From historical atlases to comprehensive memory portals. Digitalization as a change of discourse in urban historiography Cover Image

Od historických atlasov miest ku komplexným pamäťovým portálom. Digitalizácia ako zmena diskurzu v urbánnej historiografii
From historical atlases to comprehensive memory portals. Digitalization as a change of discourse in urban historiography

Author(s): Juraj Šedivý
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Urban historiography; Comprehensive memory portal; Historical atlas of a town;

Summary/Abstract: Apart from representative monographs on towns, historical atlases of towns became a second main approach for urban historians. In the last two decades digitalization began to influence their conception. At first, digital versions of printed works appeared, and later online portals with two philosophies – one starting from the original conception of atlases, but supplementing the maps with non-cartographic material, and the other starting from databases of sources, which are digitally put into relationship with maps. Comprehensive memory portals, which attempt to combine the two approaches, have also begun to appear in Central Europe. The result could be an entirely new approach to researching and receiving urban history, which will be more convenient for generations with new ways of seeing things.

  • Issue Year: 65/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-132
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak