Latest Updates from the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons – Oct 2024

Since our last update in July, we’ve made enormous progress towards establishing the focus areas for the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons (RDC). We’ve now achieved joint resourcing of more than $48 million over the coming 4 years in partnership with research institutions, non-governmental organisations and government.

We’re pleased to announce that 2 of our HASS and Indigenous RDC focus areas have entered their second phase:

• Language Data Commons of Australia
• Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities

We also announced the launch of a new focus area, the Australian Internet Observatory.

Two more focus areas are currently in contracting, and will be announced in due course:

• Australian Creative Histories and Futures
• Social Science Research Infrastructure Network.

In the coming months, we will conduct a co-design process to develop a new project plan for the ARDC Community Data Lab, our sixth focus area for the HASS and Indigenous RDC. Stay tuned for more updates.

Registrations open soon for the 2025 ARDC HASS and Indigenous RDC Summer School

On 28 October 2024, we’ll be opening registrations for our 2025 HASS and Indigenous RDC Summer School. In its third year, the summer school is an annual event for researchers and Indigenous data custodians to gain hands-on experience and learn digital research skills. It will be held from 3 to 6 February 2025 in Meanjin/Brisbane. Stay tuned for an email from me on the 28th announcing the opening of registrations [NOTE 28/10: Registrations are now open!]. In the meantime, find out what happened at the 2024 summer school.

National Digital Research Infrastructure (NDRI) Strategy

Following the recent release of the National Digital Research Infrastructure (NDRI) Strategy by the Australian Government Department of Education, the ARDC, our partners and the research community are engaging with the Working Group via the NDRI targeted discussions. I was involved in the targeted discussions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples NDRI and NDRI for Humanities, Social Sciences and GLAM. The research community is encouraged to contribute to the consultations via a survey, which seeks input on the key issues for Australia’s NDRI ecosystem. It’s open until 24 October 2024 – learn more.

Sign up for more news from our focus areas

Two focus areas of the HASS and Indigenous RDC have newsletters to share news, training events and more. We recommend you sign up!

1. Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA) – sign up for the newsletter, view the most recent edition
2. Australian Internet Observatory – sign up for the newsletter, view the most recent edition

Below we share the latest news and find resources for digital HASS and Indigenous research. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming events.

Jenny Fewster
Director, HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons
ARDC

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Project Officer – Indigenous Languages >
Employer: University of Queensland
Location: Brisbane
Applications close: 5 November 2024

NEWS AND PROJECT UPDATES

RESOURCES FOR HASS AND INDIGENOUS RESEARCH

Find datasets, free tools and upskilling materials for data-driven humanities, arts, social science and Indigenous research. Visit our resources for researchers >

EVENTS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

📚 The New Protectionism: Risk Aversion and Access to Indigenous Heritage Records. Archives and Manuscripts

An output of Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities, part of the HASS and Indigenous RDC.

🐦 Analyzing online public discourse in Australia: Australian Twittersphere and NewsTalk corpora. Australian Journal of Linguistics

The NewsTalk service is hosted on the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud, and the research used the ARDC-supported Australian Digital Observatory.

📖 Corpus-based discourse analysis: from meta-reflection to accountability. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory

Discusses the ARDC-supported Australian Text Analytics Platform.

💬 A mixed-methods approach to understand victimization discourses by opposing feminist sub-groups on social media. British Journal of Social Psychology

Used ARDC-supported platform Australian Text Analytics Platform.

OPEN FOR SUBMISSION

Call for Talks: Sixth Canadian Australian Partnership for Open Scholarship (CAPOS) Annual Conference
Themed “Commons, Platforms and Emerging Knowledge Frameworks”, this 6th CAPOS annual gathering seeks to highlight open social scholarship activities, infrastructure, research, dissemination and policies. Submit a proposal for a lightning talk by 25 October.

Take part in the RDA/WDS Trust Principles Outreach and Adoption Working Group Survey
You are invited to complete a 12-minute research survey from the RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Outreach and Adoption WG on how and why you use the TRUST Principles.

Research Data Alliance (RDA) Technical Advisory Board nominations
The annual RDA Technical Advisory Board elections are planned for Nov/Dec ’24 this year and the RDA is seeking nominations from RDA members at any stage of their careers. Call for nominations is open until 21 November.

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