Accademia Nazionale dei LinceiCentro Linceo Interdisciplinare «Beniamino Segre»
Paolo Monella
L'Informatica Umanistica nel mondo:esperienze in corso
(Where are the Digital Humanities today?)
Tavola RotondaL'informatica Umanistica e i suoi problemi:
l'edizione critica digitale dei testi(The Digital Humanities and its current issues:
the digital scholarly edition of texts)
Rome - 20 June 2012
http://www.unipa.it/paolo.monella/lincei/where.html
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● The Digital Humanities Moment● Nations
● UK● USA● Canada● France● Germany● Italy
● Networks
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● The Digital Humanities Moment● Nations
● UK● USA● Canada● France● Germany● Italy
● Networks
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The Digital Humanities Moment
Melissa Terras, Quantifying Digital Humanities
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The Digital Humanities Moment
● Gold, M. K. 2012. “The Digital Humanities Moment”, in M. K. Gold (ed.), Debates in The Digital Humanities, IX-XVI. Minneapolis-London: University of Minnesota Press
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The Digital Humanities Moment
● Quantity● Mainstream● Disciplinarisation● Institutionalisation
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● The Digital Humanities Moment● Nations
● UK● USA● Canada● France● Germany● Italy
● Networds
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Nations
centerNet, Google Map and List of DH centres
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UK
● 14 / 18 centres● (M. Terras /
centerNet)
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UK
● The DH “centre”● Institutionalisaton● Research-centred (projects, products)● Teaching
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UK
● King's College, DDH● Center for Computers and the Humanities, now DDH (Department
for Digital Humanities)
● UCL, CDH● University College of London, Centre for Digital Humanities
● Oxford● Oxford Text Archive● Digital.Humanities@Oxford
● Glasgow, HATII● Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
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King's College
● People● 19 Academic staff (1 Italian)● 23 Research staff (2 Italians)● 2 Affiliated staff● 8 Visiting research staff (8 Italians)● 2 Emeritus staff● 6 Professional services staff● 14 Research students (3 Italians)
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King's College
● Research● £ 17 mln in grants during last 7 years● 18 ongoing projects● 84 completed projects
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King's College
● Research: external funding (grants) for projects and products● Art of Making in Antiquity
● Leverhulme funded art history project […] digitize and catalogue a unique and unpublished slide collection documenting Roman stone carving.
● Breaking of Britain● AHRC funded historical studies project […] database […] to embrace all individuals and
their social interactions recorded in documents relating to Scotland 1286-1314.● Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
● Funded by The British Academy, The Friends of the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland and private benefactors, a project to photograph and catalogue the wealth of surviving sculpture produced in Great Britain and Ireland within the period c.1050-1200.
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King's College
● Teaching● MA in Digital Humanities● MA in Digital Culture and Society● MA in Digital Asset Management● PhD in Digital Humanities
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UCL
● People● 4 Management Team● 7 Team● 8 Affiliated Team Members● 14 Doctoral Students● 3 Affiliated Doctoral Students
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UCL
● Research● 16 ongoing projects● 4 completed projects
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UCL
● Research: collaborations and VRE (Virtual Research Environments)● eSAD: e-Science and Ancient Documents (with
Oxford)● VERA: Virtual Environments for Research in
Archaeology (with University of Reading and York Archaeological Trust)
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UCL
● Teaching● MA/MSc programme● PhD● Short Courses
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Oxford
● Oxford Text Archive● Founded by Lou Burnard in 1976
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Oxford
● Digital.Humanities@Oxford● Institutions involved:
● Oxford e-Research Centre● Oxford University Computing Services● Humanities Division● Oxford's Bodleian Libraries
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Oxford
● Digital.Humanities@Oxford: “Search for people at Oxford with digital humanities interests”● 244 people, including:
● 41 Library, information and museum studies● 34 Classics● 29 Oriental studies● 27 English language and literature● 24 Archeology● 25 History
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Oxford
● Digital.Humanities@Oxford: Research● 198 projects● Records
● “Oxford probably has more Digital Humanities activity than any other UK institution, as is abundantly illustrated in the People and Projects section of this site”.
