Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory
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| Name | Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Type | Research consortium |
Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory is an interdisciplinary consortium that facilitates collaboration among scholars, artists, scientists, and technologists across museums, universities, laboratories, and cultural institutions. The consortium brings together practitioners from institutions such as University of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago, Field Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory to support projects that intersect public humanities, digital scholarship, and community engagement.
Overview
The consortium functions as a hub connecting partners including Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Research Institute, and National Endowment for the Humanities while engaging stakeholders from Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Yale University, and Columbia University. It emphasizes collaboration with cultural partners like Chicago History Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, and University of Pennsylvania. The organization prioritizes projects involving institutions such as British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and New York Public Library.
History
Founded amid initiatives influenced by dialogues at forums like Digital Humanities 2011, American Council of Learned Societies, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, MacArthur Foundation, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the consortium grew through partnerships with Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Los Angeles. Early collaborations referenced models from British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Tate Modern, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Milestones involved conferences with representatives from Getty Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, National Science Foundation, European Commission, and Wellcome Trust.
Organization and Structure
Governance is informed by boards and advisory panels with members from American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Humanities Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Museum of Modern Art, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Administrative operations coordinate with units at University of Illinois System, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Illinois Institute of Technology, DePaul University, and Loyola University Chicago. Program directors liaise with curators from Field Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, archivists from Newberry Library, and technologists from Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab.
Programs and Initiatives
Initiatives include incubators for collaborations with Digital Public Library of America, HathiTrust, Open Knowledge Foundation, Internet Archive, and Creative Commons. Training programs engage faculty from University of Toronto, McGill University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, and University College London. Public-facing initiatives have partnered with Chicago Public Library, Pulitzer Prize winners, curators associated with Venice Biennale, directors from Chicago Cultural Center, and educators from Carnegie Library.
Research and Collaborations
Research spans partnerships with laboratories and centers such as Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office, and National Gallery of Art. Collaborative teams include scholars affiliated with American Historical Association, Modern Language Association, Association for Computing Machinery, IEEE, and International Council on Museums. Joint work has engaged scholars from Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, Brown University, and Duke University alongside practitioners from Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Lincoln Center.
Projects and Impact
Notable projects have intersected with exhibitions at Field Museum, digital archives with Newberry Library, oral history projects with National Endowment for the Arts, and technology demonstrations with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab. Outcomes influenced policy discussions at City of Chicago, program designs at National Endowment for the Humanities, grantmaking at Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and methodological frameworks cited by Modern Language Quarterly and Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. Community-engaged projects collaborated with Chicago Public Schools, Cook County, World Health Organization forums, and regional museums including DuSable Museum of African American History and National Museum of Mexican Art.
Funding and Partnerships
Support has come from funders and partners such as Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation. Institutional partners include University of Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Field Museum, and Art Institute of Chicago alongside networks like Digital Public Library of America and HathiTrust. Collaborative grant recipients have worked with agencies including National Endowment for the Arts, Institute of Museum and Library Services, European Research Council, and private donors associated with Guggenheim Foundation.
Category:Research consortia