# **Research Data Management for Digitally Curious Humanists** This is a virtual event that brings together humanities researchers to exchange views on the concept of "research data" within the context of a wide range of humanities fields, discuss their practices and challenges in managing digital research data, and produce community-based tools to support the development and adoption of research data management (RDM) practices. This event series is sponsored by [University of Victoria Libraries](https://www.uvic.ca/library/) and the [Electronic Textual Cultures Lab](https://etcl.uvic.ca/). We are grateful to the [Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada](https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/) for funding this program. ## Registration We are pleased to offer this forum as part of the [Digital Humanities Summer Institute](https://omekas.library.uvic.ca/s/dhsi2021_conf_exhibit/page/welcome), Online Edition 2021. This is a free event, and we welcome all humanities researchers who would like to learn more about research data management (RDM), and about new criteria for Tri-Agency funding applications. Please register via the [DHSI site](https://events.eply.com/dhsi-2021-online-edition-registration). ## Program **Monday 14 June 2021** All times are given in Pacific Time. **Pre-Event Survey for attendees can be submitted [here][1]!** **8:30 am - 9:20 Keynote - [What Does “Data” Mean in the Humanities?](https://osf.io/st28k)** Miriam Posner (UCLA) Digital humanists have no particular problem talking about data. We use it, trade it, and think about it constantly. Many “traditional” humanists, though, bristle at the notion that their sources constitute “data.” And yet humanists work with evidence, and they speak of proving their claims. So is this just a problem of terminology? I’ll argue in this talk that our data trouble is more substantial than we’ve acknowledged. The term “data” seems alien to the humanities not just because humanists aren’t used to computers, but because it exposes some very real differences in the way humanists and scholars from some other fields conceive of the work they do. In this talk, I’ll outline the specific points of tension between the notion of data and the ways that humanists work with sources, and I’ll explain why I think this epistemological divide actually suggests some incredibly interesting avenues of investigation. Is there a way we can build humanist concerns into the data table? Miriam Posner is an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Information. She’s also a digital humanist with interests in labor, race, feminism, and the history and philosophy of data. As a digital humanist, she is particularly interested in the visualization of large bodies of data from cultural heritage institutions, and the application of digital methods to the analysis of images and video. A film, media, and American studies scholar by training, she frequently writes on the application of digital methods to the humanities. **9:30 Data considerations across Humanities disciplines** - [Is this Data? Research Process as Data in the Arts][2] – Jon Bath (U. Saskatchewan) - [The Bridge between Innovation and Sustainability: Research Data Management for the Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada Project][3] – Constance Crompton (U. Ottawa) - ["Data" in Indigenous Language Documentation][4] – Ewa Cyakowska-Higgins (U. Victoria) - [Data Curation for Communities of Sound: A Case Study in RDM][5] – Felicity Tayler (U. Ottawa) - [Research Data Management for the Large-scale Research Commons][6] – Caroline Winter, Graham Jenson, Alyssa Arbuckle, and Ray Siemens (U. Victoria) **10:30 Introducing the SSHRC Research Data Management Policy** - Matthew Lucas (SSHRC) ([Slides][8]) This presentation will introduce researchers to the Tri-Agency's recently announced [Research Data Management Policy](http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97610.html), which will require grant applicants to complete Data Management Plans, and award holders to follow data deposit guidelines upon grant completion. An open Q/A session will follow. **11:00 Digital Research Infrastructure in the Humanities** - Laura Estill (St. Francis Xavier U.) and Shahira Khair (NDRIO and U. Victoria) ([Slides][7]) This presentation will provide an overview of Canada's New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization and highlight supported resources for research data management. An open Q/A session will follow. **11:30 Wrap up** <br> *Afternoon workshop (limited-registration - 40 seats)* **12:30 Creating a Data Management Plan with the DMP Assistant** - James Doiron (U. Alberta), Shahira Khair (U. Victoria), and Robyn Nicholson (NDRIO - Portage) [**REGISTER HERE**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rdm-for-humanists-creating-data-management-plans-limited-registration-registration-152397901225) This workshop will provide participants with essential information on the development of data management plans (DMP) to support their research, including their importance and benefits, what makes a ‘good’ DMP, and specific considerations as Digital Humanities researchers. Examples specific to the Humanities will be used to walk participants through the process of creating a DMP for funding applications. Participants will also receive a hands-on walkthough of the DMP Assistant platform. [Event Materials](https://osf.io/g947n/wiki/dmp%20workshop/) <br> **2:30 Wrap-up** **Post-Event Survey for attendees can be submitted [here][9]!** <br> [1]: https://forms.gle/YHsQj3xFmE3nWDVj8 [2]: https://osf.io/w48fm [3]: https://osf.io/4qfwt [4]: https://osf.io/mx953 [5]: https://osf.io/3j7bs [6]: https://osf.io/r8qsu [7]: https://osf.io/s2xg6 [8]: https://osf.io/bjzyu/ [9]: https://forms.gle/yPL12cukEaMVTvQX9