Conceptual and Social Networks for Movements of People across the Mediterranean Basin
Digital Methods and Application of Computational Tools and for Modelling, Analysis and Representation of Migration Phenomena
April 14, 2023
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (F-201)
University of Rijeka
The workshop is aimed at scholars and researchers who are interested in the application of digital humanities to migration studies and history in general, as well as those who are interested in the use of computational tools and methods to analyze and represent historical phenomena. The workshop is open to participants from academia, industry, and the public sector.
We look forward to your participation in this exciting and innovative workshop, which will bring together experts from a variety of fields to explore the potential of digital methods and computational tools in the study of migration.
PIMo Workshop Programme
14.4.2023.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ( F-201, )
9:30 AM – Welcome and Introduction
Giovanni Tarantino and Benedikt Perak
Brief overview of the workshop’s aim and focus
Introduction of the first session
10:10 – Chair: Benedikt Perak
Martin Grandjean
Historical Network Analysis: an Invaluable Component of the Historian’s Toolbox
11:00 – Break (5 minutes)
11:05 – Chair: Giovanni Tarantino
Benedikt Perak
From Language to Insights: Leveraging Large Language Models and Semantic Technology to Analyze Historical Networks
11:55 – Break (5 minutes)
12:00 – Chair: Graziani Gentili
Cindarella Petz
Network Models and Computational History. Analysing a Linked Open Data network
12:50 – Lunch Break (80 minutes)
14:30 – Short Talks Chair: Benedikt Perak
Vlatka Lemić –
Access and visibility of historical data in digital world: ICARUS and TMO experience in building GLAM digital platforms
Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar –
Challenges and Opportunities beyond the Cost Action Project: Continuing Collaboration through DARIAH-EU Working Groups
Dino Pitoski – –
Analysing complex network patterns of human migration at different geographical scales
15:20 – Break (5 minutes)
15:25 – Chair: Luisa Simmonuti
Vanni D’Alessio
Representing overlapping layers of historical narratives in a contested city: a digital map and an app on Rijeka/Fiume
16:15 – Break (5 minutes)
16:20 – Session 6 (Round table)
Participants + QA Audience 17:10 – Closing Remarks