The Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies Events

DCS runs a busy calendar of events throughout the year, including many opportunties for digital research training. You will find details of our feature events below. Stay up-to-date with our full range of events by keep an eye on our website and subscribing to our newsletter.
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Artificial Visionaries: Exploring the intersections of machine vision, computation, and our aural and visual cultures

27 November 2024 9:00am28 November 2024 4:45pm
"Artificial Visionaries" is a two-day symposium with the goal of bringing together scholars who are exploring the intersections between computation and creativity across a broad range of aural and visual cultures. We welcome researchers, practitioners, and artists exploring the relationship between data, machine vision, digital platforms, algorithms, generative technologies, and aural and visual cultures.

Introduction to Creative Futurism: Using Speculative Fiction Techniques to Express and Extend Research

21 November 2024 10:00am4:00pm
In this one-day workshop run by award-winning speculative fiction writers, you will use storytelling techniques to imagine possibilities for your research over multiple timeframes and from several perspectives.
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Web Archives, Web Archiving, and Web Scraping

4 October 2024 11:00am3:00pm
This workshop will introduce you to working with the web as a data source for your research. The aim is to provide you with a broad overview of the major techniques and considerations of working with the Web so that you can start asking the right questions for your research.

Unlocking AustLit: Navigating Australia’s digital literary platform for research

4 September 2024 12:00pm4:00pm
AustLit is Australia’s most longstanding piece Digital Humanities research infrastructure. In this presentation and workshop, Associate Professor Maggie Nolan and Dr Catriona Mills will provide an overview of the AustLit platform and its extensive functionality.