The value of being open: improving and expanding practices in the arts, humanities and social sciences

Date and time: Tuesday 21st April 11.00-12.00

Format: Microsoft Teams 

Presenters: Miranda Barnes (University of Cambridge); Jenni Adams (University of Sheffield); Stephen Gray (University of Bristol)

Description: This session will look at how open practices can bring particular benefits to the arts, humanities and social sciences, focusing on how two projects are investigating this in different ways.  

MORPHSS Miranda Barnes (University of Cambridge); Jenni Adams (University of Sheffield) 

MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences) is a Research England, Wellcome Trust and AHRC-funded project with partners from the University of Cambridge Library, Cambridge Digital Humanities, Coventry University, the University of Sheffield and the University of Southampton. MORPHSS is devising ways to encourage and embed innovative open research practices within arts, humanities and social science disciplines. Their recently released report and catalogue put forth a more inclusive vision of what “open research” actually looks like in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and how this might impact the institutional and policy landscape. The catalogue identifies 30 open research practices in AHSS and six key forms of openness, supporting a pluralistic vision of OR that is more representative of disciplinary practice. 

 The Uncertain Space Stephen Gray (University of Bristol) 

The Uncertain Space is the University of Bristol virtual museum. It’s a way to share items from many different collections in an open, virtual 3D space. Just like a real-world museum, the Uncertain Space has governance, an evolving programme of exhibitions, and sustainability is built in. It’s not just another one-off, temporary digital project. Museum content and associated metadata is openly available both as part of the virtual experience and in more reuseable formats. The plan is to create new exhibitions, integrate the museum into teaching and research, and work with new collaborators to push the boundaries of what a virtual museum might mean. 

Registration: Open to all - please register to attend via Microsoft Teams.

Organisers: This event has been organised by Kellie Snow, Research Data Manager at Cardiff University and Gareth Cole, Open Research Manager at the University of Exeter.