The Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) is an annual
digital humanities
Digital humanities (DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or Information technology, digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. It includes the systematic use of digital resources in the humanitie ...
training program held in June at the
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...
,
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
, Canada. DHSI now attracts over 600 participants
for two weeks of courses, forum discussions, paper sessions, and
unconferences
An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference, such as sponsored presentations and to ...
. DHSI has an International Advisory Board.
In both the past and present, major overarching themes of DHSI have included collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and the creation and cultivation of a larger Digital Humanities community beyond the structure of the typical academic environment. It has been especially noted that DHSI encourages opportunities for digital humanists at all stages of their careers, levels of expertise in the field, and roles in the contribution to the Digital Humanities to engage and network with each other.
DHSI's course offerings run parallel to the DHSI Conference & Colloquium, formerly known as the DHSI Colloquium. Founded in 2009 by Diane Jakacki and Cara Leitch, the event invited graduate-only submissions until 2011.
History
DHSI started in 2001 at
Vancouver Island University
Vancouver Island University (abbreviated as VIU, formerly known as Malaspina University-College and earlier as Malaspina College) is a Canadian public university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Malaspina College began in 196 ...
. The inaugural DHSI event included lead speakers
Susan Hockey, Nancy Ide,
Willard McCarty Willard McCarty is Professor of Humanities Computing in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London, England, where he is director of the doctoral programme in the department. He is a visiting professor in the Digital Humanities Re ...
, and
John Unsworth John Unsworth is the university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Virginia, a position he has held since June 25, 2016.
Biography
John Unsworth was born in 1958, in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Northampton High ...
, and there were some 35 participants in attendance.
In 2004, DHSI moved to the University of Victoria, where it currently resides.
[Bialkowski, Voytek, Rebecca Niles, Alan Galey (2011-04/05).]
The Digital Humanities Summer Institute and Extra-Institutional Modes of Engagement
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917160630/http://current.ischool.utoronto.ca/system/files/pages/publications/fiq_3-3.pdf#page=19 , date=2014-09-17 ". ''Faculty of Information Quarterly'' 3(3), 20. Retrieved 2014-09-16. It is estimated that, as of 2012, there were approximately 1,800 alumni of the institute, with a large portion returning over a period of multiple years to take further courses.
[Pannapacker, William (2012-07-22).]
'No DH, No Interview'
. ''The Chronicle of Higher Education''. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
References
University of Victoria
Digital humanities