Natural Laboratories: an Approach from the Digital Humanities to their Scientific Output in Chile and Argentina between 2011 and 2021

Authors

  • Manuel Fernando Mora Chepo Universidad de la Frontera (UFRO)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/27187470e039

Keywords:

natural laboratories, Digital Humanities, distant reading, Sociology of scientific knowledge, scientific output

Abstract

The aim of this article is to route an approximation to the scientific output on natural laboratories carried out in Chile and Argentina between 2011 and 2021 using the approach of digital humanities, namely distant reading and its operationalization with Voyant Tools. Abstracts of papers published during the study period and stored in the Web of Science repository are analyzed. The following document is presented in four sections: The first one outlines the concept of laboratory from the sociology of scientific knowledge, explores the concept of natural laboratory, the necessity of deepening the study of their implications beyond the merely scientific ones, and the relevance of this concept in the Chile-Argentina context. The second section sets out the methodology, and the third one describes the main results. Finally, in the fourth section, it is concluded that natural laboratories are a space for research and not an object of study themselves.

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Published

2022-11-17

How to Cite

Mora Chepo, M. F. (2022). Natural Laboratories: an Approach from the Digital Humanities to their Scientific Output in Chile and Argentina between 2011 and 2021. Publicaciones De La Asociación Argentina De Humanidades Digitales, 3, e039. https://doi.org/10.24215/27187470e039