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SIMS Online Lecture_Dot Porter and Lisa Fagin Davis
by Ransom, Lynn 18 Aug '22

18 Aug '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear friends and colleagues, The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies is excited to announce the first lecture in this fall's SIMS Online Lecture Series. We kick off with the dynamic rock star duo, Dot Porter and Lisa Fagin Davis. See details below. Friday, September 16, 2022, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT Medieval Rolls in a Digital Environment Dot Porter, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Penn Libraries, and Lisa Fagin Davis, Medieval Academy of America Medieval rolls are notoriously difficult to display and publish. Digital publishing tends to focus on codex books, and to function at the level of the turning page. The physical format of rolls - membranes of parchment stitched together to form a long and narrow strip, which could be dozens of feet long - defies these expectations; other options are needed to effectively edit and publish medieval rolls in a way that respects their physical format and doesn't force them into a framework designed for books. Digital Mappa (DM) is one of these options. Originally designed for the editing of medieval maps of the world, DM centers the image and enables the annotation and linking of both images and text. DM is particularly useful for the editing of rolls, as the two examples in this lecture will illustrate. In this lecture, Dr Lisa Fagin Davis, professor of practice in manuscript studies at the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science and executive director of the Medieval Academy of America, will present on the Digital Chronique 2.0, a DM edition of the Chronique Anonyme Universelle, a lavishly illustrated scroll history of the world from Creation to the fifteenth century. Dot Porter, SIMS founding member and Curator of Digital Research Services, will present on Ms. Roll 1066: Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England to Edward IV, circa 1461, originally published online in 2012 and republished in DM earlier this year. To register for the zoom link, click here<https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/kislak/MedievalRolls>. To receive regular updates on SIMS Project and Programs, sign up for our newsletter<https://schoenberginstitute.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1e6274e4f4149fc…>.

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****SPAM**** Call for Projects - Transcription Challenge Framework (TCF)
by Laura Morreale 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Transcription Challenge Framework (TCF) CALL FOR PROJECTS<https://tcf.lauramorreale.com/call-for-projects/> Research Cycle 2023-2024 Do you have a relatively brief but problematic medieval source or text that exists in multiple copies, but has never received the kind of scholarly attention it warrants? Are you interested in examining and discussing your chosen source with a team of highly motivated researchers, who will work for a short but intense period to render versions of your source in machine-readable format? Would you like to learn how to use and apply collaborative digital methodologies in our increasingly virtual scholarly environment? The newly-established Transcription Challenge Framework (TCF), a scholar-run initiative supported by FromThePage<https://fromthepage.com/> and Stanford University Libraries<http://library.stanford.edu/>, is accepting proposals to host individual Transcription Challenges for its 2023-2024 TCF research-cycle season. The most appropriate texts for a Transcription Challenge are relatively short, totalling between 1200 and 2000 lines. Thus, a short book, or a book section from a longer treatise, are ideal candidates to submit to the Transcription Challenge. For every Challenge, multiple 10-person transcriber teams, led by two captains each, will devote their time and expertise over a two-week period to transcribe one copy of a text or source, in competition with other teams participating in the Challenge at the same moment. At the end of the Challenge session, several versions of the same source, rendered in machine-readable format, will be produced to very high editorial standards, ready for future scholarly use, and will be sent to a panel of subject-area specialist who will judge all the submissions according to the speed, accuracy, and collaborative nature of the transcription effort. Judges will announce a winning submission from among the participating teams. Two challenges are anticipated, scheduled between January and October 2023. Scholars whose proposals are accepted will benefit from the experience gained in past transcription events, have access to digital space to support the Challenge while it is ongoing, and a platform to house and publicize the scholarly output created before, during and after the two-week Challenge period. Past transcription events have proved wildly popular and productive for former participants, and have provided training and real outcomes within the new research environment. For more information on the Transcription Challenge Framework, its history, goals, and outcomes, please see the TCF Website<https://tcf.lauramorreale.com/history-basics-rationale>. To apply, please submit the following by October 1, 2022. 1. A 200-word abstract of the project that includes the chosen source and an explanation of why scholars would benefit from a transcription of its multiple copies; 2. A list of digitized copies of the manuscript, preferably in IIIF format (feel free to inquire if this format is unfamiliar to you); 3. A statement of who will act as Challenge Coordinator with contact information (email address, phone number, institutional affiliation if applicable), and a provisional list of who might serve as team captains; 4. All projects that are based on a campus or institution should include, when possible, the name of an affiliated Digital Humanities specialist (usually located in a library or Digital Humanities or Digital Scholarship center) who should be informed of the project as it progresses; 5. A preliminary bibliography of the source in question (5-10 items). Submissions should be sent by 12 midnight EST on October 1, 2022 to the TCF Advisory Board TCFramework(a)gmail.com<mailto:TCFramework@gmail.com> -- Laura K. Morreale, PhD Georgetown University: Visiting Researcher, <https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000015aLa2AAE/laura-morr…> Global Medieval Studies Program Harvard University: Associate in the Department of History Fordham University<https://www.fordham.edu/info/23060/medieval_studies_faculty>: Affiliated Scholar, Center for Medieval Studies,<https://www.fordham.edu/info/23060/medieval_studies_faculty> Medieval Academy of America: Councillor, 2020-2023<https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/Governance> Forthcoming in 2022 from ARC Humanities Press: Digital Medieval Studies—Practice and Preservation (ed. Morreale and Gilsdorf).

