Environmental devastation harms regional livelihoods and cultural diversity. The scope of linguistic diversity brought to bear on habitat loss, biodiversity and climate change necessarily narrows as networked cultures coalesce. New perspectives on biocultural heritage in relation to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals are asked for, in order to protect local linguistic and ecological knowledge, cultural heritage and alternative practices in their interrelation with biodiversity. Following the framework of the universal declaration of cultural diversity promoted by UNESCO, different knowledge contributions, scientific…

Research practices in core humanities fields have developed over centuries, in contrast to the revolution in digital methods that is happening at breakneck speed. New methods are definitely out there, but it may prove difficult to change best practices in a particular field without national collaboration. Simultaneously, as data-intensive social sciences and humanities (SSH) research transitions from project-based tools towards national and international research infrastructures, new questions about sustainability arise. How can we ensure that the data and tools used…

The second edition of this International Conference on Digital Art History – Methods, Practices, Epistemologies is aiming at bringing together established and early career scholars, independent researchers, and professionals involved in collaborative digital research initiatives, interested in critical approach to the developments within the field of Digital Art History, in its interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary encounters with other humanist disciplines, with social and technical sciences, new information technologies, and the requirements of the expanding field of cultural industries.​ The emphasis of…

The workshop will bring together 20 trainees together with experts to share experiences, methods and techniques for the creation, management and use of linguistic data. The event is organized by Simona Olivieri, Humboldt Research Fellow - Seminar für Semitistik und Arabistik, Freie Universität Berlin, with the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Aim of the workshop is to present a sketch of different methodologies for the digital treatment of languages and linguistic information.…

This workshop will provide an overview of ways in which historians can build and manage an online profile as a researcher, using tools such as ORCID IDs. It will also cover best practice and methods of citing digital resources so your work is connected and discoverable to others. The workshop is primarily aimed at early career historians but other humanities researchers are also welcome. Topics discussed during the workshop: Persistent identifiers for authors and contributors Citation of digital resources Best…

Building on the dynamic initiated during the 2018 DARIAH workshop, a new event will be held in December 2019 at the University of Neuchâtel. Young scholars (PhD+7 maximum) are invited to present their research in depth and to discuss together methodological, data management and research workflow issues. The workshop will bring together young scholars from Switzerland and surroundings. It aims to create a self-educational dynamic by focusing on technical aspects of DH projects and sharing concrete experiences. The workshop is…

The workshop will focus on sustaining communities of practice in Research Software Engineering for Digital Humanities through training. It is organised with support from DARIAH as part of the DESIR project and aims to bring together experts working at the intersection of Digital Humanities and Research Software Engineering for a day of discussions around RSE models, training practices and meaningful exchange of ideas. The workshop will be hosted by King’s Digital Lab (KDL), established at King’s College London in 2015.…

The DESIR Winter School “Shaping new approaches to data management in arts and humanities” will take place in Lisbon on 10-13 December 2019. The event will be hosted by NOVA FCSH University facilities and is organised in the framework of the Horizon 2020 funded project DESIR (DARIAH ERIC Sustainability Refined). It will bring together 20 junior and senior scholars, librarians, data managers, editors and publishers together with experts with the following aims: Introduce scientific and academic communities in the arts and humanities to the principles…