Het Centre for Digital Humanities zoekt een enthousiaste stagiaire om twee events in het najaar 2023 te organiseren. Zoek jij een uitdagende stage met veel verantwoordelijkheid en de mogelijkheid om jezelf te ontwikkelen? Lees dan verder. Binnen de geesteswetenschappen wordt steeds meer gebruik gemaakt van gedigitaliseerde data en tools om deze data te bewerken en […] Read more
The Department of Media and Culture Studies (MCW) at the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University just released the edited volume Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture (Amsterdam University Press). This collection was initiated because the MCW researchers wanted to bring together the work around data in the department. The collection brings together various […] Read more
Together with news magazine De Groene Amsterdammer and television news service RTL Nieuws, Data School conducted research into TikTok’s recommendation algorithm. The researchers created 12 automated accounts that started with an initial interest in dieting, fitness, or slim women; within half an hour they spiraled into a constant stream of videos relating to eating disorders. “The happiest place on earth”, […] Read more
Wat are the (im)possibilities of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)? How does ASR work, what are the current speech recognizers and what will (hopefully) change in the coming months? Sign up for the hybrid introductory lecture by researcher Language and Speech Technology Arjan van Hessen on Thursday 16 March from 10:00 to 12:00 hrs. Automatic Speech Recognition – […] Read more
Heb je ervaring met Digital Humanities, programmeren en Linked Open Data? Ligt je passie bij het ondersteunen van kwalitatief onderzoek en onderwijs? De Universiteitsbibliotheek van de Universiteit Utrecht is op zoek naar een specialist Digital Humanities om het bestaande team te versterken. Deadline om te reageren is 26 februari 2023. Bekijk de vacature hier. […] Read more
During the Christmas holidays, I was introduced to the work of Rudolf Stingel (1956). I saw fascinating similarities in his work to Open Science, and especially to two of its themes: FAIR Data and Software, and Public Engagement. FAIR Data and Software In 1988, Stingel started working on “silver paintings”, large canvases with monochrome backgrounds, […] Read more
On January 25, Data School attended a panel in the 11th edition of Privacy Camp in Brussels. Privacy Camp is an annual conference that brings together digital rights advocates, activists, academics and policy-makers from all around Europe and beyond to discuss the most pressing issues facing human rights online. The panel to which the Data […] Read more
How did a sixteenth-century Dutch inhabitant experience the animals and plants around him? And how did that change in the centuries that followed? When did the rabbit change from food into pet and the horse from means of transportation into pleasure animal? Literary texts, scientific texts and folk tales, in particular, offer a unique glimpse […] Read more
Do you have a question about data, Python, or R? Or are you just finding your way in the field of digital humanities and need some guidance? All humanities staff and students are welcome to visit our weekly Digital Humanities Walk-in Hours on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00 hrs. Looking for a suitable digital tool to […] Read more
Data School is looking for new interns in block 3 and/or block 4 (February 6 to June 30, 2023). As an intern at Data School, you will participate in existing projects and you will have the opportunity to contribute and develop your own research project (possibly combined with writing a thesis). As an intern you […] Read more