HomeRealising the opportunities of digital humanities
Published on Monday, December 17, 2012
Abstract
Announcement
Presentation
The focus of this event is to engage academia, industry, cultural institutions and public bodies to identify the key research challenges in digital humanities, and to further build the academic-industry partnerships that will enable adoption of digital humanities skills, technologies and tools. This focus will extend to the innovative use of digital humanities technologies in the public sector demonstrating social benefit, such as the digitisation of the Irish census and the use of open linked public data.
This is the first in a series of workshops targeting the industry-academic interface for identifying and realising the opportunities of the digital humanities. The event is jointly organised by the two major digital humanities national infrastructures (the DRI and the DHO), and the largest semantic web research Institute (DERI), together with a large-scale European digital infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH).
During the three days, participants will expand their skills through a series of workshops lead by subject matter experts, in the areas of data visualisation and in the application of linked data to leverage the semantic web for scholarly humanities research. This workshop will combine a day of hands-on practical application with master classes and lectures and a day long symposium drawing together academic and industry practitioners.
Programme
Day 1: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Venue: Croke Park Stadium, Dublin
Hogan Suite, 5th Floor
09:00 - 09:30: Registration, Refreshments, Demonstrations
09:30 - 10:00: Opening
- Luke Drury, President, Royal Irish Academy
- Sandra Collins, Director Digital Repository of Ireland
- Natalie Harrower, Manager of Education & Outreach, Digital Repository of Ireland
10:00 - 11:30
Panel 1: The Importance of Digital Humanities
Why is Digital Humanities important and relevant? What are the challenges? What are the benefits being realized?
Chair: Sandra Collins, Director Digital Repository of Ireland
- Curtis Wong, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
- Fiona Ross, Director National Library of Ireland
- John Keating, Associate Director An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth
- Hans Walter Gabler, Emeritus Professor Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany
- William Kilbride, Executive Director Digital Preservation Coalition UK
11:30 - 12:00: Refreshments & Demonstrations
12:00 - 13:00
Launch and Address - Minister Sean Sherlock, TD
Mr. Sean Sherlock, TD, Minister of State, Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation and Department of Education & Skills with responsibility for Research & Innovation will launch two documents of national interest:
- DRI National Report on Digital Archiving in Ireland
- National Open Access Statement, prepared by the National Steering Committee on Open Access Policy.
DRI Report Presentation by:
- Aileen O’Carroll, Digital Repository of Ireland Policy Manager
- Sharon Webb, Digital Repository of Ireland Requirements Analyst
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch & Demonstrations
14:00 - 15:30
Panel 2: Case Studies in Action
Organisations that are showcasing Digital Humanities; Novel approaches
Chair: Shawn Day, DHO Project Manager, Royal Irish Academy
- Múirne Laffan, Managing Director RTÉ Digital
- Jon Purday, Senior Communications Advisor Europeana
- Stuart Jeffrey, Deputy Director Archaeological Data Service UK
- Hans Jansen, Deputy Director General National Library of the Netherlands
15:30 - 16:00: Refreshments & Demonstrations
16:00 - 17:30
Panel 3: Partnerships Achieving More
Academic-Public-Industry partnerships achieving more; Large-scale digital goals and challenges
Chair: Natalie Harrower, Manager of Education & Outreach, Digital Repository of Ireland
- Catriona Crowe, Head Special Projects, National Archives of Ireland
- Peter Doorn, Director Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), Netherlands
- Clifford Lynch, Director Coalition for Networked Information
- John Cox, University Librarian, NUIG
- Ashok Popat, Research Scientist, Google
17:30 - 18:00: Closing Remarks
Tom Boland, Chief Executive, The Higher Education Authority (HEA)
18:00 - 19:00: Wine Reception
Day 2: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Venue: Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
09:00 - 09:30: Registration & Refreshments
09:30 - 09:45: Welcome and Introduction to Day 2
- Laura Mahoney, Acting Director, Royal Irish Academy
- Shawn Day, Digital Humanities Observatory
- Natalie Harrower, Education & Outreach Manager, Digital Repository of Ireland
09:45 - 11:15
Panel 1: Intellectual Property, Licensing, Copyright
What you can and can not do with data
Chair: Seathrún Ó Tuairisg, NUIG PI for the Digital Repository of Ireland
Mary Muldowney, Founding Member of the Oral History Network of Ireland
Gary Davis, Deputy Data Protection Commissioner
Eoin O’Dell, Chair Copyright Review Committee
Andrea Martin, Irish Media & Entertainment law specialist
Rónán Mac Con Iomaire Leascheannaire RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
11:15 - 11:45: Refreshments
11:45 - 13:15
Panel 2: Semantic Web and Linked Data for Digital Humanities
Why would you use linked data?
