Digital Data from a Humanities Researcher's Perspective | Second Annual Online Conference 23. 11. 2021

Hana Kubelková

Brief welcome and introduction of the conference.

Ludmila Kaňáková

Research on attractive artifacts such as projectiles or weapons in general in prehistory is burdened by the poor availability of artifacts for physical study and analysis. Researchers are thus dependent on published information, which tends to be very selective, illustrative and largely incomplete. In my research I have collected data on more than 400 projectiles, which thus constitute the largest analyzed collection of projectiles from European prehistory. I consider such a dataset a significant contribution to the understanding of the social and economic functions of projectiles in prehistoric societies. The dataset, created in collaboration with LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ, contains not only photographs and a database description, but also an accurate 3D model and all traseological images with evidence of functional wear.

Ivona Solčániová, Roman Brück, Karolína Stehlíková, Ivan Málek

This paper will introduce Theatre 3D, an ongoing project in the field of practical research in theatre history. The aim of the project, funded by the University Development Fund, was to create fifteen 3D models of theatrical artefacts (buildings, objects, set design) to enable students on the Theatre Studies programme to understand more technically or ideologically challenging concepts. The models that have been created so far are now being used in the teaching of courses at both Bachelor and Master level (Theatre in European History, Ancient Theatre, Stage Analysis, Medieval Theatre, etc.) and as a testing aid for the Bachelor State Examination.

3D printing is realized in cooperation with the Central Library of the Faculty of Arts MU. The paper will illustrate the process of creating a model using 3D printing, including the preparation of data (measures of technical documentation or analysis of historical sources and subsequent creation of 3D visualization in CAD software), prepress preparation, actual printing and final processing. The potential of 3D printing lies in the polyfunctionality of the data bases (3D visualizations), which can be implemented in virtual reality. Educational materials are currently being developed that build on 3D models to build and further explain theatrical theories and their historical background.

Zdenko Vozár

data accessibility within the system of digital repositories of libraries and Webarchive in the Czech Republic​

Michal Lorenz, Ema Juranová

Digitalia MUNI ARTS is a local node of the LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ infrastructure, which collects, preserves and makes available digital platforms of researchers from the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University. The digital platforms are stored in the Islandora system and their metadata is passed via the OAI-PMH protocol to the central LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ repository, ensuring their discoverability and accessibility within the wider ecology of European infrastructures. The Digitalia MUNI ARTS infrastructure is intended for the entire academic community of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University, with support especially aimed at scholars oriented towards digital research in the humanities. In addition to the capabilities of the Islandora technical system, the infrastructure project explores research data practices and requirements for virtual research environments, and with the help of Matomo we plan to further investigate types of data interactions and modeling of user needs. Digital curation processes are taking place over the data from the transferred research projects to ensure long-term preservation and authenticity of the data, which is important not only for the digitisation of historical sources.