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Digital Humanities

A introduction and guide to digital humanities

Organisations

Organisations

ACHThe association for computers and humanities -  

ACH is a professional society for the digital humanities and a leading advocate for data management and analysis. A US-based company, ACH is comprised of members from over 21 countries (as of November 2015), ACH support and disseminates research through conferences, publications, and outreach activities.

ADHOAlliance of digital humanities organisations -

Founded in 1998, the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) promotes and supports digital research and education across all arts and humanities disciplines, fostering excellence in research, publication, collaboration, and training.

CALCultural Analytics Lab

CAL uses data science to analyse contemporary global culture - while critically examining these methods from humanities and media theory standpoints. 

Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 

An international digital humanities association for southern Africa, was established in principle at the First National Digital Humanities Workshop held in 2015 at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, following the election of a Steering Committee. Participants of the second National Digital Humanities Workshop, also held at the NWU on April 5, 2016, adopted an official constitution establishing the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA).  

DHSDigital scholarship in the humanities

DSH ("Digital Scholarship in the Humanities") is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles and reviews on all aspects of digital scholarship in the Humanities, including but not limited to the field of what is now called Digital Humanities. Research papers report on theoretical, methodological, experimental, and applied research, including results of research projects, descriptions and evaluations of tools, techniques, and methodologies, and reports on ongoing work. Additionally, the journal reviews books and resources.

European Association for Digital Humanities (EADH)

The EADH brings together and represents the Digital Humanities in Europe across the entire spectrum of disciplines that research, develop, and apply digital humanities methods and technology. These include art history, cultural studies, history, image processing, language and literature studies, manuscripts studies, and musicology, amongst others. The EADH also supports the formation of DH interest groups in Europe that are deļ¬ned by region, language, methodological focus or other criteria. 

HumanTech - The HumanTech Symposium

The HumanTech symposium brings together thought leaders from across the country to identify and address the opportunities and challenges that affect humanities scholarship and education at higher learning institutions primarily focused on science and technology research and education.

Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH)

IATH is a research unit of the University of Virginia established by the University of Virginia in 1992. Our goal is to explore and develop information technology as a tool for scholarly humanities research. The research projects, essays, and documentation presented here are the products of a unique collaboration between humanities and computer science research faculty, computer professionals, student assistants and project managers, and library faculty and staff.

South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR)

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) as part of the new South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap

SADiLaR serves an enabling function, focusing on all of South Africa's official languages and supporting research and development in the fields of language technologies and language-related studies in the humanities and social sciences. The Centre facilitates the creation, management, and distribution of digital language resources, as well as relevant software, which is made freely available for research purposes through the Language Resource Catalogue.

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