An electronic research environment and edition of the Estoria de Espanna of Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Languages Cultures Art History & Music
Abstract
The Estoria de Espanna is an extensive thirteenth-century history of Spain composed under the direction of Alfonso X of Castile and Leon (reigned 1252-1284). It runs from the origins of Spain to the death of Alfonso's father Fernando III in 1252. It is the history of the people who ruled the empire and therefore deals with Roman history, the history of the Goths and the history of the Christian kingdoms of the Peninsula after the Arab invasion of 711 which Alfonso regarded as the inheritors of Rome. It exists in three major versions, two compiled during the lifetime of the king (1272 and 1282) and another during the reign of his son Sancho IV, in 1289. The three major versions written in close succession to each other reveal a host of anxieties about contemporary events and so an examination of the differences between them can help to demonstrate the value of control of the past in present difficulty. This aspect research on medieval chronicles, epitomised by Gabrielle Spiegel's study of thirteenth-century French chronicles (Romancing the Past: the rise of vernacular prose historiography in thirteenth-century France, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), has led to much fruitful work in recent years. Such comparative and constrative contextual analysis is only possible through access to manuscript versions. One important function of the proposed edition is therefore to present to scholars the text of the different versions of the chronicle, thereby allowing a contextual study of their composition and their consequent meaning in context.
The Estoria de Espanna is the centerpiece of the medieval Castilian historiographical tradition, the first and greatest medieval history of Spain written in romance, and was originally conceived as part of an all-encompassing politico-cultural project by the king. As is frequently the case with Iberian material, it is not well known outside the peninsula, and yet its status as comprehensive history of Spain makes it one of the finest examples of late medieval chronicle writing available to us. The breadth of learning and sophisticated narrative construction of the Estoria make it prime material for the study of medieval narrative history generally and the project therefore has the aim of bringing both the Estoria and the enormous politico-cultural enterprise of which it formed a part to a wider audience.
The project aims to provide an electronic edition of the chronicle which, by means of a search engine and collation tool, will allow comparison of the three major versions and provide full searching ability for any of the transcriptions. The project will therefore permit access to an important and foundational series of medieval chronicles to a wide readership, both specialist and non-specialist. It will serve as a resource for future philological and historical enquiry, for example, the presentation of three almost contemporaneous major versions in a manner which permits the scholar to compare them, will allow significant advances in our understanding of the political context of their composition in the thirteenth century. The electronic edition will also facilitate access to the Estoria to a wider audience. The online research environment will encourage the addition of transcriptions of other manuscripts and also images of the codices in the future, which will guarantee the on-going viability of the project.
The Estoria de Espanna is the centerpiece of the medieval Castilian historiographical tradition, the first and greatest medieval history of Spain written in romance, and was originally conceived as part of an all-encompassing politico-cultural project by the king. As is frequently the case with Iberian material, it is not well known outside the peninsula, and yet its status as comprehensive history of Spain makes it one of the finest examples of late medieval chronicle writing available to us. The breadth of learning and sophisticated narrative construction of the Estoria make it prime material for the study of medieval narrative history generally and the project therefore has the aim of bringing both the Estoria and the enormous politico-cultural enterprise of which it formed a part to a wider audience.
The project aims to provide an electronic edition of the chronicle which, by means of a search engine and collation tool, will allow comparison of the three major versions and provide full searching ability for any of the transcriptions. The project will therefore permit access to an important and foundational series of medieval chronicles to a wide readership, both specialist and non-specialist. It will serve as a resource for future philological and historical enquiry, for example, the presentation of three almost contemporaneous major versions in a manner which permits the scholar to compare them, will allow significant advances in our understanding of the political context of their composition in the thirteenth century. The electronic edition will also facilitate access to the Estoria to a wider audience. The online research environment will encourage the addition of transcriptions of other manuscripts and also images of the codices in the future, which will guarantee the on-going viability of the project.
Planned Impact
Who will benefit from this research?
The Estoria de Espanna is the most important medieval Iberian chronicle; the most influential in its time and one of the finest vernacular medieval examples anywhere in Europe of the way in which history was conceived and written. The impact of this project will obviously be felt in a range of academic communities. However, as has been seen from other other recent examples of electronic editing, medieval and ancient manuscripts are a source of enduring fascination to a much wider public. This edition will become the centre for continuing research on materials for the late medieval period, and a resource for anyone interested in closer knowledge of the basic sources of our knowledge. Although the Estoria de Espanna may not attain the heights of the one million hits achieved by the Sinaiticus project in the first six months of its existence, nonetheless, the project will provide access to museums, schools, universities, historical researchers and interested members of the general public in a variety of useful ways.
