Digital meets Culture

Udine (Italy), 23-25 January 2019

AIUCD 2019 – Pedagogy, teaching, and research in the age of Digital Humanities

The main topic of the AIUCD 2019 Conference is ‘Pedagogy, teaching, and research in the age of Digital Humanities’. The conference aims at reflecting on the new possibilities that the digital yields for pedagogy, teaching, and scholarly research: how will these transform teaching in the humanities? What contributions can humanistic cultural critique offer to the digital revolution? What is the connection with the digitization plan for Universities outlined by the Ministry? It also concerns the Digital Humanities as a new discipline, and this brings forward further considerations: how can the new professional figure of the digital humanist be developed? Which areas of knowledge define the Digital Humanities as a subject of study, research, and teaching? How can we recognise, classify, describe, and evaluate research efforts in the Digital Humanities?

CALL FOR PAPERS

While open to other topics related to Digital Humanities, proposals for contributions are particularly encouraged on the following:

General questions:

the epistemological positioning and area of knowledge of DH in relation to the systems of Academic Research Areas (Settori Scientifico-Disciplinari) and Recruiting in Italy;
the positioning of DH in the European and International academic systems;
the evaluation of research in DH beyond traditional publications;
dissemination, public history, and crowdsourcing within research projects;
the role of inter(multi-trans-cross)-disciplinary DH research in European projects, enquiry, and teaching.

Pedagogy and teaching questions:

teaching DH: which models, technologies, and methods?
teaching the humanities in secondary schools and universities with DH tools;
teaching DH at the University: how is it taught today?
DH and media: production, dissemination, and analytical prospects
teaching history and DH;
DH and didactic strategies;
DH and hands-on teaching practices;
DH and primary source teaching;
Big Data methodologies and technologies in DH research and teaching.

Questions concerning research efforts:

statistical and quantitative research methods and their teaching applications;
Data Science and the role of DH in the definition of new knowledge;
Information science and DH: meeting points and methodological integration;
cultural and social impact of humanities research with computational methodologies;
Semantic web technologies and linked open data in the humanities;
models and tools for knowledge representation in the humanities and the cultural heritage sector;
visualization methodologies and technologies and their significance for humanities and cultural heritage knowledge and information;
Natural Language Processing methodologies and applications for the humanities;
digitization methodologies and technologies for the production, preservation, and promotion of digital cultural heritage.

The deadline for submitting proposals is the 25th October 2018 (h. 23.59 CET).

Website: https://aiucd2019.wordpress.com/

The workshop investigated new roles for Research Libraries on the way to Open Science

Third mission and Citizen science, workshop in Padua

On the 17th September, the University of Padova Library Center organized a workshop entitled Third mission and Citizen science, new roles for Research Libraries on the way to Open Science.

The topic of the workshop, that was held in the Auditorium of the Botanical Garden, was the role of Academic Libraries in the framework of the Third mission and Citizen science to promote awareness and participation of libraries so that this dimension becomes part of the University library systems’ mission.

The Third mission, also defined as knowledge transfer, community service and third stream in English-speaking countries, has been important in Italian universities in contributing to society’s social, cultural and economic development and in creating interactions between academia and the territory. This dimension is expressed through a series of activities which are mainly related to the strategic areas of “Technology Transfer and Employment” and “Public Commitment and Valorisation of cultural heritage”. The so-called Citizen science, namely the activities and projects which involve citizen volunteers in the collection and analysis of data in collaboration with scientists and scientific institutions, is also included in the Third mission.

An interested audience of ca. 120 librarians, museum curators, archivists and experts in the cultural sector was engaged in the varied programme of interventions, with 12 speakers chaired by Paolo Budroni (University of Vienna, E-IRG Austrian National Delegate).

Speeches by Stefan Hanslik (Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research), The European Open Science Cloud – the Austrian experience; Roberto Balzani (University of Bologna), Navigare alla cieca. La Terza Missione fra retorica pubblica, autorappresentazione accademica e innovazione culturale; Cristina Dondi (University of Oxford), Condividere con il pubblico il frutto della collaborazione internazionale delle biblioteche: Printing Revolution 1450-1500. I cinquant’anni che hanno cambiato l’Europa (Venezia, Museo Correr e Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 1 Settembre 2018 – 7 Gennaio 2019); Maurizio Vedaldi (University of Padova), Che ci azzeccano le biblioteche accademiche con la Terza missione?; Deborah Agostino (Politecnico Milano), È possibile misurare il contributo delle biblioteche alla terza missione? Evidenze dal progetto Good Practice and Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio (Associazione per l’Informatica Umanistica e le Culture Digitali – AIUCD), Le biblioteche (digitali) come strumento per la diffusione dei risultati della ricerca took place in the morning.

