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ICT in Arts and Humanities Research

ICT in Arts and Humanities Research. e-Science and Infrastructure in the Arts and Humanities e-Science Forum 29 April 2010. AHRC ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme includes the creative and performing arts practice-led research £3.8m for 5 years 2003-8 Aims:

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ICT in Arts and Humanities Research

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  1. ICT in Arts and Humanities Research e-Science and Infrastructure in the Arts and Humanities e-Science Forum 29 April 2010

  2. AHRC ICT in Arts and Humanities Research Programme • includes the creative and performing arts • practice-led research • £3.8m for 5 years 2003-8 • Aims: • build national capacity in the use of ICT for A&H research. • advise the AHRC on matters of ICT strategy. ..

  3. Building capacity: • ICT Methods Network: £1m for 3 years from April 2005 • use of advanced ICT methods • Projects and methods database (with support from JISC) • part of a unified on-line resource: ICTGuides • ICT Strategy Projects (£1m) • knowledge-gathering: needs, uses, scoping surveys • resource-development • AHRC-EPSRC-JISC Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative

  4. Building capacity = strong focus on infrastructure • support services and resource development • to complement existing provision • AHRC Research Panels • Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) • Resource Discovery Network (RDN: now Intute) • focus also on methods and technology development • and on advanced users

  5. Strongest system of support for e-arts and humanities in the world • until closure of AHDS (end March 2008) • end of ICT Programme (end December 2008) • AHRC no longer invests in infrastructure • position of JISC • ICT Programme’s advisory role…

  6. Context of Arts and Humanties e-Science Initiative • no earmarked e-Science money • led by the AHRC ICT Programme • largest financial contribution from JISC • substantial EPSRC contribution as well

  7. e-Science and the humanities • Dispersed and heterogenous nature of typical humanities data resource • the typical AHRC-funded resource • Injection of new technologies • collaborations between computer scientists and arts and humanities researchers • Shifting definition of e-Science • from grid technologies to advanced ICT more broadly • grid-enabling in the AHRB delivery plan • compare French Adonis project) • standalone nature of much humanities research

  8. AHRC- EPSRC -JISC Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative • Scoping survey (Sheila Anderson) • JISC A&H e-Science Support Centre (King’s: 2006-10) • based in AHDS • project facilitation and support • knowledge base • AHRC A&H e-Science Research Workshops • EPSRC e-Science demonstrators • …

  9. AHRC- EPSRC -JISC Arts and Humanities e-Science Initiative • … • six 4-year AHRC e-Science postgraduate studentships. • AHRC-JISC e-Science research projects (£2m ) • responsive mode: wide range of subjects, methods and technologies • varying emphasis on development and research findings

  10. Sustainability of development projects • Plan A: AHDS as platform • Plan B: virtual support • arts-humanities.net at King’s Centre for e-Research • knowledge base + community support • Plan C? • particular problems of responsive-mode

  11. Atkins report • on the arts & humanities • “excellent beginnings” • “encourage and support” • “corpus computing” (Digging into Data) • need for continuing e-Science programme • need for infrastructure of support services and platforms • avoid re-inventions of wheels • enhance uptake of development projects • knowledge base • partnerships

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