1. Contemporary Research Group Group Members: Lindsay Thomas, UCSB, English (director) Eric Chuk, UCLA, Information Studies Anne Cong-Huyen, UCSB, English Renee Hudson, UCLA, English

2. Part I. Introduction Anne Cong-Huyen

3. Represent diversity of Contemporary texts: o Print o Digital o Film o etc. Represent secondary and theoretical texts that relate to primary texts Initial Goals

4. Part I. Introduction Books Types of Contemporary Texts Patchwork Girl Films Graphic Novels Electronic Literature Books Digital Exhibitions

5. Related Theoretical Texts

6. From "War" to "The War on Terror" Narrowing the focus, expanding the data set, & forming a narrative. From "War" to "The War on Terror" Narrowing the focus, expanding the data set, & forming a narrative.

7. Documents of the War on Terror Virtual Exhibitions Visual Artifacts Films Official Documents Documents of the War on Terror Virtual Exhibitions Visual Artifacts Films Official Documents

8. Making connections with theoretical texts...

9. Part II. Sample Path through Contemporary Data Set Eric Chuk

10. Making connections with theoretical texts... Using RoSE to explore our data Keyword: Contemporary

11. Making connections with theoretical texts... Using RoSE to explore our data Keyword: War On Terror

12. Making connections with theoretical texts... Using RoSE to explore our data Keyword: War On Terror

13. Making connections with theoretical texts... Using RoSE to explore our data

14. Making connections with theoretical texts... Using RoSE to explore our data

15. Part III: Complications Renee Hudson and Lindsay Thomas

16. RoSE Context (n): the weaving together of words and sentences from the Latin verb contexere, "to weave together"

17. RoSE What does it mean for RoSE that some data may not be "woven" into other pieces of data? What does it mean for some data to not "relate" to other pieces of data?

18. RoSE "Although the author, a friend of D.H. Lawrence, published her stories in many major U.S. magazines, this is the first time her English-language fiction has been published in one book."