Call for Papers
Cultural Heritage Data & Power. Exploring Digital
Collections and Situated Knowledges in Film History and Beyond
Closing Conference of the BMBF Research Group DAVIF
Philipps-Universität Marburg
November 14-16, 2024
In recent years, the application of digital tools and methods is on
a rise within the field of film and media studies, often relying on
data provided by film heritage and other GLAM institutions. At the
same time, these institutions seek ways to make their collections
more accessible for researchers. In this process, ethical
considerations regarding data provenance, archival silences and
situated knowledges woven into cultural heritage data take on a new
urgency. While digital humanists have increasingly investigated
power structures inscribed in cultural heritage data, the political,
theoretical, and technological underpinnings of film historical
collections need further explorations. For example, how do
categorization processes underlying information technologies affect
our understanding of film history? What impact do they have on
different social groups and especially on marginalized communities?
How should we deal with the inclusion of certain data and the
exclusion of others? How can we identify and represent gaps and
blind spots in cultural heritage collections when reflecting
history?
Bringing together researchers, scholars and practitioners, the
conference seeks to stimulate a critical debate about the creation,
processing and archiving of film historical data and other cultural
heritage data. The goal of the conference is to examine how critical
perspectives on historical research data can be combined with new
ways of applying and exploring digital tools and methods in film and
media studies and beyond. Based on DAVIF’s research on data
visualizations and women in film history, the conference focuses on
the intersections of feminist (film) historiography, critical data
studies, data feminism, archival and curatorial practices,
computational approaches, AI applications, and information
infrastructures.
We invite film and media scholars, film historians, film archivists
and digital humanists from various fields to reflect on and
challenge power structures of data collections and practices. In
particular, we welcome feminist perspectives that seek not only to
tell different stories, but also to tell them differently.
Participants are encouraged to consider a wide range of subjects for
their proposals. These may include but are not limited to:
- Datafication of film and media studies and beyond
- Feminist film historiography including speculative approaches
- Archival silences, biases and gaps in cultural heritage
collections
- Power-critical analysis of the creation, processing and
archiving of film historical data and other cultural heritage
data
- Data provenance in film heritage institutions and other GLAM
institutions
- Critical, feminist, queer, postcolonial approaches to data
visualizations
- Analysis of information infrastructures and authority data
(e.g. Wikidata, GND, LoC, VIAF)
Submissions
We welcome two types of proposals: 1) papers and 2) workshops. But
we can also try to facilitate other formats. Please submit your
proposal (title, abstract of max. 300 words and a short biographical
note of max. 150 words, 5 keywords, and 3 references) by April
30, 2024 via davif.researchgroup@gmail.com.
Presentations will be allowed 20 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion.
For workshop proposals please indicate the number of participants.
Abstracts will be selected by June 15, 2024.
Publication
An open access publication of all conference papers is planned for
fall 2025.
Conference
The event is the closing conference of the BMBF research group
“Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film
History” (DAVIF) (2021-2025).
It will take place at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Marburg,
Germany, from November 14–16, 2024. The conference will be
held in English.
For speakers who do not have their own means of travel, travel and
accommodation costs may be covered on application. Please contact us
regarding further arrangements.
More information will follow shortly at the conference website: https://uni-marburg.de/CaPWG1
Timeline
Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2024
Notification of paper/workshop acceptance: June 15, 2024
Conference: November 14–16, 2024
Deadline for publication submission: January 10, 2024
Scheduled publication date: Fall 2025
Contact
The conference is organized by Dr. Sarah-Mai Dang, Pauline Junginger
and Anne Hart (DAVIF Research Group).
Email: davif.researchgroup@gmail.com
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Pauline Junginger, M.A. (sie/ihr - she/her)
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin & Doktorandin
BMBF-Forschungsgruppe "Ästhetiken des Zugangs" (DAVIF)
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Institut für Medienwissenschaft
Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6
D-35043 Marburg
+49 6421 28 211 85