ILFA Researchers to Participate in DHNB2025

From March 3–7, 2025, researchers in digital humanities from across the Nordic and Baltic regions will gather in Tartu for the annual conference "Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries" (DHNB 2025). This year’s theme is "Digital Dreams and Practices".

The DHNB conference focuses on research, education, and communication in the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities both within and beyond the Nordic–Baltic region. It brings together academics, researchers, students, and professionals interested in applying digital methods in the humanities, social sciences, and arts. DHNB is the region’s largest event dedicated to digital humanities.

Several researchers from the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art (ILFA), University of Latvia, will take part in the conference, presenting their recent work in the following talks:

• Sandis Laime, Sanita Reinsone
  "Garamantas.lv – Overview and Critical Reflections on a Decade of Digital Folklore Archiving"

• Jānis Daugavietis, Sanita Reinsone
  "Challenges in Assessing the Ecosystem of DH Tools and Resources in Latvia"

• Ilze Ļaksa-Timinska, Haralds Matulis, Sanita Reinsone
  "Crowdsourcing in Archives: A Case Study of the Latvian Pandemic Diaries Project"

• Dāvis Eņģelis, Valdis Saulespurēns, Haralds Matulis, Anda Baklāne
  "Conceptual Challenges in Creating a Corpus of Latvian Music Texts from Digitized Newspaper Archive"

• Daniel Antal, Britt-Kathleen Mere, Anna Márta Mester, Kata Gábor, Ieva Pīgozne, Bogáta Tímár, Fábio Generoso Vieira, Ieva Vīvere
  "Finno-Ugric Data Sharing Space: Federating Open Knowledge About Contemporary and Historic Cultural Practices in the Wikibase System"

🔗 More information about the conference: https://dhnb.eu/conferences/dhnb2025