Digital History and Memory - Update September 13th
News links, articles and recommendations compiled by Steffen Jost
I am back from my summer break and as a part of this I spend some time in Nova Scotia, Canada. Regarding digital education, I came across a great exhibition in the citadel in Halifax. The rather heavy topic “A city shaped by conflict” was was presented in a very varied and not too complicated way. There were also some good digital elements such as an interactive media table and also some analog hands-on stations where you could try on the uniforms of British soldiers. If you should ever visit Halifax, don´t forget to climb up the hill and take a look at the exhibition.
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You've certainly already seen the numerous posts of the nominated projects for the renowned Grimme Online Award (at least if you´re part of the German digital culture bubble). Nevertheless, please take a look at the list of the nominated projects which always gives a great overview and I always find projects that I missed when they were published. There are also three projects funded by the Alfred Landecker Foundation among the nominees and also a lot of old and new acquaintances.
Enjoy reading these new discoveries
The project Let's Remember! has been completed, and now everything on the topic of games and memory culture has been bundled on a theme portal at the Foundation for Digital Game Culture (Congratulations again to Christian Huberts, Dr. Tabea Widmann, Matej Samide, and all the best for future projects). ➡️ https://t1p.de/hpmzf
From Numbers to Names is a project that aims to identify Holocaust victims in historical photos using automated image recognition. Users can upload photos of people, which are then compared with the 171,000+ faces in the database. ➡️ https://numberstonames.org/
Inside Kristallnacht is a VR Experience set to release in November 24 by Claims Conference, USC Shoah Foundation and makemepulse, which aims to "...transport viewers to a pivotal moment in the history of the Holocaust: Kristallnacht."➡️ https://t1p.de/if6bq
See the teaser video from last year here:
A multimedia article by Josef Wirnshofer about Holocaust survivors Abba Naor and Ernst Krakenberger and their digital avatars has been published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (Paywall). ➡️ https://t1p.de/qz7cr
What could the immersive experience of Goethe's residential home look like? A detailed report on a workshop by Annika Schlimm and Paula Zander can be found at the Klassikstiftung Weimar. ➡️ https://t1p.de/3ta6k
The Public History Department of the City of Munich is offering a position as a Scientific Associate with a focus on Digital Memory (f/m/d). ➡️ https://t1p.de/ll9pk
The citizen science project SocialMediaHistory by Kristin Oswald and colleagues has ended, but there are still two opportunities to learn more at presentations in September. ➡️ https://t1p.de/w6s5q
On September 18, the lunch talk "Westerbork Digital" will take place. José Martin and Tessa Bouwman will report on the Dutch memorial site. Organized by DCM (Digital Collective Memory), a networking platform for #DigitalMemory that you should sign up for anyway! ➡️ https://t1p.de/d04sd
The working group "Data Quality" of NFDI4Memory wants to gain an overview of working with data within historically working disciplines. There's a survey for this purpose. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dxJXYF2K
Finally: while reading the new-ish anthology on the Austrian DERLA project, I came across a footnote in Edith Blaschitz's article (including my highly professional #Digitalkrams) that refers to my list of digital projects (https://t1p.de/x2qwc). A nice surprise! The entire volume is available here as OA. ➡️ https://t1p.de/hgpdc
