EsR 10 – DiXiT, after all
How it all began. In the warm Greek spring days of 2014 I clearly remember myself reading with a mixed feeling of admiration and jealousy (with a good reason) about a new scholarly training...
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ESR 11 – Reeling in the years 2014-2017
The dust has finally settled on what has been a whirlwind few years as part of our now beloved DiXiT network and it’s time to reflect on the whole process and report some of...
#DiXiTforever
Almost two years after my fellowship has officially ended and half a year from DiXiT farewell event in Crete is maybe good time to judge it’s effect on me. Only trouble is: it doesn’t...
EsR12, 2014-2017
My DiXiT experience started in July 2014. During three years, I conducted user studies to analyze the use of digital editions with a variety of expert users. The original DiXit call was complex, asking for prospectives...
ER1 – Reminiscing on a Year of DiXiT
So apparently it’s October 2017 already. DiXiT has officially ended a month ago, and it’s been six since the end of my fellowship. How did this happen? Is DiXiT really over? Thankfully, re-reading my...
This was ER 5: brief overview of my DiXiT activities
This blog post summarises some key aspects of my DiXiT research and looks back at events and activities I organised or participated during the 12-month of my fellowship. The title of my DiXiT fellowship...
My favourite colour is purple
Farewell from Dixit by ESR 4. This report is a summary of my Dixit time, about my work, about experiences I made in the network and also about the people in it. My fellowship...
ESR2: Three Years In
Three years. They seem to have flown by in a hurry. This post looks back at the distance covered within my fellowship and closes with a few words on the overall, amazing experience. I...
An ‘Open Access in action’ experience
This year’s International Open Access Week theme was “Open in Action”. The week (October 24 – 30, 2016) held a plethora of events, talks and other initiatives that presented, discussed and challenged various aspects...
Canonical reference and sustainability of digital editions
Hello everyone! I am Roman from Graz. After finishing my undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Graz, I completed a PhD in Digital Arts and Humanities (DAH) at Trinity College Dublin. I am very excited...
Spotlight on DIVAServices
I recently had the pleasure of visiting for the first time both the lovely island of Santorini and the Document Analysis Systems community for their DAS 2016 workshop. The visit certainly left an impression:...
Wout Dillen – Digital Scholarly Editing and Memory Institutions
Hejhej! My name is Wout Dillen, I’m from Antwerp (Belgium), and I’m happy to have become part of the DiXiT network at the start of last month! Almost entering its final year, DiXiT has...
DiXiT Convention 2 – “Academia, Cultural Heritage, Society”
Opening words “So, what is the use of your edition? And who actually uses it?” When you ask such questions to scholarly editors, chances are you see them flinch a little, before they set...
Halfway through the story of …*
* The Divine Comedy‘s incipit: «Nel mezzo del cammin…» translated by Ciaran Carson (Dante’s Inferno, 2002) While working on a project, it is wise to make time for moment’s reflection. So, after my first...
