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SUMMARY:Digital Research Infrastructure: What’s In It For ME?
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by The Faculty of Arts and Humanities Rese
 arch Groups: Arts Media and Culture\, and Science\, Technology and Societ
 y Studies\; and the Netherlands National Research School for Media Studie
 s (RMeS)\n\nDigital research infrastructure is prevalent\, ubiquitous\, an
 d seemingly ever-changing. At the same time\, infrastructure – as long a
 s it is functional – tends to be invisible. Hence\, infrastructure (and 
 the work needed to create and maintain it) often appears undervalued. Some
  of it is supplied by traditional infrastructures such as libraries. Other
 s are disciplinary in the form of research projects\, built and managed by
  the researchers or research communities that they serve.\n\nMany of us in
  the Global North are lucky enough to live in countries in which infrastru
 cture recedes into the background until it does not function (like when th
 e electricity or the wifi goes out) or there is a problem with the plumbin
 g. But the creation of research infrastructure need not\, and we would arg
 ue\, should not be invisibilised. This is not least because of their norma
 tive entanglements with matters of fairness and justice\, in terms of acce
 ssibility and representation. The (material) politics of infrastructure ha
 ve also been examined in inter alia science and technology studies and med
 ia studies.  How it is designed\, the data it contains\, the metadata\, c
 ontrolled vocabularies\, and data structures used\, can make visible or oc
 clude traditionally marginalised voices\, works\, and individuals. This ha
 s profound implications for the ways in which we can carry out our researc
 h. And with the increasing availability of big data archives\, issues of t
 ransparency\, openness\, and replicability become more acute. Thus as digi
 tal research infrastructures facilitate a greater and greater degree of ou
 r scholarship\, as well as our students’ research\, there is a strong ar
 gument for researchers to be more involved in their creation.\n\nJoin us f
 or this one-day symposium in which we will examine digital infrastructures
  for the arts\, humanities\, and social sciences from not only on a techni
 cal level\, but equally importantly from feminist and social justice frame
 works\, in terms of who designs the infrastructure  we use and how our in
 stitutions value and reward our contributions in their creation.\n\nKeynot
 e addresses will be given by Dr Laura Mandell\, Professor of English at Te
 xas A&M University who will speak on Building Infrastructures for the Fut
 ure: the New Public Intellectuals and Dr Toma Tasovac\, Director of the B
 elgrade Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH) and Director of the pan-Europ
 ean Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) w
 ho will speak on How Many Humanists Does it Take to Build a Research Infra
 structure? Navigating the Challenges Technological and Cultural Change in 
 Arts and Humanities\n\nThree Panel Discussions will round out the event\, 
 on Labs as Infrastructure\,  on Digital infrastructures – What’s in i
 t for me? And the launch of the open-source #dariahTeach course Social Jus
 tice and the Digital Humanities.\n\nThere is no charge to attend the sympo
 sium and the welcome coffee\, lunch\, and a closing reception are free. Pl
 ease join us for  a stimulating day with much opportunity for discussion 
 by registering here.
LOCATION:Maastricht University\, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences   Grot
 e Gracht 90-92\, 6211 SZ Maastricht\, The Netherlands
URL:https://www.dariah.eu/events/digital-research-infrastructure-whats-in-i
 t-for-me
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