Abstracts and Workshops

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Date

Workshop Title

 

Presenters

17 January 2017

9h30 – 13h30

What do we talk about when we talk about DH?
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Glen Worthey

17 January 2017

9h30 – 13h30

How to create a digital edition: a beginner’s guide to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI). 
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Pip Willcox

17 January 2017

14h30 – 18h30

Ways to improve the user experience in digital humanities interfaces 
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Gillis-Webber, Frances

17 January 2017

14h30 – 18h30

An open repository for Digital Humanity Resources in Southern Africa 

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Steyn, Juan; van der Walt, Anelda

18 January 2017

9h00 – 13h00

Digital Annotation and Analysis of Literary Texts. A hands-on introduction to CATMA 

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Meister, Jan Christoph; Petris, Marco

18 January 2017

9h00 – 13h00

Digital text data and automatic text processing tools for South African languages. 

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Eiselen, Roald

List of Accepted Abstracts

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Title

Submission Type

Author(s)

Combining task-based teaching and computer assisted language learning (CALL) in a computer program for international students studying Afrikaans at Stellenbosch University 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Beukes, Vernita

The Five Hundred Year Archive: Building a Digital Archive for the Southern African Past before Colonialism 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

McNulty, Grant

Imagining Ada Lovelace: creative computing and experimental humanities
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Willcox, Pip

Ways to improve the user experience in digital humanities interfaces 
Abstract submission for a half-day workshop (4 hours)

Gillis-Webber, Frances

Towards Establishment of Indigenous Knowledge Management Centre (IKMC): Strategies for Preserving African Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Development 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Oparaku, Desmond Chinedu; Anyanwu, Emmanuel U.; Benson, Oyemike Victor

Technological literacy of lecturers at University of Namibia and Zambian Open University 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Mpolomoka, Daniel L.; Mosha, Martha

Digital Annotation and Analysis of Literary Texts. A hands-on introduction to CATMA 
Abstract submission for a half-day workshop (4 hours)

Meister, Jan Christoph; Petris, Marco

Digital humanities practice: Site-specific digital literature 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Greyling, Franci

Contextualization Tools for Digital Archives 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Escobar Varela, Miguel

Digitising Herman Charles Bosman – An initiative based on special collections projects by the North-West University’s Library Services (Potchefstroom Campus) 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Van Deventer, Kirchner; Coetzee, Anneke

The use of ATLAS.ti in a data analysis of Afrikaans speaking children’s first form-meaning mappings
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Brink, Regina Catharina

An introduction of ISO/TC37: Terminology and other language and content resources 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Janke, Ulrike; Bosch, Sonja; Calteaux, Karen

An overview of available speech technology resources developed by the Human Language Technology Research Group of the CSIR Meraka Institute
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Calteaux, Karen; Ttimus, Nina

Validity concerns in Forensic Linguistics: computational developments as means to a greater end 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

van den Berg, Karien

Digitising photographic collections in the Western Cape, South Africa – Key issues affecting image quality and digital quality management for preservation purposes. 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Carstens, Antenie

That Hideous Strength (1945): CS Lewis and Charles Williams 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

duPlessis-Hay, Michèle; Steyn, Juan

Creative exploration in literature, place and technology 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Tempelhoff, Wilhelm Gustaf; Steyn, Juan

Beyond Toponyms. Conceptualising space in narratives using networks and ontologies. 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Viehhauser, Gabriel; Barth, Florian

Digital text data and automatic text processing tools for South African languages. 
Abstract submission for a half-day workshop (4 hours)

Eiselen, Roald

Investigating the nature of public discourse in the #feesmustfall campaign 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Sewchurran, Anusharani; Mdladla, Thulebona

Digital and critical exclusivities 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Sewchurran, Anusharani

Orthography-based Language Modelling for Speech Recognition 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Sindana, Daniel; Manamela, Madimetja Jonas

African Wordnets: first steps towards use in the Digital Humanities 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Bosch, Sonja E; Griesel, Marissa

Using an online marking tool in developing and assessing academic literacy 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Meihuizen, Elizabeth Maria

Improving the accessibility of information in tables for the blind. 
Abstract submission for poster presentations

Faulds, Henry

An open repository for Digital Humanity Resources in Southern Africa 
Abstract submission for a half-day workshop (4 hours)

Steyn, Juan; van der Walt, Anelda

The recognition of speech emotions. 
Abstract submission for poster presentations

Manamela, Phuti John; Manamela, Madimetja Jonas

Utilising emerging technologies to design an immersive artistic experience to create awareness about human trafficking 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Steyn, Juan; Fourie, Heniel

VR Forensics & Historical Reconstructions: Documenting Human Rights Violations During the 1976 Soweto Uprisings 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Nieves, Angel David

Adequate and appropriate? Matters to consider for the validation of an online writing tool 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Van Dyk, Tobie; de Wachter, Lieve; Verlinde, Serge

The Rioting Writer: Understanding Fees Must Fall as Design within Transhumanist South African Academia 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Maritz, Lindi Helene

The online adaptation of A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles. 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

van Niekerk, Tim; Le Du, Bridgitte

Technological Adoption and the Role of Cloud Computing in Digitization, Knowledge Creation and Digital Curation in Africa 
Abstract submission for long oral presentations

Ajibade, Patrick

Can Digital Approaches Serve as Catalyst for Harvesting Indigenous Knowledge? 
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Alexander, Josephine Olufunmilayo

A stylometric analysis of Joseph Conrad’s writing
Abstract submission for short oral presentations

Botha, Lande; Van Zyl, Maryka; Pienaar, Wikus