A Theatrical Tapestry from MENA: Database Curation and Collaboration
Moosavi, Marjan
University of Maryland- College Park, United States of America
The presentation describes the curatorial process and challenges of curating The Digital Guide to Theatre of the Middle East (DGTOME), an open-access and peer-generated database of plays. Developing the infrastructures of transnational collaboration and digital curation about the MENA theatre can decolonize the existing networks of knowledge production, reception, and preservation.
Motivations for managing and presenting digital heritage: An exploratory qualitative analysis on the open-source software Omeka S
Foket, Lise
Ghent University, Belgium
HTML XMLThis research will study the shared practices and motivations of humanities researchers and cultural heritage practitioners that are concerned with the management and presentation of digital heritage through an in-depth exploratory analysis of Omeka S, a software widely used in the context of Digital Humanities, as a case-study.
Structuring a Digital Archive of Survivor Testimony in Times of Emergency
Netzer, Yael (1,2); Keydar, Renana (1); Shuster, Keren (3)
1: Hebrew University, Israel; 2: Haifa University; 3: Independent Researcher
PDFWe report on our experience from building a collaborative digital archive, initiated by a group of documentary cinematographers and scholars who conduct video interviews with survivors of October 7th attacks in Israel. We use DH-based approach to data-modeling from the start to secure the sustainability of this grassroot initiative.
El Salvador Digital Music Archive: Pushing the Boundaries Through Research-Creation
Méndez, Talia
Western University, Canada
This short paper explores the transformation of a digital music archive using a Research-Creation approach, emphasizing collaborative creation and community agency. This project combines musicology, historical memory, media, and design studies within the larger "Surviving Memory in Postwar El Salvador" community-based research initiative.
Collaboration and Resource Management in Interinstitutional Digital Thematic Collection Development
Karlsberg, Jesse P.
Emory University, United States of America
This presentation uses the Sounding Spirit Digital Library (SSDL) as a case study to examine how challenges including resource allocation, project specification design, and collaboration management impact digital thematic collection development. The SSDL is an interinstitutional digital thematic collection of approximately 1,300 digitized books of southern vernacular sacred music.