Reflections on the Twitter Conference “DH in the Time of Virus”

Top themes of the tweets

The conference was significantly successful, while the hashtag #DHgoesVIRAL became a trending topic in Greece during and after the event. It is estimated that more than 2.8K users engaged in conversations during and following this event, from all over the world, Europe, the US, China, India and Australia.

Presentations

You may find the “DH in the Time of Virus” Twitter Conference presentations below:

Pelagios |@PelagiosNetwork (Elton Barker)

Imagine reading a literary work and accessing the archaeology of a place it mentions; or linking from a footnote to the scholarship on which the reference is based; or comparing an object in one museum to those in other collections around the world 1/20 #DHgoesVIRAL

Melissa Terras |@melissaterras

Hi! I’m the Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at @edinburghuni, & today I’ll be talking about the digitisation of Gallery, Library, Archive & Museum (GLAM) material in the context of #Covid19, & how that intersects with #digitalhumanities research interests #DHgoesVIRAL 1/20

ARIADNE Plus | @ARIADNEplus

The #ARIADNEplus team is happy to present its integration model and show how its digital platform enables collaborative work.
Thanks to colleagues of #APOLLONIS and @athenaRICinfo for showing, with this initiative, that #DH and #CH are stronger than #COVID19
1/15 | #DHgoesVIRAL

Katerina Gardikas |@kgardika

#dhgoesviral
Thread 3 by @kgardika on the role of medical historians and critical readings of the online #COVID19 coverage using reliable historical sources. https://t.co/n4uCpXwemb

Sara Di Giorgio & Flavia Bruni | @DiGiorgioSara

1/16 Hi everybody! I’m working at @iccu2, a central institute of @_MiBACT, that is adapting its services and projects to the severe impact of the #Covid19 outbreak. Today I will tweet about some National and European initiatives. This is our #DHgoesVIRAL paper thread.

DARIAH-EU | @dariaheu

1/20 What can be the impact of digital humanities and Research Infrastructures in the time of a pandemic? How essential is e-research and how can we achieve this better? And what is the role of RIs in this process? #DHgoesVIRAL #digitalhumanities

Giannis Tsakonas | @gtsakonas

#DHGoesViral
Thread 6 by @gtsakonas on the significance of #OpenAccess and #OpenScience for creativity, innovation and survival illustrated by examples including data sharing visualisation etc., infrastructure and crowdsourcing. https://t.co/d4lo1WPM9k

Europeana Research | @EurResearch

By its very nature, @Europeanaeu supports #eResearch by offering a wealth of resources coming from 3,700+ data providers. In the past few years, these resources have been increasingly complemented by sophisticated #tools for their reuse and enrichment. 1/15 #DHgoesVIRAL

#dariahTeach | @dariahTeach

We are grateful to the #EuropeanCommission, especially @EUErasmusPlus which funded the 1st phase of @dariahTeach & @MEDIAprogEU for the current #IGNITE https://t.co/iNGXxjL18v project developing content for the #creative and #cultural industries #DHgoesVIRAL 15/16

Sofia Papastamkou | @s_papastamkou

#DHGoesVIRAL
Thread 9 by @s_papastamkou is titled "The Global Event and a Deluge of Data" and its implications for historians and their (born-digital) sources.

Lorna Richardson | @lornarichardson

I start by acknowledging the horrific human cost of the Corvid-19 pandemic & the dedication of our underfunded, under resourced healthcare services. My paper today is about digital tech & the environment, & reflects on the structural effects of current isolation 1/20 #DHGoesVIRAL

George Mikros | @gmikros

I am really excited participating in the #DHgoesVIRAL with my presentation entitled: #κορονοιος: analyzing tweets containing the greek coronavirus hashtag in the first month of the COVID19 pandemics in Greece. (1/19)

Athena RIC: a few words from the host | @athenaRICinfo

1/3 This concludes the presentations of #DHgoesVIRAL!All our warmest thanks to @quinnanya @kgardika @gmikros @s_papastamkou @lornarichardson @melissaterras @gtsakonas @DiGiorgioSara @AriadneNetwork @EurResearch @dariaheu @dariahTeach @PelagiosNetwork and of course @athenaRICinfo

Quinn Dombrowski | @quinnanya

Fun feels like an odd topic right now, but in some way it was no less strange before. In academia, especially the humanities, we place so much value on “seriousness". “Serious” is a compliment. But this sets up a dichotomy that devalues its perceived opposite. #DHgoesViral 2/20