BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ox.ac.uk//NONSGML oxford.event//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ScholarTHON: Computational Approaches to Visual and Material Cultu re in Arts & Humanities Research DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260603T170000 DTSTAMP:20260601T002821Z UID:a989e869-5149-f111-bec6-7ced8d99a758 CREATED:20260506T134225Z DESCRIPTION:Free event and open to all. Registration required\, limited pl aces available. Please follow the link below to register.\n\nData/Culture\ , the Centre for Digital Scholarship (Bodleian Libraries)\, Digital Schola rship @Oxford\, and Mapping the Arts and Humanities (SAS\, London) are hos ting a two-day thematic research event exploring new ways of working with images\, objects\, and performances. The event focuses on developing resea rch questions and approaches\, using existing tools and resources. Partici pants will work collaboratively in small groups\, supported by Research So ftware Engineers\, and have the opportunity to develop a research idea fur ther through a prize of dedicated technical collaboration. No prior coding experience is required.\n\nWhat is a ScholarTHON?\nThis pilot event explo res a collaborative\, research-led adaptation of the increasingly widespre ad hackathon format - originally developed in Computer Science as an inten sive and collaborative way of working - for Arts and Humanities contexts.\ nA hackathon is typically a short\, intensive and collaborative event in w hich participants work together in groups to solve computational challenge s. This event builds on that format but shifts the focus towards research questions\, placing Arts and Humanities scholars and their specific needs and expertise at the centre.\nIt brings Arts and Humanities researchers to gether with existing open-source tools and embedded Research Software Engi neers to explore feasible and reusable approaches to visual search and ima ge comparison across Arts and Humanities research contexts.\nThe event ret ains a competitive element\, drawing on the hackathon format\, but reorien ts it towards research impact. Awards will be given for the most compellin g research question and the most reusable and scalable approach.\nThe winn ing group will receive 10 hours of dedicated collaboration with a Research Software Engineer. This will support the further development or adaptatio n of tools in line with the research project\, helping to move from initia l ideas to sustainable research outputs and supporting the development of collaborative grant applications across disciplines and sectors.\n\nConcep tual Framework\nThis model addresses fragmented expertise\, uneven access to technical skills\, the underuse of existing datasets and tools\, and we ak pathways from experimentation to sustainable outputs.\nDuring the cours e of the ScholarTHON\, participants will be introduced to current research initiatives that are already working to address these challenges\, includ ing Data/Culture\, Mapping the Arts and Humanities\, and the Open-Source I nitiative at Digital Scholarship @Oxford. These projects demonstrate how d atasets\, software\, and research communities can be connected and sustain ed through practices of reuse\, collaboration\, and shared development.\nB y aligning research questions\, skills\, tools\, and collaboration\, the S cholarTHON operates as a small-scale knowledge ecosystem that supports str onger and more fundable projects\, improves the reuse of digital resources \, and models more sustainable research infrastructure practices.\n\nWhat will happen?\nThis event focuses on computational approaches to visual and material culture to explore how images\, objects\, and performances can b e studied using open-source tools and frameworks.\nParticipants will compl ete a short MS Form in advance of the event outlining their research inter ests\, questions\, and \,where possible\, datasets or collections they wis h to work with. This will help us identify needs\, refine research questio ns\, and organise groups ahead of the programme.\n\nOver the two days\, pa rticipants will:\nexplore a curated selection of open-source tools (e.g. V ISE\, WISE\, Image Compare)\nlearn how to navigate and assess open-source resources\, including GitHub repositories\nexamine how these tools have be en used in existing research projects\nwork in small interdisciplinary gro ups\, each supported by an embedded Research Software Engineer\ndevelop a conceptual prototype: a structured proposal outlining how tools and datase ts could be used to address a research question\nThe outcome is not a fini shed digital product\, but a clear\, realistic research approach\, includi ng workflows\, methods\, and next steps that can inform the future of the project and its applications. The full programme and MS form will be share d with participants at the sign-up stage.\n\nWho is this for?\nThis event is designed for:\nArts and Humanities researchers (scholars and postgradua te students)\nthose working with images\, objects\, archives\, or performa nce materials\nthose interested in exploring new research methods\nthose d eveloping or planning research projects or grant applications\n\nWhat do y ou need?\nAn interest in your research question\n(Optional) a dataset or c ollection you work with\nA laptop is desirable but not essential\n\nYou do NOT need:\ncoding experience\nprior knowledge of tools\ntechnical experti se LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T141322Z LOCATION:Weston Library\, Weston Library Broad Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3BG United Kingdom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR