Leadership Fellowship
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Critical Studies
Abstract
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ORCID iD |
| Andrew Prescott (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Andrew Prescott
(2016)
The Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt
Andrew Prescott
(2021)
Data Loam: Sometimes Hard, Usually Soft. The Future of Knowledge Systems
Andrew Prescott
(2019)
A Digital Blast
Diane G. Scott
(2019)
Performing, Remixing and Reimagining Data
Echard S
(2020)
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
Papadimitriou, I
(2016)
Engineering the Future
Prescott A
(2015)
Digitising the Historical Record
Prescott A
(2016)
Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities
Prescott A
(2015)
I'd Rather be a Librarian A Response to Tim Hitchcock, 'Confronting the Digital'
in Cultural and Social History
| Description | This grant seeks to promote engagement with the research undertaken as part of the AHRC 'Digital Transformations' strategic theme and to identify overarching intellectual themes emerging from the work. Themes identified from this work include: - Challenging discourse of transformativity and disruption; - Exploring closer links between artistic and craft practice and humanities research - The emergence of new materialities around the digital - The way in which digital methods are challenging and reshaping key concepts in the arts and humanities such as canonicity, identity, archives - The need for critical data studies The work of the theme is being continued in a second phase. |
| Exploitation Route | The need for critical data studies is increasingly fundamental to many aspects of the digital world. Questions around the health of the internet and the social and cultural framing of innovations such as facial recognition and machine learning become ever more pressing. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | The findings from the Digital Transformations research fellowship have influenced work and further research into the cultural impact ofv digitisation in such areas as campaigning by organisations such as the Mozilla Foundation, public presentations by organisations such as the V&A and The National Archives, and in activities such as the British Library Data Debates. The research demonstrated the important contribution that arts and humanities can make to current debates around digital cultures. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Membership of British Library Labs advisory committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The British Library Labs scheme represents a new method of engaging researchers with the large data sets held by cultural institutions. It has also been at the forefront of restating the British Library engagement with the creative economy. I have also supported the British Library Labs event in other ways e.g. by giving the keynote lecture for the launch event. |
| Description | Membership of British Museum Research Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | My work with the British Museum research committee has enhanced public and scholarly access to this outstanding international cultural resource and has assisted in developing the skill set of the museum curators and the embedding of curatorial understanding within the academy more widely. |
| Description | Membership of DARIAH scientific committee |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.dariah.eu |
| Description | Membership of School of Advanced Study Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The School of Advanced Study of the University of London is a major national and international resource in many specialist areas including historical research, western esotericism and historical bibliography. The School seeks to enhance its national and international reach by use of digital technologies, and I have been pleased to provide specialist advice in this area to the School through its advisory group. |
| Description | Early Modern Digital Agendas |
| Organisation | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I participated in 'Early Modern Digital Agendas', an NEH funded institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library from 24 June-1 July 2015. This institute was directed by Professor Jonathan Hope of Strathclyde University and explored use of quantitative and computational techniques in criticism and analysis of early modern texts, with a particular focus on the corpus created by the Text Creation partnership. It is hoped that a similar event for Early Career Researchers can be arranged in the UK in the future. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The workshop was run and organised by the partners who obtained the necessary funding. |
| Impact | The institute resulted in the development by participants of a number of prototype projects which will form the basis for future development. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Early Modern Digital Agendas |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I participated in 'Early Modern Digital Agendas', an NEH funded institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library from 24 June-1 July 2015. This institute was directed by Professor Jonathan Hope of Strathclyde University and explored use of quantitative and computational techniques in criticism and analysis of early modern texts, with a particular focus on the corpus created by the Text Creation partnership. It is hoped that a similar event for Early Career Researchers can be arranged in the UK in the future. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The workshop was run and organised by the partners who obtained the necessary funding. |
| Impact | The institute resulted in the development by participants of a number of prototype projects which will form the basis for future development. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Mixed Methods in the Humanities |
| Organisation | Volkswagen Foundation |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I am a member of an editorial group for a book reporting on the Mixed Methods funding programe organised by the Volkwagen Foundation. I also act as chair and rapporteur on programe meetings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide access to state-of-the-art research in digital humanities. |
| Impact | None at this stage. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | UK observer membership of CLARIN |
| Organisation | UK CLARIN consortium |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I have supported the development of the UK consortium which has secured observer status for the EU CLARIN ERIC in linguistics. I act as national expert for CLARIN. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The initiative in obtaining observer membership of CLARION has been taken by members of the consortium, and they are paying the subscription. |
| Impact | Funding applications from this activity are already being developed. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | 'New Materialities' lecture, Trondheim |
| 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 'New Materialities' at the Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries conference, Trondheim, 20-22 April 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Beyond 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 | Workshop jointly organised with the NeDiMAH network reflecting range and significance of many current AHRC initiatives in the area of the digital and creative economy. A booklet was produced which draws together many of these themes. The workshop was held at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London on 7 May 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.nedimah.eu/sites/default/files/nedimah-booklet-final-copy-v11-for-web.pdf |
| Description | Big Data in the Arts and Humanities lecture, Volkswagen Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a keynote lecture of 'Big Data in the Arts and Humanities' at 'Big Data in a Transdisciplinary Perspective', 7th Herrenhausen Conference of the Volkswagen Foundation, 25-27 March 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsarchiv/detailansicht-veranstaltung/n... |
| Description | British Academy Launch of 'Working at Intersections' report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Launch of the 'Working at the Intersections' report by AHRC Theme Leader Fellows at British Academy, with presentations by Professor Barry Smith, Professor Charles Forsdick and Professor Barry Smith, and an expert panel comprisdin g Roly Keating, British Library, Dr Karen Salt, UKRI, Professor Sarah Churchwell and Professor Thomas McLeish FRS, University of York. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-at-the-intersections-ahrc-strategic-themes-2010-2019-tickets-... |
| Description | Digital Transformations panels at the Sheffield Digital Humanities Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I organised three panels on the AHRC Digital Transformations theme at the bi-annual Digital Humanities Congress in 2014. These panels included researchers from projects funded under the Digital Transformations theme in order to start identifying overarching themes emerging from the research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Digital Utopias |
| 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 | Main AHRC contact for tagged 'Digital Utopias' event organised by Arts Council England as a launch event for Hull City of Culture 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/jobs-and-conferences/conferences/digital-utopias/ |
| Description | Display of 'Contours' by Fabio Antinori and Alicia Pytlewska at Cheltenham Science Festival |
| 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 | I arranged for the display by Fabio Antinori and Alicia Pytlewska of an artwork made using the new technology of conductive ink at there Cheltenham Science Festival, and participated with Bronac Ferran in the presentation of the artwork to the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Ecologies of Publishing Futures conference |
| 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 | The Ecologies of Publishing Futures was a major one-day conference organised by the Royal College of Art on 23 November 2015 to launch its Book Futures Lab. As Digital Transformations theme leader fellow, I supported this event by participating in a panel and by providing delegates with copies of the 'Crafting our Digital Futures' book. Through the fellowship, assistance was also provided in travel and other costs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/ecologies-publishing-futures-symposium/ |
| Description | Glasgow launch of 'Working at the Intersections' report and 'Digital Blast' manifesto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event launching the joint 'Working at the Intersections' report by AHRC Theme Leader Fellows and 'Digital Blast' manifesto for Digital Transformations teme, with expert panel by theme leader fellows and performances. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | HERA digital showcase |
| 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 | One the occasion of the HERA end of project conference in London in 2013, I organised with Professor Charlotte Roueche of King's College London a day event which highlighted various digital projects from the HERA programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Hearing Wagner |
| 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 | As part of the 'Transforming Musicology' project, one of the large grant awards under the 'Digital Transformations' theme, I supported the organisation of an even called 'Hearing Wagner' which analysed the emotional reactions of an audience listening to Wagner operas. This took place at the Birmingham Hippodrome as part of the 'Being Human' festival and received national media coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Keynote lecture for Listening Experience Database symposium |
| 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 'Digital Transformations' at the Listening Experience Database symposium, Royal College of Music, 20 November 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Mozilla Festival 2015-2017 |
| 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 | Mozilla Festival is sponsored annually by the Mozilla Foundation and is a major international vehicle for sharing and developing experiences about using the web for improving learning and access to knowledge. For the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Mozilla Festivals at Ravensbourne in London, through my fellowship the Digital Transformations theme supported sessions in the 'Making' zones on various aspects of digital humanities and also offered various hands-on sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | https://2015.mozillafestival.org |
| Description | NEoN digital arts festival 2015: Rethinking Art's Digital Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | As part of work with Dr Alixe Bovey (Courtauld Institute), Dr Sarah Cook, Professor Jon Rogers (Dundee University) and Dr Charlotte Frost (City University of Hong Kong) within the Digital Transformations theme looking at art history as a disciplinary paradigm, my fellowship sponsored a workshop within the NeON festival in Dundee in 2015 on the nature of digital transformations within the arts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | New Methods of Manuscript Imaging |
| 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 | International workshop on 'Ne Methods of Manuscript Imaging' organised with NeDiMAH network at National Library of Wales, 30 March - 1 April 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Oxford Digital Humanities Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Oxford Humanities Digital Humanities Summer School is the primary event which provides a structured overview of digital methods and developments for postgraduate students and early career researchers in the Arts and Humanities. Through my fellowship, the Digital Transformations theme acted as a 'platinum sponsor' for the 2015 and 2016 Summer Schools, sponsoring a reception and providing materials relating to the theme for participants. The theme was the focus of a plenary panel for the 2015 summer school, and in 2015 and 2016 bursaries were provided in connection with the 'Transforming Musicology' project within the theme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://dhoxss.humanities.ox.ac.uk/2015/ |
| Description | Presentation to Translating Cultures final symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel on AHRC strategic themes for Translating Cultures final event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Resonance FM series 'Making Conversations' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'Making Conversations' is a radio series jointly curated with Bronac Ferran and Karen Gaskill, which began as part of the Crafts Council's Make:Shift activities. The series explores the transformational aspects of the intersection between making, digital, craft, arts and humanities. There have so far been two series, and a third is planned for 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/playlists/making-conversations/ |
| Description | Sessions at the Cheltenham Literature Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I curated five sessions reflecting current AHRC research in 'Digital Transformations' at the Cheltenham Literature Festival for 2014. These reflected work ranging from live coding performance to debates about big data. I also participated in the selection process for the AHRC sessions at the Cheltenham Literature Festival for 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | The Book |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Lecture by Eduardo Kac of the Chicago Institute of Art at the University of Glasgow on 10 February 2015 examining a range of reinventions of the codex from holopoetry to electric ink and aromabooks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | The Future of the Art History Book |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | As part of Academic Book Week, part of the work of the Academic Book of the Future project forming part of the Digital Transformations theme, I arranged a public lecture with Dr Charlotte Frost of the City University of Hong Kong on 'The Future of the Art History Book'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Unpeeling the Layers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at 94th Medieval Academy of America congress, 7 March 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| 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 |