Official event website: ONB Labs - ONB Labs Symposium 2024

On November 25^th and 26^th, 2024, a new edition of the ONB Labs Symposium will take place in the Oratorium of the Austrian National Library! Under the theme “Newspapers as Datasets”, the event will offer four panels over the span of two half-days on the diverse topics of collections as data and especially newspapers as datasets, artificial intelligence and its applications in libraries. The panels will include presentations by researchers in international projects, current work reports by researchers and presentations by staff at national libraries and AI labs.

Official event website: https://dhnb.eu/conferences/dhnb2025/

DHNB conferences focus on research, education and communication in the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities in the Nordic and Baltic regions and beyond. The conference has a history of bringing together academics, researchers, students, and professionals with an interest in applying digital methods to research relevant to humanities, social sciences and arts. DHNB invites contributions from all domains of digital humanities.

Important dates:

• 22/10/2024 NB! Extended deadline (previously 15/10/2024)
• 3-4/03/2025 Pre-conference meetings, workshops, doctoral consortium
• 5-7/03/2025 DHNB 2025 Conference ‘Digital Dreams and Practices’ in Tartu, Estonia.

Call for Papers, Panels, Posters, Demos, Workshops, Tutorials

With the special theme of DHNB2025 ‘Digital Dreams and Practices’ we aim to delve into the synergy between dreams in digital humanities and their practical applications, seeking to maximize value for both academia and society at large. Our focus sharpens on the transformative potential of AI, its integration with traditional humanities, and its role in transcending academic boundaries. We invite scholars, practitioners, and societal stakeholders to explore:

(1) the integration of traditional humanities scholarship with computational techniques;

(2) the transition of digital humanities research from the ‘ivory tower’ of academic theory to societal practice;

(3) the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence.

Integrating traditional humanities and computation

DHNB has long been committed to the importance of both domain expertise and methodological precision in research excellence. Digital humanities begin with explorations of data with a humanities lens, but the strongest impact is achieved when solid computational methods are applied to questions important to established fields with long research traditions. We especially invite contributions that are theory-driven, question-focussed, and advance open cases of interest in the humanities and related fields.

Coming down the ‘Ivory Tower’

Digital humanities research is highly relevant to the modern world, extending from practical uses of data in the humanities to offering perspectives on societal issues. This requires deliberate efforts to step outside academic discourse and actively engage with non-academic entities, including state institutions, NGOs, and private companies. We especially invite contributions that emphasize and develop the societal relevance of digital humanities and actively cultivate collaborations between academic researchers and non-academic organizations. We are particularly interested in proposals that showcase these partnerships, highlighting the tangible outcomes and lessons learned from such collaborations. By emphasizing the practical applications and societal impact, we aim to showcase research whose value extends beyond academic circles.

Artificial Intelligence and the humanities

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence has become a household topic with the increased power of large language models, user-friendly accessibility in apps like ChatGPT, and profound societal impact, raising concerns about data privacy, fair use of data, and the future of jobs. AI has increasingly shown the capacity to assist in or even automate tasks that have previously relied on human creativity. This encompasses a wide spectrum, from the generation of visual art and the creation of research reports to conducting qualitative readings of text. We especially invite contributions that deal with aspects of AI in practice. We encourage papers that explore the interplay between digital humanities and emerging Artificial Intelligence, including introducing innovative use cases, discussing ethical frameworks, or examining societal implications.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest for the theme of DHNB2025 include, but are not limited to, the following:

Integrating traditional humanities and computation

• Theory-driven research: the possibilities for integrating theory and DH, case studies and critique
• Assessing and improving data quality in research
• Linking questions and methods: operationalization of established questions in humanities and related fields

Coming down the ‘Ivory Tower’

