http://hdl.handle.net/10993/61 Search this channel search http://orbilu.uni.lu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41896 Title: Interview with Dr. Melvin Wevers (KNAW Humanities Cluster, Amsterdam) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Zaagsma, Gerben; Wevers, Melvin <br/> <br/>Abstract: In this interview, Melvin Wevers begins by talking about his career and his contribution to the first big text mining project in the Netherlands. He shares his experiences in approaching, working and interpreting the data and discusses the risks of both data-driven and hypothesis-driven research. He then talks about the new developments in computer vision which can be relevant to historians and about the importance of modelling in digital enabled historical research. He continues with an overview of the major projects he’s currently involved in and comments on the role of the “digital humanist”. He concludes by pointing out new trends, which in his view will shape the digital history of the future. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41895 Title: Interview with Prof. Dr Steven E. Jones (University of South Florida) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Zaagsma, Gerben; Jones, Steven E. <br/> <br/>Abstract: In this interview, Professor Steven Jones talks about his career and training in textual studies. Because of his specific interest in the materiality of texts in archives, he soon became interested in the relationship of the physical and the digital as a theoretical problem and methodological issue. He then talks about the myth of Roberto Busa as “founding father of digital humanities” which he sets out to complement with history. He comments on Busa’s work with IBM and on the young female punched card operators that worked in the first institutional digital humanities centre that Busa created. Jones is currently working on a project to reconstruct and model the centre and the work that was done there. To conclude, he offers his comments on the directions digital humanities might take on in the future. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41894 Title: Interview with Prof. Dr Jane Winters (School of Advanced Study, University of London) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Zaagsma, Gerben; Winters, Jane <br/> <br/>Abstract: In this interview, Professor Jane Winters gives an overview of her career, starting as a medieval historian to becoming a professor in digital history. She talks about her main work with born digital archives and reflects on how web archive changes historical research. ‘History from below’ with a big interest in genealogy and local history being very popular in the UK, she describes the character of digital history in her country and the response of both amateur and professional historians to digitisation. She pleads for more digital pedagogy at an earlier stage of the curriculum and underlines the importance of the relationship between digital humanities and other stakeholders like librarians and archivists. In her view, the next big challenge in digital humanities will be the non-text media analysis. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41892 Title: Interview with Prof. Dr David Bodenhamer (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Zaagsma, Gerben; Bodenhamer, David <br/> <br/>Abstract: In this interview, Professor David Bodenhamer gives an overview of his career, from his beginnings as a constitutional legal historian to becoming a new digital historian. He illustrates how GIS changed the nature of his work and explains the notion of ‘deep mapping’, emphasizing the importance of our human experience with places. He concludes by outlining the most exciting developments going on in digital history in his view. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41891 Title: Interview with Prof. Dr Tim Hitchcock (University of Sussex) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Zaagsma, Gerben; Hitchcock, Tim <br/> <br/>Abstract: In this interview, Professor Tim Hitchcock describes his beginnings as an historian in British social history and how he became involved in the field of digital humanities. He explains how he started with Robert Shoemaker in the late 1990’s big digitization projects like “Old Bailey online” (The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913). He emphasizes also the role of digital history in connection with the history from below in the United Kingdom and public history in the United States. Tim Hitchcock also criticizes the way in which a lot of historians meet the digital challenge and underlines the importance of the use of digital tools in the undergraduates curriculum in the University of Sussex. He also explains the interactions between close reading and distant reading, how historians nowadays deal with it, and describes the perspectives for digital history in the future. