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Summer School
Explorations in the Digital Humanities
Case studies & Problem-solving
#dhfcsh2016
Index
ScientificCommittee..........................................................................................................................................................2
ExecutiveCommitee............................................................................................................................2
Venue:......................................................................................................................................................................................2
Dates:........................................................................................................................................................................................2
Concept:..................................................................................................................................................................................2
1.NetworkAnalysis-MartinGrandjean-September6....................................................................3
2.Spatialvisualisationofhistoricalandarchaeologicaldata-LeifIsaksen-September7............3
3.Augmentinghistoricaldata-RichardZijdeman-September8.....................................................3
4.Readinganddataminingmaps-EvangelosLivieratos,ChrysoulaBoutouraandAngeliki
Tsorlini-September9.........................................................................................................................4
Final conference - “Reloading the Treasure of Human Experiences in a machine learning
perspective: Provenance and Validation Issues in the (digital) Humanities”, Andrea
Nanetti…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..4
Workflow:.............................................................................................................................................................................4
Targetaudience:..................................................................................................................................................................5
Howtoapply:........................................................................................................................................................................5
Calendar:.................................................................................................................................................................................5
Workinglanguage:.............................................................................................................................................................5
Thecoststoattendtheworkshopsareasfollow:................................................................................................5
Registrationbyemail:digital.humanities@fcsh.unl.pt......................................................................................5
Partners:.................................................................................................................................................................................6
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ScientificCommittee
Angelo Cattaneo and Paulo Teodoro de Matos, CHAM - Centro de História d’Aquém e
d’Além-Mar,FCSH/NOVA-UAc
DanielAlvesandPauloAlves-IHC-InstitutodeHistóriaContemporânea,FCSH/NOVA
ExecutiveCommitee
CátiaTeleseMarques-CHAM-CentrodeHistóriad’Aquémed’Além-Mar,FCSH/NOVAUAc
FranciscoCebreiro–UniversidadedeSantiagodeCompostela
HelderMendes-CHAM-CentrodeHistóriad’Aquémed’Além-Mar,FCSH/NOVA-UAc
Venue:
FaculdadedeCiênciasSociaiseHumanas,UniversidadeNOVAdeLisboa,Portugal
Dates:
6-9ofSeptember2016
Concept:
TheDigitalHumanitieshavebeenlargelydiscussedandarecurrentlyawell-established
branchofknowledgewithspecificdepartmentsandjournals.
Howdoesallthisimpactouron-goingresearchprojects?
This workshop aims at providing concrete answers to specific needs and challenges
emerging from projects carried out by master and PhD candidates and post-doctoral
researchers.
Aclusterofqualifiedinternationalscholarsandprofessionalshasbeenputtogetherto
improve and transform our research, through theoretical analysis and technological
resources.
Seminars, as well as training sessions, will be organized in a collaborative and
interdisciplinaryenvironmentto:
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(Re)center the Digital Humanities in questions raised by students, researchers,
scholarsandprofessionals.
Facilitatethechoiceoftechniques;
Shapetheoutcomestroughdigitaltools.
Improveinformationsharing.
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“Tailoredtowhatyouneed”istheprinciplewhichunderliesthisinitiativestructuredin
thefollowinginterconnectedsections:
1.
NetworkAnalysis-MartinGrandjean-September6
Objects, people and ideas are increasingly intertwined in present societies and
observing these networks is nowadays a powerful tool for interpretation and for new
knowledge production in multiple disciplines. Similarly, when we look at the past we
canstudymoreorlesscomplexsocialnetworks,orlookatcrossingdataaboutpeople,
ideasandeventsasawaytoimproveourknowledgeofthosesocieties.Inrecentyears
humanitiesandsocialscienceshavemadeanincreasinglyextensiveuseofthistypeof
methodological approach. Knowing the methods for construction, analysis and
visualizationofsocialnetworks,implementingthemtospecificresearchquestions,will
betheaimofthisworkshop.
2.
Spatialvisualisationofhistoricalandarchaeologicaldata-LeifIsaksen-
September7
Geography is an essential variable in historical and archaeological interpretation and
georeferenced data visualization can draw attention to patterns in the available
information,leadtothedevelopmentofnewquestions,orimprovethecommunication
of research results. Nowadays there are several techniques and tools used in spatial
datavisualizationanditsapplicationtoresearchintheHumanities.SocialScienceshave
spread to an ever wider field of analysis, chronologically and thematically. With this
workshoptheaimistointroduceconcepts,methodsandtoolsforspatialvisualization
and explore with concrete research questions the potential and the limitations of this
typeofapproach.
