Transformations: Third Call for Contributions on Digital Arts and Humanities With and For Society: Building Infrastructures of Engagement

The third call for contributions to Transformations invites researchers, educators, practitioners, and cultural heritage professionals to reflect on the theme of the DARIAH Annual Event 2026, Digital Arts and Humanities with and for Society.

Guest editors of this volume are Susan Schreibman and Edward Pinot Gray, co-chairs of the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 Programme Committee.

In keeping with the DARIAH Annual Event theme, we invite submissions that explore digitally-enabled research through a public and participatory lens. We welcome contributions that provide the theoretical grounding and case studies for research projects that engage public audiences, addressing questions such as: who is digital scholarship for, what are its social and public benefits, and how can research in the digital arts, humanities, and culture foster new forms of dialogue within the public sphere, including both formal and informal education.

We are particularly interested in reflections on how new technologies can create and mediate new forms of connection: between research or memory institutions and society; through collaborative and participatory engagement; or by creating alternative spaces in which people can interact and co-construct knowledge through hybrid networks of physical and technology-mediated encounters. We also invite contributions that focus on pedagogy and teaching practices that provide opportunities for students to engage in real-world projects through collaborative and participatory approaches.

Whether through research papers, data or workflow papers, we seek contributions that explore how digital, social and institutional infrastructures can support engaged research, while nurturing generosity, participation and shared creativity in the digital arts and humanities.

We welcome contributions on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:

• Infrastructures of engagement: designing open, inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable platforms

• New models of collaboration across academia, memory institutions, and society

• Pedagogies of engagement and public-facing (digital) humanities education

• Mapping engagement: Evaluating and evidencing public value and impact in digital research

• Co-creation, citizen science, public and participatory humanities, and community-driven, engaged scholarship

• Creative and artistic practices as forms of public engagement and dialogue

• The use of participatory practices by digital archives and memory institutions, and how these participatory practices help shape collective memory and identity

• Ethical and sustainable approaches to participatory digital-enabled research

• Implementing CARE: Designing digital infrastructures that foster trust, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility

• Intercultural and transnational perspectives on public digital humanities, examining the practices of participatory and public digital humanities across the globe.

When submitting your contribution, you must choose the right volume (vol. 3 ‘Infrastructures of Engagement’) and the appropriate section (research articles, data papers, workflows) corresponding to the type of submission.

Timeline

• Call opens: May 29, 2026

• Submission Deadline: All contributions must be submitted to Transformations by 30th December 2026, Midnight CET. (No extension deadline will be given)

• Notification of acceptance: expected around March, 2027

• Publication: July 2027

Please submit your article here

Contact

transformations@episciences.org

Editorial Board of Transformations: A DARIAH Journal

Toma Tasovac, Editor-in-Chief

Françoise Gouzi, Managing Editor

Anne Baillot, Managing Editor

Megan Black, Managing Editor

Eliza Papaki, Outreach and Communications Officer