Digital Humanities Researcher

vor 11 Stunden


Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Vollzeit
Job Description

The Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) is seeking a highly qualified Postdoctoral Researcher to join its team at the saai | Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering. As a leading research institution, KIT is committed to advancing knowledge and innovation in the field of digital humanities and cultural heritage.

Research Focus

The successful candidate will be part of an international research centre investigating the role of architectural archives as places that lay the foundations for social processes. The research will focus on sustainable knowledge genesis and data practice for the future, with a particular emphasis on the potential of neural networks to create metadata.

Responsibilities
  • Develop an applied research project through experimental application scenarios in the saai's significant, medially heterogeneous collection, incorporating self-learning processes, data genesis, metadata acquisition, and medial transformation processes through AI.
  • Critically analyze, test, and further develop established national and international standards for architectural archives and multimedia collections, and their potential for the saai.
  • Conceive a digital strategy focusing on the integration of AI into different processes and levels of archiving at saai, in collaboration with the archive directors, managing director, and strategy team.
  • Prepare and collaborate on interdisciplinary research proposals for national and international research funding.
  • Establish interdisciplinary collaboration with internal KIT institutions, such as KCIST, SCC, and within the faculty.
  • Establish cooperation and networking at regional, national, and international levels with regard to digital strategies and best practice projects.
Requirements
  • Successfully completed dissertation with a focus on digital humanities, computer science, cultural heritage, archival sciences, architecture, information sciences, museology, art history, media and communication sciences, or a related field.
  • Experience and knowledge in the field of AI and/or archive sciences, as well as in relevant formats and techniques from the field of digitisation of analogue collections and the preparation of native digital collections.
  • Open-mindedness and interest in interdisciplinary cooperation, and a willingness to experiment on a micro and macro level.
  • Knowledge and ability to practically apply current scripting languages, manage databases, and communicate scientifically sound, technical concepts in the field of digital humanities and digital archives.
  • Very good language skills and communication skills in German and English (spoken and written).
  • Practical experience in project and research data management in the cultural sector is an advantage; work experience in an archive, a scientific collection, or a museum.
Salary and Benefits

Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.



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