Overview
[AI Summary]: This blog post shares practical experiences from teaching two network analysis courses at the University of Edinburgh in 2024, focusing on how to introduce Gephi and network analysis methods to audiences with diverse disciplinary backgrounds. The author, a modern East Asian history researcher, discusses pedagogical challenges such as selecting accessible historical examples (like the Ho Tung family networks in colonial Hong Kong), demonstrating the advantages of digital tools over manual network drawing, and using publicly available datasets (China Biographical Database, Webb-site financial data) to teach different types of network analysis beyond social networks. The post emphasizes the importance of hands-on learning and encourages participants to apply network analysis in their own disciplines.
- Format: Blog Post / Teaching Experience
- Level: Beginner to Intermediate
- Instructor: BRIAN Wong
- Institution: Centre of Data, Culture, and Society (CDCS), University of Edinburgh