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Dates: 23 - 25 August 2023

Venue: Premier Hotel O.R. Tambo

Invited institutions: UP, UNISA, TUT, VUT, SMU, WITS, UJ, CUT, UFS, SPU, NWU, CSIR, HSRC

What can you find on this page?

Recordings

Coming Soon

Overview

Final Programme

Speakers

Adedayo Adewole

ARC

The multi-disciplinary narrative of geography - case study of a soil moisture-rainfall investigation

Amanda du Preez

UP

Digital Arts and Humanities: How to Do Things with Images

Andiswa Bukula

SADiLaR

Data in humanities and social sciences

Anelda van der Walt

Talarify/ESCALATOR

Growing a community of practice around digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Anwar Vahed

DIRISA

DIRISA - A National Data Infrastructure for Digital Humanities

Avashna Govender

CSIR

Overview of Human Language Technology R&D work at the CSIR

Biandri Joubert

WITS

Applying computational methods in legal research in South Africa

Cobus Rademeyer

SPU

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Derek Moore

Weblearning

Growing a community of practice around digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Eleanor Cornelius

UJ

Using automated text analyzers in plain language research

Fatima Darsot

UJ

Innovative teaching and learning spaces

Febe de Wet

BMW South Africa - IT Hub

Voices of Mzansi: Localising the Mozilla Common Voice platform for South Africa’s official languages

Gordon Matthew

NWU

Eye Tracking - A gateway to multi-disciplinary research

Grace Mathabo

UJ

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Hanél Duvenage

SMU

Data in healthcare - opportunities, collaboration, and access

Ilana Wilken

CSIR

Digitising questionnaires - Factors to consider

Inonge Lupinda

WITS

Uniting Humanities and Computation: Using R to Unveil Insights on the Own-Race Bias Effect

Jannelize Morelli

NWU

Interactive fiction in humanities research

Johannes Sibeko

NMU

The 2023 DHASA Conference

Juan Steyn

SADiLaR

Welcome & Wrap-up - day 1

Lazarus Matizirofa

WITS

Defining the Digital Humanities, digital scholarship spaces in the South African Academic Libraries

Lebona Mafisa

NWU

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Marissa Griesel

SADiLaR

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Martie van Deventer

UP

Broad and Shallow!

Mathabo Grace

UJ

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Menno van Zaanen

SADiLaR

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Mmasibi Setaka

SADiLaR

SADiLaR’s role in supporting Digital Humanities

Nomsebenzi Malele

UNISA

The feasibility of semi-automatic term-extraction in isiNdebele

Nonkululeko Dlamini

HSRC

From Data to Impact: Building Transformative Skills in Data Storytelling

Oscar Masinyana

The Carpentries

The Carpentries - An Introduction (& How to Get Involved)

Prevendren Naidoo

WITS

Panel discussion: A vision for digital and computational research in humanities and social sciences

Rahab Blondie Mothapo

UP

Stakeholder involvement in assistive technology

Roné Wierenga

NWU

Developing speech datasets for South African Languages using Mozilla Common Voice platform

Tapiwa Chagonda

UJ

Facilitated discussion: Un(locking) AI

Tasneem Hassem

WITS

Where Tech Meets Mental Health

Thomas Pooley

UNISA

Using digital methods to analyse African music

Victor Teise

SPU

Digital teaching and learning in the proposed Research Centre for Creative Writing and African languages

Werner Janse van Rensburg

CHPC

CHPC: An Untapped Opportunity for Humanities and Social Sciences?

Programme Team

Andiswa Bukula (SADiLaR)

Programme facilitator

Biandri Joubert (WITS)

Programme facilitator

Jessica Mabaso (SADiLaR)

Organising co-lead

Juan Steyn (SADiLaR)

Organising co-lead

Marissa Griesel (SADiLaR)

Programme facilitator

Menno van Zaanen (SADiLaR)

Programme facilitator

Mmasibi Setaka (SADiLaR)

Programme facilitator

Thato Bambo (SADiLaR)

Registration, Media & Networking

Tshego Rapoo (SADiLaR)

Media & Communication