@MicroPasts

Crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding research into the human past

 London, England
micropasts.org
Joined October 2013
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What's behind the magic 100? Networked GLAM & HE, open data, collaborations with citizens, social value @uclnews xitter.cf/Chiara_Bonacchi/status…
Chiara Bonacchi@chiara_bonacchi13 Nov 2015
100 heritage #crowdsourcing apps completed by UCL&BM @MicroPasts project! @UCLpress @timeshighered @guardianculture
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Feel like helping with research on the #heritage of #IndyRef? we have a New project live on @MicroPasts you can participate in!
The Scottish Political Archive@Scotpolarchive11 Jan 2022
Another volunteer project has gone live on the wonderful @MicroPasts. Help us to keyword tag photos from our #IndyRef archive from the comfort of your own home! stir.ac.uk/71y @_ElisaBroccoli @chiara_bonacchi @unistirarchives @ustirhistpol @StirUniSLS
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Another volunteer project has gone live on the wonderful @MicroPasts. Help us to keyword tag photos from our #IndyRef archive from the comfort of your own home! stir.ac.uk/71y @_ElisaBroccoli @chiara_bonacchi @unistirarchives @ustirhistpol @StirUniSLS
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Brand new app for our @MicroPasts community! Have you lived or have been to Edinburgh, UK, in the past? If so, please help! #deepcities
Elisa Broccoli@_ElisaBroccoli27 Aug 2021
Great Scott! @Micropasts meets Deep Cities in a brand new crowdsourcing project! The app "YOUR CITY, YOUR PLACE" collects current experiences and past memories related to the current New Waverley area in Edinburgh. Please SHARE YOUR STORY with us! crowdsourced.micropasts.org/…
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Have a spare hour? Help us complete this project on @MicroPasts - we are nearly there!
The Scottish Political Archive@Scotpolarchive29 Jan 2021
Help us to tag our #IndyRef photographic collection on @MicroPasts! It's a great way to explore the collection and open it up to others too! stir.ac.uk/4b6 @explorearchives @ustirhistpol @stirlingunion @isstirling @unistirarchives @chiara_bonacchi @_ElisaBroccoli
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Our @chiara_bonacchi will be speaking at this fantastic event organised by @EurResearch on Digital Cultural Heritage. All welcome! 🤩🤩
Europeana Research@EurResearch16 Apr 2021
📍SAVE THE DATE! ‘Research and Digital Cultural Heritage: New Impact Horizons’ on 11-12 May 2021, the first international symposium that will bring together the #research and #impact perspectives within the @Europeanaeu context. 🎓🏛️🫂 pro.europeana.eu/post/join-o…

Join our symposium - ‘Research and digital cultural heritage: new impact horizons’

On 11 and 12 May 2021, Europeana will bring together cultural heritage professionals, policy makers, academics and researchers to discuss impact horizons of research when nurtured by digital cultural...

dataspace-culturalheritage.eu
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Thrilled about the great honoraries who are join our #stirheritage group: Hon Professors @DEJPett and @TorgrimG, Hon Fellows @QianGaoSarah @_ElisaBroccoli and @MKrz17 Welcome! So much we can do together going forward in #digitalheritage and other areas of @StirHeritage
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Project complete! Thank you lovely @MicroPasts people! This was part of the @ahrcpress funded project @IARHeritages
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Pleased to see our commentary on the @UKWebArchive published by @SAGE_Publishing today! Appreciation for the support & guidance from @chiara_bonacchi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Archival strategies for contemporary collecting in a world of big data: Challenges and opportunit...

