The Australian Academy of the Humanities

Humanities Technologies

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has been awarded a grant by the Australian Research Council, under the Linkage – Learned Academies Special Projects program, to undertake a scoping study to determine the nature of research methodologies and infrastructure requirements in the humanities. The project, Humanities Technologies, aims to discover how humanities research is currently conducted in Australia, how important information and communication technologies (ICTs) are to humanities researchers, and how humanities researchers would like to be conducting their research in the future.

The first phase of the project was an online survey of humanities researchers, conducted in April, the results of which are currently being analysed. The results of the survey will be tested and further developed in a second phase, through short interviews conducted by telephone or email (or in person, where possible).

Digitisation Scoping Study

The Academy recently completed a separate (but related) scoping study on the development of a national scholarly digital archive in the humanities. The aim of this scoping study, conducted by Professor Graeme Turner, was to compile a sound evidence base for a prioritised, scaleable list of proposed resources for such an archive in order to guide any potential future investment in this area.

A copy of the document is available for download: please click here PDF, 9.1MB

For further information on either project please contact Christina Parolin at the Academy.