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****SPAM**** A digital survey of early medieval manuscripts transmitting the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville
by Evina Steinova 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear DM community, We at the Innovating Knowledge project<https://innovatingknowledge.nl/> (Huygens Institute, Amsterdam) have just released an updated version (v2.3.1) of our database of early medieval manuscripts transmitting the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville. In April last year, we presented a beta version containing 461 manuscripts - now we can update this number to 492 manuscripts (and counting!). We hope that we will be able to beat the magic boundary of 500 codices soon. The database is accessible at: https://db.innovatingknowledge.nl/. You can read more about the criteria for the inclusions of manuscripts, database's sources, functionality and plans at: https://innovatingknowledge.nl/?page_id=33. We are particularly glad that most of the included manuscripts (375 to be more precise) have been digitized. The database has an integrated Mirador viewer that allows you to access, compare and work with approximately 300 manuscripts with IIIF manifests directly via its interface (just click on the IIIF logo under the manuscript image). We hope that we will be able to add more digitized manuscripts and manuscripts with IIIF manifests in the future to make this database a digital manuscript library as well. For those who may be interested in reusing the data collected by the project, we are also releasing the complete datasheet underlying the database at our project's outputs page: https://innovatingknowledge.nl/?page_id=40. We hope you will find this resource useful for your research and an inspiration for your own digital projects. We are still in a short grace period, so if you note particularly nasty bugs (some of which we are aware of and currently fixing, like incorrect display of & in manuscript shelfmarks), errors, typos, or you think information could be added (such as to recent publications of yours on one or more of the featured manuscripts), we will be glad to hear from you. Best wishes, Evina -- Evina Steinova https://homomodernus.net/ https://evinasteinova.academia.edu/ Postdoctoral Researcher NWO VENI project Innovating Knowledge<http://innovatingknowledge.nl/> Huygens Institute, Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam

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DM Executive Board Election Results
by N. Kivilcim Yavuz 26 Jul '22

26 Jul '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear Digital Medievalist community members, We have the pleasure of announcing the results from the 2022 DM Executive Board elections for the term beginning in August 2022 and ending in July 2026. 111 DM members cast votes this year for five open seats. The five highest vote counts went to the following candidates who have now been elected to the board (in alphabetical order): * Luise Borek * Stewart Brookes * Tobias Hodel * Katarzyna Anna Kapitan * Laura Morreale We would like to thank the other candidates – James B. Harr, III, Ephrem Aboud Ishac, Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja, Christine McWebb and Matthew J. Westerby – for standing for election and providing us with an outstandingly rich choice. Thank you for your participation! Best wishes to the new DM board, and the DM community as a whole, N. Kivilcim Yavuz and Claudia Sojer 2022 DM Executive Board Elections Committee https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz Kenneth Spencer Research Library University of Kansas 1450 Poplar Lane Lawrence, KS 66045 nkyavuz.com<http://nkyavuz.com> | transtextual.net<http://transtextual.net> @manuscriptsetc on Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/manuscriptsetc/> and Twitter<https://twitter.com/manuscriptsetc> Member of the Advisory Board: “The Book of Books: Hernando Colón's Libro de los Epítomes”<https://bookofbooks.ku.dk/> Member of the Executive Board: Digital Medievalist<https://digitalmedievalist.wordpress.com/>

