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Svenja Guhr
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Computational Literary Studies
Postdoc at @berkeleyischool.bsky.social
Founding member of @fortextlab.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar @stanfordlitlab.bsky.social
Editorial Ass. @jcls-io.bsky.social
Website: svenjaguhr.github.io
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By inserting an artificial word with precisely defined frequency and #dispersion, they test how well different measures detect what’s truly #distinctive.

Their findings uncover that a #TF-IDF -based measure is more sensitive to dispersion variations than other dispersion-based measures. #Evaluation
Figure 3: The relation between the frequency of the artificial word in the target corpus and its rank in the results, for RRF, chi-squared test, LLR and TF-IDF.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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As always, #OpenData and #OpenCode are persistently available:
Havrylash, J., & Schöch, C. (2025). Syntetic texts evaluation with #pydistinto. Zenodo. 10.5281/zenodo.15525428.
And the article: doi.org/10.48694/jcl...
#JCLS #CCLS205 #LiteraryComputing #NLG #Evaluation
Exploring Measures of Distinctiveness. An Evaluation Using Synthetic Texts
Measures of distinctiveness (aka keyness) are important tools for comparing groups of texts to identify each group's characteristic features. Evaluating these measures is essential to ensure their rel...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Furthermore, while #Hades' power correlates negatively with #StoryPopularity, #Persephone's agency correlates positively with it, leading to the fittingly playful title, 'A Powerful Hades Is an Unpopular Dude'.
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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On average: Persephone shows higher power, while Hades exhibits higher agency — revealing shifting dynamics in myth reinterpretation. ⚖️
A fascinating look at #gender, #power & classical reception through #NLP and #fanfiction. ✨
Plot of power difference of Hades and Persephone over time. Negative scores indicate that Persephone had more power; positive scores indicate that Hades had more power.
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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@julianeugarten.bsky.social explores #power and #agency in fanfiction retellings of the #Persephone and #Hades myth — using #Riveter (by @mariaa.bsky.social et al. 2023), the study analyzes 482 #fanfiction stories to measure how Persephone and Hades are portrayed.
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Open Data & Code can be found archived on doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#DigitalHumanities #CulturalAnalytics #ComputationalLiteraryStudies #CCLS2025 #CLS #JCLS
julianeugarten/CCLS2025: Finalized CCLS paper code
Code and derived data for a paper submitted to CCLS2025.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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"The nightmare of generative narratology" - "A sea of blah"... 🌊 Will we drown? #GenerativeLLM #StoryTelling
Yuri presents his dream and nightmare visions of generative narratology
October 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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✍️ Mark your calendars - here are the important dates:
🏰 CCLS26 takes place from 28-29, 2026, at the @unipotsdam.bsky.social, Germany;
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: January 8, 2026;
🔜 Submissions open: starting November 3, 2025.
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Important Dates
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September 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM