Science Communication

Explaining Science

We Show the Making of Digital Humanities

Science today no longer requires scientific results alone. It is just as important to convey these results in a comprehensible manner and to make their development process visible.

One of the great challenges is to present and explain scientific content and technologies so clearly that the desired target group understands them. Science communication is dedicated to this challenge. Our goal is to test and use formats that mediate effectively between science and the wider public.

We Report on the Research Projects

We adapt the communication formats to the new forms of reception of the target groups and report on our interdisciplinary way of working at the interface between humanities and computer science. We deliberately present our work to the outside world via social media, exhibitions, columns, blogs or events in order to create an exchange between science, business and society. In addition, we host conferences, workshops, colloquia, lectures, summer schools and innovative events for knowledge transfer and discuss current research issues with international scientists.

There are countless examples of our work:

• Our own exhibitions:: “20180 – 20 Jahre Trier Center for Digital Humanities”, Caspar Olevian - 2017, “Vernetzte Korrespondenzen” - 2015, Maschinen und Manuskripte - 2015,

• Cooperation with artists: from June 8th to September 15th, 2002 Ecke Bonk presented his installation at the Document 11

• Cooperation with museums: the work of Bonk was presented from May 22nd to October 12, 2008 in the exhibition “Vertrautes Terrain” at the ZKM Karlsruhe. The software and the digitized data necessary for the realization of this project were processed and made available for the artist by the TCDH.

• Film projects:: “Geistesblitze - der Film”, presentations of the DH course, Fernsehteam am TCDH

• Science films: Publex - your tool to publish dictionaries, CLS research: report and video published, MiMoText in sechs Stationen 2021, 60-seconds-science

• Colloquia / spring or autumn schools: spring school 2018, autumn school 2015, That Camp Luxembourg/Trier 2012

• Series of university events: Tag der deutschen Einheit 2017 in Mainz, Wissen schafft Licht 2017, Sommerfest der Universität Trier 2017, City Campus trifft Illuminale 2017, Sommerfest der Universität Trier 2016, City Campus trifft Illuminale 2016, Geistesblitze 2009

• Knowledge transfer for young and old: Kinderuni, Seniorstudium

• Scientific blogs and blog posts: annotatio (Prof. Claudine Moulin), entries to the exhibition “Aufbruch ins romantische Universum”, entries to the blog event: Day of DH 2014

• Science talks: at the invitation of the University of Trier with Ministerpräsidentin Malu Dreyer and Wissenschaftsminister Konrad Wolf.

• Participation in events for the Science Year: since 2000, the BMBF has been organizing the Science year together with “Wissenschaft im Dialog”. Each time, a different discipline or a scientific topic is at the center, on which various events and activities take place. We support these initiatives. In 2012, our former executive director Dr. Vera Hildenbrandt presented our work on the basis of the project “Networked Correspondence”.

• Social media: The TCDH operates an active Twitter channel at @CDHTrier, toot on Mastodon at @tcdh [at] fedihum.org and presents video material on exhibitions, projects and events on its own You Tube channel under @kompetenzzentrumtrier4451.