• Knowledge transfer between academic and non-academic sectors
• The role of digital humanities in informing public policy and decision-making
• Community engagement, participatory approaches and inclusion in digital humanities initiatives
• Digital humanities, global challenges and sustainable development
• Digital humanities and GLAM: digital storytelling, digital curation, digital preservation
• Heritage, data visualization, and cultural analytics

Artificial Intelligence

• The use and usefulness of AI in DH
• The role of humanities in developing AI
• Responsible use of sources for developing AI
• Ethical concerns for using AI in the GLAM sector
• Representativity of small languages and cultures in large language models and practical applications using LLMs

Ürituse ametlik veebileht: https://www.rara.ee/sundmused/digiparandi-seminar-masin-loeb/

Mäluasutuste digihoidlates säilitatava kultuuripärandi maht suureneb iga päev, lisandub nii digitaalselt sündinud ainest kui ka analoogmaterjalide digitaalkoopiaid. Ühtviisi vajalik on tagada Eesti kultuurile ja ühiskonnale oluliste andmete pikaajaline säilimine, kättesaadavus ja kasutatavus nii teadlastele kui ka tavakasutajatele uute teadmiste ja väärtuste loomiseks ning arendamiseks.  

Seminaril arutleme teemadel, milliseid väärtusi ühiskonnale pakuvad tänased digiarhiivid ja milles suunas plaanitakse areneda. Kas ja kuidas toetavad digiarhiivid andmeteadlasi nende uurimistöödes ning milliste tulemusteni on jõutud. Mõtestame, millised ootused on kasutajal digikogudele ja kuhu peaksid arendused suunduma. 

Seminarile ootame mäluasutuste spetsialiste, humanitaarteadlasi ja tudengeid, ühiskonna- ja kultuurielu edendajaid ning valdkonnaga seotud ministeeriumite esindajaid, kes kujundavad digikultuuriga seotud strateegiaid ja rahastusmudeleid.

Seminari päevajuht on Raivo Ruusalepp, Ernst & Young Baltic digisäilitamise konsultant.

Official event website: https://www.digitalhumanities.lv/bssdh/2024/

When: 22 July - 26 July 2024
Where: Riga, National Library of Latvia and Online
Language: English
Duration: 5 days
Credits: 3 ECTS
Fee: 40 EUR*

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Welcome to the annual Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities (BSSDH 2024)!

This year's program presents essential introductory courses tailored for digital humanists and digital social scientists eager to master Python programming and explore the application of large language models in humanities research. Recognizing the pivotal role of lemmatization and dependency parsing in text analysis, particularly for small language datasets, we've dedicated a workshop to these techniques. The course is delivered by an international team of experienced researchers and practitioners from Latvia, Norway, and Estonia, representing the fields of digital humanities and digital social sciences. As always, this presents an invaluable opportunity to connect with peers and mentors from various countries, offering a rich exchange of ideas and perspectives.

The programem includes workshops and lectures in:

• programming with Python (basic and intermediate tracks)
• parsing, tagging, lemmatization, dependency parsing / UDPipe
• text and discourse analysis
• creation of large language models for smaller languages
• Latgalian language corpora
• application of large language models in humanities research
• practical guidance for using ChatGPT for humanities research
• exploring multidimensional image data with a Collection Space Navigator tool.

PARTICIPANTS

The Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities is aimed at students and researchers of humanities and social sciences, library, and archives professionals. There are no prerequisites for participation, as the course does not require any background in DH computing. The working language of the summer school is English. After successful completion of the summer course, students will be awarded 3 ECTS by the University of Latvia.

REGISTRATION FEE*
40 EUR includes: Full access to all lectures and workshops, onsite or online. Food and drinks during lunch and coffee breaks for onsite students. Access is free of charge for assistants of workshops and other volunteers. Contact dh@lnb.lv to apply!

