Leadership Fellowship
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Digital Humanities
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Andrew Prescott (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Andrew Prescott
(2016)
The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt
Papadimitriou, I
(2016)
Engineering the Future
Prescott A
Digital Riffs (blog entries)
Prescott A
(2015)
Digitising the Historical Record
Prescott A
(2014)
Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Congress 2012
Prescott A
(2016)
Mapping English Metaphor Through Time
Prescott A
(2013)
Bibliographic records as humanities big data
Prescott A
(2016)
Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities
Rogers J.
(2015)
Crafting Our Digital Future
| Description | The findings from the project have been use in a wide range of public engagement activities, such as the Digital Design Weekend at the Victoria and Albert Museum and broadcasts on Resonance FM. The publications associated with the projects, such as Open Collaborative Making, have been widely distributed. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Policy & public services |
| Description | Digital humanities review at the University of Trier |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | By reviewing the provision of digital humanities activities at the University of Trier, I supported the use off digital methods to improve access to publicly owned cultural resources. |
| Description | Evaluation of Centrum fur Informationsmodellierung in den Geisteswissenschaften, Graz University |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | By evaluating the work of the Centre for Information Modelling at the University of Graz, I contributed towards enhanced public access to publicly owned cultural assets. |
| Description | Membership of the JISC Collections Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The work of the JISC underpins many aspects of the digital infrastructure for education and research in the UK. Through my membership of the JISC Collections Advisory Group I have been able to help shape the provision of digital resources within higher and further education. I have also contributed in other ways to the development of the JICS's contribution to digital infrastructure e.g. by participating in sessions at their annual Digest event and by participating in the JISC Discovery summit 2013. |
| Description | Collaboration with Bates College |
| Organisation | Bates College |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | With Charles Henry of the Council for Library and Information Resources, I gave a joint workshop at Bates College on digital humanities in 2013. This led to participation in a major joint research project around 'The Learned Clerk', considering parallels and contrasts between pre-print scribal cultures and current digital transformations. Outcomes of this collaboration include a conference at Bates College in 2015, special issue of 'Archives Journal' and sessions at the International Medieval Congress at Western Michigan University 2016 and the Leeds International Medieval Conference 2016. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Bates College provided venue and finance for the 2015 conference, and is leading on the editing of the special issue of the Archives Journal. |
| Impact | - Workshop at Bates College, 2013. - Learned Clerk Conference, 2015. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | AHRC Big Data workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I supported the organisation of, and provided a presentation at, the AHRC Big Data workshop introducing concepts of big data for arts and humanities researchers in London on 25 June 2013 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | British Academy panel: Translation in the Digital Age |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel organised with 'Translating Cultures' theme forming part of the British Academy and Guardian Language festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Digital Transformations Moot 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Digital Transformations Moot was a major event at the Mermaid Theatre in London which showcased digital engagement in the arts and humanities, with a strong emphasis on building synergies between artistic and practice-based activities and humanities researchers. It redefined the parameters of 'hack' and 'yack'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://eventamplifier.com/project/digital-transformations-moot/ |
| Description | Imperial College Big Data Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a presentation on 'Big Data in the Arts and Humanities' at the multi-disciplinary workshop organised by the Large Hadron Collider community at Imperial College London 27-28 June 2013 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/246453/other-view?view=standard |
| Description | Keynote at the Ireland Digital Arts and Humanities Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture at the Ireland Digital Arts and Humanities Institute on 'New Alliances: Digital Arts and Humanities' at University of Ulster, Derry. This formed part of City of Culture activities in Derry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Keynote lecture at the Digital Heritage Conference, York University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture on 'Digital Transformations' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Keynote lecture for 'Computational Humanities, Reference Cultures and Identity Formation' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 'Computational Humanities, Reference Cultures and Identity Formation' is a major project financed by the Netherlands Research Council. My keynote lecture 'A Whirlwind Tour of the Digital Humanities' launched the inaugural project meeting at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, 24-26 April 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Keynote lecture for launch of 'Manuscripts Online' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture on 'The Function, Structure and Future of Catalogues' for launch of major JISC-funded project, 'Manuscripts Online', University of Leicester, 11 January 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Lecture at HumLab, University of Umea |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on 'The Deceptions of Data' at Humlab in University of Umea Sweden |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Programme committee for Digital Economy Conference 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Served on programme committee for Digital Economy conference 2013 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Shared Horizons: Data, Biomedicine and the Digital Humanities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I participated in the joint NEH, US Department of Health and RCUK symposium 'Shared Horizons: Data, Biomedicine and the Digital Humanities' at Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities, Maryland University, 10-12 April 2013. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://mith.umd.edu/sharedhorizons/ |
| Description | Victoria and Albert Museum Digital Design Weekends |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Digital Design Weekend is an annual event organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the London Design Festival, which showcases a wide range of digital, making and craft activities for the general public. Partners include the Met Office, British Council, Digital Catapult, London Zoo and others. This is a major public engagement activity which attracts annually thousands of visitors. Through my fellowship, we have displayed projects from the Digital Transformations theme at the Digital Design Weekends in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and have also supported the production of publications for distribution to those attending the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017 |