The 4-day programme consists of lectures and discussions, hands-on practicals, and socials.
Lectures overview
Day 1: Welcome and Introduction
Class/Event
Description
Lecturer
Welcome
Network speed dating
Martin
Lecture 1
Introduction to network analysis in history and archaeology
Tom
Practical 1
Network research with Gephi
Martin
Lecture 2
Introduction to network metrics
Albert
Day 2
Class/Event
Description
Lecturer
Lecture 3
Network metrics in practice: Introduction of historical case study for Gephi practical
Martin
Practical 2
Gephi practical 2
Martin
Lecture 4
Network science models and theories
Sergi
Practical 3
R: Installing, workspace, libraries, data
Tom and Matteo
Day 3
Class/Event
Description
Lecturer
Lecture 5
Introduction to the case study of the R practical
Tom
Practical 4
R practical 1: network analysis of Roman roads
Tom and Matteo
Lecture 6
Research design
Cindarella
Practical 5
Networks as a model, a tool to gain insight into phenomena and data. Poster creation
Cindarella and Iza
Day 4: Projects & critical perspectives
Class/Event
Description
Lecturer
Practical 6
R practical 2: : network analysis of Roman roads, significance of results
Tom and Matteo
Lecture 7
Next steps for the case study: theories, models and methods
Tom
Practical 7
Best practices: data and results deposition and documentation
Matteo
Lecture 8
Critical Perspectives
Cindarella
Lecture 9
Reality Check
Everybody
Wrap up
Next steps, conferences, resources, publications and evaluation reminder
Everybody
Preparations for the BPNSS 2025:
As part of your preparation, please follow the instructions below to ensure that you are ready to engage fully in the program.
Remember the following:
Laptop with administrator rights in case you need to install software or packages on the fly. Please note that tablets cannot be used for the practicals of the summer school!
Please install both R and RStudio separately: follow 1.1-1.3 of this tutorial https://book.archnetworks.net/gettingstarted. On that page you will find download links for R (which needs to be installed first) and R Studio and all instructions you need.
(optional) In RStudio, consider already installing all packages that could be used in the tutorials, see section 2.3. https://book.archnetworks.net/dataandworkspace#PrimaryPackagesPlease (this is particularly valuable for those with restricted administrator rights on their laptops).