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magazén - Call for Abstracts on "Relations"
by Franz FISCHER 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. magazén | International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities Dear digital medievalists, The call for abstracts is now open for the 2023 volume of magazén which shall devote two semestral issues to the concept of ‘relations’ and how these relations are implemented, operationalised and analysed as interdependencies, links, and connections in practices of Digital and Public Humanities scholarship. The first deadline will be on September 30, 2022 for the abstract submission. Please find the call and all details below and at the following link: https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/magazen/info#call On behalf of the editorial team Franz Fischer -- Deadlines Abstract submission – September 30, 2022 Abstract acceptance – October 31, 2022 Articles submission – February 15, 2023 (issue 1) or July 15, 2023 (issue 2) Prospective publication – June 2023 (issue 1) and December 2023 (issue 2) Call for Papers | 2023 Topic: Relations magazén is accepting proposals to its 2023 volume, which shall devote two semestral issues of the Journal (June and December) to the concept of ‘relations’ and how these relations are implemented, operationalised and analysed as interdependencies, links, and connections in practices of Digital and Public Humanities scholarship. Be it through the construction of simple relational databases or by means of complex correlations of data, materials, immaterial aspects, and publics, the interdisciplinary field of Digital and Public Humanities truly strives on building relationships. Far from shutting themselves up in a lonesome ivory tower, scholars in this domain are prone to bridging experiences between different disciplines, interconnecting with diverse audiences for research and dissemination purposes, and linking computational models to cultural manifestations. Relations maintain a very humanistic character, as they form the immaterial structure onto which human societies are based. Indeed, transferred into a technological setting, the principle of relationship-building can be found as the core feature of interconnected data, authority files, user-centred design, usability, user-experience, audience interaction, and many more aspects that became an integral part of Digital and Public Humanities. The very act of building relations or putting things into relationship – be they technology and culture, scholars and audiences, data and materials – thus form the backbone of scholarly projects that came to define this research field. In Digital Textual Scholarship scholars can see the text as a hub, whose relations point in many directions. They can explore, formalise, visualise, and process its connections with paratexts, other texts, physical documents, places, people, concepts as well as with readers. In Digital and Public History it is possible to establish connections between sources, events, place, dates, or people, through a database, a network analysis map, or more generally the semantic web. In Public History also the relationship between the research and its public is crucial: the active or passive participation of the audience can affect questions, methodology and research outcomes in many different ways. Relations between archaeological contexts and spaces are key factors to decipher and investigate stratigraphic sequences and past landscapes in virtual reconstructions (i.e. extended matrix approach, archeoBIM, etc.) and GIS studies (i.e. viewshed analysis, least-cost path analysis, etc.). At the same time, the integration of different remote sensing techniques and expertises often provide significant results. In Digital and Public Art History subjects may address the connection between GLAM studies and the creative industries sector as well as the artistic productions, considering: the relation between public space and art historical environment, including different techniques of virtual reconstruction (3D modelling, gaming, VR360), the implementation of digital collections adopting the IIIF framework (iconography, diagnosis, descriptions), and multimedia solutions for data collection and accessibility. The implication of digital technologies in the preservation, management and interpretation of historical, cultural, and archaeological contexts is a way to make knowledge more accessible for different audiences. The engagement of society in participatory ways highlights the importance of creating dialogue, cohesion, identity, and sustainable development. Hence, for its 2023 volume magazén is set to examine in two semestral issues the concept of “Relations” as an intrinsic characteristic of Digital and Public Humanities. Scholars are particularly invited to submit contributions that span from theoretical debates to methodological reflections, also comprising the examination of particular case studies from the heterogeneous domains of Digital and Public History, Art History, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Textual Scholarship. Eventually, magazén’s volume 2023 will draw particular attention to the public aspects of such endeavours, given that successful research projects hold firm to the principle of audience involvement from their very inception, rather than having public interaction just as a late side-effect of scholarly work. For scholars interested in submitting a proposal, please send the provisional title, the abstract between 250-500 words together with a short biographical note and a possibly also provisional bibliography. The abstract should address the following questions: What kind of materials and humanistic research questions are concerned? What digital/public methods are employed and how do they tackle the research aims? If the prospective paper addresses a case study or a particular project, authors should please state whether it has been completed and already made available to the research community. All materials should be sent by September 30, 2022, via the submission portal on the editorial platform of our academic publisher Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. Notice of selection will be given to authors within four weeks from the submission deadline. Finalised contributions are expected to be 6,000-9,000 words long (notes and bibliography included) and will undergo double blind peer review. Accepted languages are Italian and English, though all texts must have an English abstract and stick to the ‘Editorial Guidelines’ of Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. Texts that should not comply with editorial guidelines or that the editors should deem linguistically inappropriate won’t be accepted. Please note that the journal does not offer language proof-reading services to the authors, who must also secure all copyright permissions (reproduction costs included) for images and other media. The deadline for all accepted articles is February 15, 2023, for issue 1 and July 15, 2023, for issue 2. Final publication of the first issue is planned by June 2023, while the second issue will be due in December 2023. For further details please contact the editorial board (magazen(a)unive.it<mailto:magazen@unive.it>). -- Franz Fischer Direttore, Venice Centre for Digital & Public Humanities (VeDPH) Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Università Ca' Foscari Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D - 30123 Venezia Tel.: +39 041 234 6266 (ufficio), +39 041 234 9863 (segreteria del centro) https://www.unive.it/vedph https://www.i-d-e.de/ https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/

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Master's in Digital and Public Humanities, VeDPH - Admissions now
by Paolo Monella 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear colleagues, admissions are open to the Master's Degree Program in "Digital and Public Humanities" at Ca' Foscari University of Venice for the academic year 2022/23. The Program, connected with the Venice Centre in Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), integrates Humanities and Information Technology and fosters the dissemination of culture and cultural activities in the public sphere. Enrollment is open from the 1st of July to the 3rd of October 2022. The admission to the Master's Degree Program does not require an entry test. Details: https://www.unive.it/pag/38917/ For the VeDPH, Paolo Monella -- **Fai crescere le giovani ricercatrici e i giovani ricercatori* **con il 5 per mille alla Sapienza *Scrivi il codice fiscale dell'Università *80209930587 Cinque per mille <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/23149>*