REGISTRATION FORM
https://reg.lnb.lv

SUPPORTERS
State Research programme
Nr. VPP-IZM-DH-2020/1-0002

Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure
https://www.clarin.eu/
https://clarin.lv/lv/

EU Recovery and Resilience Facility project Language Technology Initiative
No. 2.3.1.1.i.0/1/22/I/CFLA/002

ORGANIZERS

BSSDH 2024 is organized by a joint effort of the National Library of Latvia, Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art (University of Latvia), Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia.

CONTACT US

Coordinator Anda Baklāne
anda.baklane@lnb.lv
dh@lnb.lv
+371 29 143 299

Online registration: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/disrupting-digital-humanities-generative-ai-in-research-and-e-1  
In-person registration:  https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/disrupting-digital-humanities-generative-ai-in-research-and-edu

The Alan Turing Institute special interest group in Humanities Data Science is hosting an event in Oxford, 'The Impact of Generative AI on the Digital Humanities: Disruption in Research and Education' on 21st June 2024. The event will be held in the Weston Library lecture theatre, with lunch in Blackwell Hall. It will also be streamed online. 

The Turing Humanities and Data Science Event on 21 June 2024 brings together experts to explore both the positive and negative disruptive potential of generative AI in research, education, and creative industries. The event, organised by the Turing special interest group “Humanities and Data Science”, features talks and discussions addressing key topics such as the transformative impact of AI on research and education (Ioannis Votsis), experiential learning and training AI models (Chris Birchall), media tokenization and attribution in cultural and creative industries (Frances Liddell), innovations in email archiving and sensitive information handling using generative AI (Peter Chan), and the intersection of generative AI with EU policy and governance in creative arts (Daria Onitiu). Attendees can expect a deep dive into applications of generative AI, its challenges and implications for academia and beyond, highlighting the need for responsible and creative integration of these technologies. 

Official event website: https://dhnb.eu/conferences/dhnb2024/cfp/

FROM EXPERIMENTATION TO EXPERIENCE:
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

The DHNB aims to support research, education, and the dissemination of digital humanities in the Nordic and Baltic countries. For over seven years, the DHNB conferences have brought together academics, researchers, students, librarians, archivists, curators and museum professionals interested in creating and using digitised and born-digital collections as research data in the humanities, social sciences and arts. The DHNB has matured both as an organisation and as a community, something which is evident in the extensive compilation of outputs (https://dhnb.eu/publications/). Our annual gatherings have consistently served as a forum to showcase digital research, methodologies, technology, pedagogy and practice at the intersection that exists between academic disciplines and cultural heritage institutions. With its present level of maturity, the DHNB is now offering an opportunity to reflect on the development of these approaches and share insights that have been gained along the way. 

SPECIAL THEME

One unique aspect of the DHNB community is the active involvement of professionals from libraries, archives, and museums alongside digital humanities researchers. In the DHNB 2024 call for papers, we would particularly like to place emphasis on sharing lessons learned from collaborative initiatives between academic and cultural heritage communities, something that is exemplified by the work of our conference host, the Icelandic Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts.

Topics of interest for the theme of DHNB2024 include, but are not limited to, the following:

CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS

• Lessons learned from collaborative projects across disciplines (DHSS: Digital Humanities and the Social Sciences, DHCH: Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage), across GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) institutions, Digital Humanities and Arts infrastructures and programmes
• Collaborative graduate programs and internships 
• The role of DH support units in facilitating the use of digital collections and tools
• Best practices in developing, maintaining and sustaining national and transnational research infrastructures
• Strategies for learning from failures in collaborative initiatives

EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY

• Lessons learned from creating and running DH programs in higher education, arts and cultural organisations
• Advances in approaches to teaching digital tools and methods, including opportunities to embed such initiatives into academic programs
• The role of GLAM and DH Labs in innovation and outreach initiatives
• Lessons learned from organising educational and outreach events such as workshops, hackathons, interactive exhibitions, show-and-tells
• Guidelines and best practices for effectively managing open educational resources for digital humanities and arts

THE LIFE CYCLE OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND ARTS PROJECTS

