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Expert Seminars

Expert Seminars held in 2005 - 2006 brought together a number of experts to share their knowledge and participate in debates on the use of advanced ICT methods in research in the arts and humanities. The Seminars examined specific methods in particular areas of research and identified current and future needs. Each Seminar concentrated on one or two academic disciplines, although many of the issues addressed in each are potentially of interest and relevance to scholars outside the defined subject areas of the seminars.

In 2007 the focus was broader in terms of discipline and Seminars addressed a number of specific themes that the Methods Network is focusing on this year including: the evidence of the value of ICT in arts and humanities research; methodologies of use; communities of practice and the promotion and use of advanced ICT methods in the arts and humanities; and strategic recommendations for the future use of ICT in the arts and humanities.

Materials generated from each Seminar such as Rapporteur's reports and podcasts (where available) along with programmes and participant details will be made available on this website. Some Expert Seminars may also have papers (as given) available.

Presentations and discussions from individual Expert Seminars will form the basis of a series entitled Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities , prepared and edited by subject specialists and Methods Network staff, and published by Ashgate. The series will be authoritative, broad-ranging and practical, indicating where the main areas of future activity and engagement with ICT research methodology are likely to be in the future.

Seminars are listed alphabetically.

 

Evidence of Value: ICT in the Arts and Humanities (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Evidence of Value hosted by Mary Jacobus (CRASSH), Alan Blackwell (Computer Laboratory, Crucible) and David Robey (AHRC ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme) at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, 11 - 12 January 2007 More information...

 

Human Enhancement Technologies: The Role of Art and Design (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Art and Design hosted by Sandra Kemp (Royal College of Art) at the Goethe-Institut, London, 12 February 2008. More information...

 

Linguistics: Word Frequency and Keyword Extraction (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Linguistics hosted by Tony McEnery (Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University) at Lancaster University, 8 September 2005. More information...

 

Literature : Text Editing in a Digital Environment (1) and Text Editing, Scholarship, Books and the Digital World (2) (Expert Seminars)

A two-part expert seminar on Literature. Part one was hosted by Marilyn Deegan and Harold Short at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London, on 24 March 2006. Part two was convened by Marilyn Deegan and Kathryn Sutherland at CCH on 29 June 2006. More information...

 

Music: Modern Methods for Musicology (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Music hosted by Tim Crawford (Department of Computing, Goldsmiths College) at Royal Holloway, University of London, 3 March 2006. More information...

Practice Based Arts: 'Blue Skies and Singing Rings': Digital Technologies and Jewellery of the Future (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Practice-based Arts hosted by David Humphrey (Royal College of Art) at The Dana Centre Studio, London, 26 October 2006. More information...

 

Sustainability of Digital Resources in the Arts and Humanities (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Sustainability hosted by Lorna Hughes (AHRC ICT Methods Network) at King's College, London, 29 November 2006. More information...

 

History and Archaeology: Virtual History and Archaeology (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on History and Archaeology hosted by Mark Greengrass (Humanities Research Institute) at University of Sheffield, 19-21 April 2006 More information...

 

Visual Arts: From Pigments to Pixels (Expert Seminar)

An expert seminar on Visual Arts hosted by Mike Pringle (AHDS Visual Arts) at Chelsea College of Art and Design, 27 April 2006 More information...