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Name
Centre for Digital Inquiry (CDI) at the University of Warwick
Date
2022
Short Description
Founded in the 2020, the Centre for Digital Inquiry (CDI) is a cross-faculty research centre within the University of Warwick; it brings together humanities and social science research through critical digital research (Centre for Digital Inquiry, 2022). The centre develops and engages with digital research techniques and tools, and takes up the digital as a substantive critical topic, contributing to the existing knowledge of culture and society.
The CDI approaches the digital as a complex and multifaceted domain. On one hand, they acknowledge the vast array of computational technologies that fall under the umbrella of the digital, including smartphones, search engines, text mining software, and recommender systems. These technologies represent opportunities for innovation and research, offering exciting possibilities for exploration and development. On the other hand, the CDI recognizes that the digital realm is not without its problems. They view the digital as ‘problematic’, notably in its association with challenges such as e-waste, trolling, misinformation, surveillance, micro-tasking, platformisation, and drone warfare.
By approaching the digital as both a domain of technological advancement and a domain fraught with challenges, the CDI adopts a balanced perspective that acknowledges the opportunities and risks inherent in digital technologies. This approach allows researchers to engage with the complexities of the digital world and work towards solutions that promote positive outcomes for society. (Source: University of Warwick, 2023)
Key CDI People
Dr Bryan Brazeau, Associate Professor Liberal Arts, interested in the intersections between the digital, history of the book, early modern literature and poetics, ontological affordances, and digital pedagogy.
Dr Carolina Bandinelli, Associate Professor Media and Creative Industries, and Co-Director of the Centre of Digital Inquiry, is interested in the digital culture of love. Part of the Digital Love in the Time of Covid project.
Dr Godwin Yeboah, Senior Research Software Engineer. His background is interdisciplinary in nature cutting across research software engineering and the application of geospatial technologies in research or teaching, SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy), computer science, GIS, geoinformatics and photogrammetry, geodetic/geomatic engineering, and industrial experiences in software/geomatic engineering.
Dr Michael Dieter, Associate Professor in the Centre of Interdisciplinary Methodologies, and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Inquiry, interested in developing inventive methods for interface criticism, genealogies of media at the intersection of aesthetic and political thought, contemporary media art and publishing practices after digitisation. Part of the COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies project.
Dr Nerea Calvillo, Associate Professor in the Centre of Interdisciplinary Methodologies, interested in the material, technological, political and social dimensions of environmental pollution.
Prof Mark Knights, Professor in the Department of History. Interested in the period 1600-1850.
Dr Naomi Vogt, Assistant Professor of modern and contemporary art history. Interested in art and visual culture of the late 20th and 21st century; moving image within history; documentary practices; the post-internet; visual anthropology; artists’ films; rituals; the circulation of tropes and iconographies; art and knowledge.
Key Project with Links
- COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies
- FOUND SOUND x Cycling
- The “Speaker”
- Dante’s Transnational Female Public in the Long Nineteenth Century
Other information
Beyond the centre, the university’s Digital Arts and Humanities Lab supports the use of technology in Arts and Humanities. Notably, it offers Digital Humanities Certificates for Post Graduate Researchers and Staff by offering hybrid courses that targets enhancing digital technologies in research, teaching, outreach and beyond the university.
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华威大学数字查询中心
名称
数字查询中心
成立年份
2020
简要描述
华威大学於2020年成立了跨学科的x（CDI）， 汇集了人文学科、社会科学研究者, 以数字环境为基础进行思考（数字查询中心，2022）。该中心开发并利用数字研究技术和工具，将数字作为一个重要的批判性主题，并为文化和社会现有知识做出贡献。
CDI将数字视为一个复杂多样的领域。他们一方面，承认广泛的计算技术都属于数字范畴，包括智能手机、搜索引擎、文本挖掘软件和推荐系统等。这些技术代表了创新和研究的机会，提供了探索和发展的令人兴奋的可能性。另一方面，CDI认识到数字领域存在問題，特别是与需要解决的挑战相关联。这些挑战可能包括电子废物、网络恶作剧、错误信息、监视、微任务、平台化和无人机战争等。
通过将数字视为技术进步和充满挑战的领域，CDI采取了一种平衡的观点，承认了数字技术固有的机遇和风险。这种方法使他们能够参与数字世界的复杂性，并致力于制定促进社会积极结果的解决方案（资料来源: 华威大学，2023）。
CDI团队关键人员简介
Bryan Brazeau博士，自由艺术副教授。对数字、书籍历史、早期现代文学与诗学、本体学优势和数字教育的交叉点感兴趣。
Carolina Bandinelli博士，媒体与创意产业副教授，数字查询中心联合主任。对数字爱情文化感兴趣。是「新冠时代的数字爱情」项目的一部分。
Godwin Yeboah博士，高级研究软件工程师，对跨越地理信息科学/系统（GISc/GIS）和先进地理空间应用的跨学科性感兴趣。其此，他的研究兴趣包括地理计算在社会科学研究中的应用、计算机科学、地理信息学与摄影测量学以及测绘工程。
Michael Dieter博士，跨学科方法学中心副教授，数字查询中心联合主任。对界面批评的创新方法、美学和政治思想交汇处的媒体系谱、数字化后的当代媒体艺术和出版实践感兴趣。是「COVID-19应用商店和数据流生态系统」项目的一部分。
Nerea Calvillo博士，跨学科方法学中心副教授。对环境污染的物质、技术、政治和社会维度感兴趣。
Mark Knights教授，历史系教授。对1600-1850年间的时期感兴趣。
Naomi Vogt博士，现当代艺术史助理教授。对20世纪末和21世纪的艺术和视觉文化感兴趣；历史中的移动图像；纪录片实践；后网络时代；视觉人类学；艺术家影片；仪式；图像符号和图像学的流通；艺术与知识。
主要项目及链接
其他信息
除了中心之外，该大学的数字艺术与人文实验室支持技术在艺术和人文领域的应用。該实验室提供数字人文证书给研究生和教职员工，通过提供针对增强数字技术在研究、教学、推广以及超越大学范围的混合课程。自2022年1月起，该系还为大二本科生提供「设计变革（基础）：数字时代的批判性创造力」课程，为他们应用技术解决问题和改善世界做好准备。目前，该系正在开发一项联合荣誉本科课程，名为「设计思维与数字创新」（资料来源: 华威，2022）。
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