Workshop Application Form
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Before filling in the application form:
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Please make sure that you meet the criteria, listed below, for participating in this programme.
Please submit the form by the deadline.
Criteria for participating in this programme
By submitting the Workshop Application Form we understand that you fully meet the following criteria:
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Applicants must be a doctoral student, or an early-career researcher at one of the 12 participating
universities.
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Applicants must be enthusiastic about collaborative and interdisciplinary work.
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Applicants must be able to commit fully to the programme in Ritsumeikan University and must be
able to travel to Japan.
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As the programme will be conducted in English, applicants must be able to communicate in
English, although competency in written English is less important.
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Applicants must be able to contribute to disseminating the outcome of the workshop to wider
audiences in cooperation with RENKEI member universities and the British Council which is the
secretariat of RENKEI.
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Applicants must be able to demonstrate how their academic interests could contribute to the
themes of the workshop, which are:
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Barriers and criticisms of cultural heritage open scholarship
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Business models for cultural heritage open scholarship in HE and private sector
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Designing and linking the (social) open scholarship spectrum
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Open access and alternative publication models for cultural heritage
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Open cultural heritage education
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Open geospatial in cultural heritage
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Open government and research data and cult heritage
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Open scholarship and visualization
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Open scholarship, privacy and ethics.
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Digital Cultural Heritage Business and Open Data:
Bringing Rome to Japan
Workshop Application Form
1. Name
Given
Family
2. Email
3. Phone number
4. University
5. Current position
(e.g. 1st year PhD student)
6. Current research topic
7. Degree/discipline(s)
8. Language Proficiency
Mother Tongue
□ English
□ Japanese □ Others (
)
If English is NOT your first language, please answer your
English proficiency.
Speaking
□ Excellent
□ Good □ Fair
□ Poor
Listening
□ Excellent
□ Good □ Fair
□ Poor
Reading
□ Excellent
□ Good □ Fair
□ Poor
Excellent: Refined fluency skills and topic-controlled discussions, debates &
presentations. Formulates strategies to deal with various essay types, including
narrative, comparison, cause-effect & argumentative essays.
Good: Conversational accuracy & fluency in a wide range of situations: discussions,
short presentations & interviews. Compound complex sentences. Extended essay
formation.
Fair: Broader range of language related to expressing opinions, giving advice, making
suggestions. Limited compound and complex sentences & expanded paragraph
formation.
Poor: Simple conversation level, such as self-introduction, brief question & answer
using the present and past tenses.
9. Accommodation and other
requirements
Accommodation
□ I wish to stay at the Ark Hotel
□ I wish to commute from home
Special dietary requirements (please include any allergies)
□ I have special dietary requirements
Please specify(
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Special access requirements (e.g. wheelchair access)
Please specify(
)
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10. Your brief biography
(300 words max)
11. Why are you interested in
participating in this programme
and how will you benefit from
the experience?
(300 words max)
12. Please describe any past
experience related to the theme
of this programme
(300 words max)
13. How do you think you can
contribute to this programme?
(300 words max)
14. Applicants must be able to
contribute to disseminating the
outcome of the workshop to
wider audiences in cooperation
with RENKEI member
universities and the British
Council. If you agree, please
tick the box
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Yes, I agree to contribute to disseminating the outcome of the
workshop
15. How do you intend to bring
back benefit to your research
or disciplinary group and
university after the
programme?
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