Seminar

SAMLA.no and the way forward for digital tradition archives in Europe

How much do you know about European digital tradition archives? Welcome to this one-day seminar.

The picture is old in black and white. It shows a woman and a man outside. The woman sits with her hands in her lap staring blank forward. The man lay on the side with a book in his lap writing in the book, he stares out in the air.

Liv Bratterud from Bø in Telemark tells folktales to Moltke Moe.

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In connection with the launch of SAMLA.no, we invite you to a one-day seminar to celebrate our new digital tradition archive. Join us to explore SAMLA.no's innovative design, the research opportunities it offers, and the future of digital tradition archives in Europe.

Our goal is to create a forum for engaging discussions on international collaboration and to explore the next steps for preserving cultural heritage in the digital age. The seminar is open to all who are interested in the intersection of technology and cultural preservation.

08.45-9.00 Coffee

9.00-11.00 Introducing SAMLA

Moderator, Line Esborg

9.00-9.15: Welcome Line Esborg, University of Oslo

9.15-09.45: What is SAMLA?: Kyrre Kverndokk, University of Bergen

09.45-10.15: Developing SAMLA: Behind the Scenes: Robert Paulsen and Tone Merete Bruvik, University Library of Bergen

10.15.-10.45: The HTR Experience: Therese Foldvik, University of Oslo

10.45-11.00: General discussion

11.00-12.00 Lunch

12.00.13.00: The way forward for tradition archives I

12.00-12.10: Introduction: Audun Kjus, Norwegian Ethnological Research, Norsk Folkemuseum

12.10-12.25: Dúchas: Jonny Dillon, University College Dublin

12.25-12.40: Garamantas: Sandis Laime, University of Latvia

12.40-12.55: The Filter Project on Finnic Oral Poetry: Mari Väina, Estonian Literary Museum

12.55-13.15 Break

Moderator, Line Esborg

13.15.14.30 The way forward for tradition archives II

13.15-13.30: Folke: Fredrik Skott, The Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore

13.30-13.45: ISEBEL: Tim Tangherlini, UC Berkeley and Peter Broadwell, Stanford Libraries

13.45-14.00: Beyond Sagnagrunnur: Trausti Dagsson, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

14.00.14.15: General discussion

14.15-14.30: Why Digital Archives? Concluding Remarks: Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

Dr. Tiber Falzett, University College Dublin and Dr. Greta Paskočiumaitė, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, will participate the workshop as discussants.

The workshop is funded by The Research Council of Norway and co-funded by Nordic Culture Point.

Seminar

27.09.2024 - 09.00–15.00

Hotel Terminus

Johan Kristian Milde

Registration deadline

15.09.2024 - 23.59

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The picture shows a page of handwritten text in an old book.

A summer day in 1878 Liv Bratterud sang the ballad Gvidmøy (TSB D259) to Moltke Moe. Almost 150 years later, it is digitally accessible on SAMLA.no. It is one of more than 500 manuscript pages digitized and published in this digital archive.

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The Research Council of Norway

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Nordic Culture Point

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