35.2984, Calls: 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture

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Subject: 35.2984, Calls: 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture

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Date: 24-Oct-2024
From: Sabrina Piccinin [sabrina.piccinin at univr.it]
Subject: 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Digital Humanities and Digital Culture

Full Title: 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Digital
Humanities and Digital Culture
Short Title: AIUCD 2025

Date: 11-Jun-2025 - 13-Jun-2025
Location: Verona, Italy
Contact Person: Sabrina Piccinin
Meeting Email: sabrina.piccinin at univr.it
Web Site: https://aiucd2025.dlls.univr.it/en-gb/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics;
Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 12-Jan-2025

Meeting Description:

The 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Digital Humanities
and Digital Culture (AIUCD) will take place in Verona in June 2025,
organized by the Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH) of the
University of Verona. The theme of the conference will be “Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital
Humanities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” providing a unique
opportunity to address crucial issues at a time when the integration
between technology and the humanities is becoming increasingly
necessary. In a world where artificial intelligence is redefining the
boundaries of knowledge, it is essential to explore how this
transformation can be guided by principles of inclusivity and equity.
The topics covered, such as Digital Humanities and Inclusion, not only
highlight the importance of diverse representation in the humanities
but also emphasize how digital and computational tools can be used to
democratize access to knowledge and culture.

The conference provides an opportunity for large-scale discussions in
the various research areas of the Digital Humanities, with a
particular focus on issues of inclusiveness. In a world where
artificial intelligence is redefining the boundaries of knowledge, it
is indeed crucial to explore how this transformation can be guided by
principles of inclusiveness and equity. While one track of the
conference will be devoted exclusively to this issue, all the
different parts of the Digital Humanities are affected by it in
various ways. Starting with the computational part, which needs to
better understand its tools to counter biases and distortions, but
which can also use them to democratize access to knowledge and
culture. Access which, in turn, can be fostered by good practices in
the digitization of works and documents, by supporting, for example,
the encoding of accessible digital editions for all types of users. In
the field of knowledge representation, then, the concept of
accessibility is already inscribed at the heart of the FAIR principles
(Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability), which
need increasingly virtuous applications within digital heritage
preservation practices. Preservation which, finally, is at the heart
of contemporary challenges to ensure that cultural heritage is not
only safeguarded, but also made accessible and understandable to a
global and diverse audience.

Call for Papers:

Papers relevant to the following conference tracks are invited:

1) Digital Humanities and Inclusion
Proposals related to issues of inclusion in the Digital Humanities
from multiple perspectives are welcomed: from accessibility at the
level of research, teaching, infrastructure, and outreach, to
practices for overcoming gender, economic, social, and cultural
disparities. Specific topics of interest include: minority
representation in digital projects; accessibility of digital resources
for disadvantaged communities; the role of digital humanities in
bridging the digital divide; innovative methodological approaches to
make digital projects more inclusive and participatory.

2) Archives and Digital Editions
We welcome both theoretical and applied proposals on (a) the
representation and organisation of techniques and problems in the
fields of digitisation, the organisation of born-digital heritage and
methods for its archiving; (b) themes, issues, and applications
pertaining to digital critical editions, to modes of visualisation and
interrogation of online texts, and alternative means of encoding.

3) Computational Methods
Papers are welcomed that explore methods and tools for computational
analysis of cultural heritage, including advanced approaches based on
cutting-edge technologies in Artificial Intelligence. Reflections on
the state of the art, up to the latest theoretical frameworks, are
also encouraged, with the aim of highlighting future developments and
perspectives in the field. Included are approaches for the analysis of
literary texts and corpora, touching upon computational models for
literary criticism on the one hand, and research in computational
linguistics and natural language processing on the other. Papers on
analysis and visualization methods such as Network Analysis and
Mapping are also welcomed.

4) Data and Knowledge Representation
Special attention will be given to knowledge representation and the
use of Semantic Web and Linked Open Data technologies. We welcome
proposals concerning the design of conceptual models, knowledge
graphs, ontologies and technologies of the Semantic Web with respect
to cultural heritage and the Digital Humanities, the creation of
datasets and applications that conform to the FAIR principles, the
production of Linked Open Data in these domains, as well as the
automated extraction of metadata, named entities and models from
cultural heritage resources.

5) Preservation of Memory and Digital Heritage
We welcome proposals concerning memory and digital cultural heritage
preservation, particularly relating to the research outputs in the
Digital Humanities. We also encourage proposals addressing the
challenges of digital infrastructure and the problems of
sustainability posed by projects involving digitisation and the
conservation of born-digital collections, as well as proposals on the
implementation of best practices for the preservation of, and
effective access to, cultural heritage.

All proposals must be submitted in the form of a contribution of a
minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) pages, excluding
bibliography.
The submission format for contributions must adhere to the template
and directions found on the conference website.

Important Dates

12.01.2025 - Deadline for Contribution submission
07.03.2025 - Notifications
28.03.2025 - Deadline for Camere Ready submission
04.04.2025 - Deadline for mandatory Author Registration

All indicated deadlines are final (cutoff time: 23:59 CET).

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