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Call for papers for the special issue: "Historical documents and automatic text recognition" (JDMDH)
by Ariane Pinche 21 Jul '22

21 Jul '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. [all apologies for cross mailing] Call for papers for the special issue: "Historical documents and automatic text recognition". Editors : Ariane Pinche and Peter Stokes Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities With this special issue of the Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities (JDMDH), we wish to bring together in one single volume several experiments, projects and reflections related to automatic text recognition on historical documents. To address these issues, we propose the following three axes: - Axis 1: Sources, constitution and sharing of training data. - Axis 2: Machine learning - Axis 3: Feedback and data exploitation This special issue aims to provide an overview of the use of HTR or OCR on historical documents, as its uses multiply and more and more research projects and cultural heritage institutions become interested in it. Through the Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, we are delighted to offer an opportunity to all those who wish to make their own contribution to the field or to share their experience by exposing their successes, their questions and their difficulties, or even failure. By publishing this special issue, we hope to present a state of the art of the uses of automatic handwriting recognition today. Complete description at the following address : .https://jdmdh.episciences.org/page/documents-historiques-et-reconnaissance-automatique-de-textes# Submission details and deadlines: * The papers are expected to be between 6 and 8 pages for short paper or between 12 and 15 pages for long papers. * The articles must present original and previously unpublished work. * All submissions must be in English * All the articles submitted are subject to blind peer review in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies. * Submission deadline: 1 November 2022. Please feel free to share this information, Yours sincerely, Ariane Pinche Ariane Pinche Docteure en langue et littérature médiévales Postdoctorante • Projet CREMMALAB École nationale des chartes • INRIA Centre Jean Mabillon • CIHAM (UMR 5648 ) ariane.pinche(a)chartes.psl.eu<mailto:ariane.pinche@chartes.psl.eu>

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[re]constructions - magazén 3.1 is out!
by Franz FISCHER 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear digital medievalists, We are pleased to announce the publication of magazén, International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities. magazén 3.1 (2022) is devoted to theories and practices in the field of Digital and Public Humanities with a special focus on [re]constructions. For your convenience please find below the table of contents. All articles are freely accessible online via the following link: http://doi.org/10.30687/mag/2724-3923/2022/05 For your convenience please find the table of contents below. On behalf of the editorial team, Franz magazén 3.1 (2022) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: "[Re]Constructing Lost Realities, Possible Worlds and Future Perspectives Through Digital and Public Humanities" Franz Fischer, Diego Mantoan, Barbara Tramelli "Temporal Philology. Reconstructing Patterns of Avvisi Creation and Distribution With Travel Times" Wouter Kreuze "L’Archivio di Ettore Sottsass jr. Ricostruire mondi" Fiorella Bulegato, Marco Scotti "Measuring Urban Change in Travel Texts Using the Example of the City of Graz in the Long Nineteenth Century" Martina Bürgermeister "Confrontarsi con l’assenza. Nuove prospettive di ricerca e di visualizzazione di un dimenticato museo a cielo aperto della Roma del Rinascimento" Arianna Farina "The Visual [Re]Presentation of Textual Data in Traditional and Digital Critical Editions" Samuel Huskey "Rescuing Diskmags: Towards Scholarly [Re]Digitisation of an Early Born-Digital Heritage" Torsten Roeder -- Franz Fischer Direttore, Venice Centre for Digital & Public Humanities (VeDPH) Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Università Ca' Foscari Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D - 30123 Venezia Tel.: +39 041 234 6266 (ufficio), +39 041 234 9863 (segreteria del centro) https://www.unive.it/vedph https://www.i-d-e.de/ https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/

