ExploreSalon: Unveil Hidden Stories from the Past

ExploreSalon: Unveil Hidden Stories from the Past
Concept and Outcome of a Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage "Hackathon"

"When people interact, they leave traces: uncountable letters, diaries, chronicles, plaques, and other written records have preserved memories about people – long before the rise of smartphones and social media."¹
For the duration of one week (22nd – 26th May 2023) the so-called ExploreSalon will offer a collaborative space to explore digitized memories, in the form of curated biographic, spatial and temporal datasets with focus on Vienna 1900. The event will be organized by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH) and supported by the CLARIAH-AT² national consortium as part of its knowledge sharing activities. The ExploreSalon has two goals: Bring people of diverse backgrounds together and provide them with the opportunity to discover innovative ways of data-based storytelling – exploring stories hidden in the data, presenting ideas and sharing findings.
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This poster will present the underlying concept and general workflow of this form of cultural hackathon, elaborate on challenges such as bringing together people with different backgrounds and motivate them to get creative and exchange their ideas. The results and outcomes of the individual groups formed during the ExploreSalon event will enrich and underline the presentation.