Resources for the new year!

Resources for the New Year

By Celeste Pedro

I thought I’d start the year with a short list of nice resources for the digital humanities. From easy-to-use digital presentation tools to more complex software, we hope the following list is helpful or at least sparks our readers’ interest in new ways to get their work across to new audiences using digital environments.

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Fig. 1: IPM through Voyant’s eyes

Data search, analysis, and access

Searching for a quick overview of data on current topics, say, for example, university curricula? Check Data Commons!

Social Feed Manager: Need to analyse, build or archive data from social media? This open-source tool could help!

An alternative to Google Lens, TinEye helps you find image similarities, label and colour matches, or track appearances online.

Super quick visualisation of your digital texts and/or website content? Here’s Voyant! Curious? See what it presents about our IPM-Monthly page.

Large collections

Corpus Explorer was developed by Dr Jan Rudiger: https://notes.jan-oliver-ruediger.de/software/corpusexplorer-overview/ ; it is open-source software that uses linguistic corpora and helps you perform text/data mining on existing (or your own) data. Check this example on Middle High German that uses this resource.

Science dissemination

Little to no coding experience is required with Omeka. It’s been around for many years and is the perfect tool to start your online collection or exhibition!

Education

Ever roam through #dariahTeach? This community-driven resource offers an extensive range of topics and training related to the digital humanities and is ECTS-graded.

The Programming Historian is also a perfect place to learn step-by-step what you can do with technology. Most of the time, it requires some previous coding knowledge, but the tutorials are very well designed.

Are you seeking a collaborative tool for textual and media (images and video) annotations? Annotation Studio might be the resource for you. Its primary intent is to facilitate the learning and discovery of primary sources.

Funding

The European Association for Digital Humanities has an annual call for Small Grants to support researchers who need extra time or help covering organisation or travel expenses. Applications are due in September.

For large projects, the European Commission offers many funding opportunities. The Horizon Europe Framework can be a place to start: the program “Research and innovation on cultural heritage and CCIs – 2024 (HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01)” has an open call ’till the 7th of February.

We wish you the best with your ongoing or brand-new projects for 2024!