The presentations were followed by a session on comparing experiences which saw the participation of Serafina Spinelli (University Library System of Bologna), Biblioteche e terza missione. Le esperienze dell’Università di Bologna; Laura Vannucci (University Library System of Firenze), Il Sistema Bibliotecario dell’Ateneo di Firenze e la terza missione: il caso della mostra “Tesori inesplorati”; Caterina Fortarezza and Luana Varalta (University Library System of Milano), Philosophy and Children. Ricerca e laboratori per bambini in una biblioteca universitaria; Lorisa Andreoli (University Library System of Padova), Valorizzazione dei beni culturali e apertura al territorio. Il percorso del Sistema Bibliotecario dell’Ateneo di Padova; Adriana Magarotto (University Library System of Roma “La Sapienza”), Il patrimonio e le competenze delle biblioteche universitarie per la società. A round table of discussions and question and answer session concluded the workshop with final wrap up by the Chair.

Follow up information and videos of the event available at: http://bibliotecadigitale.cab.unipd.it/chi_siamo/i-progetti/new-roles-for-the-university-libraries-third-mission-and-citizen-science/new-roles-for-the-university-libraries-third-mission-and-citizen-science.-presentation_EN

Save the date: 22 October 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus

Upcoming workshop:“Historic Cities & ICT: Which building will you save first?”

Cyprus University of Technology organizes a one-day Workshop on innovative use of ICT (Information Communication and Technology) on preserving, protecting and promoting Cultural Heritage in Historic Cities. The Workshop will take place in Nicosia at 22nd of October 2018 (Monday) between 10:30 and 16:30, in Leventis Gallery. The workshop is divided in two parts: first part (10:30 to 13:30) will include scientific presentations to the participants under the theme of ICT & Cultural Heritage, focusing on specific thematic areas. The second part (14:30 to 16:30) is a hands-on workshop where all the participants will be engaged in a decision-making tool for historic cities.
The Workshop is part of project IRC-HERMES, funded by Interreg Balkan- Mediterranean. IRC-HERMES addresses the rescue, promotion and development of cultural heritage. It focuses on preventing the danger of collapse by means of management and prevention algorithms for historic buildings. .
The Workshop is scheduled in the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and as a side event of the 5th Anniversary Conference of the 7 Most Endangered programme and Capacity Building Days on Endangered Heritage which will take place on 22-24 October in Nicosia (Cyprus), organized by EUROPA NOSTRA.
If you are interested in presenting a paper in this workshop, you should submit an Abstract under the following Thematic Areas:
• Historic Cities and Cultural Heritage Management
• Tourism and Cultural Heritage
• Cultural Heritage for Education
• Digital Heritage (focusing on historic cities, monuments & buildings)
• Community Engagement for Cultural Heritage
• Urban Planning for Historic Cities
• Endangered Cultural Heritage (focusing on monuments and buildings)

You will have three (3) months (after the workshop) to submit the full paper.
All papers and workshop results will be published in RESEARCH GATE (with DOI) and in IRC-HERMES project portal. There will be a vast dissemination of the papers and the results of this Workshop, through our partners and Europa Nostra.
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission deadline (for presentation): 20th of September 2018 (maximum 6 presentations)
Registration (Free) deadline: 30th of September 2018 (maximum 30 participants)

Workshop Agenda:
10:00 – 10:30: Registration / Coffee
10:30 – 13:30: Paper Presentations
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch
14:30 – 16:30: Hands-on Workshop; designing a conservation plan

http://irc-hermes.eu/
Facebook: @IRC.HERMES

Organized by Cyprus University of Technology,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics

The agenda of the conference will be published in the next few days. Participation in workshops is for free.

Euromed 2018 registrations are now open

The EuroMed2018 registration is online and it is mandatory for ALL the participants:
https://euromed2018.eu/index.php/registration

Moreover, it is a real success that in total 537 papers have been submitted and reviewed for the EuroMed2018 conference. The 97 accepted papers are already by the Springer-Nature publisher and the corresponding authors will be notified directly from the publisher in the next 10-15 days. The EuroMed2018 e-proceedings, as well as, the hard-copy proceedings will be available at the conference.

