Papers
Developing multi-layered data and collection information networks.
Zeldenrust, Douwe (2021). Developing multi-layered data and collection information networks: the originand history of the collections of the Meertens Institute. Paper presented at European Social Science History Conference 2021. Online.
This paper focuses on extracting, processing and visualizing the information regarding the provenance of humanities research collections. The provenance of data and collections is visualized by processing data about the origin of the collections and using dedicated network software such and Palladio and Nodegoat. The extensive collection of the Meertens Institute are used as a use case in order to make the first steps in visualizing transparency of provenance. And finally, the outcomes will be incorporated in my PhD research, which is about the history of the collections of the Meertens Instituut.
The sound of Time.
Zeldenrust, Douwe & ‘t Hart, Elise (2019). The sound of time, an experimental perspective on Digital Humanities resources and research. Paper presented at the Digital Humanities Benelux 2019 conference. Liège, Belgium.
Elise ‘t Hart, artist and founder of the Instituut of Domestic Sounds, started in October 2018 as the first ‘Artist in Residence’ of the Meertens Instituut. Her project is called ‘What does time sounds like?’. The aim is, beside making works of art, to explore experimental ways of questioning and researching digital data. The (re)introduction of an artist’s creations in a scientific environment raises the methodological question what the scientific significance of the artist’s work is. This paper investigates the affordances this new approach produces.
A Life History of A Collection.
Zeldenrust, Douwe (2019). A life history of a collection, network analysis and the collections of the Meertens Instituut. Paper presented at the Researcher meets Curator Conference of the Dutch Foundation for Academic Heritage (SAE). Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Most biographies concentrate on one person, but what if the subject is not a person, but an object, created by hundreds or maybe thousands of individuals during its lifetime? This paper is about the life history of the collections of the Meertens Instituut. It focuses on extracting, processing and visualizing collection information and it reflects on the theory of Charles Jeurgens about the creation of archival networks.
These are some of my publications, for a (more) complete list of publications please go to this page.