Annual Event

Call for papers

DARIAH ANNUAL EVENT 2024:
Workflows: Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities

June 18-21, 2024

Workflows: Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities

Arts and humanities researchers tend to be multitasking heroes and versatility buffs. This is probably not a matter of choice. Whether we work on digital editions of literary works, analyse historical events by creating and exploiting corpora of digitised newspapers, or model archaeological sites in 3D, our research processes are often quite complex: they involve multiple steps, different tools and a combination of methods. We are no strangers to heterogeneous datasets, modular system architectures, metadata crosswalks and software pipelines. And we are increasingly aware of the importance of data sharing and the notion of reproducible research in the age of Open Science. A scholarly process may start with identifying and collecting data and end with the publication of some research outputs, but the very beginning and the very end never tell the full story of the research data lifecycle. 

Building on the topic of last year’s Theme Call, the DARIAH Annual Event 2024 will be dedicated to the topic of Workflows: Digital Methods for Reproducible Research Practices in the Arts and Humanities. We are looking for contributions that explore, assess, analyse and embody the challenges of designing, implementing, documenting and sharing digitally-enabled workflows in the context of arts and humanities research from a technical, methodological, infrastructural and conceptual point of view.

Questions that we would like to see addressed include but are not limited to: what is the state of the art in research workflows in the digital arts and humanities? What are we doing well, and what should we do better? How can we evaluate the appropriateness of a workflow or assess its efficiency? What makes a workflow innovative? Are there differences in the way we define and implement workflows in different scholarly domains? What is the role of interdisciplinarity: how can collaborations between experts from different disciplines (arts, humanities, technology etc.) lead to innovative perspectives and more comprehensive solutions to specific challenges? What does it mean for a workflow to be ethical, reproducible and sustainable? What kind of documentation is necessary and at what level of granularity? Are there modelling, standardisation or data management frameworks that make the documentation of workflows easier? What is the role of training and education in preserving and communicating workflows? How do we — both institutionally and conceptually — become better aware of the tacit knowledge and hidden costs which seem to be embedded in most of our day-to-day professional activities? To what extent is the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) affecting our research workflows? What will be the role of responsible, human-centric AI in the future of research workflows? Finally, what should DARIAH do — in addition to treating workflows as a particular content type on the SSH Open Marketplace — to help researchers develop, deploy and disseminate workflows that contribute to the interoperability of data, tools and services?

December 6th, 2023

Call for papers opens

February 11th, 2024 (included)

Call for papers closes (Extended deadline)

Mid-April, 2024

Notification of acceptance

Mid-April, 2024

Registration opens

June 18th – 21st, 2024
Lisbon, Portugal

Conference Dates

PROPOSALS

The call for participation accepts:

  • Papers
  • Panels
  • Posters and Demos

For all contributions, a title and an abstract are to be submitted via the ConfTool Submission page. Accepted submissions will be published in the Book of Abstracts on Zenodo.

All accepted papers will be part of thematic sessions, chaired by a member of the Programme Committee.

The DARIAH Annual Event combines different forms of encounter and exchange between DARIAH researchers and the wider cultural heritage, arts and humanities, as well as computer, information and data science communities.

types of proposals

Papers

Paper submissions should include a title, the names of the authors and a 500-word abstract. In ConfTool, please provide the abstract text in the corresponding field; please also upload a pdf with the abstract, references and (possibly) images (500 words max, excluding references). We expect papers to be in the range of 15-20 min.

Panels
Sessions

Panel submissions should include a general title and a list of contributions that make up the panel, the names of the authors for each contribution and a 750-word abstract for the whole panel. In ConfTool, please also upload a pdf with the abstract, references and (possibly) images (750 words max, excluding references). The total duration of the panel session is 90 minutes. We encourage the authors of this submission type to include moments of exchange with the audience, we would like this to be an interactive session, as much as allowed by the time and format.

Posters
and Demos

We are looking for original posters and demos related to the topic of this year’s event. This category typically includes state-of-the-art project reports, work in progress, beta-versions of tools or new releases of existing tools and services. Demonstration interfaces, online prototypes and experimental work with data at the intersection of cultural heritage and the arts and humanities are welcome. Submissions should include a title, the names of the authors and a 500-word abstract. In ConfTool, please also upload a pdf with the abstract, references and (possibly) images (500 words max, excluding references).

evaluation

Each submission will be reviewed by at least two reviewers selected among the Programme Committee (PC) and other DARIAH bodies (DARIAH Joint Research Committee, DARIAH National Coordinator Committee, DARIAH Coordination Office, DARIAH Strategic Management Team). The reviewers are chosen by the PC according to their expertise in the digital arts and humanities and digital cultural heritage.

The proposals will be reviewed against the following criteria:

  1. Structure and clarity
  2. Originality, innovation
  3. Relevance to the event’s topic
  4. Relevance to DARIAH’s communities and DARIAH’s strategy  

Further details can be found in our Peer Review Guidelines.

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