● “The University has received more grants than any other university from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for projects with digital research outputs”.
● Pioneering applications
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Glasgow
● People● 1 Head of Subject● 8 Academic staff● 8 Research Project Staff● 4 Resource Development Officers● 1 Visiting Professor● 15 Honorary Research Fellows● 9 Doctoral Students● 2 Administration● 4 Arts IT Support
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Glasgow
● Research● Fields
● Digital Curation● Digital Humanities● Theoretical Approaches to Information● Philosophy of Technology● Archive, Records and Information Management
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Glasgow
● Research● Assessment
● 4th in UK for “world leading research” (RAE 2008)
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Glasgow
● Research● Projects
● 18 ongoing● 14 completed
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Glasgow
● Teaching● Undergraduate degree
● Arts and Media Informatics● Masters Degrees
● MSc/PgDip Information Management and Preservation● MSc/PgDip Computer Forensics and E-Discovery● MSc/PgDip Museum Studies
● PhD
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Birmingham
● Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing● 21 people (plus 4 emeriti)● 12 projects (including Canterbury, Codex Sinaiticus)
● The Canterbury Tales Project● Scholarly edition (actually) digital of the Canterbury
Tales (since 1989-1990)
● Scholarly Digital Editions Series
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USA
● 31 / 44 / 73 centres● (D. M. Zorich / M. Terras / centerNet)
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USA
● A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States
● Diane M. Zorich, November 2008
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USA
● Diane M. Zorich, A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States, November 2008: list
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USA
● University of Virginia● IATH - Institute for Advanced Technology in the
Humanities● Scholar's Lab, University of Virgina Library
● Tufts University, New York● The Perseus Project
● NEH, Office for Digital Humanities● NEH – National Endowment for the Humanities
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University of Virginia
● IATH: people● Staff
● 8, with IT degrees● Fellows
● Belonging to other University of Virginia Departments● IATH Fellows for 2 years● Initial phase of a project● “Resident fellows”
● From 1992 to 1999: 2 resident fellows each year● From 2000 to date: 1 resident fellow each year
● “Associate fellows”● 1 to 3 associate fellows each year
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University of Virginia
● IATH: Research● 49 projects● Innovative projects: theory and “building”
● 1992-1993, J. McGann, The Rossetti Archive● Official seat of TEI – Text Encoding Initiative
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University of Virginia
● Scholars’ Lab● University of Virginia Library● Fusion of:
● Electronic Text (Etext)● Geospatial and Statistical Data (GeoStat)● Research Computing Support Group
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University of Virginia
● Scholars’ Lab: Research● 18 ongoing projects● Bethany Nowviskie
● PhD in English Literature● Formerly: working at IATH with Jerome McGann for The
Rossetti Archive● Today: Director of Digital Research & Scholarship at the
University of Virginia Library
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University of Virginia
● Scholars’ Lab: Teaching● Praxis Program● UVA Library Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities
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Perseus Project
● Main support● Alpheios Project● Andrew W. Mellon Foundation● U.S. Department of Education● Institute of Museum and Library Services● National Endowment for the Humanities● private donations● Tufts University
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Perseus Project
● Other funders● Annenberg/CPB Project● Apple Computer● Berger Family Technology Transfer Endowment● Digital Libraries Initiative Phase 2● Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education● the Getty Grant program● Modern Language Association● National Endowment for the Arts● National Science Foundation● Packard Humanities Institute● Xerox Corporation● Boston University● and Harvard University
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Perseus Project
● People● 6 Staff● 9 Collaborating researchers from other
institutions● 42 “Former Perseus Staff”
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Perseus Project
● Research● Since 1985● Mostly Greek and Latin texts
● Also English● Lemmatisation● Linguistic analysis● Archaeological material, commentary, lexica, secondary literature● Fragmentary texts● Improvement of OCR● Semantic web● Crowdsourcing etc.