How will they benefit from this research?
The principal benefit to museums and libraries will lie in the publication of high-quality transcriptions for immediate consultation. In addition to the benefit accruing to holding libraries, which will be able to reduce the handling of fragile manuscripts, other libraries and museums will be able to provide access to transcriptions and images which will dovetail with their own holdings, thereby permitting such libraries and museums to be a "one stop shop" for the interpretation of text and context as users will have immediate access both to primary and secondary material in the same place.
The increasing use of on-line resources in primary, secondary and higher education is the context for the use of the electronic materials schools and universities. Access to individual manuscripts (both in transcription and image) can be used to build school and undergraduate-level packs which will help to de-mystify the world of manuscript sources. University-level teachers will be able to encourage the study of individual manuscripts. The manuscript raw material will also be of invaluable use in the study of philology and palaeography.
Historical researchers will have ready access to material that reveals the make-up of medieval society and its evolution over time and members of the general public with an interest in genealogy or medieval history generally will also be able to examine first-hand material which is not readily accessible outside of venerable printed editions.
What will be done to ensure that they benefit from this research?
The benefits will be long term; the project has in-built sustainability. In addition to the academic benefits, it is envisaged that the on-line presentation of blue-skies research is a way of democratising access to a range of materials not usually available to the uninitiated. The textual community concept extends this further, by offering a pathway for interested readers to contribute to the project. Presentation of the materials in this form to on-line virtual communities allows greater public access and divulgation. Members of the research team will be active internationally in disseminating the results of the research and the project generally. In particular, the colloquia organised for Birmingham, Oxford and Madrid will ensure widespread dissemination of the results of the project and in parallel the project blog will invite comments and inputs from a variety of stakeholders.
The Estoria de Espanna is the most important medieval Iberian chronicle; the most influential in its time and one of the finest vernacular medieval examples anywhere in Europe of the way in which history was conceived and written. The impact of this project will obviously be felt in a range of academic communities. However, as has been seen from other other recent examples of electronic editing, medieval and ancient manuscripts are a source of enduring fascination to a much wider public. This edition will become the centre for continuing research on materials for the late medieval period, and a resource for anyone interested in closer knowledge of the basic sources of our knowledge. Although the Estoria de Espanna may not attain the heights of the one million hits achieved by the Sinaiticus project in the first six months of its existence, nonetheless, the project will provide access to museums, schools, universities, historical researchers and interested members of the general public in a variety of useful ways.
How will they benefit from this research?
The principal benefit to museums and libraries will lie in the publication of high-quality transcriptions for immediate consultation. In addition to the benefit accruing to holding libraries, which will be able to reduce the handling of fragile manuscripts, other libraries and museums will be able to provide access to transcriptions and images which will dovetail with their own holdings, thereby permitting such libraries and museums to be a "one stop shop" for the interpretation of text and context as users will have immediate access both to primary and secondary material in the same place.
The increasing use of on-line resources in primary, secondary and higher education is the context for the use of the electronic materials schools and universities. Access to individual manuscripts (both in transcription and image) can be used to build school and undergraduate-level packs which will help to de-mystify the world of manuscript sources. University-level teachers will be able to encourage the study of individual manuscripts. The manuscript raw material will also be of invaluable use in the study of philology and palaeography.
Historical researchers will have ready access to material that reveals the make-up of medieval society and its evolution over time and members of the general public with an interest in genealogy or medieval history generally will also be able to examine first-hand material which is not readily accessible outside of venerable printed editions.
What will be done to ensure that they benefit from this research?
The benefits will be long term; the project has in-built sustainability. In addition to the academic benefits, it is envisaged that the on-line presentation of blue-skies research is a way of democratising access to a range of materials not usually available to the uninitiated. The textual community concept extends this further, by offering a pathway for interested readers to contribute to the project. Presentation of the materials in this form to on-line virtual communities allows greater public access and divulgation. Members of the research team will be active internationally in disseminating the results of the research and the project generally. In particular, the colloquia organised for Birmingham, Oxford and Madrid will ensure widespread dissemination of the results of the project and in parallel the project blog will invite comments and inputs from a variety of stakeholders.
