Study title

Facilitating Digital Humanities Research 2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3362

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3362

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Oiva, Mila (Aalto University)

Abstract

The study charted the facilitation of research in digital humanities centres in Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The aim of the study was to find the best practices for facilitating digital humanities research and to share the practices with other organizations that conduct similar research. The study includes eight expert interviews: six in English and two in Finnish. The data were collected as part of the project "From Roadmap to Roadshow: A collective demonstration and information project to strengthen Finnish digital history", funded by Kone Foundation.

The participants were asked questions about the digital humanities centres they worked at, relating to general aspects (e.g. goals and funding) of their centre, the staff and other people involved, collaboration and communication, infrastructure, and physical environment. Additionally, the questions aimed to gather ideas on how to make digital research methods more widely known, how to involve more people in the facilitation of digital research and how to develop multidisciplinary research. The participants also discussed the obstacles they had encountered in facilitating digital research.

The data display the real names of the interviewed experts. The names and locations of their organizations as well as the time and location of the interview are also included in the background variables. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML index at FSD.

The dataset is only available in the original languages (Finnish and English).

Keywords

development; research; research centres; research methodology; research workers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Oiva, Mila (Aalto University)

Collection Dates

2017-08-22 – 2017-11-20

Nation

Finland, United Kingdom, United States

Geographical Coverage

Finland, United Kingdom, United States

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Organization/Institution

Universe

People who work in digital humanities centres in Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The participants were chosen among employees at digital humanities centres with different levels of responsibilities in Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Web-based interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

Eight files in ODT and HTML format.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English, Finnish and multilingual.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data consist of expert interviews. The participants allowed the archived data to include their real names, so the data were not anonymised.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Oiva, Mila (Aalto University): Facilitating Digital Humanities Research 2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-11-01). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3362

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

The data contain other person names in addition to those of the participants. When publishing quotations from the data, re-users of the data need to consider very carefully in each specific case what information needs to be removed or altered according to research ethical guidelines.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Matres, Inés, Oiva, Mila & Tolonen, Mikko (2018) In Between Research Cultures - The State of Digital Humanities in Finland. Informaatiotutkimus. 37:2. https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.71160.

Näpärä, Liisa, & Liukkonen, Erno (2020) Report on the benchmarking interviews in the Digital Open Memory project. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4285836