The agenda of the conference will be published in the next few days.
Those of you, who want to attend one of the workshops or all of them, have to register (free of charge) to each one separately:
Workshop 1 – European Parliament/Commission Workshop
https://goo.gl/kLVMMa

Workshop 2 – H2020 – COST Joint Session
https://goo.gl/XTdUTL

Workshop 3 – H2020 – VIMM
https://goo.gl/HfWc84

Workshop 4 – H2020 – INCEPTION Workshop
https://goo.gl/iJbZJX

Workshop 5 – H2020 – CrossCult
https://goo.gl/PTQ83q

Workshop 6 – Europeana Transcribathon 1914-1918 in Cyprus
https://goo.gl/axf7gE

The most important workshop will be on the 29th-30th of October and it is in cooperation with the European Parliament and the European Commission. Key professionals from around the world will be actively involved and few authors will be invited to present their work also. The workshop is focusing on the current state of the art and future challenges in the area of 3D documentation in Cultural Heritage. The results of this workshop will help the policy makers at the European Commission to shape the next agenda on Digital Heritage in the upcoming Horizon-Europe Framework programme (2021-2027). Attached you can find the official announcement from the European Commission.

The EuroMed publications have been downloaded more than one (1) million times from the e-Portal of Springer-Nature since 2010 (the start of our cooperation with Springer). Therefore, our proceedings belong to the 10 bestselling e-books of Springer-Nature worldwide. To celebrate that, the Publisher will be represented at the conference with one senior Director in Charge of the LNCS publications and it is offering 1000 Euro Award for the three best papers (FULL, PROJECT and SHORT). Consequently, the first best paper under the category FULL will receive 400 Euro, the best paper under the category PROJECT will receive 400 Euro and the best paper under SHORT papers will receive 200 Euro award.

The award ceremony will be during the opening ceremony on the 29th of October 2018.

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Some important information for all of you travelling to Cyprus:

1. Venue of the conference: Filoxenia International Conference Center in Nicosia, Cyprus http://www.fcc.com.cy/ (Google Maps: https://goo.gl/p9tqcP)

2. Traveling to Cyprus and from the airports to Nicosia: https://www.euromed2018.eu/index.php/travelling-cyprus

3. Travelling in Nicosia by BUS:
a) https://itunes.apple.com/cy/app/cyprus-bus/id1384885081?mt=8 app store
b) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmv.cyprusbus2 android

4. Hotel accommodation in Nicosia: https://www.euromed2018.eu/index.php/accommodation

5. About Cyprus: http://www.aspectsofcyprus.com/ and Cyprus Tourism Organization: http://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/

EXTENDED Deadline: 15 October 2018 - Theme: The First World War.

Europeana Research Grants Programme 2018: Call for Submissions Open

The Europeana Research Grants Programme 2018 will fund up to three projects, depending on the quality of the applications, with 8,000 Euros on average per project. We invite you to explore the Europeana 1914-1918 Collection and to submit projects that are transnational in scope. The collection hosts 400,000 items aggregated from Europeana partner libraries, archives and museums, including over 600 hours of video, alongside 200,000 items of content contributed by individuals both online and during the 200+ collection days. The community collection days, organised by Europeana and other institutions throughout Europe, invited people to share their stories and objects from the First World War, which were then digitised by professional archivists. Applicants are also invited to explore the selection of newspapers from the First World War period in the Europeana platform, which offers over 20,000 openly licensed records.

The eligible projects must:

Focus on the First World War theme.
Use openly licensed Europeana content, including but not limited to the Europeana 1914-1918 Collection.
Apply digital tools and digital humanities methods to address their specific research topic.

More info and application: https://pro.europeana.eu/post/research-grants-programme-2018-call-for-submissions-open

Barcelona (Catalunia, Spain), 8 – 10 November 2018

MIRA Digital Arts Festival

An innovative and forward thinking event in the digital arts and music spheres, MIRA Digital Arts Festival have curated it’s most impressive bill for it’s 8th edition, with a fresh set of names this week. From Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th November, MIRA returns to Fabra i Coats (a refurbished factory turned cultural space) for three days of performances, exhibitions, conferences and more from industry leaders and breakout acts. Just announced, Thursday 8th will play host to the opening concert with WARP records’ GAIKA making his Spanish debut with a live A/V show, and seminal label/ agency PAN hosting a showcase with Amnesia Scanner As Oracle Live A/V, M.E.S.H. feat. Michael Guidetti Live A/V, Eartheater Live + more. In addition to a whole host of talks, workshops and Q&A’s from Claire Tolan, Filip Custic and Keiken with more TBA. On top of this, MIRA will be holding an official afters at Razzmatazz with Objekt, Mr TC (Live), Tutu, Omega III and Djohnston. All this adding to an already existing line-up with live A/V sets Tangerine Dream, Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois, Yves Tumor feat. Ezra Miller and DJ sets from Avalon Emerson, Call Super, DJ Stingray and many more.

