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From Artefact to Meaning
In the context of papyrological, epigraphical, and cuneiform studies research, this blog aims to document: Experts interpreting a Roman stylus tablet • the study of expert practices, when setting to...
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‘Şalmu’ and the nature of digitized artefacts
Last term (Hilary term 2011) at the traditional Oxford Slade Lectures, I had the chance to hear Prof. Z. Bahrani speak about the nature of representations in the Ancient Middle-East. The title of her...
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Deciphering and interpreting (proto-)cuneiform
Proto-Elamite clay tablet from Susa, in the Louvre (courtesy of Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons) It’s great to be back “in the field”! Well, it’s nothing exotic, really, as I went to Wolfson...
View ArticleOn public vs private research
Back from Würzburg, where I attended the “Digital Palaeography” ESF exploratory workshop (talks and abstracts here) – and on which Dr. Dominique Stutzmann reports in his blog – I find myself pondering...
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Writing and writing…
Artwork by Marc Johns (www.marcjohns.com) Three months I’ve kept you on hold – even if without drab music or compliments! It’s now high time to resume activities on this blog! It’s not that I’ve been...
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Beyond Data Curation: Knowledge Curation
Exciting news came in a couple of weeks ago: the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) has awarded me a fellowship! I mentioned this early-career fellowship application in my last post, and well,...
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Multi- and Cross-Disciplinary Research: Getting Organized
Leaving the starting blocks This is where it all starts. Today is officially the first day of my fellowship, and I need to get myself into gear and out of those starting blocks. I’ve done...
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On Expertise and Expert Performance
Expert (Chambers Dictionary of Etymology) What do expertise and expert performance have to do with this digital curation of knowledge creation project? Well, if I can understand better what expertise...
View ArticlePreliminary announcement: colloquium “Interpreting Textual Artefacts:...
I am currently working on putting together a colloquium, as a closing (and opening towards future research) event for my fellowship. More details will be posted here soon, but in the mean time, here is...
View ArticleHarvests from September conferences
September has been a very busy month, where I spent most of my time at conferences: Digital Humanities Congress at Sheffield (6th-8th Sept 2012) Digital Research at Oxford (10th-12th Sept) Perspectives...
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“Interpreting Textual Artefacts” Colloquium Programme
Following-up on the preliminary announcement, here is the full programme of the colloquium with the names of the speakers and the titles of their talks. This event is free of charge; all welcome!...
View ArticleNeuroscience and Palaeography
Whilst this blog has been dormant for the last few years, work has continued. The outcomes of the fellowship that prompted me to start this research blog are presented in the following paper:...
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