Consortium
The member institutions of the DARIAH-CH Consortium are the following :
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Coordinating institution
The Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities DaSCH is represented by Prof. Dr. Rita Gautschy.
DaSCH provides expertise in research data management and long-term preservation of Humanities data. DaSCH is providing an attractive platform for researchers who want to publish their research data and for those who want to re-use research data. To strengthen interoperability, DaSCH encourages researchers to use norm data, standards such as IIIF or TEI, and to refer to domain-specific ontologies in their own data model. DaSCH engages in community building by connecting researchers with similar interests, by informing them about international developments and initiatives that could be of interest to them, by organizing events where needs, habits and pain points are assessed, and by informing about the latest changes and innovations in DaSCH. Finally, DaSCH cooperates nationally and internationally with other institutions and projects to exploit synergies and to jointly investigate and develop solutions for accessibility, interoperability and a long-term presentation of Humanities’ research data.
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Academy
Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften is represented by Dr. Beat Immenhauser
The Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the most important organizations responsible for long-term research projects and infrastructures in the humanities and social sciences in Switzerland. These projects include dictionaries, editions, databases and other collections, as well as information preparations. They provide knowledge bases based on the principles of FAIR-Guiding and the Open Science initiative. In this way, the Academy does not itself carry out research in the digital humanities, but provides the central foundations for their development through the projects it supports. International networking - of researchers, data, ideas and institutions - plays a central role here. The ASSH also aims to provide guidance in the sometimes confusing landscape of long-term projects, infrastructures and initiatives in the field of digital humanities.
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Universities
Universität Basel is represented by Prof. Dr. Peter Fornaro
The Digital Humanities Lab from the University of Basel is an interdisciplinary institution. Its task is to coordinate and promote research, teaching and infrastructure for digitisation in the humanities and social sciences. It is also a central institution in Switzerland for the theory and practice of the digital humanities and offers a Master's programme and a Doctorate in Digital Humanities. The lab has its roots in scientific photography and it was founded in 1924 as “Abteilung für Wissenschaftliche Photographie”. Besides digital editing, corpus building and virtual research environments, computational photography and imaging are still foci of the group in research and lecture.
Universität Bern is represented by Prof. Dr. Tobias Hodel
The Digital Humanities program from the University of Bern was begun in August 2013. It offers a selection of courses targeted at scholars of all levels, from undergraduates to post-doctoral researchers. Digital Humanities research is already well-established in several projects throughout the Faculty of Humanities at Bern, ranging through disciplines such as History, Philology, Linguistics, German Studies, Romance-language Studies, and Music.
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Université de Lausanne is represented by Prof. Dr. Anita Auer and Prof. Dr. Anne-Katrin Weber
Prof. Anita Auer is a historical linguist with a keen interest in interdisciplinary research, particularly the correlation between language variation and change and socio-economic history, as well as textual history. To date, she has carried out research in several related fields, notably philology (Old English, Middle English and Modern English), corpus compilation and corpus linguistics, stylistics, dialectology, (socio-)historical linguistics, the interface between manuscript and print, and language standardisation. Prof. Anne-Katrin Weber recently joined the Department of Film History and Aesthetics (CIN). Her areas of expertise are Exhibition Studies, Media Archeology, and Television History and Historiography.
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Université de Genève is represented by Dr. Ysadora Charital on behalf of the UNIGE rectorate and Prof. Dr. Béatrice Joyeux-Prunnel
The chair of Digital Humanities is directly attached to the Dean's Office, and does not depend on any department, which clearly signifies its transversal and interdisciplinary character. The aim of the Chair is to teach the use of digital technology to all human sciences, according to the methods and issues specific to the Humanities. At the same time, it encourages us to reflect on our digital practice, from its use in research to the daily presence of digital technologies in our lives. The Digital Humanities Chair was also created to federate research in Digital Humanities throughout the Faculty of Arts and beyond. Beyond the usual disciplinary silos, it aims to foster collaboration, synergy and the exchange of expertise between all the disciplines of the University, regardless of the school, faculty, or discipline.
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Université de Fribourg/ Universität Fribourg is represented by William Duba from the Center for Manuscript Research e-codices/Fragmentarium. Fragmentarium is a digital research laboratory for medieval manuscript fragments. Fragmentarium enables libraries, collectors, researchers and students to publish images of medieval manuscript fragments, allowing them to catalogue, describe, transcribe, assemble and re-use them.
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Université de Neuchâtel is represented by Prof. Dr. Mathieu Avanzi and Dr. habil. Francesco Beretta
The Digital Humanities Lab from the University of Neuchâtel gathers scholars working in the fields of archaeology, geography, history, art history, linguistics, philology and sociology.
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Università della Svizzera italiana is represented by Dr. Elena Chestnova
The Institute for the History and Theory of Art and Architecture (ISA) was recently founded at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture. The various disciplines represented at the ISA – among them the history of art and architecture, philosophy or political thought or film and photographic studies (to cite but a few of the feasible options) – attempt to develop and implement open disciplinary concepts and tools in order to improve our understanding of the physical and social context of artistic and architectural design and production. One of the recent projects carried out in the field of digital humanities is that of Semper editions.
