The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Conditions and potentials of Korean history research based on 'big data' analysis: the beginning of 'digital history'

'빅데이터' 분석 기반 한국사 연구의 현황과 가능성: 디지털 역사학의 시작

  • Received : 2016.09.19
  • Accepted : 2016.10.10
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

This paper explores the conditions and potential of newly designed and tried methodology of big data analysis that apply to Korean history subject matter. In order to advance them, we need to pay more attention to quantitative analysis methodologies over pre-existing qualitative analysis. To obtain our new challenge, I propose 'digital history' methods along with associated disciplines such as linguistics and computer science, data science and statistics, and visualization techniques. As one example, I apply interdisciplinary convergence approaches to the principle and mechanism of elite reproduction during the Korean medieval age. I propose how to compensate for a lack of historical material by applying a semi-supervised learning method, how to create a database that utilizes text-mining techniques, how to analyze quantitative data with statistical methods, and how to indicate analytical outcomes with intuitive visualization.

본 글은 역사학, 그 중에서 한국사 연구에서 활용 가능한 빅데이터 분석 방법론을 모색하고, 이를 활용한 '디지털 역사학'의 가능성을 검토하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 방대한 '한국사 빅데이터'를 활용한 한국사 연구를 위해서는 기존의 질적분석 방법론뿐만 아니라 양적분석 방법론이 모색되어야 한다. 이를 위해서는 다양한 학문 분야와의 학제 간 융합연구가 요청된다. 본 글에서는 '한국사 빅데이터'를 활용한 다양한 융합연구의 출현을 고대하면서, 학제 간 융합연구의 연구방법론을 제안하고, 이를 적용한 연구의 한 사례를 소개하였다. 즉, 문장의 의미를 분석하는 텍스트 분석방법으로 '한국사 빅데이터'에서 원하는 정보를 추출한다면, 양적분석 방법론의 단점으로 지적되는 '행간의 의미읽기의 부재'를 점차 보완해 갈 수 있을 것이다. 그리고 이러한 방법론으로 구축한 데이터베이스를 바탕으로 준지도 학습(Semi-Supervised Learning) 방법론을 적용할 경우, 사료가 충분하지 않은 전근대 한국사의 역사적 인물과 사건들을 분석하는데 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대된다. 분석 결과를 직관적으로 보여주는 시각화를 통해서도 평면적 연구에서 찾아내지 못한 역사적 사실들을 밝혀낼 수 있을 것이다. 이제 '디지털 역사학'의 서막이 오른 것이다.

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