• Creating and using cultural heritage collections as data: workflows, checklists, tools
• The reproducibility and repurposing of data, workflows, and lessons learned
• The challenges involved in managing complex DH projects
• Approaches to long-term sustainability and the longevity of digital humanities and arts projects, including digital preservation 
• Best practices in tailoring Research Data Management (RDM) policies to the needs of the digital humanities and cultural heritage communities

The DHNB encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including the humanities, arts, the social sciences, and related fields. Professionals working in various sectors, such as cultural heritage, information and communications technology, and research software engineering, are encouraged to contribute and share their perspectives on working in an institutional setting within the digital humanities framework. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages submissions from early career researchers, new cultural heritage professionals and individuals who will be attending or presenting for the first time.

TIMELINE

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

As an interdisciplinary conference between traditions, the conference welcomes both abstract as well as full-text submissions in the following three categories:

Long papers | 20-minute presentations with a 10-minute Q&A

Must be submitted as either:

• Abstract of 1000–2000 words excluding references, or
• Full-text of 8–16 pages, including references
• Must include 3-5 keywords.

Short papers | 10-minute presentations with a 5-minute Q&A

• Abstract of 500–1000 words excluding references, or
• Full-text of 4–8 pages, including references
• Must include 3-5 keywords.

Posters and demos with accompanying a 1-minute lightning talk

• Abstract of 250-500 words excluding references, or
• Full-text of 2–4 pages, including references
• Must include 3-5 keywords.

Between the proposal categories, the following conceptual divisions apply: for long papers, the work is expected to be substantial and robust, while short papers can also report on preliminary or tentative results, or on work that is still in progress. Poster papers can either be small self-contained works, or also general project descriptions. The programme committee also reserves the right to accept submissions in a category different from the one submitted in, so e.g. a long paper can be accepted to be presented as a short paper or as a poster in the poster session.

All full-text submissions must be formatted according to the DHNB PUB template, as they will be published in a citable conference proceedings collection (https://journals.uio.no/dhnbpub/index). The abstracts, on the other hand, will be gathered into a book of abstracts. After the conference, a separate call for post-proceedings will be issued, with its own deadlines for submissions, reviews and revisions. Additional information and instructions can be found on the DHNB website: https://dhnb.eu/publications/.

Apart from the individual paper submissions, the conference also accepts proposals for:

60 to 90-minute panels 

• Must be submitted as an abstract of between 1000 and 2000 words (excluding references)
  • This must include outlines of individual contributions of 200-400 words
  • It must also include 200-word introduction outlining the panel’s overarching theme
• Must include: title and panel description 
  • The name(s), contact details and organisational affiliation(s) of the panel proposer(s)
  • The name(s) of the panellists involved during the live session, and the moderator
  • Examples of the questions that will be discussed by the panellists
• At least 25 minutes should be allocated to the discussion.

Half-day or full-day conference-themed workshops

• Must be submitted as an abstract of between 500 and 1500 words
• This must include information about the coordinator(s), format, target audience, anticipated number of participants, ideal length, and technical requirements
• It must also include details about expected learning outcome(s)

Workshops can take many forms, from community hacking sessions to thematically focused mini-conferences attached to the main one, whose presentations are either pre-selected, or sourced through separate calls for proposals solicited by the workshop coordinators.

Half-day or full-day tutorials

• These should  focus on tools, technologies, or practical exercises 
• Must be submitted as an abstract of between 500 and 1500 words
• This must include information about the coordinator(s), format, target audience, anticipated number of participants, ideal length, and technical requirements
• It must also include details about expected learning outcome(s).

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

All proposals should be submitted in English via the ConfTool conference management system. In addition to following the submission-specific requirements outlined above, proposals should clearly state how they contribute to the advancement of topics related to the conference themes, how they relate to previous work (if applicable), and the potential impact they may have on the advancement of the field. All proposals should be accompanied by three to five keywords. 