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Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities, Programme & Open Events
by Franz FISCHER 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear digital medievalists, The Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities (VeSSDPH 2022), 11-15 July, 2022, includes a series of open events, some of which can also be attended online. Please find below the list of events open to the public, followed by the details of the magnificent programme. Franz *** VeSSDPH 2022 OPEN EVENTS *** Monday, 11 July, 16:30-18:30, Aula B, Ca' Bernardo, Calle San Bernardo, Dorsoduro 3199. Welcome & Opening Keynote Chiara Zuanni (University of Graz): Cultural Heritage in a Digital Society: Sharing, Experiencing, Creating. Also online: https://bit.ly/3ntICoA Tuesday, 12 July, 18:30-19:30, Biblioteca San Francesco della Vigna, Campo San Francesco, Castello 2786. The Godfather - Carte blanche for Peter Robinson (University of Saskatchewan). In presence only. Wednesday, 13 July, 18:30-20:30, Sale Docks, Magazzini del Sale, Punta della Dogana, Dorsoduro 265. Paolo Cirio (Independent Artist and Activist): Deprogramming Today's Sociality. In presence only. Friday, 15 July, 18:30-20:00, Aula B, Ca' Bernardo, Calle San Bernardo, Dorsoduro 3199. Closing Keynote Serge Noiret (European University Institute): The past as a common good: a digital, interdisciplinary,and participative approach. Also online: https://bit.ly/3y4ccWr Poster: https://apps.unive.it/server/eventi/62588/Vessdph2022_locandina_a3.pdf *** FULL PROGRAMME *** Website (incl. materials & directions): https://vedph.github.io/summerschool/programme/ Leaflet (for folding instruction please call emergency hotline): https://apps.unive.it/server/eventi/62588/Vessdph2022_pieghevole_a3.pdf The Venice Summer School in Digital and Public Humanities provides advanced and in-depth training in theories, technologies and methods applied to historical monuments, artifacts and texts. Focussing on cultural, archaeological, historical, literary, and artistic materials from Venetian sites and cultural heritage institutions, participants will engage in debates about digital cultural heritage and public humanities while enhancing their competences and skills in digitising materials and sources and in modelling, analysing and visualising multimedia humanities data. The summer school takes place at historical sites and cultural venues across the city of Venice and its surroundings. Each day is dedicated to a specific academic field: history, art history, textual scholarship and archaeology. Teaching formats include lectures, hands-on workshops, guided tours and experimental performances. Units are planned and delivered by local experts and invited specialists. All classes will be taught in English. Day 1, Monday 11 July 2022 Welcome and Opening Keynote (OPEN EVENT) 16:30 - 18:30, Aula B, Ca’ Bernardo, Dorsoduro, 3199, Calle San Bernardo 16:30 - 17:00, Welcome and introduction 17:00 - 18:30, Chiara Zuanni (University of Graz) Cultural Heritage in a Digital Society: Sharing, Experiencing, Creating 18:30, Aperitivo - Ai Artisti, Fondamenta della toletta 1169 abc Day 2, Tuesday 12 July 2022 A Global Approach to Digital Textual Scholarship 9:00 - 19:30, Biblioteca San Francesco della Vigna, Campo San Francesco, Castello 2786 9:00 - 9:30, Preludium: Introduction to Textual Heritage by Franz Fischer (Ca’ Foscari) 9:30 - 11:15, The Sky is the Limit - A global approach to digital textual scholarship: The Coronelli’s Celestial Globe. Session led by Benedetta Bessi (Ca’ Foscari), Daniele Fusi (University of Bamberg; Ca’ Foscari) and Alberto Campagnolo (Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve) Abstract: The Marciana National Library holds the first set of 3 ½ foot celestial and terrestrial printed globes made by Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) and bequeathed to the Venetian Republic in 1689. Uncommon textual objects, the globes are a perfect example of the possibilities of a global approach to digital textual scholarship. The celestial globe, printed on laid paper gores - subsequently mounted on plaster over a wooden structure - is of particular interest as it presents unique features, including numerous manuscript insertions, that lead to its identification as a prototype. 11:30 - 12:45, Leaving Venice - Editing a manuscript of Marco Polo’s travels. Session led by Franz Fischer (Ca’ Foscari), Paolo Monella (Sapienza University of Rome), Holger Hessler (Ca’ Foscari), Tiziana Mancinelli (Ca’ Foscari; ICDP Digital Library), Miriam Vita Errico (Ca’ Foscari) and Silvia Marsili (Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: The session will provide an overview of digital philology methods, based on the case study of manuscript Bodleian Library 264, including an illustrated copy of the travel report of the Venetian explorer Marco Polo. After a presentation of the manuscript, students will discuss which of its features should be included in a digital model. Then an actual digital edition of the manuscript will be shown and discussed. Based on the latter, the instructors will introduce: the basics of TEI XML textual markup; issues related with the intersection of the document material structure and the abstract textual structure; the TEI Guidelines; the encoding of named entities (people and places). 13:00 - 14:30, Lunch break 14:30 - 16:00, High Noon at the Library (optional). Optional visit of the Sala Monumentale of the Marciana Library with the Coronelli Globes (accessible via Museo Correr) 16:00 - 18:00, The Remains of the Text - Natural Language Processing. Session led by Federico Boschetti (ILC-CNR; Ca’ Foscari), Angelo Mario Del Grosso (ILC-CNR; Ca’ Foscari), Agnese Macchiarelli (Ca’ Foscari), Federico Tanozzi (Ca’ Foscari) and Jessica Puliero (Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: The first part is devoted to a linguistic study of Italian, Latin and Greek astronomical texts both in prose and in verses. Students will learn how to perform morphosyntactic analysis by applying computational linguistics methods and instruments. The second part consists of a “hands-on” session in which students will work on the Musisque Deoque Platform for the intertextual analysis of Latin poems on astronomy and nature. 18:30 - 19:30, Biblioteca San Francesco della Vigna, Campo San Francesco, Castello 2786 The Godfather (OPEN EVENT) - Carte blanche for Peter Robinson (University of Saskatchewan). Day 3, Wednesday 13 July 2022 Endangered Cultural Heritage in Venice 9.30 - 12:30, Tour of St Mark's Square and Arsenale - Meeting point at St Mark’s Square Public spolia and power - Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry (SfM) of Tetrarchi and four Lions at Arsenale: Guided tour and activity led by Federico Bernardini (Ca’ Foscari), Elisa Corrò (Ca’ Foscari), Nevio Danelon (Ca’ Foscari), Eleonora Delpozzo (Ca’ Foscari) and Francesca Dolcetti (Ca’ Foscari) 9.45 - 10.30, St Mark’s square Abstract: Spolia are artefacts dating back to Antiquity and inserted in the urban fabric, as architectural elements and/or decorations. Venice is a remarkable example of this phenomenon; two places in particular are important to understand the significance of spolia as symbols of power: St. Mark’s square and the Arsenale. During the morning, the participants will be guided in discovering the “stones of Venice”, nowadays endangered for various reasons. 