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41887 Title: Interview with Prof. Dr Andrew Prescott (University of Glasgow) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Zaagsma, Gerben; Prescott, Andrew <br/> <br/>Abstract: In this interview, Professor Andrew Prescott describes his beginnings as a librarian and how this profession brought him to the field of digital humanities. He emphasizes more broadly the role of curators in this field including the role of metadata and the configuration of collections in a new way. Andrew Prescott also historicizes the digital turn in humanities and explores the most exciting trends for the future. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41864 Title: Transparency by Design in Data-Informed Research: a Collection of Information Design Patterns <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Rossi, Arianna; Lenzini, Gabriele <br/> <br/>Abstract: Oftentimes information disclosures describing personal data-gathering research activities are so poorly designed that participants fail to be informed and blindly agree to the terms, without grasping the rights they can exercise and the risks derived from their cooperation. To respond to the challenge, this article presents a series of operational strategies for transparent communication in line with legal-ethical requirements. These "transparency-enhancing design patterns" can be implemented by data controllers/researchers to maximize the clarity, navigability, and noticeability of the information provided and ultimately empower data subjects/research subjects to appreciate and determine the permissible use of their data. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41863 Title: Making the Case for Evidence-based Standardization of Data Privacy and Data Protection Visual Indicators <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Rossi, Arianna; Lenzini, Gabriele <br/> <br/>Abstract: Lately, icons have witnessed a growing wave of interest in the view of enhancing transparency and clarity of data processing practices in mandated disclosures. Although benefits in terms of comprehensibility, noticeability, navigability of the information and user’s attention and memorization can be expected, they should also be supported by decisive empirical evidence about the efficacy of the icons in specific contexts. Misrepresentation, oversimplification, and improper salience of certain aspects over others are omnipresent risks that can drive data subjects to wrong conclusions. Cross-domain and international standardization of visual means also poses a serious challenge: if on the one hand developing standards is necessary to ensure widespread recognition and comprehension, each domain and application presents unique features that can be hardly established, and imposed, in a top-down manner. This article critically discusses the above issues and identifies relevant open questions for scientific research. It also provides concrete examples and practical suggestions for researchers and practitioners that aim to implement transparency-enhancing icons in the spirit of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41862 Title: Which Properties has an Icon? A Critical Discussion on Evaluation Methods for Standardised Data Protection Iconography <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Rossi, Arianna; Lenzini, Gabriele <br/> <br/>Abstract: Following GDPR's Article12.7's proposal to use standardized icons to inform data subject in "an easily visible, intelligible and clearly legible manner," several icon sets have been developed. In this paper, we firstly critically review some of those proposals. We then examine the properties that icons and icon sets should arguably fulfill according to Art.12's transparency provisions. Lastly, we discuss metrics and evaluation procedures to measure compliance with the Article. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41851 Title: Museums, young people and reciprocal relevance <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Brasseur, Laurence http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41848 Title: 'Who Are We?' Searching for Identities in Luxembourg: A Comparative Exhibition Critique <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Brasseur, Laurence <br/> <br/>Abstract: This dissertation analyses the relationships among the issues of identity, power and the museum and investigates how these factors are linked to the museum’s social and educational role. It focuses on two exhibitions that deal with the subject of identities in Luxembourg: 'ABC – Luxembourg for beginners … and advanced!', held at the Musée d’Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg (2012-2013), and 'iLux. Identities in Luxembourg', shown at the Musée Dräi Eechelen (2012-2013). A comparative critique of their approaches provides a close examination of their explicit and implicit practices as well as their politics of display. