For a "computational" study of the intellectuals satellites

TL;DR

This paper explores the emerging role of 'satellite intellectuals' in the digital age, emphasizing the need to revise traditional criteria for canon formation and proposing new computational methods for analysis.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of 'satellite intellectuals' and advocates for rethinking canon criteria using digital archives and computational tools.

Findings

Identification of a new category of intellectuals influenced by digitalization

Proposal of revised criteria for canon inclusion based on digital archives

Emphasis on computational methods for analyzing intellectual contributions

Abstract

The present paper wishes to extend the theoretical reflections that we're currently working on: the "satellite intellectuals". This concept points a new "repertoire" of intellectuals that critics have not studied thoroughly and that is emerging with the amplification of the archives' digitalization of archives and their digital edition. Today, it is necessary to rethink and reevaluate the criteria we used to apply to define, integrate or exclude works and authors from, or in, a "canon". At the same time, it suggests new methods to process and deal with some concepts of computer tools and science.