Within the appropriate fields (author details and affiliations), submissions should include: name(s), contact details and the organisational affiliation of the author(s) along with the name(s) of presenters. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper. Participants can only be the first author (= presenter) of one paper at the conference and the second author/contributor of one additional paper (long paper, panel, or show-and-tell presentation). 

Anyone interested in submitting a proposal for the ad-hoc program, such as drop-in talks, lean coffee, or show-and-tell, can contact us at DHNB2024@hi.is.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 21 JANUARY (AOE / UTC-12) 2024.
HTTPS://WWW.CONFTOOL.ORG/DHNB2024/

Submitted proposals will undergo a single-blind peer-review process whereby the reviewers know the names/affiliations of the abstract authors and co-authors. Authors may be asked to make revisions before publication. The program committee will review all submissions and send out notifications of acceptance/rejection by 15 February. 

Authors will be asked to review their submissions before the publication.

For questions, please send an email to DHNB2024@hi.is

Ürituse ametlik veebileht: https://cs.ut.ee/et/sisu/andmeteaduse-seminar-kultuur-ja-andmed

Andmed ja tehisintellekt muudavad praegu kiiresti kõiki teadus- ja eluvaldkondi. Seminaril „Kultuur ja andmed“ räägime eesti kultuuri ja andmeteaduse kokkupuutepunktidest. Käsitleme seda, kuidas kultuuriga seotud andmed tekivad, millised need välja näevad, kuidas neid analüüsitakse ja kasutatakse uues loomingus. Üritus on avalik ja avatud kõikidele osalejatele, palume end registreerida ennekõike osalejate arvu ette ennustamiseks. Seminari akadeemilised korraldajad on Jaak Vilo ja Sulev Reisberg.

Seminar toimub 22. mail Tartu Ülikooli Delta õppehoone ruumis 1037 algusega kell 15.45.

Ajakava:

15.45 Kogunemine, kohvilaud

16.15  Seminari avamine, sissejuhatus

16.20  Indrek Ibrus, „Kultuuriandmete analüüsi arendamine Tallinna Ülikoolis ning alustatud teekond Eesti kultuuri teadmusgraafi suunas“

16.45  Mari Sarv, „Koostöökogemus: tehted folklooriandmetega“

17.10  Anna Aljanaki, „Väikeste andmestike põhjal muusika loomine“

17.35–18.00  Kohvipaus

18.00  Vahur Puik, „Ajaloolised fotod kui andmeallikas – mis on olemas, mis puudu? Ühisloomest ja Ajapaiga kogemusest, masinõppest ka“

18.25  Jaan Naaber, „Andmed ja erakordne kultuurikogemus“

18.50  Paneelarutelu juhib Sulev Reisberg

19:20  Õhtu jätkub vabas vestlusringis, avatud on õue ja Delta katuse terrassid

Registreeru üritusele

Lisa üritus oma kalendrisse

Eelmised andmeteaduse seminarid

Official event website: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/AI_Sauna

Join us in exploring how AI is shaping the future of Open Culture!!

AvoinGLAM invites Open Culture advocates and creators of the open ecosystem to join the Finnish GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), research projects and companies to envision the future of Open Culture in the age of AI. The event takes place in Helsinki 6–7 May right after the Wikimedia hackathon in Tallinn 3–5 May. The two-day event will hear inspire talks from participants, explore common themes and work on them in workshops on the second day.

Registration link

Official event website: http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/baltic-dh-forum-2024

Digital humanities have become a solid part of the research landscapes in the Baltic countries. Certainly, over the past decades, this transformation has been evident through the vibrant and enthusiastic DH communities, the emergence of new research groups and centers, and the increasing presence of digital humanities courses and programs in higher education. This marks the right time for the digital humanities communities of the three Baltic States to come together, to look at how and in what directions DH has developed in our countries, to reflect on what is relevant today and to project what lies ahead in the near future.

