In this article, we present the collaborative digital edition of the Greek Anthology undertaken by the Canada Research Chair in Digital Textualities. In particular, we look back at the research issues that led to the project, the theoretical and technical stages and reflections that have marked the evolution of the research, and its recent developments. From the analysis of this experience, we try to understand how the theoretical, epistemological and methodological conditions that structure a research project emerge. The thesis we wish to defend here is that far from being the fruit of a single researcher, thought is the fruit of a complex set of mediating conjunctures that include a set of heterogeneous forces from which people, techniques, texts, platforms, methods, and collectives then emerge.