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Name
Digital Humanities at Oxford
Short Description
Digital Humanities at Oxford refers to the collective efforts, initiatives, and resources dedicated to the application of digital tools, methods, and resources for humanities research (Torch Oxford, nd). Rather than a traditional research Centre or academic department, it encompasses a wide range of disciplines and research areas, including collaborative efforts of multiple institutions and departments within the university. This includes Torch Oxford, Oxford e-Research Centre, Bodleian Libraries, academic departments from various divisions, museums, Oxford University Press, Continuing Education, and colleges with digital humanities initiatives.
Aligned with the Humanities Division’s strategic focus on Digital Humanities’ growth and investment, Oxford’s scholarship aims to integrate digital technologies and social collaboration on a large scale. This vision is supported by a robust computational and data infrastructure, including resources like Advanced Research Computing engines and archives of ORA-Data, showing a shift towards interdisciplinary scholarship that transcends traditional boundaries and leverages digital tools and social collaboration for impactful research (Source: Oxford Mosaic, nd).
Teaching on DH
The University of Oxford offers a wide range of digital scholarship skills training opportunities for students and staff alike. Bodleian Libraries LibGuides hosts research skills workshops covering areas such as GIS and Open Access. For more specialized training, the Taylor Institute offers termly courses such as Digital Editions, focusing on creating digital editions of texts.
Since 2018, Oxford University has been hosting an annual Digital Humanities Oxford Summer School Summer School(DHOxSS), aimed at engaging students and researchers of all levels with experts on various digital humanities topics. These initiatives collectively underscore Oxford’s dedication to fostering expertise and innovation in the digital humanities domain. While Oxford does not offer Digital Humanities doctorate courses, staff members of the Oxford e-Research Center and the Oxford Internet Institute can offer joint supervision for DPhil students.
The DH Team
Dr Giles Bergel, Digital Humanities Research Officer, and Digital Humanities Ambassador, Interested in XML markup for transcription, bibliographic, text and image databases, virtual research environments, project management and documentation. Led the Computer vision approaches to the study of early printing project.
Dr Nicholas Cole, Senior Research Fellow, and Director of the Quill Project, interested in legal history and digital solutions for the editing and display of formally negotiated texts. Led the Quill Project.
Dr Megan Gooch, Head of the Centre for Digital Scholarship and Digital Humanities Support at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, and Director of the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School. Her is experienced in supporting research data management, digitisation at scale, and digital skills.
Dr Kevin Page, Senior Researcher, interested in music information retrieval, musicology, computational musicology, digital libraries, applied linked data and semantic web, cross-discipline sharing and re-use of data, distributed repositories and preservation. Part of the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.
Prof Jonathan Prag, Professor in Ancient History, interested in the use of TEI-XML (EpiDoc) for epigraphic publications. Led the I.Sicily: a digital corpus of Sicilian inscriptions project.
Dr Tara Stubbs, Associate Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing, and Digital Humanities course development at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE).
Prof David De Roure, Professor of e-Research, interested in musicology, computational musicology, music information retrieval, linked data, infrastructure, publishing, open repositories, digital methods across disciplines, computational methods, Web 2.0, workflows, visualization and sonification. Part of the Digital Humanities @ Oxford Network and the Cultures of Knowledge: Networking the Republic of Letters, 1550-1750 projects.
Key Projects with links
- Computer vision approaches to the study of early printing
- Digital Humanities @ Oxford Network
- Cultures of Knowledge: Networking the Republic of Letters, 1550-1750
- Quill Project
- I.Sicily: a digital corpus of Sicilian inscriptions
- Mapping Manuscript Migrations
- DAMARO – Data Management Roll-Out at the University of Oxford (2012-2013)
- IJDDiP (Intute/ JISC Digitisation Dissemination Project).
More Information
Located within the humanities department, Digital Scholarship @ Oxford is a new initiative aimed at transforming the landscape of digitally enhanced scholarship in Oxford (Oxford Mosaic, nd). It defines ‘digital scholarship’ as utilizing digital technology to enrich scholarly materials and methods, particularly in the humanities (Oxford Mosaic, nd). While there are some resemblances between the work of Digital Scholarship and Digital Humanities, there are key distinctions between its practice in Oxford. First, Digital Scholarship’s collaborative efforts extend beyond the humanities division, whereas Digital Humanities centres on the humanities. Second, Digital Scholarship encompasses methods and technologies potentially applicable to any academic field. Third, Digital Scholarship integrates digital methods into existing disciplines rather than establishing a new separate field. In essence, Digital Scholarship complements traditional scholarship by leveraging digital technology. In 2022, Oxford introduced its first MSc in Digital Scholarship, the intent is not to establish a new discipline, but rather, it offers comprehensive training for innovative work in existing disciplines (Oxford Mosaic, nd).