People |
ORCID iD |
Aengus Ward (Principal Investigator) | |
Barbara Bordalejo (Researcher) |
Publications
Ward A
(2017)
Estoria de Espanna Digital
Ward A
(2018)
The Estoria de Espanna Digital: Collating Medieval Prose-Challenges and More Challenges
in Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures
Duxfield P
(2018)
The Practicalities of Collaboratively Digitally Editing Medieval Prose: The Estoria de Espanna Digital Project as a Case Study
in Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures
Ward A
(2018)
Introduction
in Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures
WARD A
(2020)
The Estoria de Espanna de Alfonso X el Sabio in the Twenty-first Century
in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
WARD A
(2020)
Medieval Punctuation, mise en texte and the Digital World
in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
Description | Broadening of knowledge about digital, medieval, manuscripts |
Exploitation Route | Step change in digital editing. Use of edition for scholarship. Digital epistemologies can be examined in the light of discovery of editing practice. |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | https://estoria.bham.ac.uk |
Description | We have not completed the project as yet, so the direct use of materials produced by the project cannot begin. We have, however, seen spin-offs from training courses etc. In addition, we have launched the digital exhibition (https://www.hrionline.ac.uk/estoria/) to complement exhibitions in four archives. We are finalising the teaching materials for use in Spanish schools from March 2017. 2018 update: the exhibitions took place as planned in the first half of 2017 and full feedback was acquired. The teaching sessions took place in the same period and the materials subsequently used at UG level in the universities of Alcalá, Georgetown and Birmingham. In the second half of 2019, and as a result of ongoing collaboration with a range of non-academic partners we launched a crowdsourcing proof of concept website: transcribeestoria.bham.ac.uk This engaged over 300 people in the transcription of a Biblioteca Nacional de España fourteenth century manuscript. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural |
Description | AHRC Follow-on Impact Funding |
Amount | £98,429 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/N006658/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2016 |
End | 12/2016 |
Title | Collate software |
Description | We are working with ITSEE to develop the latest version of the COLLATE software. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | None, as yet. |
Title | Training modules for xml transcription |
Description | We have developed a series of training modules which together comprise a training course for interested parties in the transcription of medieval prose. The modules have been through beta testing and will be launched in full on 14th November. They have been used to train transcribers who have signed up from our crowdsourcing initiative. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | As a result of the beta version we have recruited a number of transcribers from outside the academic community. The course has now also been employed at UG level teaching in the University of Birmingham. |
URL | https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/15342 |
Title | Transcription Guidelines |
Description | We have developed a set of TEI compliant xml guidelines for the transcription of medieval Castilian prose. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The Guidelines have now been launched and will be disseminated through crowdsourcing and through workshops and conferences organised by the project. |
URL | http://estoria.bham.ac.uk |
Title | Estoria de Espanna edition xml transcriptions |
Description | Full xml transcriptions of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna Digital edition. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | N/A |
URL | https://github.com/estoriadigital/Transcriptions |
Title | Textual Communities |
Description | We participate in the development of the Textual Communities project, which aims to provide a platform for anyone to produce digital critical editions. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | We have recruited crowdsourcers from outside the academic community to transcribe our manuscripts within the system. |
URL | http://www.textualcommunities.usask.ca |
Description | Estoria de Espanna exhibitions |
Organisation | Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We collaborated on the production of physical and digital exhibitions of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna. |
Collaborator Contribution | The libraries produced physical exhibitions of the manuscripts, held in the first half of 2017. In addition, as a result of the collaboration, the Univeristy of Salamanca and the University of Minnesota digitized the manuscripts in question. The Biblioteca Nacional restored the manuscripts involved in the exhibition and the IPCE carried out a full restoration of the Menéndez Pelayo manuscript. |
Impact | Exhibitions, both physical and digital, as detailed above. Cultural imact as evidenced by the restoration of medieval artifacts. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Estoria de Espanna exhibitions |
Organisation | Menendez Pelayo Library |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We collaborated on the production of physical and digital exhibitions of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna. |
Collaborator Contribution | The libraries produced physical exhibitions of the manuscripts, held in the first half of 2017. In addition, as a result of the collaboration, the Univeristy of Salamanca and the University of Minnesota digitized the manuscripts in question. The Biblioteca Nacional restored the manuscripts involved in the exhibition and the IPCE carried out a full restoration of the Menéndez Pelayo manuscript. |
Impact | Exhibitions, both physical and digital, as detailed above. Cultural imact as evidenced by the restoration of medieval artifacts. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Estoria de Espanna exhibitions |
Organisation | National Library of Spain |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We collaborated on the production of physical and digital exhibitions of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna. |
Collaborator Contribution | The libraries produced physical exhibitions of the manuscripts, held in the first half of 2017. In addition, as a result of the collaboration, the Univeristy of Salamanca and the University of Minnesota digitized the manuscripts in question. The Biblioteca Nacional restored the manuscripts involved in the exhibition and the IPCE carried out a full restoration of the Menéndez Pelayo manuscript. |
