Research into representations of intercultural contacts in Czech travelogue texts from the Mediterranean up to 1918, using digital humanities
▶Summary
The project aims to compile an international interdisciplinary team (affiliating experts in literary culture, digital mapping, digitisation of written sources, linguists, geographers and GIS speci...
▶Objectives
The project aims to compile an international interdisciplinary team (affiliating experts in literary culture, digital mapping, digitisation of written sources, linguists, geographers and GIS specialists), which will focus on the study of representations of intercultural contacts in Czech travelogues from the Mediterranean from the 15th century to 1918, and create an innovative and prototypical digital humanities tool for obtaining and presenting data on intercultural contact from such texts.
▶Activities
1) heuristic activity leading to creation of a body of travelogue texts, 2) digitisation of texts and creation of a digital library, 3) plotting of routes of journeys on digital maps, 4) determination of key themes for study of representations of intercultural contact in travelogues, 5) creation of an atlas from digital maps with routes, 6) connection of digital atlas with digital library via key themes, 7) provision of online access to tool and its presentation, 8) use of tool for education.
▶Impact
The main project outcome will be a multi-thematic atlas accessible online, connected via themes focusing on intercultural contact with a digital library consisting of the selected body of travelogues - DIGEOCAT & Lib. Other outcomes will use the created digital humanities tool, capable of processing a large volume of data: academic studies, specialised maps, reports and other dissemination activities essential for presenting the usability of the tool in education and research.