Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 37, No. 487.
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        Date: 2024-03-11 17:33:55+00:00
        From: Stefano Bazzaco <stefano.bazzaco.1@gmail.com>
        Subject: CFP for DAIDH Congress, U. of Verona 22-24 May 2024

Dear Collegues,

it is a pleasure to inform you that is now open the Call for Papers  for
the conference "DAIDH2024 - Diversity, Accessibility and Inclusion in the
Digital text and Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Perspectives" to be held
at the University of Verona from 22 to 24 May.
The first deadline for submitting contributions is set for March 22, 2024.

The initiative is developed in the context of the Project of Excellence
"Accessible Humanities: development perspectives in research and teaching
of foreign languages and literatures" (2023-2027) of the Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Verona and the DAIH
Center - Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities.

Conference website: https://www.dlls.univr.it/?ent=progetto&id=5932&lang=it
Presentation form available at the following link: https://bit.ly/daidh2024

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Brief Description

The challenges related to inclusion and accessibility of
digital resources have become particularly relevant with technological
development and the emergence of an increasingly pervasive digital paradigm
in the cultural sphere. The promotion of diversity, inclusion, and
accessibility has become increasingly important in international policies,
including in the publishing sphere (European Accessibility Act), and today
the need to promote participation and equity in the production and
dissemination of knowledge is one of the key aspects: issues such as
overcoming the digital divide and accessibility to information are the
objectives of national and international agendas and guidelines, such as
those provided by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Despite the significant activism in research and the presence of important
networks and reference organizations (such as the Daisy Consortium,
Accessible Books Consortium, LIA, and EDRLab), the debate has not yet
widely involved producers of specialized resources and tools, such as
Digital Scientific Editions (DSE), or collections of GLAM institutions
responsible for preserving and disseminating cultural heritage. The
University of Verona's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is
organising a conference from 22 to 24 May 2024 to facilitate debate and
discussion on the issues at hand. The conference aims to draw attention to
experiences, good practices, critical issues, and new perspectives, as well
as potential solutions that can help overcome the digital divide and
promote the accessibility of primary sources.


List of Topics. Proposals for contributions can explore topics such as:
- Digital accessibility and usability;
- Digital and access to culture, with reference to any artistic field,
including literature, visual and performing arts;
- User Interface (UI) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) in digital
resources for the humanities (editions, collections, archives, etc.);
- Inclusion and digital divide (related to age, disability, origin, etc.);
- DSE and the digital paradigm as a tool of fruition;
- DSE and perception of knowledge;
- The Web as a tool for interaction with cultural memory;
- Projects of accessible and accessible editions, archives and collections,
or dedicated to linguistic-cultural areas which have never been extensively
studied;
- Accessibility aspects related to markup languages and coding tools (e.g.,
compatibility and integration with assistive technologies).


Submission Guidelines

We will consider also contributions that address the
issue of inclusive access to knowledge also from perspectives that go
beyond the points of interest listed above, and that can thus provide a
different and broader interpretation of digital diversity, accessibility,
and inclusion.

The conference will be in Italian and in English and it will be open to
scholars of all backgrounds and academic positions, as well as to digital
and cultural professionals. The event will take place in hybrid mode,
although we would like to encourage participation in presence.

Interested scholars and experts are invited to submit to the committee a
proposal of a maximum length of 250 words (minimum bibliography excluded),
accompanied by a short biosketch (100 words) by 22 March 2024. Please
specify in your proposal the preferred mode of participation (in person or
remote).


Organizing and Scientific Committee
Anna Cappellotto
Raffaele Cioffi
Maria Adele Cipolla
Marco Rospocher
Manuel Boschiero
Anna Giust
Stefano Bazzaco

Contacts: daidh2024@gmail.com

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Best regards and thanks for your attention,
Stefano Bazzaco (for the Scientific Committee of the congress)


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