Vehemence and Victims: Emotion mining historical parliamentary debates on war victims in the Netherlands

Milan Lange, van; Ralf Futselaar

doi:10.17613/p3z7-4c05

Vehemence and Victims: Emotion mining historical parliamentary debates on war victims in the Netherlands

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This paper analyses digitized historical parliamentary proceedings on
post-war welfare legislation aimed at alleviating the suffering of victims of
the German occupation of the Netherlands. The history of this legislation
has been described and analysed extensively in Dutch historiography. The
political discussions and welfare policies it encompassed have become
emblematic for a perceived ’emotional history’ of the post-war Netherlands.
We take established views on these discussions, and their emotional nature,
as a starting point for a distant reading exercise using (external) lexicon-
based emotion mining. We show that the received wisdom concerning
emotionality in post-war parliamentary discussions cannot be replicated
using emotion mining techniques and discuss the consequences of this
finding.

Originele taal-2	Engels
Artikelnummer	42
Pagina's (van-tot)	61-79
Tijdschrift	DH Benelux Journal
Volume	3
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.17613/p3z7-4c05
Status	Gepubliceerd - 2021
Evenement	DH Benelux 2020 - Online: #Goesonline - Duur: 03 jun. 2020 → 05 jun. 2020 http://2020.dhbenelux.org/

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1 PhD thesis (Proefschrift)

Emotional Imprints: A Computer-assisted Analysis of War-related Emotions in Dutch Parliamentary Debates, 1945–1989
Lange, van, M., 10 dec. 2021, Utrecht: Utrecht University. 261 blz.
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DH Benelux 2020 - Online
Milan Lange, van (Invited speaker) & Ralf Futselaar (Invited speaker)
03 jun. 2020 → 05 jun. 2020
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Emotional Imprints: A Computer-assisted Analysis of War-related Emotions in Dutch Parliamentary Debates, 1945–1989

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