The ACLED project sets a high standard for data transparency. Our analysis highlights how its open-access model, clear coding protocols, and regional expertise contribute to public trust and scholarly use. This aligns with the DH value of making data accessible, explainable, and reproducible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Interdisciplinary Integration<\/strong> 3. Responsiveness to Urgent Issues<\/strong> This project demonstrates a strong engagement with best practices in Digital Humanities by critically analyzing ACLED\u2019s use of data, transparency, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
ACLED effectively combines political science, journalism, data science, and civic technology\u2014an approach we evaluated as a best practice in DH work. Our project shows how this interdisciplinary structure increases the impact and usability<\/strong> of the dataset across multiple fields and audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ACLED model demonstrates how Digital Humanities tools can respond in real-time to urgent global events. Our evaluation shows that its updates on disinformation and protests reflect a commitment to relevance<\/strong>, one of the key principles for maintaining ethical and actionable DH projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/SugarFreeRB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-7.png\")
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