10.30 - 12.30, Arsenale Abstract: Digital technologies can offer tools and solutions to address the issue of the endangered CH, in particular through the so-called “digital copies”. SfM offers the possibility of fast and low-cost acquisition of 3D spatial data of artefacts, buildings and landscapes, using simple overlapping pictures. After a short introduction to the basics of SfM, participants will conduct their own survey of one of the ancient marble Lions in front of the Arsenale. 13:00 - 14:00, Lunch at Hum.Us - Calle Larga S. Marta, 2137 14:00 - 15:30, Aula (16, 17, 18) 19 - San Sebastiano, Campo San Sebastiano, Dorsoduro 1686 Digital Technologies - From image acquisition to point cloud and 3D models. Workshop led by Federico Bernardini (Ca’ Foscari), Nevio Danelon (Ca’ Foscari), and Eleonora Delpozzo (Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: During this workshop, participants will learn how to process the images acquired during the morning using the SfM Agisoft Metashape software, in order to produce 3D models of the spolia. 15:45 - 18:00, Aula (16, 17, 18) 19 - San Sebastiano, Campo San Sebastiano, Dorsoduro 1686 Public engagement and cooperative learning. Workshop led by Elisa Corrò (Ca’ Foscari) and Francesca Dolcetti (Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: This workshop will focus on the development of good practices for management and promotion of the endangered CH in Venice. Participants will be working in groups using either digital models or printed replicas of the spolia to develop four distinct media outcomes, which will be disseminated via the VeDPH communication channels: - Social media: post /meme for Instagram and Twitter - 3 minutes double interview targeting broader publics - 3 minutes TED talk for specialist audiences - Virtual exhibition with panels using the kunstmatrix software 18.30 - 20.30, Sale Docks, Magazzini del Sale, Punta della Dogana, Dorsoduro, 265 Deprogramming Today’s Sociality (OPEN EVENT) Workshop conducted by the artist and activist Paolo Cirio Day 4, Thursday 14 July 2022 History on display and in the streets. Discovering the past through public and digital methodologies. 9.30 - 13.00, Aula 2, Ca’ Dolfin, Calle Larga Ca’ Foscari, Dorsoduro 3825/D Making the Renaissance Public: the example of Hidden Cities apps. Workshop led by Fabrizio Nevola (University of Exeter; Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: Drawing from two research projects, Hidden Cities (www.hiddencities.eu<http://www.hiddencities.eu>) and Florence4D (www.florence4d.org<http://www.florence4d.org>), this class considers how digital history methods are creating new research opportunities, while at the same opening up new ways to engage the wider public. Spatially-determined research questions encourage us to think about how meaning is constructed from the triad of spaces-objects-people, while spatial technologies (GIS, GPS, 3D modeling) allow us to shape innovative responses to those questions, ranging from interactive map interfaces to locative interpretation delivered on handheld devices. In so doing we are discovering new things about the material culture of public space in the Renaissance, but also making that research directly available to the public. 13.30 - 14.30, Lunch at Caffè Diemme - Via Giovanni Pascoli, 11, Venezia (Mestre) 14:30 - 18:00, M9 Museum,Via Giovanni Pascoli, 11, interno 9, Venezia (Mestre) 14:30 - 16:00, Museums and Public History. From collections to users-oriented Museums. Lecture by Francesco Frizzera (Museo Storico della Guerra, Rovereto) Abstract: Over recent decades museums have radically transformed, adjusted and re-invented their principles, policies and practices. Traditional museum definition no longer seems to reflect the challenges, manifold visions and responsibilities of museums facing contemporary societies. Authoritative and generally accepted definitions of museum do not longer fit the role of museums in terms of public expectancy. Aim of the lesson is to show the potential and limits - conceptual, financial and contextual - of this approach through some examples and experiences of the Italian context: among them, some experiences of the mixture of Digital and Public History developed by Italian cultural institutions. 16:00 - 16:20, Displaying historical violence. The case of Inquisition and torture museums. Presentation by Anna Clara Basilicò (Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: Exhibitions and museums on the Inquisition are usually focused on the trial procedure, which involved torture. This form of violence is typically exhibited through torture devices in recreated prisons. In Italy, such trend is well represented by torture museums, which tend to exhibit contents related to the Inquisition by providing a narrative that reproduces the power semantic of the ruling institution. Through the case study of the Steri Palace in Palermo, I will provide an example of a different curatorial choice, which leads the visitors to focus on a different perspective: a form of collective knowledge about early modern confinement rooted in the captives’ experience that modifies the positioning of the visitors. 16:30 - 18:00, Visit to M9 Museum. Guided tour led by Stefano Dall’Aglio (Ca’ Foscari) and Livio Karrer (M9) Abstract: M9 belongs to a new generation of museums. For the very first time, a museum narrates the compelling history of the 20th century. A century that saw great and small changes: from evolutions in everyday life to momentous social, economic, environmental and cultural changes. State-of-the-art technologies and immersive displays help visitors learn about the past, understand the present and imagine the future. Day 5, Friday 15 July 2022 >From Digital Museography to Contemporary Artistic Practice: Venice, the Biennale and Beyond 9:00 - 10:45, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Santa Maria Formosa, Castello 5252 A new wave of museology. Abstract: The session will focus on the digital strategy implementing the museum collection's perception for communication and research purposes. The introduction will open up to the new form of cultural object that has acquired both a physical and a digital identity thanks to the technological application. 9:00 - 9:15, Welcome remarks from a representative of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Stefania De Vincentis (Ca’ Foscari) Introduction: The museum as phygital environment. Abstract: The digital strategies adapted to the museum space and the art collection correspond to a multi-factor reading combining immersion and a new perception of the online art collection. By defining the digitised art object, we can take into account Digital Art Work for NFT platforms and consider it as a “phygital” object, both real and digital. Whether it is a replica of the original artifact or a new digital cultural object, it's currently under debate. 