SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Graceful Degradation: Managing Digital Humanities Projects in Times of
Transition and Decline
First announced at the Digital Humanities 2009 conference and
presented at Digital Humanities in the Resources and Arts conference,
the "Graceful Degradation" survey is now open through the end of
September at:
http://graceful-degradation.questionpro.com/
This is a survey of the digital humanities community -- broadly
conceived -- on project management in times of transition and decline,
and what we see as the causes and outcomes of those times. We invite
participation by anyone who has worked on a digital project in or
related to the humanities.
Decline is a pressing issue for digital scholarship because of the
tendency of our projects to be open ended. One could argue that
digital projects are, by nature, in a continual state of transition or
decline. What happens when the funding runs out, or the original
project staff move on or are replaced? What happens when intellectual
property rests with a collaborator or an institution that does not
wish to continue the work? How, individually and as a community, do we
weather changes in technology, the patterns of academic research, the
vagaries of our sponsoring institutions?
"Graceful Degradation" is being conducted by Bethany Nowviskie of the
University of Virginia Scholars' Lab in the United States and Dot
Porter of the Digital Humanities Observatory in Ireland. The survey
will run through September 2009. Full summary results will be presented
and published in summer 2010. All responses are held confidential,
unless specific permission to identify people and projects has been
granted. Participants will have the option to grant this permission at
the end of the survey.
We encourage your participation and look forward to sharing the
results of the survey!
Please contact [log in to unmask] if you have any questions.
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Dot Porter (MA, MSLS) Metadata Manager
Digital Humanities Observatory (RIA), Regus House, 28-32 Upper
Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
-- A Project of the Royal Irish Academy --
Phone: +353 1 234 2444 Fax: +353 1 234 2400
http://dho.ie Email: [log in to unmask]
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