Two day passes are available from €55 and three day passes are €70, do not sleep on this. TICKETS: http://www.mirafestival.com/en/tickets/

THURSDAY CONCERTS – Thursday 8th November

MIRA’s opening concert brings together a futuristic line-up of well established and upcoming artists. Curating the first half of the evening is PAN, celebrating 10 years of the label; bringing along an eclectic selection of artists to demonstrate why the collective is so special, including Amnesia Scanner making her Spanish premiere presenting As Oracle Live A/V. Also on board is breakout name M.E.S.H. with Michael Guidetti on visual duties, Eartheater performing a live set around new release IRISIRI. Fresh from his Basic Volume album launch and Somerset House collaboration with Boiler Room, multi-disciplinary WARP signee GAIKA brings a high-energy, immersive A/V show to MIRA’s opening event – a guaranteed must see.

Website: https://www.mirafestival.com/en/

Save the date: 9 October 2018, Hodász Roma Country House, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary

Preservation, re-use and management of Roma cultural heritage: REACH Local Encounter

The REACH project (H2020 CULT-COOP-06-2017) contributes to unlock the potential of people to engage in culture and cultural heritage in order to foster creativity and innovation and, thereby, to empower citizens to face the immense and rapid changes taking place in Europe and Beyond. The pilot project in Hungary is focusing on the largest transnational minority group in Europe, the Roma communities. The aim of the minority heritage pilot is to show how the institutionalisation of their (re)appropriated Cultural Heritage can result in their economic and social revival and it is organized on the basis of a close cooperation between the researchers of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and the representatives of various cultural institutions who are working on different aspects of Roma culture and art.
The aim of this local encounter is to discover together what participatory tools and methods are available to preserve, re-interpret and manage the Hungarian Roma cultural heritage, also in order to sustain it for the younger generations. The already existing best practices may help us to understand what advantages and difficulties arise in the practice of making a democratic and accessible heritage.

The host of the event is the Roma Country House in Hodász, founded in 2001, which is the first similar institution in Hungary. The country house, located in an extremely deprived sub-region in North-Eastern Hungary is not only undertaking an eminent role in preserving the Roma traditions but also in local community-building and in ensuring diverse artistic and professional activities to the children and teenagers of the village.
The representatives of Roma cultural institutions, together with local and national actors of tourism and cultural economy are aiming to tackle the question of long-term economic sustainability of those initiatives that are concerned with the preservation of the mostly invisible Roma heritage.

When: 9 October 2018, 12.00 AM-5.00 PM

Where: Hodász Roma Country House, 4334 Hodász, Ady Endre Street 26

Host: Melinda Rézműves, director of the Roma Country House in Hodász

Participants of the REACH project, organizers: Eszter György and Gábor Oláh (Eötvös Loránd University, Atelier Department for European Historiography and Social Sciences)

Participants:
István Gábor Molnár, president of Roma Minority Self-Government, Újpest; founder and director of Roma Local History Collection, Újpest
Fanny Hajdú, production manager, Pro Progressione
Balázs Váradi, architect
Rita Szerencsés, project manager, MOME EcoLab
Natália Oszkó-Jakab, director, Valley of Arts Festival

Programme

12.00 AM-1.00 PM: introduction and visit of the Country House and the Community Building

1.00 PM-2.00 PM: lunch

2.00 PM-4.00 PM: round-table about the questions of sustainability of the Roma cultural heritage. Introduction of the present best practices (what is the profile of the cultural initiative, what are the difficulties that arise in practice; aspects of economic sustainability, the possibilities of touristic involvement)

Toronto (Canada), 15-20 March 2019

Digital Arts Services Symposium 2019

The question of how the arts will thrive in an increasingly digital world transcends conventional borders. ArtsPond is pleased to announce the vision of the second Digital Arts Services Symposium 2019 (DASSAN19) in Toronto, Canada. With a theme of “All digits on deck”, global communities of arts and technology enthusiasts are invited to Toronto to activate and manifest a shared digital future from March 15-20, 2019.