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Canada
● 11 / 63 research centres● (M. Terras / G. Rockwell)
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Canada
● G. Rockwell, The Academic Capacityof the Digital Humanities in Canada (wiki)
● 37 Undergraduate and Graduate Programs● 63 Research Labs, Centres or Institutes● 56 Projects in the area● 10 Canada Research Chairs● 6 Journals, 8 Blogs, 1 Discussion List and 7
Conferences● Professional Societies: 5 national and 10
international/collaborative
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Canada
● TaPoR● DH network connecting 6 Canadian universities
● University of Alberta● University of Victoria
● Digital Humanities Summer Institute
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TAPoR
● 6 universities● Université de Montréal● University of Alberta● University of New Brunswick● University of Toronto● University of Victoria● McMaster University
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TAPoR
● Researchers involved● Project founder: G. Rockwell (McMaster University)● 33 researchers
● Not only from the 6 universities involved
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TAPoR
● Research● Theory● Projects
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University of Alberta
● Research: TAPoR network● Software for text analysis● Digital editions
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University of Alberta
● Teaching● MA in Humanities Computing
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University of Victoria - DHSI
● Digital Humanities Summer Institute● skills workshop● international conference● summer camp
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France
● 5 research centres● (M. Terras)
● 45 centres● 28 research centres● 17 teaching centres● (Carte des digital
humanities francophones)
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France
● DH Manifesto● THATCamp Paris 2010
● Visibility● Carte des digital humanities francophones● Survey: “Who are you, Digital Humanists?”
● European networks● DARIAH, CLARIN etc.
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France
● IRHT - Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes - CNRS
● Cléo - Centre pour l’édition électronique ouverte
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IRHT
● Medium● Pinakes● Telma● Aedilis● Bibliothèque de
l’IHRT● Archives: HalSHS
● Jonas● Initiale● CartulR● Base● Liber● Enluminures
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IRHT
● Medium● Main archive of IRHT● It has an entry for each MS of which IRHT has a
reprouction, or that it has studied and described● Pinakes
● Database connecting existing MSS to Greek literary works before the XVI Century
● Telma● Repository for digital editions of sources
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Cléo
● Structure● Institutional support
● TGE (Très grand équipement) Adonis
● Institutions involved● CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique● EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales● Université de Provence● Université d’Avignon
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Cléo
● Portals● Revues.org
● Online journals, since 1999
● Calenda● Calendar of scientfic events
● Hypotheses● 350 research blogs
● OpenEdition Books● Repository for electronic publication of monographs
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Germany
● 6 research centres● (M. Terras /
centerNet)
● 27 teaching programmes● (Broschüre by CceH -
Köln)
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Germany
● University of Würzburg● ZDE - Zentrum für digitale Edition Würzburg
● University of Cologne● CCeH - Cologne Center for eHumanities● IDE - Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik
● TextGrid● Teaching
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Würzburg
● Zentrum für digitale Edition Würzburg● Fotis Jannidis
● Lehrstuhl für Computerphilologie und Neuere Deutsche Literaturgeschichte
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Würzburg
● Institutional network● TextGrid (Germany)● DARIAH-DE (EU/Germany)● Interedition (EU)● NeDIMAH, Network for Digital Arts and Humanities (EU)● Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online
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Würzburg
● Research● “Grundlegende Methodenforschung (etwa im Bereich textgenetischer
Editionen)”● Own projects
● Juan Goytisolos "Passajes después de la batalle"● Visualising Textuality – New Interfaces to Historical Texts● Pilotprojekt Fränkische Reiseberichte
● Some of the connected projects● Franconica Online● Faust-Edition● TextGrid● Text Encoding Initiative
