MDAP and the Digital Studio's HASS Taskforce is here to support researchers in the humanities, arts, and social sciences at the University of Melbourne to increase their digital research literacy through targeted, hands-on training and support - delivered by experts.
MDAP and Digital Studio’s new HASS Taskforce is here to help researchers bridge the gap between learning basic or single-tool digital skills and having the knowledge to develop high-quality research proposals using digital HASS methods.
We are moving towards a demand-driven offering of workshops. Follow this Qualtrics link to request what training you want/need! Open to all UoM researchers (graduate students and academics), as well as research support staff.
Communicate your research in new ways. Experiment, push what your data can do, and make your research impactful by harnessing digital technologies.
All our training sessions are listed on the Researcher Development Events Portal. If you have bespoke data or digital-related training needs for your staff or graduate research students, please reach out to us to discuss options at hass-taskforce@unimelb.edu.au
Past workshops have included Introduction to APIs, small sessions on specific APIs (e.g., Spotify API), Omeka bulk upload, Constellate, Data Visualisation (both theory and hands-on), TLCMap, web scraping, OpenRefine, and Python for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
We are actively developing an online interactive catalogue of digital tools for HASS researchers. You can check out our work in progress here, and we will be embedding this tool into the Digital Studio website once ready. Please share your feedback with us at hass-taskforce@unimelb.edu.au!
Dr Mar Quiroga, Senior Research Data Specialist and HASS Taskforce Lead, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform
Professor David Goodman, Director of the Digital Studio at the Faculty of Arts, and professor of history at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Get in touch at hass-taskforce@unimelb.edu.au
We operate from Melbourne Connect with training delivered at the Digital Studio and other faculty-specific locations.
Online training, common software, digital humanities blogs and newsletters etc.
Supporting researchers at the University to identify resources, training and advice, negotiate challenges, and engage with opportunities to support their research career.
The Digital Studio humanises and leverages digital technologies to transform the ways teaching, research, and scholarship shape the social, ethical, and cultural dimensions of our world.