The Baltic DH Forum will take place for two days. The initial day will comprise three sessions featuring invited speakers from the Baltic DH research communities, Ministries, and prominent European digital humanities infrastructures, including CLARIN ERIC and DARIAH-EU. The second day is designed as a networking platform providing an opportunity to present DH projects, showcase developed digital resources and tools, and introduce educational initiatives. Additionally, the afternoon of the second day will host a series of workshops covering successful practices in collaborative projects, fundraising opportunities, and other relevant topics.

Participation in the forum with presentation is free of charge with coffee breaks, lunches, and a dinner provided.

To apply for participation in the Baltic DH Forum “Demonstration and Networking Session” (2nd Day), you are invited to submit an abstract of your presentation (200–250 words) in one of the following categories:

• DH resource or tool
• Project
• Educational initiative, including training materials

Submissions are encouraged in diverse areas within digital humanities, including, but not limited to:

• Computational linguistics and language technologies
• Computational literature studies
• Digital history and archaeology studies
• Digital folklore studies and ethnography
• Digital cultural heritage
• Digital musicology
• DH and endangered cultures and languages
• Digital environmental humanities
• Game studies and digital humanities
• Citizen science and crowdsourcing

Submit your proposals here by January 25, 2024.

Applications will be peer-reviewed by the programme committee, with the main criterion being relevance to the field of digital humanities.

During the “Demonstration and Networking Session” each presenter is expected to give a brief pitch talk (approximately 5–7 minutes) to the plenary audience, followed by discussions at the poster hall.

After the Baltic DH Forum, participants will be offered an opportunity to prepare a peer-reviewed publication for a special issue of The Baltic Journal of Modern Computing, Scopus-indexed.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at dh@lulfmi.lv or sanita.reinsone@lulfmi.lv.

Programme committee:
LV: Sanita Reinsone (ILFA*), Haralds Matulis (ILFA), Inguna Skadiņa (IMCS), Anda Baklāne (NLL), Ilze Auziņa (IMCS), Normunds Grūzītis (IMCS), Antra Kļavinska (RTA), Jānis Daugavietis (ILFA), Valts Ernštreits (UL LI)
LT: Andrius Utka (VDU), Costis Dallas (VU)
EE: Joshua Wilbur (UT)

Administrative support:
Viktorija Piščikova (NLL), Līva Ostupe (ILFA), Māris Bušs (UL DF), Māra Bičevska (UL DF), Elvīra Žvarte (ILFA), Ilze Ļaksa-Timinska (ILFA)

Institutions*
ILFA: Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia
IMCS: Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Latvia
NLL: National Library of Latvia
RTA: Rēzekne Technology Academy
UL DF: University of Latvia Faculty of Computing
UL LI: University of Latvia Livonian Institute
UT: University of Tartu
VDU: Vytautas Magnus University
VU: Vilnius University

Supporters

• Language Technology Initiative, funded by the European Union and the National Development Plan.  https://www.vti.lu.lv/en
• "Towards Development of Open and FAIR Digital Humanities Ecosystem in Latvia,” implemented within the framework of the National Research Programme “Digital Humanities”. Project No:  VPP-IZM-DH-2022/1-0002 http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/projects/DHELI-en

