InfraVis, MAL and Humlab arranges a satellite on October 15, 9-12, at the Swedish e-Science Academy conference 2025 in Umeå.
Research infrastructures are increasingly used by researchers in social sciences, arts and humanities. For over two decades, the relationship between humanities and digital tools, methods, sources, and practices, has been explored within Digital Humanities in Sweden. This half-day satellite present examples from the lens of:
InfraVis, the Swedish national infrastructure for providing advanced visualisation services for research data from any scientific domain, with the aim of supporting Swedish scientific advancement. The Infravis@UMU Team draws upon the breadth of knowledge and skills at Humlab, with over 20 years’ experience in the Digital Humanities.
SweDigArch, the national infrastructure for Digital Archaeology with the purpose of catalysing a new generation of data-driven research on human-environment interactions. SweDigArch is located at The Environmental Archaeology Lab (MAL).
Huminfra, the national infrastructure for supporting digital and experimental research in the Humanities.
The event concludes with a keynote by Associate Professor Per Axelsson, on CARE principles and how these principles can us help navigate towards a more responsible and equitable data ecosystem.
Read the full program for the conference and register here: https://www.essenceofescience.se/w/es/en/calendar/archive/2025-10-15-swedish-e-science-academy-2025
Satellite program
9:00 Intro Research infrastructures in Digital Humanities: • InfraVis, Humlab and Huminfra: Karin Danielsson, Director Humlab • InfraVis Infrastructure development: Evelina Liliequist, module leader • MAL and Swedigarch: Ershad Gholamrezaie, PhD in Geology with a specialization in Basin Modelling.
9:45 Session 1: Swedigarch showcase SEAD: Cenk Demiroglu, associate professor at the Department of Geography and affiliated with the Arctic Centre and Humlab, and Ershad Gholamrezaie. SEAD in London project is an InfraVis pilot project designed to demonstrate alternative Web GIS-based visualizations of sample data on fossil records. SEAD is an open access, internationally oriented and interdisciplinary national research data infrastructure for storing, managing, disseminating and analysing empirical data on past human activity, biodiversity and long-term environmental and climate change.
10:00 Coffee break/Fika With possibility to ask questions and to explore additional visualization examples.
10:30 Session 2: InfraVis showcase: NordPow, Maria Podkrytova InfraVis expert and Stefan Gelfgren, associate professor of sociology of religion and senior lecturer in religion didactics, InfraVis user. NordPow is a visualization of data on places of worship in Norway and Sweden. A web app displays locations with time animation and filtering options. This allows scholars to track specific religious movements across time and space.
InfraVis showcase: Storytelling through visualization: Interactive data visualization for education and museums, Mattis Lindmark, InfraVis expert, will present two different visualization examples: Tales: Archaeological objects in Museums, and a VR simulation tool developed into an outreach prototype for exploring bacteria with children.
Humlab/Huminfra: MoCap showcase project: E-motion, Onur Kilic postdoc, Karin Danielsson, Evelina Liliequist, and Jim Robertsson, Motion Capture Expert, will exemplify how using Motion Capture through a bottom-up approach, can assist in new ways to capture and visualize movement and thereby the expression of identity.
11:15 Keynote speaker ”CARE principles, data and the importance of context”
The FAIR principles have revolutionized data management. But why and how do we collect data and for whom? This talk takes us beyond technical standards and explores how the CARE principles can us help navigate toward a more responsible and equitable data ecosystem, contribute to the long-term development of science and eventually improve access to high-quality data with provenance.
Per Axelsson, is a senior lecturer and associate professor of history at the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University. He is affiliated with Várdduo – Centre for Sámi Research, CEDAR (Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research) and Humlab. Furthermore, he is a faculty representative on the Umeå University Board and a scientific member of the Swedish Ethical Review Authority.
His research concerns Sámi health, medical history, population statistics, and international indigenous research. He has published on topics including indigenous health and history as well as guidelines and principles for Indigenous data. Per Axelsson is Sweden’s representative in GIDA-Sápmi, within the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) the network behind the CARE principles. He is also co-chair of the RDA – Interest Group on International Indigenous Data Sovereignty and a member of GBIF’s working group on guidelines and principles for Indigenous data.
