PILNAR: Pilgrimage Narratives - a corpus for studying the profile of the modern pilgrim
SummaryA corpus of pilgrimage narratives with Dutch texts written after ca. 2000 that present the thoughts and impressions of pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. The PILNAR corpus is a source for research for a variety of (sub)disciplines: culture studies, ritual and religious studies, but also media and e-culture studies (cf the use of blogs and other social media for the self-presentation of experiences). Only for authorized users.
BackgroundThe PILNAR corpus contains six subcorpora:
- Volumes of De Jacobsstaf 1986-: 84 pdf files
- Volumes of De Pelgrim of the Flemish Society of Santiago de Compostella nos. 1-4 (16mb, 10mb, 16mb) (both societies work collaborate closely)
- Volumes of Ultreia, a newsletter; 3 issues available now: January, February, April 2011
- Pilgrimage accounts and blogs by pilgrims available via the Societies Netherlands: circa 140 files; Flemish: circa 138 files
- A corpus of pilgrimage narratives compiled on the occasion of the exhibition in Museum Catharijneconvent held in collaboration with the Society: www.pelgrimsverhalen.nl; already on the site now: about 180 fields (as of July 2011).
- Accounts and narratives that come in after a specially targeted notice via the site and periodical by the Society (De Jacobsstaf), with perhaps a Flemish companion piece (De Pelgrim).
- Project leader: Prof.dr. Paul Post (Tilburg University)
- CLARIN center: Meertens Institute
- Help contact: Judith Tonnaer-Souverijn - J.N.Tonnaer@uvt.nl
- Web-sites: http://yago.meertens.knaw.nl/apache/pilnar_web/
- User scenario's (screencasts, screenshots): n.a.
- Manual: http://dev.clarin.nl/sites/default/files/manualPILNAR.pdf
- Tool/Service link: http://yago.meertens.knaw.nl/apache/pilnar_workspace/
- Publications: n.a.