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41846 Title: Decentring the Museum: Examining Young People's Perceptions and Experiences from a Sociocultural Perspective. <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Brasseur, Laurence <br/> <br/>Abstract: The relationship between young people and museums has been a topic of discussion since the late 1970s. Many developments have been observed in this respect, yet some museums still find it challenging to engage with young people. Furthermore, the debate surrounding this relationship is often underpinned by unhelpful generalisations about young people that impede thinking and practice; for example, that young people lack interest in museums or find them boring. Previous research has principally investigated the subject through an ‘education and learning’ lens and from a perspective that takes museums as the starting point. This thesis aims to enrich our understanding by taking a sociocultural perspective and by centring the focus on young people. The thesis, therefore, actively seeks to decentre the museum: theoretically, by using an interdisciplinary framework; and practically, by conducting fieldwork outside museums. Through a qualitative approach, this study places young people’s experiences and perceptions of museums in a wider social and cultural context. Focus groups were conducted with young people aged 12–21 in youth clubs in Luxembourg. This thesis reveals the complex and nuanced ways in which the focus-group participants think about museums in relation to their everyday lives. It also highlights the tensions and ambivalence underlying their perceptions and experiences. Furthermore, the study shows that the power inequalities that young people face in social life are likely to be perpetuated in the museum. Indeed, the participants’ experiences of museums are shaped, in large part, by lack of individual choice. Visits that are enforced by facilitators, such as the school and the family, can create barriers to engagement. This thesis makes the case that it is important for museums and facilitators to acknowledge the diversity of young people, hear and value their points of view, and respect their autonomy and freedom of choice. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41844 Title: Beyond the Flow : Scholarly Publications During and After the Digital <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Walkowski, Niels-Oliver <br/> <br/>Abstract: In the wake of the so-called digital revolution numerous attempts have been made to rethink and redesign what scholarly publications can or should be. Beyond the Flow examines the technologies as well as narratives driving this unfolding transformation. However, facing challenges such as the serial crisis, knowledge burying or sudoku research the discourses and practices of scholarly publishing today are mainly shaped by confusion, heterogeneity and uncertainty. By critically interrogating the current state of digital publishing in academia the book asks for how a sustainable post-digital publishing ecology can be imagined. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41843 Title: Moving from nation into region. Experiences and memories of cross-border dwelling in the Greater Region SaarLorLux <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Boesen, Elisabeth http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41814 Title: Themen-Talk MYTHOS ZIVILISATION <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Harnoncourt, Julia http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41747 Title: Wahlen und Weichenstellungen in Lateinamerika 2018. Eine Länderspezifische Analyse. <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Harnoncourt, Julia; Molden, Berthold; Echivarria, Josefina http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41743 Title: Mesa Redonda: 2018 - Año de elecciones: Brasil, Colombia y México/ 2018 <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Harnoncourt, Julia; Molden, Berthold; Echivarria, Josefina http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41727 Title: Du local à l'international. Jalons pour une sociographie des dirigeants sportifs: Polignac, Kriegk, Daugé: trois trajectoires rémoises (années 1900-1960) <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Moreau, Sebastien <br/> <br/>Abstract: This contribution aims to shed light on how serving on the boards of local sporting associations enables some leaders to access the elite of international sport. The case of three international leaders (Louis Daugé, Teddy Kriegk, and Melchior de Polignac) is observed through a sociography of the presidents of sports clubs in the city of Reims, the regional sports capital of Champagne-Ardenne, where they were prominent figures and local elites. Our prosopographical approach, which draws on works on social and institutional history, enables us to evaluate how the dynamics of democratization, institutionalization, and hierarchization in the sporting world impact local sporting life and the features that club presidents have in common. The appointment of regional federal leaders is therefore a key process for understanding who embodies the federal authority over sport practices and how the fabric of a local sport (and its club presidents) fits into the international institutional structure (and its most senior leaders). The comparative trajectories of Daugé, Kriegk, and Polignac are then studied from a more biographical perspective. They show three different routes to the top of international sports institutions and embody three