CFP: Archives Unleashed Cohort Program (2022-2023)

Deadlines

Academic Unit: inquire with unit

Memorial Deadline: Monday 28th, March 2022

External Deadline: Thursday 31st, March 2022

Description

Big Data, in the form of born-digital historical sources, is reshaping the humanities and social sciences. The sheer amount of cultural information that is generated and, crucially, preserved every day in electronic form, presents exciting new opportunities for historians, political scientists, sociologists, linguistics, computer scientists, and other scholars. Much of this information is captured within web archives, created by organizations such as the Internet Archive and many other libraries.

Following the successful launch of the inaugural cohort (2021-2022), the Archives Unleashed project is pleased to announce we will be hosting a second round of cohorts from 2022-2023.

Important Dates

Submission Due:               31 March 2022
Notifications:                     15 April 2022
Projects Begin:                 1 July 2022
Projects End:                      30 June 2023

Program Details

We are looking to select up to five research teams to participate in the cohort program from July 2022 to June 2023, and will receive the following support:

Researchers will have the opportunity to participate in cohort events planned throughout the year, including opening and concluding program events and informal virtual gatherings to encourage cross-team connections and peer support.
One or two team members will be invited to join an opening event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2-3 June 2022; tentatively planned as in-person) and a closing event (May/June 2023; tentatively planned as in-person).
Bi-monthly mentorship and support meetings with the Archives Unleashed team.
Access to ARCH (Archive Research Compute Hub) to generate custom datasets.
Funding of $11,500 CAD to support project work. Additional support will be provided for travel to opening and closing events.

It is expected that all teams will prepare a journal-length article submission as part of this project, which will be developed throughout the term and workshopped at the closing May 2023 event.

The Cohorts

While assembling your research teams, please keep the following parameters in mind:

Teams can be disciplinary or interdisciplinary and can be from multiple institutions;
Should include no more than five individuals;
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and those in precarious or sessional positions are welcome to apply; and
An administrative lead must be in place at an institution eligible to administer and receive grant funds. This would regularly be a full-time faculty member.

The University of Waterloo regards diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. As such, we encourage applications from women, First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, persons with disabilities, members of diverse gender identities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The Data

Given the close integration of the Archives Unleashed project with the Internet Archive, we ask applicants to primarily look for datasets from institutional web archive collections in Archive-it (https://archive-it.org). Additional datasets from the overall Wayback Machine and Internet Archive may also be available.

For inspiration, please check out the program site: https://archivesunleashed.org/cohorts2022-2023/#datasets

You can also read about cohort project highlights in our latest blog post: Research Applications with Web Archives: Collaboration Among Archives Unleashed Cohorts

We are happy to work with applicants to address any questions; please connect with Samantha Fritz.

Submissions

We ask teams to prepare their submissions using the Cohort application form available through the Cohort Program page: https://archivesunleashed.org/cohorts2022-2023/

All applications and CVs are due by 11:59 PM EST on 31 March 2022.

Any questions or concerns should be directed to Samantha Fritz (samantha.fritz@uwaterloo.ca).

More information can be found here.

CFP: Archives Unleashed Cohort Program (2022-2023)

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