3.
Augmentinghistoricaldata-RichardZijdeman-September8
Currenthistoricalresearchoftencombinesmultipledatasourcesinordertoanswera
research question. In order to do so, raw data sources are first cleaned, shaped in a
particularformatandthencombined.Invariousdisciplinesthisworktakesmoretime
thantheactualcompositionofthepaper.Still,oftentheworkflowperformedisseldom
shared and this work is often repeated making it inefficient. More importantly it
hampersthereproducibilityofresearchresults.ThissessionwillshowhowLinkedData
can tackle both problems. Highlighting tools from the datalegend project
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(http://datalegend.net/)totransformyourdataintolinkedandlinkyourdatatoother
datasetsinanefficientandcoherentway.
4.
Readinganddataminingmaps-EvangelosLivieratos,ChrysoulaBoutoura
andAngelikiTsorlini-September9
Historical mapping is an important source of information for historical and / or
archaeological studies. Old maps can help to improve our knowledge of places and
people of the past. Its georeferencing, reading and subsequent data extraction may be
performedusingGISorothertools,whichthenallowtheuseofnewinformationlayers
for a wide range of research projects. With this workshop we will explore advanced
digitalmethodsforreadingandextractionofhistoricalmapsdatainordertolookfor
thesemethodologiestomeetspecificresearchquestions.
Finalconference
(alsoopentothegeneralpublic)
“ReloadingtheTreasureofHumanExperiencesinamachinelearningperspective:
ProvenanceandValidationIssuesinthe(digital)Humanities”
AndreaNanetti
September9-17h30m-19h00m
Workflow:
Each workshop will last for 6 hours. In the morning, the tutor of each module will
conductapresentationonthecoreissues(c.1h30m).Then,registeredparticipantsare
invitedtobrieflypresent(5minutes)theirprojects/researchinterests,byidentifying
specificissuesthattheywishtobeaddressedandanalyzed.Theafternoonisintended
for more in depth discussion of each project through the use of digital tools in a
collaborativesetting.
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Targetaudience:
Master,PhDandPost-Doctoralresearchers,teachersandprofessionalsdevelopingI&D
research projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Librarians and museum
curatorsarealsowelcome.
Howtoapply:
Thoseinterestedinattendingtheworkshopsmustsubmitasummaryoftheirongoing
research detailing, whenever possible, the specific issues that they wish to explore in
thefieldofDigitalHumanities(between500-750words).Thiswillprovidethebasisfor
theworkshops’tutorstooutlineandselectthemostspecificmethodologiesaswellas
digitaltoolstorespondtoparticipants’needs.Eachworkshopwillonlyaccommodatea
maximumof10participants.Candidatesmustapplyforbetweenoneorfourworkshops
andindicatetheirpreference.
Calendar:
Deadlineforsubmissionofabstracts:10July
Notificationtoapplicants:15July
Deadlineforpayment:29July
Workinglanguage:
English
Thecoststoattendtheworkshopsareasfollow:
-Oneworkshop:15€
-Twoworkshops:25€
-Threeworkshops:40€
-Allworkshops:50€
CostforworkshopsincludeslunchinthecanteenofFCSHforthedaysoftheworkshops
selected,andattendancetothefinalconference.Thepromotersaremakinganeffortto
facilitatetheuseoftheNOVAUniversityresidenceatstudent’srates.
Registrationbyemail:[email protected]
-Nameandsurname:
-Institutionalaffiliation:
-Taxidentificationandaddress(forinvoice):
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-Workshop(s)toattend:
Partners:
AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,LaboratoryofCartography&GeographicAnalysis,
Thessaloniki,Greece
Asociación de Demografía Histórica - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
(CSIC),Spain
InternationalInstituteofSocialHistory,Netherlands
"Provenance and validation from Humanities to Machine Reading," research project
fundedby2016MicrosoftResearchAsia(PIAndreaNanetti,NTU),Singapore
ProgramadeDoutoramentoemHistoria,XeografíaeHistoriadaArte-Universidadede
SantiagodeCompostela,Spain