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ORLA EGAN

This exploration into the Digital Arts & Humanities at UCC reflects on the journey of opening up to innovative ideas, tools, and methodologies. It emphasizes collaboration, mutual learning, and the courage to experiment without the fear of failure. The discussion includes practical insights into making and editing films, harnessing social media's potential, and understanding the importance of metadata. It addresses challenges in accessing technology and highlights the role of digital tools in documenting and sharing stories, with a particular focus on creating a digital archive for LGBTQ narratives.

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ORLA EGAN

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  1. ORLA EGAN UCC DH INSTITUTE

  2. Digital Arts & Humanities • Opening up to new ideas, new tools and new ways of doing ‘it’ • Owing and overcoming my cynicism • Collaboration and mutual learning • Trying new things and not being afraid to fail

  3. What have I learned? • Making and editing films • Website and Blog • Potential of social media • Plethora of digital tools – assessing which ones to use for different purposes • Not to fear the Acronyms – HTML, TEI, XML ….. • Importance of Metadata – Data about the Data

  4. Challenges • Too many tools, too much information, not enough time to digest • Challenges in accessing equipment e.g. digital cameras • University not fully equipped for technological requirements e.g. problems with internet access, inability to download some software

  5. Film Projects • Using film to capture oral histories • Computers in the Attic • Filming Drama – use as funding tool • Interactive Documentaries • Film as an interesting and engaging tool to share information and get a message across

  6. Creating LGBT Digital Archive • Documents in the damp basement – access • Consent • Digital capture • Digital display and sharing • Interpretation and story-telling

  7. Some Tools • Digital camera • Appropriate setting for capture • Digital storage • Transcription of documents • Wordpress – display, sharing and interpretation • Metadata – searching, sharing and re-using data

  8. TEI • XML • HTML • CSS • WORDPRESS • FINAL CUT PRO • DSPACE

  9. THANK YOU

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