Humanities, Arts and Culture Data Summit and
3rd DARIAH Beyond Europe workshop
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
An Australia-Europe knowledge exchange, convened by the Australian Academy of the Humanities with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and DARIAH-EU, this event will explore new horizons for data-driven humanities and arts research, digital cultural collections and research infrastructure.
Provisional program:
Wednesday 27 March
NEW HORIZONS FOR POLICY, RESEARCH & INFRASTRUCTURE
In a series of ‘big ideas’ panels, we will explore new horizons for humanities, arts and culture, research, policy and infrastructure.
9:30 Welcome
Welcome to Country
Welcome to the Summit
• Professor Joy Damousi FAHA FASSA — President, Australian Academy of the Humanities
• Ian Duncan — Acting Executive Director, Australian Research Data Commons: Digital research infrastructures for the arts and humanities: Sustainability, collaboration, vision, imagination, inspiration, advocacy and impact
• Professor Jennifer Edmond — President Board of Directors, DARIAH
Big Ideas panel 1 — Transformations
What are the big challenges and opportunities for data-intensive research over the next ten years? This panel will discuss digital transformations in the humanities and arts, data ethics and sovereignty, and infrastructure with impact.
• Dr James Smithies — Director, King’s Digital Lab: Integrating DH into the longue durée: Research Laboratories, History, Methods
Lunch
Big Ideas panel 2 — Intersections
How do we design infrastructure that connects? This panel will discuss collaborative platforms, partnerships between research and cultural sectors, and libraries as labs.
• Dr Marie-Louise Ayres — Director General, National Library of Australia
• Seb Chan — Chief Experience Officer, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
The DARIAH Big Idea
Professor Jennifer Edmond, DARIAH’s President Board of Director, will present on pathways to building sustainable infrastructure over time, future directions for DARIAH and the humanities and arts in Europe and beyond.
Afternoon tea
Big Ideas panel 3 — Skills and Workforce
What skills, knowledge and workforces are needed into the future? This panel will discuss interdisciplines and methods, emerging data practices, and ‘Humanities 4.0’.
• Professor Jean Burgess — Director Digital Observatory, Queensland University of Technology: Digital methods and the future of communication and media research
• Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA — Lead Chief Investigator, Future Humanities Workforce project
17:30 Reception hosted by Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
Thursday 28 March
AUSTRALIA-DARIAH KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
In a series of interactive knowledge exchange sessions, speakers will critically reflect on themes and explore points of intersection and interaction, specifically, areas in which we might build fruitful, long-term collaborations. Moderated discussions in each session will identify common opportunities and challenges and seek out joint solutions.
9:00 DARIAH within and Beyond Europe: connecting with arts and humanities researchers worldwide
• Sally Chambers — Digital Humanities Research Coordinator, Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities – DARIAH
Overview of Australia: state of play and next five-ten years for digital humanities and arts
• Professor Joanne Tompkins — Executive Director Humanities and Creative Arts, Australian Research Council
• Marco Fahmi — University of Queensland, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Data Enhanced Virtual Lab (HASS DeVL) project: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Virtual Laboratory
• Professor Jane Hunter — Director, Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN): The Future Directions of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
Morning tea
Knowledge Exchange session 1 — Infrastructural challenges for large scale digital text corpora
• Associate Professor Antonija Primorac, University of Rijeka, Croatia — Infrastructural Challenges for Large Scale Digital Text Corpora: A View From the European Margins
• Alison Dellit — National Library of Australia, Web Archives and Trove 2.0
• Professor Michael Haugh FAHA and Dr Simon Musgrave, University of Queensland, Australian National Corpus: Towards an Australian Language Data Commons: Lessons from the Australian National Corpus
Knowledge Exchange Session 1 Community Notes
Lunch
Lightning talks
The lightning talk feature of the program consists of a series of 5-minute talks given by selected delegates on current projects and research designed to challenge and inspire. The program convenors invite you to apply to present a lightning talk when you register for the event.
Afternoon tea
Knowledge Exchange session 2 — Geohumanities
• Dr Patricia Murrieta-Flores — Lancaster University, DARIAH geohumanities working group
• Dr Michael Rigby, University of Melbourne, AURIN — Georeferencing: Theory and challenges
• Dr Bill Pascoe, University of Newcastle — Colonial Frontiers Massacres Map
• Professor Hugh Craig FAHA — University of Newcastle, Time Layered Cultural Map of Australia
Knowledge Exchange Session 2 Community Notes
17:00 Day 2 close
Friday 29 March
AUSTRALIA-DARIAH KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
9:00 Knowledge Exchange session 3 — Audio-visual and new media and gaming
• Associate Professor Melanie Swalwell — Swinburne University, Play it Again project
• Professor Jean Burgess, Director, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology — Digital methods in the QUT Digital Media Research Centre
• Professor Erik Champion, Curtin University and UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage & Visualisation — 3D-DH & VH Downunder
Knowledge Exchange Session 3 Community Notes
Morning tea
Lightning talks
The lightning talk feature of the program consists of a series of 5-minute talks given by selected delegates on current projects and research designed to challenge and inspire. The program convenors invite you to apply to present a lightning talk when you register for the event.
Concurrent workshops
The workshop feature of the program is designed for hands-on engagement and roundtable discussion. Delegates can attend their preferred workshop session.
• Tinker workbench —Led by Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Data Enhanced Virtual Lab (HASS DeVL) team.
• Libraries as Labs network —Led by Sally Chambers — Digital Humanities Research Coordinator, Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities – DARIAH
Lunch
The way forward
In the final session of the program, the convenors will host a discussion on infrastructure, sustainability, and international collaborations – where are we, and where might we go together?
See Way Forward Community Notes.
15:00 Day 3 close
