The History of the Jewish Community of Olomouc in an App and in a Specialized Map. Linking History with the Space and Modern Technologies as a Communication Tool for Contemporary Science
The History of the Jewish Community of Olomouc in an App and in a Specialized Map. Linking History with the Space and Modern Technologies as a Communication Tool for Contemporary Science

Summary/Abstract: Between 2020 and 2021, the Kurt and Ursula Schubert Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) in cooperation with the Department of Geoinformatics (KGI) of Palacký University in Olomouc (UPOL) and the Olomouc Museum of Art (MUO), implemented two important projects focused on the use of modern technologies and of new and effective ways of channelling the results of research into the regional history of Jewish communities in Moravia, not only to professionals but also to the general public. The outputs of the projects, presented in panel P07 of the Twelfth Congress of Czech Historians, included a specialized interactive map of Jewish Cultural and Intellectual History of Olomouc, accessible in a smartphone application, 1 and a specialized map Development of the Jewish Settlement of Olomouc. Geographic and Socioeconomic Structure of the Jewish Population in the Period of 1180–2021, visualizing data from archival research on the development of the Jewish settlement of Olomouc using the GIS System.

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