Narrative Datasets through the Lenses of NLP and HCI

Sharifa Sultana, Renwen Zhang, Hajin Lim, Maria Antoniak


Abstract
In this short paper, we compare existing value systems and approaches in NLP and HCI for collecting narrative data. Building on these parallel discussions, we shed light on the challenges facing some popular NLP dataset types, which we discuss these in relation to widely-used narrative-based HCI research methods; and we highlight points where NLP methods can broaden qualitative narrative studies. In particular, we point towards contextuality, positionality, dataset size, and open research design as central points of difference and windows for collaboration when studying narratives. Through the use case of narratives, this work contributes to a larger conversation regarding the possibilities for bridging NLP and HCI through speculative mixed-methods.
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2022.hcinlp-1.7
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Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Bridging Human--Computer Interaction and Natural Language Processing
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July
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2022
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Seattle, Washington
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Su Lin Blodgett, Hal Daumé III, Michael Madaio, Ani Nenkova, Brendan O'Connor, Hanna Wallach, Qian Yang
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HCINLP
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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47–54
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https://aclanthology.org/2022.hcinlp-1.7
DOI:
10.18653/v1/2022.hcinlp-1.7
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Sharifa Sultana, Renwen Zhang, Hajin Lim, and Maria Antoniak. 2022. Narrative Datasets through the Lenses of NLP and HCI. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Bridging Human--Computer Interaction and Natural Language Processing, pages 47–54, Seattle, Washington. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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