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牛津大学数字人文
名称
牛津大学数字人文
简要描述
牛津大学数字人文是指集体努力、倡议和资源，旨在利用数字工具、方法和资源进行人文研究 (Torch Oxford, 未提供日期）。与传统的研究中心或学术部门不同，它涵盖了广泛的学科和研究领域，包括大学内多个机构和部门的合作努力。这包括Torch Oxford、牛津电子研究中心、博德利图书馆、来自各个部门的学术部门、博物馆、牛津大学出版社、继续教育以及具有数字人文倡议的学院。
与人文学部对数字人文增长和投资的战略重点一致，牛津的学者们旨在大规模整合数字技术和社会协作。这一愿景得到了强大的计算和数据基础设施的支持，包括高级研究计算引擎和ORA-Data档案。这标志着一种超越传统界限的跨学科学术研究的转变，利用数字工具和社会协作进行有影响力的研究。
此外，数字人文通过促进多国合作的国际研究社区和开发广泛使用的参考资源，为牛津的国际影响力做出贡献。此外，它还促进了全面的资源发现方法，以探索大学内可用的特殊资源收藏（资料来源：Torch Oxford, 未提供日期）。
数字人文教学
牛津大学为学生和员工提供了广泛的数字人文技能培训机会。与此同时，博德利图书馆的LibGuides举办了涵盖GIS和开放获取等领域的研究技能研讨会。对于更专业的培训，泰勒研究所提供了每学期的课程，如数字版本课程，重点是创建文本的数字版本，而继续教育部门则提供了数字民族志课程，深入研究社会科学中的数字定性和民族志研究方法（牛津大学, 未提供日期）。
自2018年以来，牛津大学一直举办年度数字人文牛津暑期学校（DHOxSS），旨在吸引各级学生和研究人员与各种数字人文主题的专家进行交流。这些举措共同突显了牛津大学致力于培育数字人文领域的专业知识和创新。虽然牛津大学不提供数字人文博士课程，但牛津电子研究中心和牛津互联网研究所的工作人员可以为DPhil学生提供联合监督。
数字人文团队
Giles Bergel博士, 数字人文研究员，数字人文大使，对于转录、文献、文本和图像数据库的XML标记感兴趣，以及虚拟研究环境、项目管理和文档编制。领导了早期印刷研究项目。
Nicholas Cole博士, 高级研究员，Quill项目主任。对法律历史感兴趣，致力于编辑和展示正式谈判文本的数字解决方案。领导了Quill项目。
Megan Gooch博士是牛津大学博德利图书馆数字学术与数字人文支持中心负责人，也是牛津数字人文暑期学校的主任。她在支持研究数据管理、大规模数字化以及数字技能方面拥有丰富经验。
Kevin Page博士, 高级研究员，对音乐信息检索、音乐学、计算音乐学、数字图书馆、应用链接数据和语义网络、跨学科数据共享和重用、分布式存储库和保护感兴趣。是手稿迁移映射项目的一部分。
Jonathan Prag教授, 古代历史教授，对于使用TEI-XML（EpiDoc）进行碑文出版感兴趣。领导了I.Sicily：西西里岛碑文的数字语料库项目。
Tara Stubbs博士, 英国文学和创意写作副教授，在牛津大学继续教育部门负责数字人文课程开发。
David De Roure教授, e-Research教授，对音乐学、计算音乐学、音乐信息检索、链接数据、基础设施、出版、开放存储库、跨学科数字方法、计算方法、Web 2.0、工作流、可视化和音效感兴趣。是牛津数字人文网络和知识文化：联接书信共和国，1550-1750项目的一部分。
主要项目及链接
- 早期印刷研究的计算机视觉方法
- 牛津数字人文网络
- 知识文化：联接书信共和国，1550-1750
- Quill项目
- I.Sicily：西西里岛碑文的数字语料库
- 手稿迁移映射
- 牛津大学数据管理推广（2012-2013）
- IJDDiP（Intute/ JISC数字化传播项目）
更多信息
数字学术 @ 牛津位于人文学科部门，是一个旨在改变牛津数字增强型学术研究格局的项目。它将“数字学术”定义为利用数字技术丰富学术材料和方法，特别是在人文学科中。虽然数字学术和数字人文的工作有一些相似之处，但在牛津的实践中有一些关键区别。首先，数字学术的合作努力超越了人文学科部门，而数字人文着重于人文学科。其次，数字学术涵盖了潜在适用于任何学术领域的方法和技术。第三，数字学术将数字方法整合到现有学科中，而不是建立一个新的独立领域。本质上，数字学术通过利用数字技术来补充传统学术研究。在2022年，牛津推出了首个数字学术硕士课程，其目的不是建立一个新的学科，而是为现有学科中的创新工作提供全面培训（资料来源：牛津马赛克，未提供日期）。