Born-digital materials, such as social media content, electronic literature, virtual worlds, sound and video recordings etc., pose a new set of challenges as opposed to more traditional analogue sources, due to their often large scale, multimodality, interconnectivity, and due to intrinsic issues of durability and authenticity. Traditional methods and standards used to create digital editions and archives of analogue cultural sources are inadequate to fully grasp the complexity of born-digital cultural data, necessitating new data standards and frameworks. This research therefore aims to investigate, experiment and ultimately propose, through theoretical reflections and practical case studies, appropriate, feasible and replicable methodologies to edit and publish born-digital materials.
Principal Investigator: Dr Isabella Magni (Digital Humanities Institute)
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We welcome research proposals from PhD candidates that address this project. Successful candidates will have interests and background in born-digital data, digital editing and publishing, or will be able to show how their experience and expertise aligns with the project.