Chair: Jodi Schneider, DERI, NUI Galway
Stefan Decker, Director DERI, NUI Galway
Silver Oliver, Senior Data Architect, BBC
Michael Smethurst, Information Architect, BBC
David De Roure, Director and Professor of e-Research in the Oxford e-Research Centre
Anders Söderbäck, Stockholm University Library
13:15 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 15:15
Panel 3: Digital Humanities Skillset
Digital Humanities skills transfer; Industry perspective; Learning resources and skills assessment
Chair: Sharon Webb, Digital Repository of Ireland Requirements Analyst
Susan Schreibman, Long Room Hub TCD
Marie Wallace, Social Analytics Strategist IBM
Catherine Bruen, Manager National Digital Learning Resources (NDLR)
Aja Teehan, Technology Officer An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth
15:15 - 15:45: Refreshments
15:45 - 17:00
Panel 4: Expressing the Value and Impact of Digital Humanities Research
Chair: Luke Drury, President, Royal Irish Academy
Simon Tanner, Deputy Head, Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London
Nicholas Canny, Emeritus Professor NUIG & Ex-President RIA
Jennifer Edmond, Director of Strategic Projects, Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, TCD
Eucharia Meehan, Director Irish Research Council
17:00 - 17:15: Closing Remarks, Findings and Discussion of Digital Humanities Challenges & Opportunities
Sandra Collins, Director, Digital Repository of Ireland
17:30 - 19:00: Wine Reception
Day 3: Thursday 25th October 2012
Venue: An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth
09:00 - 10:00: Registration & Refreshments
10:00 - 10:15: Welcome and Introduction to Day 3
John Keating, Associate Director An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth
Shawn Day, Project Manager Digital Humanities Observatory
10:15 - 13:00: Hands-on Skills Workshops
Workshop options (see descriptions)
- Data Modelling with John Keating and Aja Teehan (An Foras Feasa, National University of Ireland Maynooth)
- Data Visualisation for Digital Humanists with Orla Murphy (University College Cork) and Shawn Day (DHO, Royal Irish Academy)
- Linked Data in the Digital Humanities with Jodi Schneider, Dr. Michael Hausenblas, Prof. Stefan Decker and Nuno Lopes (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland Galway)
Note: there will be a break from
11.30 – 11.45 for refreshments
13:00 - 13:45: Lunch
13:45 - 16:30: Hands-on Skills Workshops
Workshop options (see descriptions)
Note: these are a repeat of the morning workshops.
- Data Modelling with John Keating and Aja Teehan (An Foras Feasa, National University of Ireland Maynooth)
- Data Visualisation for Digital Humanists with Orla Murphy (University College Cork) and Shawn Day (DHO, Royal Irish Academy)
- Linked Data in the Digital Humanities with Jodi Schneider, Dr. Michael Hausenblas, Prof. Stefan Decker, and Nuno Lopes (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland Galway)
Note: there will be a break from
15:00 – 15:15 for refreshments
The workshop is jointly organised by
- Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)
- Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)
- Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO)
- Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH-EU)
We gratefully acknowledge our generous sponsors:
Subjects
- Europe (Main category)
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Digital humanities
Places
- Dublin, Ireland
- Maynooth, Ireland
Date(s)
- Tuesday, October 23, 2012
- Wednesday, October 24, 2012
- Thursday, October 25, 2012
Keywords
- digital humanities
Contact(s)
- Royal Irish Academy
courriel : dri [at] ria [dot] ie
Reference Urls
Information source
- Kraft Ele
courriel : dariah-info [at] dariah [dot] eu
License
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To cite this announcement
« Realising the opportunities of digital humanities », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Monday, December 17, 2012, https://calenda.org/232162