In this contribution, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges arising from memory institutions' need to redefine their archival strategies for con...

journals.sagepub.com
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#StirStudents! Volunteer with us and help to tag our #IndyRef photographic collection on @MicroPasts! stir.ac.uk/4b6 @explorearchives @ustirhistpol @stirlingunion @chiara_bonacchi @_ElisaBroccoli
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We are digitising archival material from the last #IndyRef. Please Help us with a RT @WhatScotsThink
The Scottish Political Archive@Scotpolarchive1 Feb 2021
#StirStudents! Volunteer with us and help to tag our #IndyRef photographic collection on @MicroPasts! stir.ac.uk/4b6 @explorearchives @ustirhistpol @stirlingunion @chiara_bonacchi @_ElisaBroccoli
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Help us to tag our #IndyRef photographic collection on @MicroPasts! It's a great way to explore the collection and open it up to others too! stir.ac.uk/4b6 @explorearchives @ustirhistpol @stirlingunion @isstirling @unistirarchives @chiara_bonacchi @_ElisaBroccoli
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A great revamp! Check it out! New look and feel and new projects on it too! Great job with the redesign @DEJPett!
Daniel Pett@DEJPett18 Dec 2020
New version of (originally @ahrcpress funded) @MicroPasts now live. Latest @pybossa, new server, new interface on latest Bootstrap, new functions and a new project for EH's @wallcurator Open to more project ideas - get in touch with me or @JWexlerBM @chiara_bonacchi @ahb108
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Replying to @chiara_bonacchi
@chiara_bonacchi and @DEJPett presenting today on @MicroPasts crowdsourcing at this @nat_collection workshop run by @TheBotanics
Daniel Pett@DEJPett1 Dec 2020
Looking forward to hearing about everyone's projects. I'm presenting on @MicroPasts with @chiara_bonacchi about how our projects stand on the shoulders of our participants.
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Daniel Pett@DEJPett1 Dec 2020
Looking forward to hearing about everyone's projects. I'm presenting on @MicroPasts with @chiara_bonacchi about how our projects stand on the shoulders of our participants.
The National Archives Research@UkNatArcRes1 Dec 2020
Today is the @nat_collection workshop ‘After the crowds disperse: Crowdsourced data rediscovered and researched’ run by @TheBotanics as part of the #EngagingCrowds project. We can't wait to hear what participants have to say about the reuse of #heritage data. #CollectionsUnited
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Daniel Pett@DEJPett25 Nov 2020
Replying to @chiara_bonacchi
@chiara_bonacchi @JWexlerBM this project is very similar to the @MicroPasts bronze age index project. Good one for our reference.
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Second article from the special issue 'Heritage in a World of Big Data' is out! Great commentary piece by @semames1 and @stuartlewis on 'Disrupting the library' - reflects on contemporary collecting, big data as future heritage and ethics
Big Data & Society@BigDataSoc24 Nov 2020
New commentary entitled 'Disrupting the library: Digital scholarship and Big Data at the National Library of Scotland' by Sarah Ames (@semames1) & Stuart Lewis (@stuartlewis) published in the special theme Heritage in a World of Big Data buff.ly/2J7e0Za #digitalhumanities
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Check out also @maltaweel5 s blog post discussing paper 1 of the special issue ‘The sale of heritage on eBay: market trends and cultural value’ – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Big Data & Society@BigDataSoc20 Nov 2020
Check out the new blog post 'The sale of heritage on eBay: Market trends and cultural value' by @maltaweel5 and @Hadjitofi buff.ly/32T7bRP. #eBay #heritage #naturallanguageprocessing #MachineLearning
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Paper 3 of the Special Issue on *Heritage in a World of Big Data* is now out! Terrie Lynn Thompson from @StirUni Discussing: Data-bodies and data activism: Presenting women in digital heritage research #digital heritage #feminist #CriticalDataStudies 👇👇👇
Big Data & Society@BigDataSoc25 Nov 2020
'Data-bodies and data activism: Presencing women in digital heritage research' - new commentary authored by Terrie Lynn Thompson just published in the special theme Heritage in a World of Big Data: buff.ly/2UY0Gcg. #digitalheritage #gender #feminist #CriticalDataStudies
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We are launching a NEW heritage crowdsourcing project on @MicroPasts in collaboration with @Scotpolarchive! Help us enhancing the important photographic collection of 2014 Referendum tagging what you see in the photos! @chiara_bonacchi @StirHeritage crowdsourced.micropasts.org/…
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Very interesting reading Alison Hadfield's piece on digital vs non digital replicas: findings are different from what emerged from our @MicroPasts research because of the different way of engaging with the digital objects in the two cases. Great read!bit.ly/31oa90w
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