9:15 - 9:30, Identifying ourselves: the social media activities of Palazzo Grimani Museum. Marco Mazzocco (Museo di Palazzo Grimani - Direzione regionale Musei Veneto) Abstract: What are the strategies to make known a "young" museum which is apparently unusual only in the panorama of the cultural offer of the city of Venice? To build a clear, compelling identity, of course.But the biggest challenge is to get people to recognize it as a living and reactive entity in the territory in which it's located. Using some examples, we will look at the Museum's social communication before, during and after the pandemic. 9:30 - 9:45, Tribuna VR360 at Palazzo Grimani VR360 at Palazzo Grimani Luca Vascon and Chiara Masiero Sgrinzatto (Photographers). Abstract: The most important pieces of antiquities of Palazzo Grimani in Venice were located in the extraordinary room called “Camerino delle Antichità” (Chamber of Antiquities), known nowadays as “Tribuna”. Tribuna Grimani VR is an experimental project, whose goal is to show a range of innovative ideas and technologies and new technical tools for VR shooting. It is made of 2 high-resolution 360 photos at different heights and a panoramic drawing.The characteristics of Tribuna Grimani allow us to show how a conscious use of technology can enhance the perception of a work in its space, both in situ and off-site. As a result, it facilitates interpretation and increases the value of personal experience. 9:45 - 11:00, Dive into Digital Art collection Abstract: This session will present current online databases for the search, indexation, and sharing of online images. The discussion will focus on digital visualization and comparison methods as well as indexing tools for the digital humanities, with a focus on database collection building and metadata insertion for digital images. 9:45 - 10:00, Lyon16ci and 1516 projects. Barbara Tramelli (Ca’ Foscari) Abtract: The Lyon16ci and the 1516 are two publicly accessible databases of illustrations printed in the 15th and 16th century, resulting from a collaboration among the Equipex Biblissma, the VeDPh and the VGG in Oxford. They can be searched using an image as a search query as well as using text keywords for searching metadata assigned to the illustrations. Such a visual and text search capability allows research scholars to track and investigate the production, use, circulation and copying of woodblocks, iconographic subjects, artistic styles, within 15th and 16th-century printed illustrated editions. The databases are publicly accessible and accept contributions of new illustrations and metadata from research scholars from all over the world. 10:00, Prometheus art database. Lisa Dieckmann (University of Cologne; Ca’Foscari) Abstract: Prometheus is a distributed image archive which currently connects 114 databases from different image based disciplines with 2.8 million images in total making these images and the respective metadata available for research. The presentation will focus on challenges and perspectives of connecting heterogeneous databases, e.g. optimizing image information retrieval, metadata, visualization and other features. 11:00, Coffee break 11:15 - 13:00, Visit to Museum of Palazzo Grimani - Rugagiuffa, 4858 13:00 - 14:00, Lunch at Food & Art - Campo de la Tana, 2169/f 14:00 - 18:00, Tese of Arsenale - Campo de la Tana, 2169/f 14:00 - 16:00, Media Artivism and Public Engagement Abstract: In this session we will approach the origins and development of Activism in Media Art from an epistemological framework and through the study of a selection of case studies focused on some current trends: invasive technologies and the ethics of surveillance, eco literacy and sustainable development, gender issues, political and social injustices. 14:00 - 14:15, Media Artivism & Expanded Information. Carolina Fernández-Castrillo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Ca’Foscari) Abstract: From a Media Archeological methodology, we will understand what is Media Artivism and how important is the connection of Artistic Activism with Investigative Journalism in the Postdigital Age. We will explore the role of data visualization, immersive installations and interactive projects based on the use of new media and the Internet as instruments of awareness and social protest. There will be paid special attention to Contemporary Art practices based on hacktivist and intercreative procedures aimed to give visibility to uncover realities in traditional media. 14:15 - 14:30, Control+Space. Paolo Berti (Ca’ Foscari) Abstract: A particular aesthetic of databases and computing takes shape out of a lineage from conceptual and systems art. One of the most radical practices of this machinic language is "repetition". Repetition has served artists to emulate the machine, to investigate anti-narrative forms but also to play with the linearity of time-based systems, which in today's technological world have found a performative side (using sometimes irony, sometimes an open confrontation) in new media concepts such as surveillance, constant geotracking, and a different idea of space. 14:30 - 14:45, Serious Games: Artivism and Ecology. Ana Mejón (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Abstract: The growing impact of ecological consciousness in the public sphere has reached different creative industries in the last 15 years. Videogames are no exception. Serious games have addressed some of the most recurring social concerns. However, the main challenge has been and still is reaching big audiences that usually prefer mainstream video games. This presentation examines the cross-fertilization processes between artivism and the industry of video games related ecological awareness. 14:45 - 15:00, Horror, Art & Gender: Politics and the Body. Vicente Ortega (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Abstract: The audiovisual essay “Horror, Art & Gender: Politics and the Body” explores the relationship between diverse contemporary films and art works, establishing how their representational templates intertwine to deliver subversive approaches to the body and subjectivity. It studies the gender politics of this cinematic & art works to scrutinize how they question some of the building blocks of heteronormativity. Consequently, they point to an understanding of how the human body and mind may function beyond the dominant dictates of today’s social fabric. 16:00 - 18:00, Visit to the Biennale-Arsenale 18:30 - 20:00, Closing Keynote (OPEN EVENT) Aula B, Ca’ Bernardo, Dorsoduro 3199, Calle San Bernardo Serge Noiret (European University Institute): The past as a common good: a digital, interdisciplinary, and participative approach 20:00, Farewell reception - Ai Artisti, Fondamenta della toletta 1169 abc -- Franz Fischer Direttore, Venice Centre for Digital & Public Humanities (VeDPH) Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Università Ca' Foscari Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà Dorsoduro 3484/D - 30123 Venezia Tel.: +39 041 234 6266 (ufficio), +39 041 234 9863 (segreteria del centro) https://www.unive.it/vedph https://www.i-d-e.de/ https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/