Impact | Exhibitions, both physical and digital, as detailed above. Cultural imact as evidenced by the restoration of medieval artifacts. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Estoria de Espanna exhibitions |
Organisation | University of Minnesota |
Department | James Ford Bell Library |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We collaborated on the production of physical and digital exhibitions of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna. |
Collaborator Contribution | The libraries produced physical exhibitions of the manuscripts, held in the first half of 2017. In addition, as a result of the collaboration, the Univeristy of Salamanca and the University of Minnesota digitized the manuscripts in question. The Biblioteca Nacional restored the manuscripts involved in the exhibition and the IPCE carried out a full restoration of the Menéndez Pelayo manuscript. |
Impact | Exhibitions, both physical and digital, as detailed above. Cultural imact as evidenced by the restoration of medieval artifacts. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Estoria de Espanna exhibitions |
Organisation | University of Salamanca |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We collaborated on the production of physical and digital exhibitions of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna. |
Collaborator Contribution | The libraries produced physical exhibitions of the manuscripts, held in the first half of 2017. In addition, as a result of the collaboration, the Univeristy of Salamanca and the University of Minnesota digitized the manuscripts in question. The Biblioteca Nacional restored the manuscripts involved in the exhibition and the IPCE carried out a full restoration of the Menéndez Pelayo manuscript. |
Impact | Exhibitions, both physical and digital, as detailed above. Cultural imact as evidenced by the restoration of medieval artifacts. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Title | Admin tools for maintaining Estoria Digital |
Description | Django based admin tools for maintaining Estoria de Espanna Digital |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | N/A |
URL | https://github.com/estoriadigital/Estoria-Admin |
Title | Website code for Estoria de Espanna Digital |
Description | Website code for Estoria de Espanna Digital |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | N/A |
URL | https://github.com/estoriadigital/Estoria-de-Espanna-Digital |
Description | Academic conference (Sorbonne, Paris) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Academic colleagues and members of the public attended a theoretical and practical explanation of digital editing. Interested members of the Spanish-speaking community in Paris approached me afterwards to express their interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas conference Buenos Aires |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Academic colleagues form Europe, North and South America attended a talk on the project and recruitment talk for crowdsourcing. Interest from colleagues and others in participating in crowdsourcing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (Galway) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Academic colleagues form Europe, North and South America attended a talk on the project and recruitment talk for crowdsourcing. Increased interest in crowdsourcing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Biblioteca Nacional de España exhibition |
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 | Over 2000 people attended the exhibition "El hallazgo del pasado: Alfonso X y la Estoria de Espanna" at the Biblioteca Nacional de España in Madrid between 31st January and 16th April 2017. The exhibition of physical manuscripts held in the Library was accompanied by a digital exhibition (https://www.dhi.ac.uk/estoria/) created by the Estoria Digital research project of the University of Birmingham and University of Sheffield. The library also organised a series of public talks and workshops on the Estoria de Espanna and wider medieval themes in this period and reported significant interest from a range of interested parties, amongst which school visits stood out. The inaugural event was attended by a range of policymakers and cultural leaders and was reported widely in the national and regional media. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.dhi.ac.uk/estoria |
Description | British Library symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Academic colleagues and members of the public attended a talk on the project and recruitment talk for crowdsourcing. Interest in crowdsourcing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Crowdsourcing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A proof of concept website for crowdsourcing in Spain, transcribeestoria.bham.ac.uk engaged approximately 300 people in transcribing a fourteenth century manuscript from the Biblioteca Nacional de España. Training courses in palaeography and digital skills were also provided. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://transcribeestoria.bham.ac.uk |
Description | EDiT colloquium (Birmingham) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Academic colleagues form Europe, North and South America attended a talk on the project and recruitment talk for crowdsourcing. Increased interest in crowdsourcing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://estoria.bham.ac.uk |
Description | Estoria de Espanna 4th Annual colloquium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The launch conference for the edition was a gathering of the most significant scholars in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Exhibition at the Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo, Santander |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | An exhibition of the Estoria de Espanna manuscript at the Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo Santander between 2nd February and April 2017. The physical exhibition was accompanied by a digital exhibition produced by the Estoria Digital project at the University of Birmingham, supported by the HRI University of Sheffield. The inaugural event was widely reported on local and regional media and attended by, inter alia, the mayor of Santander. The catalogue of the exhibition was subsequently published by the library. The focus of the exhibition was local schools, many of which visited and reported an interest in medieval works held locally. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.dhi.ac.uk/estoria/ |
Description | Exhibition at the Universidad de Salamanca |
