet widely used in literary studies, but their scale and multilingualism make them particularly suitable as new means for the study of world literature. This is the hypothesis at the heart of this special issue. Our preface provides a research overview of the topic, briefly summarizes the articles that constitute this issue, and focuses on overarching aspects and common challenges.
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%A Fischer, Frank
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%A Wojcik, Paula
%A Jäschke, Robert
%D 2023
%J Journal of Cultural Analytics
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%N 2
%R 10.22148/001c.74598
%T Preface: World Literature in an Expanding Digital Space
%U https://doi.org/10.22148/001c.74598
%V 8
%X Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, and Wikidata, the rapidly growing knowledge graph, are not yet widely used in literary studies, but their scale and multilingualism make them particularly suitable as new means for the study of world literature. This is the hypothesis at the heart of this special issue. Our preface provides a research overview of the topic, briefly summarizes the articles that constitute this issue, and focuses on overarching aspects and common challenges.
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abstract = {Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, and Wikidata, the rapidly growing knowledge graph, are not yet widely used in literary studies, but their scale and multilingualism make them particularly suitable as new means for the study of world literature. This is the hypothesis at the heart of this special issue. Our preface provides a research overview of the topic, briefly summarizes the articles that constitute this issue, and focuses on overarching aspects and common challenges.},
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author = {Fischer, Frank and Blakesley, Jacob and Wojcik, Paula and Jäschke, Robert},
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title = {Preface: World Literature in an Expanding Digital Space},
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