Digital Humanities - Pathways to the future
Key information
- Date
- Time
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9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS
- Event type
- Conference
About this event
The Digital Humanities have grown in prominence in recent years, as digital technologies have been woven ever deeper into the fabric of human life.
Be it through imaging, archiving, communicating or simply exploring the intersection of the human with the digital, Digital Humanities now comprise an expanding array of research topics and themes of crucial importance. Keio University and the College of Humanities at SOAS are therefore proud to celebrate the launch of a new collaboration in the research and teaching of digital humanities across our two institutions, starting with a series of symposia, of which this is the first.
This symposium explores how digital technologies intersect with identity, creativity, and community. Presenters investigate online queer politics in India, digital promotion of music scenes in Shanghai, and fanfiction as a literary counterculture. It also features a panel devoted to Japanese digital culture, examining the creative potential of vocal synthesis in Japan and the role of algorithms in environmental music.
Speakers will also focus on the methodological and historical dimensions of digital humanities. They assess digital tools for examining rhetoric in text corpora, the use of AI chatbots in ethnomusicology, and the role of quantitative methods for studying online platforms. Finally, one panel explores how digital practices expand—yet also challenge—our understanding of culture, memory, and the production of knowledge, looking at the role of digital media and technologies in storytelling digital difficult histories and political art.
Image: Ales Nesetril via Unsplash.
Programme
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| 9:00am-9:30am | Pastries and coffee Location: B103 (Brunei Gallery) |
| 9:30am-9:45am | Opening remarks by Professor Motohiro Tsuchiya (Vice-President for Global Engagement, Keio University) Location: Room B103 |
| 9:45am-10:50am | Panel 1: Online Community and Identity Location: Room B103 Facilitator: Professor Satoko Tokunaga (Keio University) |
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| 10:55am-12:00pm | Panel 2: Digital culture and Japan Location: B103 Facilitator: Professor Mari Agata (Keio University) |
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| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch (Vegan options provided) Location: SG32 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House) |
| 1:30pm-2:35pm | Panel 3: Digital Methods Location: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT) Facilitator: Professor Kiyonori Nagasaki (Keio University) |
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| 2:35pm-2:50pm | Coffee Location: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT) |
| 2:50pm-4:15pm | Panel 4 Shaping Knowledge and/of History through Digital Technologies Location: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT) Facilitator: Tanvi Kanchan (SOAS) |
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| 4:15pm-4:30pm | Break |
| 4:30pm-5:00pm | Closing remarks - Humanities Staff Location: Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT) |
