Under the Auspices of the University of Kairouan,
The Higher Institute of Applied Studies to Humanities in Sbeitla and the Laboratory on Approaches to Discourse Jointly organize
a Study Day on
Digital Humanities
19th-04-2018
‘Digital humanities’ is an academic field concerned with the application of computational tools and methods to traditional humanities disciplines such as literature, history, and philosophy.[1] Thus DH lies in the intersection of computational methods and humanities (with all its disciplines). It is indeed taught since 1990’s in both under and postgraduate studies. Diverse community of experts (librarians, students, teachers, researchers, writers) need to rethink and formulate the lines of the humanities in light of xml, GIS, mpeg … Accordingly digitization –intentionally—reprocesses texts into digital representation .
We live in an era in which digital humanities “asks what it means to be a human being in the networked information age and to participate in fluid communities of practice, asking and answering research questions that cannot be reduced to a single genre, medium, discipline, or institution”[2]. DH not only explores but also interprets text based disciplines in light of the ‘new’ screen culture (computers, tablets...) ; and thus writing becomes designing while writers are the visual designers. Consequently this study day on ‘Digital Humanities’ aims to explore the past , present and future of the field as we move from the generation of printed books to digital books to a digitally based and oriented academia. We seek contributions to different hermeneutics, use and impact of digital Humanities. Participants are encouraged to send 250-word abstracts to the following address: computationalarts2018@gmail.com .They can cover, but are not limited to the following themes.
-Digital Media -Decoding digital ‘discourse’
-Digital Studies -Digital Community, library.
-Oral Narratives/Digital Narratives -Digitizing Theories
-History in the digital age. –Becoming Digital ( research+ teaching)
-Association between language and computers -Arts and Technology?
-Digital representation and management of Humanities
-Integrating digital Humanities in the curriculum
Abstracts should be sent before the 16th February 2018. Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent on 23rd February 2018.
Organizing Committee: Ms. Zeineb Derbali ,Dr. Salwa Jday, Dr.Hejer Ayedi, Dr. Boutheina Majoul, and Dr. Faten Houioui.
Dr. Boutheina Majoul will be in charge of publishing the study day’s articles.
[1] Oxford Dictionary.
[2] Digital-Humanities ANNE BURDICK JOHANNA DRUCKER PETER LUNENFELD TODD PRESNER JEFFREY SCHNAPP (2012 Vii)