Click, See, Explore: A Multimodal Approach to Better Understand the Early Modern Colonial World through Old Maps

Beschrijving

The presentation explores a multimodal method for analyzing Dutch East India Company (VOC) archives by integrating historical maps with textual records. It highlights a pilot project that enriched early modern VOC maps using semi-automated techniques to add three layers of annotations: georeferencing, transcribed labels, and visual elements like agricultural plots and buildings. This approach deepens the understanding of spatial and colonial dynamics, offering new insights into early modern colonial studies.

Periode	25 sep. 2024
Evenementstitel	Spatial Humanities 2024
Evenementstype	Conferentie
Conferentienummer	5
Locatie	Bamberg, Duitsland, BavariaToon op kaart
Mate van erkenning	Internationaal