HPS³ - Judith Spirig - Of Polish Victimhood: How Wikipedia Captures Collective MemoryWe welcome Judith Spirig on June 04, 2025 to the HPS Seminar Series

4 June 2025, 5:15 pm

The Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series (HPS³) features international speakers presenting cutting-edge research in empirical political science and political economy.

We welcome on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 17:15-18:45 CET in VMP9 B130

Judith Spirig (University College London)

Title: Of Polish Victimhood: How Wikipedia Captures Collective Memory
(with Kasia Nalewajko)

Abstract:
Collective memories are difficult to measure. In this paper, we build on a conceptualisation of collective memory that distinguishes between specific narratives and schematic narrative templates and leverage natural language processing tools and Wikipedia revision histories on historic places, figures and events to measure their content and change over time. Focusing on the case of WWII memory in Poland, we present evidence that our approach allows us to capture collective memory

Keywords:Collective Memory; Wikipedia; World War II; Poland; NLP

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