Datendiffraktion: Von Mixed zu Entangled Methods in den Digital Humanities

Abstract

The research program of mixed methods, adopted from social research, shapes the epistemic cultures of the Digital Humanities (DH). Mixed methods research is understood as a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, which can be defined by the characteristics of compatibility, integration and inference. The article deals with the import of mixed methods into DH and asks for alternatives. In a descriptive approach, conditions of knowledge production with mixed methods are exposed. In a speculative approach, the paper proposes an entangled methods research design, which is explored through the concepts of intra-action, data diffraction, and interference, by drawing on Karen Barad’s approach of agential realism.

Keywords

• forschungsmethode
• wissenschaftstheorie
• wissensproduktion
• datenintegration