● Special Interest Group on Manuscript Encoding● Task Force „Genetic Editing in a Digital Framework“
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Würzburg
● Teaching● BA and MA in “Digital Humanities”● Workshops● Summer schools
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Cologne
● Manfred Thaller● Hist.-Kulturwiss. Informationsverarbeitung
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Cologne
● People
CCeH IDE
Staff 12
Members 44 13
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Cologne
● Research
CCeH IDE
Ongoing projects 48 26
Proposed projects 7
Projects under development
24
Completed projects 13
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Cologne
● Teaching● BA Informationsverarbeitung● MA Informationsverarbeitung● BA Medieninformatik● MA Medieninformatik● MA EuroMACHS● IT-Zertifikat der Philosophischen Fakultät
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Germany: TextGrid
● Institutional network● Bundesministerium für Bildung
und Forschung (Germania)● DARIAH-DE (EU)
● Portal● DHd-Blog: Digital Humanities im
deutschsprachigen Raum
● Technological infrastructure
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Germany: Teaching
● Broschüre Digitale Geisteswissenschaften - Studiengänge 2011 (CceH - Cologne Center for eHumanities - Köln)
● 27 programmes in German universities● News: Chemniz TU
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Italy
● 4 centres● (centerNet)
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Italy
● Research centres● From: Orlandi, T., Un ultimo bilancio dell'informatica umanistica
● CISADU (Rome, Sapienza University)● CISIAU e Laboratorio Cultura Digitale (University of Pisa)● CISI (University of Turin)● SIPU (University of Milan)
● From: centerNet● Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale (Florence)● Corso di laurea in Informatica Umanistica (University of Pisa)● ILC-CNR, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "Antonio Zampolli" (Pisa,
CNR)● CISADU (Rome, Sapienza University)
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Italy
● Teaching● Programmes
● Laurea triennale, specialistica, magistrale (BA and MA) in Informatica Umanistica
● Università di Pisa● Master in Informatica del Testo ed Edizione Elettronica
● Università di Siena/Arezzo● IT or DH courses in Humanities programmes in
the Italian universities● Mordenti 2003
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● The Digital Humanities Moment● Nations
● UK● USA● Canada● France● Germany● Italy
● Networks
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Networks
● ADHO - Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
● ALLC - Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (1978)
● ACH - Association for Computers and the Humanities (1973)
● SDH - Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l'étude des médias interactifs (1986)
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Networks
● Some wordwide networks● arts-humanities.net● DH Commons● Project Bamboo● Digital Humanities Now● Hathi Trust● HASTAC - Humanities, Arts, Science, and
Technology Advanced Collaboratory● THATCamp: The Humanities and Technology Camp
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Networks
● European Union● DARIAH
● Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities
● CLARIN● Common Language Resources and Technology Ifrastructure
● ESF - NeDiMAH● European Science Foundation - Network for Digital Methods in the
Arts and Humanities
● Interedition● Europeana
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Networks
● Regional associations● Asia and Australia
● Australasian Association for Digital Humanities● Asia-Pacific Digital Humanities Centernet● Japanese Association for Digital Humanities
● Latin America● Red de Humanidades Digitales (Mexico)
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Networks
● Germany● TextGrid
● → DARIAH-DE● DHD - Digital Humanities Deutschland
● → ALLC - Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
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Networks
● Italy● Associazione per l’Informatica Umanistica e la
Cultura Digitale
Accademia Nazionale dei LinceiCentro Linceo Interdisciplinare «Beniamino Segre»
Paolo Monella
L'Informatica Umanistica nel mondo:esperienze in corso
(Where are the Digital Humanities today?)
Tavola RotondaL'informatica Umanistica e i suoi problemi:
l'edizione critica digitale dei testi(The Digital Humanities and its current issues:
the digital scholarly edition of texts)
Rome - 20 June 2012
http://www.unipa.it/paolo.monella/lincei/where.html