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Course description
This course is meant to help you make the most of your historical sources by using Tropy, a digital tool that simplifies the process of organizing and annotating them so you can easily find again exactly the ones you need when it comes to writing your thesis or research article.
We will start by working with an already existing Tropy database [The download link will be posted here a few days before the course]. We will organise the pictures into items, add or correct metadata, and annotate the sources.
Once everyone is familiar with the interface, you will learn how to create a new database and fill it with your own archival pictures and/or pictures of various sources that we can provide. You will learn how to adapt the various standard Tropy templates to your needs.
Instruction will be in English, unless everyone is competent in Norwegian, and we can also answer questions in Norwegian.
Target audience
The workshop is primarily meant for students and researchers in the humanities and social sciences, but is open to any students, researchers, or anyone else who works, or will work with, archival documents.
Learning outcomes
- The course will cover how to:
- Use Tropy’s interface to group pictures, annotate them and tag them
- Create a Tropy database and import pictures
- Adapt Tropy’s standard metadata templates to your needs and your sourcesyour own research.
Prerequisites
- No prerequisites.
Required materials
- Bring your own laptop and download in avance the example database that will be provided a few weeks before the course.
Lunch
- There will be a complementary buffet-lunch at 12:00-13:00 from the Sverdrups spiseri (Georg Sverdrups Hus, 2nd floor).
- After you get your lunch, join us at Store møterom where we have reserved seats for #DSDays2027 participants.
Number of participants
30
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this course, or anything else about the DSDays 2027 event, please contact us per email: digitalscholarship@ub.uio.no