Deb Verhoeven: – Page 5 – Writer, Thinker, Speaker, Stirrer

Scientists need #opendata so they can reproduce findings. Humanities scholars need #opendata so they can contest them.

Projects

In my role as Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and Cultural Informatics at University of Alberta I get to work with a lot of amazing people and inventive ideas.

CAARP – Cinema And Audience Research Project

The Cinema and Audiences Research Project (CAARP) database is an online encyclopaedia of cinema-going in Australia and aims to promote research into, and a deeper appreciation of, the history of film exhibition and cinema going in Australia. CAARP holds information about film-related events, capturing where and when individual screenings took place and the relationship between film distribution, […]

Bad Hobbits Die Hard: How to Make a Better Top 10 Movie List

Article written with Alwyn Davidson and published in The Conversation on December 11, 2014 in which we discuss the seasonal obsession with Top 10 movie lists and why the calendar year is such a poor basis for measuring movies. Continue…

Zombie Metrics: Why Australian Cinema Just Won’t Stay Dead

An article launching the Film Impact Rating (FIR) which is designed to expand how we evaluate success in the film industry. Instead of relying on domestic box office as the only factor indicating success or failure the article show how a combination of commercial and critical factors can be used to measure value. Published in The Conversation on December 3, 2014. Continue…

Tugg Me

TUGG stands for The Ultimate Gig Guide and it tracks the history of the live music scene in Melbourne from organised dance hall events, to discos and the thriving pub music scene of today. On TUGG you will find data about: 7500+ gigs 600+Venues at over 500 locations 1500+ Bands and performers Maps of where the […]

Rankings Fever: Melbourne Goes Over the Top – Again

As Melbourne wins yet another Liveable City Award, Brian Morris and I take a look at what these rankings really mean. Published in The Conversation on August 20, 2014. Continue…

Big Data at the Movies: The Kinomatics Project

An article published in The Conversation on August 15, 2014 that makes a case for the usefulness of big data as a new evidence base for examining global film industries. Continue…