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[1] From: Mila Oiva <milaoiv@utu.fi>
Subject: “Creation of the Digital Archive” -online workshop (66)
[2] From: Naomi Wells <naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk>
Subject: Conference registration and programme for Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory, 2-4 April 2025 (University of London) (56)
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Date: 2025-01-30 14:44:38+00:00
From: Mila Oiva <milaoiv@utu.fi>
Subject: “Creation of the Digital Archive” -online workshop
Dear colleagues,
The DIGHT-Net<https://dight-net.tlu.ee/> project, focusing on different aspects
of digital cultural heritage, organizes a series of online workshops and twin
lectures in 2025, open to anyone interested. The first event, “Creation of the
Digital Archive” -workshop, takes place on Friday February 21, 2025. Please see
below for more information and registration link. All warmly welcome!
Best regards,
Mila Oiva
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Creation of the Digital Archive -online workshop
This workshop focuses on the process of composing a digital archive. The
creation of digital archives involves complex selection processes that
inherently include and exclude content. Digitisation transforms physical sources
into numerical data, a process in which some features of the sources are lost,
while new possibilities for data processing are gained. Additionally, choices
regarding metadata and data structure can significantly affect the findability
and usability of the digitised data. Given these choices how can we ensure the
transmission of inherent features to the new digitised archive and that the
representation of the past is sufficiently comprehensive?
Location: online
Date: Friday February 21, 2025
Schedule (East European Time zone):
14:00 – 14:15 Prof. Hannu Salmi (Professor of Cultural History, University of
Turku): Welcome and Introduction
14:15 – 15:00 Dr. Gerben Zaagsma (Assistant Professor in Contemporary and
Digital History at the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) at the
University of Luxembourg): The Digital Archive and the Politics of Digitisation
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:00 Dr. Merit Maran (Director of the Juri Lotman Semiotics Repository,
Tallinn University): Digitising Lotman: From Practice to Theory
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:00 Panel Discussion: Dr. Gerben Zaagsma and Dr. Merit Maran,
moderator Dr. Mila Oiva (University of Turku): Best Practices of Digitising
Cultural Heritage
Join our discussion by registering
here.<https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/7A254C444EE1D664>
For more information on the lecture series, see the news article: Online
Workshop Series Organised by the University of Turku: New Trends in Digital
Culture Studies.<https://dight-net.tlu.ee/online-workshop-series-organized-by-
turku-university-new-trends-in-digital-culture-studies/>
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Mila Oiva FT | PhD
Dosentti | Docent
DIGHT-net<https://dight-net.tlu.ee/>
Kulttuurihistoria | Cultural History
Historian, kulttuurin ja taiteiden tutkimuksen laitos
Department of History, Culture and Art Studies
Turun yliopisto | University of Turku, Finland
milaoiv@utu.fi<mailto:milaoiv@utu.fi>
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Date: 2025-01-30 20:02:08+00:00
From: Naomi Wells <naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk>
Subject: Conference registration and programme for Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory, 2-4 April 2025 (University of London)
Dear list members,
We are pleased to announce that registration is open for Born-Digital
Collections, Archives and Memory, running from 2-4 April 2025 in-person
and online at the University of London.
The conference
<https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/institutes-centres/digital-humanities-
research-hub/events/born-digital-collections-archives-memory>
seeks to further an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral discussion on
how the born-digital transforms what and how we research in the
humanities. It will bring together researchers and practitioners
involved in accessing or developing born-digital collections and
archives, and those interested in exploring the novel and transformative
effects of born-digital cultural heritage. The conference will also
contribute to professional development, particularly for those in the
cultural heritage sector interested in learning about new approaches to
collecting and archiving born-digital materials.
The conference will feature a wide range of sessions, including
workshops, software demos, and talks. The keynote will be delivered by
Dorothy Berry, Digital Curator for the Smithsonian National Museum of
African American History and Culture. The programme also includes a
plenary roundtable on environmental sustainability and a conversation on
future directions in born-digital research.
The event will be held in-person at the University of London, with
parallel strands A and B also offered in a hybrid format and the keynote
and plenary sessions available to view online. Online sessions are
marked “hybrid” on the conference
programme<https://easychair.org/smart-program/BDCAM25/>. Discounted,
online-only and single-day tickets are available.
Early bird registration runs through 2 February. The deadline to
register for in-person attendance is 12 March 2025. The deadline to
register for an online ticket is 26 March 2025.
Registration:
https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/institutes-centres/digital-humanities-research-
hub/events/born-digital-collections/conference-registration
Dr Naomi Wells
Senior Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities
Co-Director of the Doctoral Centre
Digital Humanities Research Hub
<https://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities>
Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
<https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/>
School of Advanced Study | University of London
Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK
Email: naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk<mailto:naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk>
Research profile:
https://research.london.ac.uk/search/staff/1164/dr-naomi-wells/
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