moments in the history of sports that coexisted in the great sporting effervescence in Reims during the interwar period.; Cette contribution vise à éclairer comment des mandats associatifs locaux permettent à quelques dirigeants d’accéder à l’élite du sport international. Le cas de trois dirigeants internationaux (Louis Daugé, Teddy Kriegk et Melchior de Polignac) est observé à partir d’une sociographie des présidents de clubs sportifs de la ville de Reims, capitale sportive régionale de Champagne-Ardenne dont ils sont des figures notables et des élites locales. D’abord prosopographique, nourrie de travaux d’histoire sociale et institutionnelle, la démarche permet d’évaluer comment les dynamiques de démocratisation, d’institutionnalisation et de hiérarchisation du monde sportif ont des effets sur la vie sportive locale et la composition du groupe des présidents de clubs. La nomination de dirigeants fédéraux régionaux est à ce titre un processus-clé pour comprendre qui incarne l’imposition de l’autorité fédérale sur les pratiques sportives et comment s’intègre un tissu sportif local (et ses présidents de clubs) à l’édifice institutionnel international (et ses plus hauts dirigeants). Les trajectoires comparées de Daugé, Kriegk et Polignac sont ensuite étudiées dans une perspective davantage biographique. Elles tracent trois voies d’accès différentes au sommet des institutions sportives internationales et incarnent trois moments de l’histoire des sports qui coexistent pourtant dans le grand bouillonnement sportif du Reims de l’entre-deux-guerres.; Dieser Beitrag soll Aufschluss darüber geben, wie die Mandate der lokalen Verbände einigen wenigen Führungskräften den Zugang zur Elite des internationalen Sports ermöglichen. Der Fall von drei internationalen Führungskräften (Louis Daugé, Teddy Kriegk und Melchior de Polignac) wird anhand einer Soziographie der Präsidenten von Sportvereinen der Stadt Reims, der regionalen Sporthauptstadt der Champagne-Ardenne, analysiert, wo diese zur Prominenz und lokalen Elite gehören. Der überwiegend prosopographische Ansatz, basiert auf der Sozial- und Institutionengeschichte und ermöglicht es zu beurteilen, wie sich die Dynamik der Demokratisierung, Institutionalisierung und Priorisierung der Sportwelt auf das lokale Sportleben und die Zusammensetzung der Gruppe der Vereinspräsidenten auswirkt. Die Ernennung von regionalen Verbandsführungskräften ist daher ein Schlüsselprozess, um zu verstehen, wer die Bestimmung der Verbandsautorität über Sportpraktiken verkörpert und wie ein lokales Sportgefüge (und seine Clubpräsidenten) sich in die internationale, institutionelle Struktur (und seine obersten Führungskrafte) einfügt. Die Werdegänge von Daugé, Kriegk und Polignac werden aus einer biographischeren Perspektive verglichen. Sie markieren drei verschiedene Wege zur Spitze internationaler Sportinstitutionen und verkörpern drei Momente in der Geschichte des Sports, die in der sportlichen Blüte der Stadt Reims zwichen den beiden Weltkriegen nebeneinander existieren. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41724 Title: What’s in a Name: Gamifying the Intangible History of Larochette, Luxembourg <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Morse, Christopher; de Kramer, Marleen <br/> <br/>Abstract: The Larochette app is part of a larger interdisciplinary project to create a digital reconstruction of the town and castle of Larochette, Luxembourg. The paper discusses the creation of an app that serves to pique interest in linguistics and historical geography, traditionally dry subjects with little intrinsic appeal to children and the general public. This project harnesses this effect, presenting the results of the preceding landscape study in an interactive educational environment that rewards the user for engaging with the content. As the app allows natural movement and intuitive interaction, exploration and learning are prompted by curiosity. The goal of connecting place names to heritage is not explicitly stated, nor is it presented as an educational game. In short, this is the second phase of a collaborative case study in the digital experience of history, which is grounded in user experience design and informed by the historical and architectural expertise of the collaborators. http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41723 Title: Experience Design for Digital Cultural Heritage <br/> <br/>Author, co-author: Morse, Christopher <br/> <br/>Abstract: The experience of visiting museums has evolved to extend beyond the walls of the institutions themselves into digital spaces, where online galleries, exhibitions, and virtual tours invite audiences to explore arts and culture from their personal devices. However, generating interest from the public around these platforms remains a challenge, and the digital experience rarely compares to an in-person visit. Building on research that demonstrates the effectiveness of emotional design as a way to generate public engagement with physical museum spaces and exhibitions, this project adopts a user-centered design approach to develop novel experiences around digitized museum collections.