Agenda

Francesca Tomasi (University of Bologna), What do we mean with scholarly digital culture?

Opening Keynote of Venice Summer School of Digital and Public Humanities within the framework of the DIGITALIA Erasmus+ Project, introduced by Lorenzo Calvelli (Ca’ Foscari)

Abstract: 

Digital research products are becoming a central component of contemporary scholarship in the humanities. Yet, beyond being research outputs, they should also be recognized as part of our cultural heritage: digital cultural objects that embody knowledge, methods, interpretations, and scholarly practices, and therefore deserve preservation, curation, and long-term stewardship.

Drawing on experiences from the ATLAS and KNOT projects, particular attention will be devoted to the challenges of sustainability, preservation, and reuse. If digital research products are to become durable components of cultural heritage, the humanities community must adopt shared standards and good practices to ensure their FAIRability.

The lecture will also introduce Prodigi, a new journal dedicated to scholarly digital production, as a forum for promoting quality criteria, evaluation frameworks, and best practices for the future of digital scholarship.

Bio:

Francesca Tomasi is Full Professor of Archival Science, Library Science and Bibliography at the University of Bologna, where she has taught Digital Humanities since 2006. Trained in Cultural Heritage Conservation, Archival Studies, Web Technologies and Italian Studies, her research focuses on the computational modelling and design of humanities data and documents, knowledge organization systems for archives and libraries, digital scholarly editing, Semantic Web technologies and Linked Open Data for cultural heritage. Her most recent book is Organizzare la conoscenza: Digital Humanities e Web semantico. Un percorso tra archivi, biblioteche e musei (Editrice Bibliografica, 2022), which brings together her work on Digital Humanities, knowledge organization and the Semantic Web for archives, libraries and museums. 
She has led and contributed to major Digital Humanities projects, including the digital edition of Vespasiano da Bisticci’s letters, Paolo Bufalini’s notebook, the Zeri & Lode Linked Open Data project, and the digital edition of Aldo Moro’s works. She has coordinated several national and international research projects, organized major DH conferences, and given keynote lectures at international venues including DHN, TEI and TPDL. She is co-founder of Umanistica Digitale, former President of AIUCD, founder and former coordinator of the MA in Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge at the University of Bologna, Director of the Advanced Research Center for Digital Humanities (DH.ARC), and Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Cultural Heritage in the Digital Ecosystem.

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