2025 Annual Meeting^
Dates + Location^
September 17–20, 2025
Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
See submission and registration details on the official conference webpage.
About the Conference^
Documents are shaped by technology, evolving alongside human society. The ancient Latin root of documentum referred to oral teachings; centuries later, documents became synonymous with paper. Today, in an era of ubiquitous computing, digital documents dominate. But what about tomorrow?
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Document Academy (DOCAM 2025) invites scholars and practitioners to explore the documents in the light of the current technological change through artificial intelligence (AI), recognizing that the future is always informed by the past. As generative AI and emerging technologies transform how we create, share, and preserve information, what fundamental changes and continuities can we expect? By examining the technological, social, and epistemological shifts that shape documents, we aim to foster a rich discussion on what may change and what may endure. At this year’s DOCAM, we also aim to collaboratively capture the current state of research in our field and identify key areas for future exploration.
We welcome research in the core areas of document and culture, with particular emphasis on:
- AI and the impact of future technologies on documents and on document theory
- Interdisciplinary research at the interface of document studies
- Practical implications of document studies
- Theoretical, historical, and empirical perspectives on documents and their evolution
DOCAM 2025 will feature single-track sessions to ensure depth and focus, complemented by two workshops. One session will be hosted online to include global perspectives and encourage broad participation.
This year's meeting, hosted by Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-University of Berlin, welcomes completed research, research in progress, general conceptual and theoretical work, projects and case studies, creative and practical work relevant to the conference theme in the following formats:
- Standard conference presentations
- Discussions and alternative events
- Creative works in performance or on display
- Field trips or in-situ presentations at relevant spaces around the city (logistics of travel permitting)
Contact^
For assistance or with comments, contact Mr. Sascha Donner at sascha.donner@hu-berlin.de
About DOCAM^
DOCAM'25 is the annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields, who are interested in the exploration of the concept of the document as a resource for scholarly, artistic, and professional work.
The aim of The Document Academy is to foster a multi-disciplinary space for experimental and critical research on the document in the widest sense, drawing on scholarship, traditions and experiences from the arts and humanities, social sciences, education, and from such diverse fields as information, media, museum, archival, cultural, and science studies.
The Document Academy originated as a co-sponsored effort by the Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. Since then, it has convened in various locations across the globe, from Australia to France.