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 | An exhibition of the manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna at the Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) between 1st February and 30th April 2017. The physical exhibition was accompanied by a digital exhibition prepared by the Estoria Digital project at the University of Birmingham, aided by the HRI at the University of Sheffield. Local schools, university members, and a wide array of the general public visited the exhibition, which was one of the first events of the Universdad de Salamanca's celebrations to mark its 800th anniversary. The exhibition launch was widely reported on national and local media and was attended by a range of regional and local cultural leaders and policymakers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.dhi.ac.uk/estoria/ |
Description | Exhibition at the University of Minnesota |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | An exhibition of the Minnesota manuscript of the Estoria de Espanna in February 2017 at the James Ford Bell library of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. The Estoria Digital project at the University of Birmingham, aided by the HRI at the University of Sheffield, produced a digital exhibition to accompany the physical exhibition. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.dhi.ac.uk/estoria/ |
Description | Georgetown talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Presentation of interim results of digital editing project; engaged possible future collaborators. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | I Jornadas Internacionales de Historiografía Medieval (Sevilla) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interested parties in Spain, principally with postgraduate qualifications, attended a talk on the project and recruitment talk for crowdsourcing. Interest in crowdsourcing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | III EDIT colloquium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In collaboration with the Universidad de Sevilla, the project organised a three day conference: III Edit colloquium/II Jornadas de Historiografía e Historia de la lengua at the Universidad de Sevilla, November 23-25, 2015. The discussions, open to the public as well as to staff and students in Sevilla, generated extended interest in the project and in the field of digital editing. We held a Textual Communities workshop, open to the public, in the course of the event. Interest from the public, PG students and staff in the Estoria de Espanna Digital and future editing projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | IMC Kalamazoo 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | The PI gave a talk on the project to the most important US academic conference for medievalists. The audience was made up of specialists in digital projects and medieval Iberia. The talk sparked interest in the development of teaching materials relating to the Estoria and the possibility of using these in the programmes of a variety of US institutions. Discussions relating to the possibility of employing Estoria digital materials in US higher education classrooms. Discussions which led to the planning of digital exhibitions and the digitisation of an Estoria manuscript in Minnesota. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | International Chronicle Conference (Liverpool) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Academic colleagues form Europe, America attended a talk on the project and recruitment talk for crowdsourcing. Increased interest in crowdsourcing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Inventar Alfonso colloquium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Students and staff at the Université Jean Juarès Toulouse organised a day-long colloquium to exchange information on research projects and outreach activities. None as yet. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Minnesota talk and exhibition planning |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Lecture given to engage academic staff and postgraduates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Paris 8 Digital projects seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and gave rise to extended discussions about future possibilities of collaboration with French institutions. Disseminaiton of knowledge about future crowdsourcing projects. Contact from participants regarding crowdsourcing. Increased signups for Estoria Facebook page. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | QM Digital Editing seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk stimulated discussion about future possibilities and trends in digital projects. Increased possibilities of collaboration with other projects in the field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Salamanca colloquium and exhibition planning |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A lecture given at the SEMYR, Universidad de Salamanca -the most significant Spanish centre for textual analysis. It engaged practitioners in academic circles and postgraduate students in a discussion about digital editing and medieval texts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Teaching session in Spanish schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The Estoria Digital team, aided by the HRI at the University of Sheffield, developed a series a materials to be used in the education system - primarily in Spain. These materials were used in a series of sessions in schools in Madrid, León and Santander; and also in university teaching in Madrid, Georgetown University and the University of Birmingham. Feedback from all of these indicated increased interest and engagement with the figure of Alfonso X and the medieval period generally. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.dhi.ac.uk/estoria/info/Materiales_didácticos |
Description | XML training course |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | The project students designed and led a workshop on xml transcription and digital editing at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The workshop was a hands-on demonstration of transcription in Textual Communities using the xml course they designed. The workshop ran for 3 hours and generated discussion and further interest amongst staff and postgraduate students alike. Information about future crowdsourcing projects was disseminated. Various participants in the workshop signed up for future transcription projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | York/Odense seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Discussion after talk centred on the possibilities of crowdsourcing future transcriptions and on possibilities of other impact activities. The possibility of collaboration with colleagues in York and Odense in future digital projects, with an Impact dimension, were discussed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |