Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon #DHH24 | 15.–24.5.2024
Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon #DHH24 will be organised on 15.–24.5.2024 as a CLARIN and DARIAH international summer school. The event will be organised as an in-person hackathon. Participation to #DHH24 is free to all accepted participants. In addition, there will be bursaries for travel and lodging.
The Helsinki Digital Humanities Hackathon is a chance to experience an interdisciplinary research project from start to finish within the span of 10 days. For researchers and students from computer science and data science, the hackathon gives the opportunity to test their abstract knowledge against complex real-life problems. For people from the humanities and social sciences, it shows what is possible to achieve with such collaboration.
For both, the hackathon gives the experience of intensely working with people from different backgrounds as part of an interdisciplinary team, as, during the hackathon, each group develops a digital humanities research project from start to finish. Working together, they formulate research questions with respect to particular data sets, develop and apply methods and tools to answer them, and present the work at the end of the hackathon. For information on what the hackathon was like in previous years, see #DHH23, #DHH22, #DHH21, #DHH19, #DHH18, #DHH17, #DHH16 and #DHH15.
5 ECTS credits may be gained from participating in the hackathon for students at the University of Helsinki and other universities.
Themes
This year, the hackathon groups are organised around the following four themes:
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Enlightening Illustrations: Analyzing the Role of Images in Enlightenment-Era Luxury Books
- Echoes of the Chambers: Studying Democracy through Parliamentary Speeches
- Cultures of online discourse
(See further information on the #DHH24 themes)
Application schedule for #DHH24
13.3.–12.4.2024 Application period
16.4.2024 Applicants informed of acceptance
16.–23.4.2024 Registration to #DHH24 for accepted participants
29.4. & 6.5.2024 Two #DHH24 pre-hackathon online preparatory sessions
15.–24.5.2024 #DHH24 hackathon in Helsinki
Please note that we can only accept participants who are able to commit to the full week of intensive work (not just a couple of hours here and there), as well as the preparatory sessions. Thus, if you know that you have other commitments during the hackathon, please consider applying next time when you can make a full commitment.
Venue
Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33 (see on map)
University of Helsinki
Finland
Practicalities and Timetable
The hackathon will take place between 15.–24.5.2024. The participants are expected to commit to the hackathon for the whole period; work takes place mainly between 10 AM and 5 PM on weekdays (the weekend is free!). In addition, there are two online pre-sessions on Wednesdays 29.4. and 6.5., between 2 – 4 PM UTC+03:00 for orientation, group formation and preparation for the intensive hackathon period. The participants are expected to attend also these pre-sessions. For more details, see the detailed timetable and further information on practicalities (including prerequisites and credits for students, sponsorship of travel and accommodation for international participants).
24.5.2024 12:30–15:30, Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33, room Studium 1 (F3020), 3rd floor
Public presentations of the projects.
The event will be streamed at https://video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live-stream.html?room=l70
Organisation
General organisers:
- Mikko Tolonen, professor in computational history at the University of Helsinki
- Eetu Mäkelä, associate professor in human sciences – computing interaction at the University of Helsinki
- Jukka Suomela, associate professor in distributed algorithms, logic and complexity at Aalto University
- Jouni Tuominen, university researcher at HSSH, University of Helsinki
You can contact the organisers via email: dhh-hackathon@helsinki.fi.