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Universität Zürich is represented by Dr. des. Yann Stricker from the Zentrum Digitale Editionen & Editionsanalytik ZDE
The ZDE is the central coordination office for digital edition projects at UZH. The ZDE supports researchers in their editing projects from the conception phase to long-term archiving. The ZDE supports research projects in questions of long-term archiving, in particular in coordination with the Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities. The ZDE is involved in two ORD projects funded by swissuniversities. The Proto4DigEdand and ORD Xplore projects aim to promote the long-term accessibility, interoperability and reusability of research data from digital edition projects.
ETH Domain
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL is represented by Prof. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine
The Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) at EPFL is a transdisciplinary initiative at the intersection of immersive visualization technologies, visual analytics, aesthetics and cultural and scientific (big) data. eM+ engages in research from scientific, artistic and humanistic perspectives and promotes post-cinematic multisensory engagement using experimental platforms. eM+ has ten unique visualization systems combined with powerful sonic architectures that are benchmarks in the realms of virtual, augmented, mixed realities.
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ETH Zürich Library - ETH Bibliotek is represented by Michael Gasser, head of the Collections and Archives Section
The Collections and Archives Section provides four main archives. In the ETH Zurich University Archives one can research the history of ETH Zurich and the history of technology, social sciences and natural sciences. The Thomas Mann Archives and the Max Frisch Archive contains the personal papers of two important writers. The Image Archive collects extensive image material relating to various topics from science and research.
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Universities of applied sciences
Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI) is represented by Dr. Iolanda Pensa and Dr. Roberta Martinis.
The Institute of design at the Department for Environment Constructions and Design at SUPSI has a specific expertise in open cultural data and open science for arts, design and music. It has implemented research and citizen science, involving open online collaborative projects and collaborating with the communities of Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap and Creative Commons; it is active in opening content of museums and archives in the frame of OpenGLAMs and the GLAMHack. More broadly the Institute promotes research, courses and services in interaction design, open innovation, scientific communication, information design, co-design and design for inclusion.
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University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland – FHNW is represented by Dr. Linda Ludwig
The Basel Academy of Art and Design (HGK Basel) focuses on the development of positions and enhancement of competencies in Open Science and Open Research Data through various collaborative projects. Practice-based research at HGK Basel includes activities and projects on open knowledge processes and publishing – for example in the Critical Media Lab which is part of the Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM). Additionally, the PhD program MAKE/SENSE in partnership with the University of Art and Design in Linz explores similar topics, and draws on a network of relevant international partners (including the Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity at Humboldt-University of Berlin, SciencesPo Media Lab Paris and Meta-Lab(at)Harvard).
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The Bern Academy of the Arts - HKB is represented by Dr. Fabiana Senkpiel
The HKB is positioning itself as a competent player at the intersection between the digital humanities, digital infrastructures for the heritage sector, and the digital transformation of the artistic professions. It thereby heavily draws on earlier research and practical experience of the Institute for Public Sector Transformation of the Bern University of Applied Sciences, which has played a significant role in accompanying the digital transformation of public sector organizations in Switzerland, including heritage institutions. In cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Bern, the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB operates a doctoral program Studies in the Arts SINTA, which focuses on interdisciplinary and practice-oriented research on artistic performance, design, and aesthetics.
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Museums
The Swiss National Museum is represented by Pierre-Louis Blanchard, responsible of data management
The Swiss National Museum holds a unique collection on the cultural history and the craftsmanship and artworks of Switzerland from its beginnings up to the present day. The Collection comprises more than 870,000 objects and is divided into 14 collection groups. The collections form the sources for and starting point of our research activities and exhibitions. The image archive is the Swiss National Museum’s specialist photography documentation centre. The archive mainly contains images of objects from the collections, exhibitions, architecture and events. When placing an order, you will need to provide specific details of the image and its intended purpose. A fee is payable for this service and the acquisition of usage rights.
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Museum of Communication and the PTT Archive (Swiss Foundation for the History of Post and Telecommunications) is represented by Heike Bazak, director of the PTT Archive
The Museum of Communication provides a collection of some 3 million postage stamps, 500,000 photographs, 50,000 three-dimensional objects, 50,000 posters and plans as well as 5,000 films. The collection aims to archive the history of communication in Switzerland for future generations. It is therefore an important store of Swiss cultural heritage. The PTT Archives preserve the history (1848-1997) of Swiss Post, Telegraphy and Telephony (PTT) - around 7,500 linear metres of archive and library documents. This makes it the historical corporate archive of Swiss Post and Swisscom, the successor companies to PTT. The Swiss Foundation of Post and Telecommunications History is the entity behind the Museum of Communication. The foundation guards the nation’s communication heritage and makes it accessible to the wider public. The online portal of the PTT Archive and the collections of the Museum of Communication offers three access points: "Data", where users can search the databases of the archive, collections, and their libraries; "Stories" where users can explore articles related to these databases, which are also linked to them; and "+" where users have several options to contribute your knowledge, memories, and perspectives.
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