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Digital Humanities in Ireland and China: the Prospect of
Multi-level Cooperation
Dr. Weiyi Wu吴维忆 , BA, MA, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Shanghai Jiao Tong University上海交通大学
Jane Burns, MBA,MLIS, MPhilUCD –School of Information & Communication Studies/ School of Education.RCSI – School of Nursing & Midwifery
WHY DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN CHINA?• Emerging Field in China – Recognition of the
potential for development as tools and infrastructure are evolving to support the development of Digital Humanities and Digitised Projects.
• Related fields in development such as GIS, archaeology, and digitization of material culture and folklore.
• Irish Examples can be applied as they are rich in history, culture, conflict, arts and humanities. Developed with high levels of IT Skills and range of users and applications.
EXPLORING SOME IDEAS• Dr. Yang Zi of Shanghai Art Institute [email protected]
• Classical Historiography for Chinese History – Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/chinese-historiography/
• Chinese Civilization Time and Space- Academia Sinica, Taiwan http://ccts.sinica.edu.tw/
• Profiling the Digital Humanities Landscape in China – British Library https://www.bl.uk/aboutus/highered/phd.../digital-humanities-landscape-in-china
• Theatres in Shanghai Reviewing NUIG - Abbey & Gate Theatre Projects- Application & Approaches http://library.nuigalway.ie/digitalscholarship/projects/
HOW DID THIS COLLABORATION HAPPEN?
@martinoconnor3 A Connector of People
WHY COLLABORATE?• A genuine mutual interest in Digital Humanities• Weiyi’s personal and Educational background in
Chinese Studies & Culture• My personal and Educational background in Digital
Humanities & Culture• A shared approach to research methods and
approaches• Both Grounded in Irish experiences and impressed
and inspired by work being done in Ireland in the areas of Digital Libraries and Digital Humanities.
COLLABORATION OUTPUTS SO FAR• Feb. 2016 Presentation entitled: Rethinking culture &
creativity with digital humanities -International Conference - Creative Economy UNESCO and China, University of Chester, UK
• April 2016 Presentation entitled: “Digital Humanities in the context of big Data.” -International Conference - New Forms and Trends of Cultural and Creative Economy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Invitation to submit a chapter about our work in the (McMillan) Palgrave Handbook of Creativity in Research. The Palgrave series of publications span a range of research topics but his upcoming edition is dealing with Creativity at Work and Collaborative Research
• CONUL today….
• Next Steps …. Looking for ideas & collaborators
