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21.5 Some Final Remarks
This chapter has highlighted some of theoretical issues that arise when approaching
the huge documentation contained in the Angelo Secchi archive. With GATE,
APUG is attempting to provide a solution to some of these issues via a web platform
where researchers can collaborate in the edition of the documents. This represents a
first step towards addressing more complex reflections in the future.
As with other APUG and GATE projects, a valuable contribution to the transcription has been the work of high school students (Mancini and Pedretti 2017)
employed in the project of the ‘Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro’ (School-Work Rotation).
This is a project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. In
these projects, tens of students have participated in the crowdsourced transcription
of letters, providing an important contribution to the advancement of these projects
while learning the basics of wiki markup, text edition and of course the historical
context in which the correspondence was exchanged. This approach could be also
repeated for the Secchi archive. It would allow researchers to concentrate on studying the Secchi documents themselves following the social historical approach outlined above empowered by the discussion and collaboration features provided
by GATE.
References
Bateson, G. (1972). Steps to an ecology of mind. New York: Ballantine Books.
Canfora, L. (2010). L’uso politico dei paradigmi storici. Laterza: Roma-Bari.
Causet, T., Grint, K., Sichani, A.-M., & Terras, M. (2018). ‘Making such bargain’: Transcribe
Bentham and the quality and cost-effectiveness of crowdsourced transcription. Digital
Scholarship in the Humanities, 33, 467–487.
Chinnici, I. (2019). Decoding the stars: A biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist. Leiden/
Boston: Brill.
Chinnici, I., & Gasperini, A. (2013). Alle origini dell’astrofisica italiana. Il carteggio SecchiTacchini, 1861–1877. Firenze: Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi.
Chinnici, I., & Gramatowski, W. (2001). Le carte di Angelo Secchi conservate presso l’archivio
della P. Università Gregoriana. Un inventario inedito rivisitato. Nuncius, 16, 571–627.
Corsi, G. (2003). La scienza. In N. Addario (Ed.), Teoria dei sistemi sociali e modernità
(pp. 261–274). Carocci: Roma.
Le Goff, J. (1978). Documento/Monumento. In Enciclopedia (Vol. 5, pp. 38–48). Torino: Einaudi.
Luhmann, N. (1990). Sistemi sociali. Fondamenti di una teoria generale. Bologna: Il mulino.
Mancini, L., & Pedretti, I. (2017). Un caso di integrazione tra Public History, Cultural Heritage
e Digital Humanities: l’Archivio storico della Pontificia Università Gregoriana e il progetto
Clavius@school. Informatica Umanistica, 1, 19–27.
Polgár, L., 1990, Bibliographie sur l'histoire de la Compagnie de Jésus, 1901–1980. Roma:
Institutum Historicum S.I. Vol. 3, t. 3.
Russo, F. (1983). Nature et méthode de l’histoire des sciences. Paris: Albert Blanchard.
Sommervogel, C. (1896). Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus (Vol. 7, coll. 993–1031).
Bruxelles: O. Schepens; Paris: A. Picard..
21 GATE (Gregorian Archives Texts Editing): An Online Resource of Angelo Secchi…
21.5 Some Final Remarks
This chapter has highlighted some of theoretical issues that arise when approaching
the huge documentation contained in the Angelo Secchi archive. With GATE,
APUG is attempting to provide a solution to some of these issues via a web platform
where researchers can collaborate in the edition of the documents. This represents a
first step towards addressing more complex reflections in the future.
As with other APUG and GATE projects, a valuable contribution to the transcription has been the work of high school students (Mancini and Pedretti 2017)
employed in the project of the ‘Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro’ (School-Work Rotation).
This is a project of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. In
these projects, tens of students have participated in the crowdsourced transcription
of letters, providing an important contribution to the advancement of these projects
while learning the basics of wiki markup, text edition and of course the historical
context in which the correspondence was exchanged. This approach could be also
repeated for the Secchi archive. It would allow researchers to concentrate on studying the Secchi documents themselves following the social historical approach outlined above empowered by the discussion and collaboration features provided
by GATE.
References
Bateson, G. (1972). Steps to an ecology of mind. New York: Ballantine Books.
Canfora, L. (2010). L’uso politico dei paradigmi storici. Laterza: Roma-Bari.
Causet, T., Grint, K., Sichani, A.-M., & Terras, M. (2018). ‘Making such bargain’: Transcribe
Bentham and the quality and cost-effectiveness of crowdsourced transcription. Digital
Scholarship in the Humanities, 33, 467–487.
Chinnici, I. (2019). Decoding the stars: A biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist. Leiden/
Boston: Brill.
Chinnici, I., & Gasperini, A. (2013). Alle origini dell’astrofisica italiana. Il carteggio SecchiTacchini, 1861–1877. Firenze: Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi.
Chinnici, I., & Gramatowski, W. (2001). Le carte di Angelo Secchi conservate presso l’archivio
della P. Università Gregoriana. Un inventario inedito rivisitato. Nuncius, 16, 571–627.
Corsi, G. (2003). La scienza. In N. Addario (Ed.), Teoria dei sistemi sociali e modernità
(pp. 261–274). Carocci: Roma.
Le Goff, J. (1978). Documento/Monumento. In Enciclopedia (Vol. 5, pp. 38–48). Torino: Einaudi.
Luhmann, N. (1990). Sistemi sociali. Fondamenti di una teoria generale. Bologna: Il mulino.
Mancini, L., & Pedretti, I. (2017). Un caso di integrazione tra Public History, Cultural Heritage
e Digital Humanities: l’Archivio storico della Pontificia Università Gregoriana e il progetto
Clavius@school. Informatica Umanistica, 1, 19–27.
Polgár, L., 1990, Bibliographie sur l'histoire de la Compagnie de Jésus, 1901–1980. Roma:
Institutum Historicum S.I. Vol. 3, t. 3.
Russo, F. (1983). Nature et méthode de l’histoire des sciences. Paris: Albert Blanchard.
Sommervogel, C. (1896). Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus (Vol. 7, coll. 993–1031).
Bruxelles: O. Schepens; Paris: A. Picard..
21 GATE (Gregorian Archives Texts Editing): An Online Resource of Angelo Secchi…