[Air-L] Visual Data in a Digital World: Exploring Innovative Methods

[Ofra Klein]

Call for Abstracts
Mini-conference: Visual Data in a Digital World: Exploring Innovative Methods
25 November 2025
Erasmus University Rotterdam

In an era where staggering volumes of visual data are produced and shared daily across social media, streaming platforms, and digitised archives, the need for innovative methods of analysis has never been greater. The rapid digitisation of museum and archival collections presents exciting new possibilities for research, while also introducing fresh methodological, ethical, and accessibility challenges.
This mini-conference, organized by the research cluster The Visual in Media, Culture, Society and History<https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/research/research-clusters/visual> at Erasmus University Rotterdam, seeks to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines to critically engage with the study of visual and digital data. Participants will exchange insights, showcase current work, and discuss methodological advances across fields. Key questions include:

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How can visual data be analysed?
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What are the implications of restricted access to visual and digital materials?
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How can interdisciplinary collaboration enhance our understanding of visual culture in the digital age?

Submissions are welcome from all disciplines, including media and communication studies, sociology, history, art and visual culture, business, and data science. We invite contributions in the form of:

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Short presentations of work in progress
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Overviews of pilot studies
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Discussion-oriented contributions that raise questions for debate
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Completed research papers

Please submit a short abstract (up to 200 words, including title) to klein at eshcc.eur.nl<mailto:klein at eshcc.eur.nl> by 31 October 2025. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 4 November 2025.
Please note that there are no registration fees for the conference; however, we are unable to provide financial support for travel or accommodation. Refreshments will be provided.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
With kind regards,
Charlotte Bruns & Ofra Klein