The International Symposium “Digital Humanities in Action”
When:
2024年11月17日 @ 13:30 – 17:00
Asia/Tokyo Timezone
2024-11-17T13:30:00+09:00
2024-11-17T17:00:00+09:00
Where:
Conference room 4, National Museum of Ethnology（80 persons admitted）
The International Symposium of Minpaku for the 50th Anniversary of the Museum’s Founding
“Info-Forum Archives of Human Culture” Project
Digital Humanities in Action
| Date | November 17, 2024（Sun）1:30PM（JST） |
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| Venue | Conference room 4, National Museum of Ethnology（Online participation also possible） |
| Capacity | 30 on site and 300 on line（pre-registration required） |
| Language | Japanese/English（On-demand video in English will be available later on） |
| Sponsor | National Museum of Ethnology |
| Organizer |
National Institutes for the Humanities Transdisciplinary Project “Sustainable Development Humanities Research Based on the Info-Forum Archives of Human Culture” |
Purpose
What is digital humanities? As digital technology itself continues to evolve, it constantly changes with time. This is evident in the way the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan (Minpaku), has dealt with computers since its foundation in 1974. This symposium will review the museum’s 50-year history of experimentation and its wide-ranging activities in recent years to discuss what kind of knowledge the discipline can provide with the society.
Program
| 13：30 | Opening remarks Kenji Yoshida（Director-General, Minpaku） |
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| 13：40 | Introduction Taku Iida（Minpaku） Computerization in the National Museum of Ethnology: From Book Search to Info-Forum Archives |
| 14：10 | Paper 1 Yuzo Marukawa（Minpaku） Constructing and Using Digital Archives of Academic Resources: An example of X-DiPLAS Photographic Database |
| 14：30 | Paper 2 Shingo Hidaka（Minpaku） Current Status and Future Development of Database Construction for Museum Objects in the National Museum of Ethnology |
| 14：50 | Comment 1 Chisako Miyamae（Minpaku） |
| 15：00 | Comment 2 Kazushi Ohya（Tsurumi University） |
| 15：10 | Break |
| 15：30 | Comment 3 Katrin Langewiesche（Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz） |
| 15：40 | Comment 4 Kjersti Larsen（University of Oslo） |
| 15：50 | Comment 5 William Nitzky（California State University, Chico） |
| 16：00 | General Discussion |
| 16：50 | Concluding remarks Taeko Udagawa（Deputy Director-General, Minpaku） |
Registration
Access the official site with the URL below, and fill your contact to participate.
- Registration Period: Wednesday, 13th November, 2024 （JST）
On-demand video
Available on the same official site for one month after around November 25（expectedly）. The languages are English and Japanese.
Contact information
E-mail:forum_symposium★minpaku.ac.jp
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