This page provides links to content analyses of the Rattle Up My Boys publications

Background

Rattle Up My Boys publications are hosted on the Morris Federation website with content dating back to summer 1987.

The PDF copies have been OCRed and metadata added to the publications and the HTML pages which hold each individual copy.

The content is being analysed by  tools such as Chat GPT in order to provide a batter understanding of the growth, development and changes in the sword dance community, as described in Rattle Up My Boys publications since 1987.

Analyses

The following analyses have been carried out :

• Number of issues analyses
• Names of sword dance sides
• Names of sword dances
• Types of articles published
• Recruitment approaches featured

The initial set of reports helped to understand the analysis tools work and the reliability of the outputs. The next stage was to provide more descriptive analyses:

• Geographical spread of sword dancing
• How sides have made use of social media and online platforms
• Involvement in sword dancing by females
• Ways of making swords
• Ways of tying sword locks