[Commlist] Call for Abstracts: Visual Data in a Digital World

*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:

  *
    How can visual data be analysed?
  * What are the implications of restricted access to visual and digital
    materials?
  * 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:

  * Short presentations of work in progress
  * Overviews of pilot studies
  * Discussion-oriented contributions that raise questions for debate
  * 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.


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