The goals for DASSAN19 are to promote cross-sectoral alliances while bolstering digital literacy and delving deeper into the design of collective solutions that reflect the diverse realities of artists and professionals working across disciplinary silos. Through a wide array of activities, DASSAN19 provides opportunities to learn from inspirational stories, engage in critical reflection, and strive for practical transformation for the locally and globally-minded.

Whether you are you a functioning technophobe, a budding digital innovator, or a grey-haired geek, DASSAN19 is made for you. Save the date for featured events including a bootcamp for fledgling digital devotees (March 15-17, 2019), plus spirited international dialogues and industry exchanges during the main Symposium (March 18-20, 2019). Delegates can anticipate compelling discussions on topics such as applications of open source, open data, and machine learning platforms, the evolution of collective governance alternatives for digital arts services such as platform coops, new directions in funding the digital transformation of the arts, uprooting gaps in digital literacy, and much more.

Eager to engage? Early-bird discounts are available for a limited time. Have some digital knowledge to share? Calls for proposals are open now. More detailed programming announcements will be released throughout Fall 2018. Keep up with the latest news via the hashtag #DASSAN19, visit DigitalASO.ca for more information, or get in touch at hello@DigitalASO.ca or +1 (647) 479 4260 (24-hour voicemail).

DASSAN19 is proudly presented by ArtsPond in association with Agilo Arts and BeMused Network, with generous funding from Canada Council for the Arts’ Digital Strategy Fund.

See you in Toronto in 2019!

Save the date: 26th-28th November 2018, Bonn, Germany

Let’s talk about Open Data! SWIB Conference 2018

Registration’s opened for joining the SWIB conference (Semantic Web in Libraries): the annual meeting, being held for the 10th time, focusing on Linked Open Data (LOD) in libraries and related organizations. It is well established as an event where IT staff, developers, librarians, and researchers from all over the world meet and mingle and learn from each other. The topics of talks and workshops at SWIB revolve around opening data, linking data and creating tools and software for LOD production scenarios. These areas of focus are supplemented by presentations of research projects in Applied Sciences, Industry Applications, Semantically Enhanced Data Publication, Searching Information Retrieval.
As usual, SWIB18 is organized by the ZBW – German National Library of Economics / Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz). The conference language is English.

Website: http://swib.org/swib18
Hashtag: #swib18
Twitter: @swibcon

Beijing (China), 5-24 September 2018

Beijing Media Art Biennale (BMAB) 2019: “Post Life”

The 2nd Beijing Media Art Biennale (BMAB) in 2018 is running September 5 to 24 at CAFA Art Museum. BMAB is funded by China National Art Fund, organized by China Academy of Fine Arts and co-sponsored by the CAFA School of Design ,the CAFA School of Experimental Art, and CAFA Art Museum. As an international academic platform aimed at promoting the intersection of art and technology, the 2018 BMAB is centered on the theme of “Post Life” and comprises six parts: the main exhibition, Lab Space, Hyperlinks Exhibition, live performances, thematic forums, and workshops. The event will also include interdisciplinary experiments in the art and technology fields, with an aim to facilitate in-depth discussions between artists, designers, scientists, and theorists.

If the topic Ethics of Technology last year discussed what we should contemplate and introspect at the epistemological level under the pressing and disturbing mystery of New Theology of Technology, the theme of Post-Life covered in the Biennial this year will explore not only at the epistemological level but also discuss whether we, as post-life, when prompted by new technology to revalue the relationship between ourselves and other species. Do we have the courage to decentralize ourselves?

So Kanno, Takahiro Yamaguchi – Senseless Drawing Bot

The main exhibition comprises three parts: “Data Life”, “Mechanical Life”, and “Synthesized Life”; all focused on trying to determine what life is as seen from the different points of view of: virtual life brought into existence by computer algorithms, bionic life brought into existence by machinery, and hard-to-define synthetic life. The exhibits will belong to categories such as videos, interactive installations, immersive art, biological art, mechanical installations, audiovisual art, Internet art, sound art, mixed media, and others.

As another section in BMAB2018—the “Art and Technology” Lab Space, which aims to build a platform where artistic creation and cutting-edge Science and Technology Studies can exchange ideas and cooperate. It is also set to introduce research topics and practices by interdisciplinary research laboratories across the world that related to the theme of “Post Life” and present the accomplishments on future life realized on the basis of interdisciplinary cooperation.

Website: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/sEnXUfEanEMAocyEOBqNGw