Breaking it down to expan(DAH) Digital Art History

Digital Art History (DAH) is an emerging approach to research, study, and creation of Art using digital tools. Existing digital public facing platforms offer Digital Art History and digital humanities projects after a point of completion with a focus on digitization, mapping, and visualizations complete. Furthermore, DAH projects can be challenging to capture in print as the development of a project's development is nonlinear, and outcomes extend beyond a visual or published product. Additionally, the digital aspects of DAH often presented are overly technical, which can be difficult to understand if not familiar with such tools. These types of presentations do not necessarily encourage engagement. Rarely is project management nor finance addressed in publications about DAH projects. Even with all the new developments around digital humanities there are still major gaps in guidance, dialogue, resources, and purposeful models that encourage Digital Art History in the broadest sense. Presenters will address Digital Art History projects at various stages of development, as models and to encourage others to engage with digital tools in their research and study of Art. In addition to introducing a wide range of projects, the presenters will elaborate on key aspects of their projects in terms of collaborative partnerships, project management, fund development, and a range of approaches to digital tools and methods.