Ürituse ametlik veebileht: https://ehak.ee/

Humanitaarteadused on Eesti teadusmaastiku üks kõige rahvarohkemaid ja kirjumaid valdkondi. Valdkonna areng on viimastel aastatel olnud märkimisväärselt kiire ja rahvusvahelist silmapaistvustki on kogunenud aina rohkem. Siiani on aga Eesti humanitaaridel puudunud foorum ühiseks aruteluks ja kriitiliseks enesevaatluseks; üha sagedasem on olukord, et kolleegide uuematest töödest saab kuulda vaid rahvusvahelistel konverentsidel või lugeda ingliskeelsetest väljaannetest. Kummati on eestikeelne humanitaarteaduslik arutelu väga oluline, seda nii teadlaskonnale endale kui ka kogu ühiskonnale, sest kutsumuselt on humanitaaria ennekõike tagasisideteadus, mille üks missioone on tagada kultuurile enesemõistmise võime. Sooviga elavdada humanitaarteaduslikke arutelusid ja suurendada kollegiaalset läbikäimist oleme sotsiaalteadlaste eeskujul ellu kutsunud uue regulaarse teadusfoorumi nimega Eesti humanitaarteaduste aastakonverents. Viie ülikooli ning nelja teadus- ja arendusasutuse koostöös algatatud konverents on mõeldud toimuma üle aasta, vaheldumisi Tallinnas ja Tartus.

Esimene Eesti humanitaarteaduste aastakonverents toimub Tallinna Ülikoolis 10.–12. aprillil 2024. Selle katusteema on „Tulevikuhumanitaaria“. Teema on valitud teadlikult kahetähenduslikuna, nii et see lubaks ühelt poolt arutleda humanitaarteaduste uute suundade, värskete tööviljade ja tulevaste võimaluste üle, teiselt poolt aga mõtestada konkreetsemalt tulevikukujutelmade rolli kultuuris ja ühiskonnas. Ühtlasi viitab aastakonverentsi pealkiri korraldajate veendumusele, et humanitaaria on üks tähtsamaid tulevikuteadusi, mis seoses suurte muutustega looduskeskkonnas ja tehnoloogias on omandamas üha suuremat kaalu inimühiskonna tuleviku mõtestamisel ja kujundamisel. Samas seavad needsamad suured muutused aina enam küsimuse alla tavapärase inimkeskse maailmapildi, mis sunnib humanitaariat kriitiliselt ümber mõtlema enda rolli inimteadusena. Tänavu kevadel alustanud uue rahvusvahelise teadusajakirja Future Humanities juhtkiri tõdeb asjakohaselt: “Ühest küljest usume, et humanitaarteadused ei ole kaugeltki kriisis, vaid läbivad pigem äkilist teisenemist, mis lõpuks viib suurema ümberkujunemiseni; teisest küljest leiame, et humanitaarteadused peaksid vaatama kaugemale, hindama kriitiliselt oma humanistlikku pärandit ning otsima viljakat igakülgset suhtlust nüüdisaja loodusteaduste ja kunstidega.“

Eesti humanitaarteaduste esimene aastakonverents kutsub üles kõiki Eesti humanitaarteadlasi jagama oma mõtteid ja uurimustöö tulemusi inimteaduste ja inimühiskonna tulevikust. Järgnev loetelu aruteluteemadest on mõeldud vaid esialgse orientiirina, mitte suletud nimekirjana:

• Humanitaarteaduste uued suunad
• Tulevikukujutelmad ja -stsenaariumid
• Mineviku, oleviku ja tuleviku vahekorrad
• Utoopiad ja düstoopiad
• Ökoloogilised kujutlusilmad
• Tuleviku ajalood ja arheoloogiad
• Tulevikupärand
• Tehnotulevikud
• Tuleviku jumalad
• Keel ja tehnoloogia
• Inimesed ja mitteinimesed
• Kultuur ja loodus, looduskultuur
• Kriisid ja humanitaarteadus
• Humanitaarteadused ja tulevikutehnoloogiad
• Integratiivsed humanitaarteadused
• Digihumanitaaria
• Geohumanitaaria
• Keskkonnahumanitaaria
• Kognitiivne humanitaaria
• Linnahumanitaaria
• Meditsiinihumanitaaria
• Posthumanism ja posthumanitaaria
• Humanitaarteaduste metodoloogia ja epistemoloogia
• Loovuurimus ja humanitaarteadused
• Kunstid ja visuaalkultuur
• Rakenduslik humanitaarteadus

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