Digital Humanities in Norway
Conference | 24th Oct 2023
University of Oslo Library
Looking Back and
Taking a Big Step Forward



Annika Rockenberger @ UiO/UB/DSC
Camilla Holm Soelseth @ DHKO

Network for Digital Humanities and Culture Organisation in Norway
09:30-10:00 | Registration & Coffee | |
10:00-10:30 | Welcome & Introduction | |
10:30-11:15 | Presentations I | Chair: Annika Rockenberger |
11:15-11:25 | Break | |
11:35-12:25 | Presentations II | Chair: Federico Aurora |
12:25-13:10 | Lunch | |
13:10-14:05 | Presentations III | Chair: Camilla Holm Soelseth |
14:10-14:40 | DHKO Unconference | Chair: Camilla Holm Soelseth |
14:40-14:50 | Short Stretch | |
14:50-15:45 | Keynote by Sally Chambers | Chair: Annika Rockenberger |
15:45-16:00 | Closing Summary |
Today's Schedule
Logistics
- Presentations are 10 minutes max.
– Look out for the signs!
- Followed by 5 minutes for questions
- Not presenting? Mute yourself on Zoom and IRL.
- Questions? Keep it short and to the point!
- Toilets? Down the stairs, to the right.

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Digital Humanities in Norway
A Recap
DH in Norway
1972–1992 - Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities | UiB
1973–1991 - Journal Humanistiske Data
1971–2021 - Norwegian Computing Center for Social Sciences (later: Norwegian Center for Research Data)






DH in Norway
1990–1999 - The Wittgenstein Archives | UiB
https://wab.uib.no/1990-99/
2000– - Wittgenstein online | UiB
https://wab.uib.no/
1992–1997 - Documentation Project | UiO + UiB, NTNU, UiT
https://www.dokpro.uio.no/

DH in Norway
1997– - Unit for Digital Documentation | UiO
https://www.edd.uio.no/prosjekt/index.html
1998–2017 - Henrik Ibsen Skrifter (HIS) | UiO
https://www.ibsen.uio.no/
2007–2015 - Edvard Munchs Skrifter | Munch Museet
https://www.emunch.no//ABOUTproject.xhtml

DH in Norway
2001– MENOTA | UiB
https://www.menota.org/EN_forside.xhtml
2010–2012 - PROIEL | UiO
2010– - Norwegian Musical Heritage
https://www.musikkarven.no/
2014 - Norsk Ordbok | UiO / UiB
https://ordbokene.no/

DH Oslo was founded


2013
2014
Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries
2015

2016
DH in Norway
2017– - ARTEC | NTNU
2018– - RITMO Lab | Norwegian Center of Excellence - UiO
2019– - DHLab | NB
2020– - DigitalLab | UiB UB
2022– - Digital Scholarship Lab | UiO UB
2023– Center for Digital Narrative | Norwegian Center of Excellence - UiB
Studying DH i Norway

Status 2017/2018
And What Now?

- Mapping Digital Humanities in Norway,
incl. study programs, courses etc.
- Digital Humanities in Culture Organisation
- Networking Nationally: DHKO
- Networking in the Nordic and Baltic Countries
- and beyond
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