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VeDPH Autumn 2022 Seminar Series
by Paolo Monella 30 Jun '22

30 Jun '22

Caution: This email was sent from someone outside of the University of Lethbridge. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you know they are safe. Suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing(a)uleth.ca. Dear all, the new series of Seminars in Digital and Public Humanities will start after the summer break. The series is organised by the VeDPH (Venice Center for Digital and Public Humanities) and the Department of Humanities of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. This is the full programme (links to details below): 21 September 2022: Paolo Berti (Ca' Foscari), "Performing Hybrid Spaces: Art, Media and Ludic Practices" 5 October: Agnese Macchiarelli (Ca' Foscari), "Medieval Latin in a Bilingual Context Between Philology, Linguistics and Digital Humanities" 26 October: Nevio Danelon (Duke University - Ca' Foscari), "Neuroscapes and Urban Archeology: Intervisibility Between Necropolis, Acropolis and Urban Settlement" 16 November: Sean Williams (University of Sheffield - Ca' Foscari), "Anecdotes, Presentism, and Public Humanities: Historical and Theoretical Reflections on Practice" 7 December: Francesca Dolcetti (Ca' Foscari), "Values-Led Design Theory and Praxis: A Critical Framework for Archaeology and Heritage" All seminars will be held in person and online, starting at 5 pm (Rome time). Details and poster: https://www.unive.it/data/33113/2/63440 Zoom registration: https://bit.ly/3nhuuyy Paolo Monella -- Associate member of the VeDPH - Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities DSU - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Malcanton Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D - 30123 Venezia vedph(a)unive.it www.unive.it/vedph -- **Fai crescere le giovani ricercatrici e i giovani ricercatori* **con il 5 per mille alla Sapienza *Scrivi il codice fiscale dell'Università *80209930587 Cinque per mille <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/23149>*

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