ExploreAT
Exploring Austrias culture through the language glass
This project aimed to reveal unique insights into the rich texture of the German Language, especially in Austria, by providing state of the art tools for exploring the unique collection (1911-1998) of the Bavarian Dialects in the region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This corpus is large and rich, estimated to contain 200,000 headwords in estimated 4 Million records. The collection includes a five-volume dictionary of about 50,000 headwords, covering a period from the beginning of German language until the present (DBÖ, WBÖ).
In order to create enduring value from this resource, the project applied open science and citizen science techniques to improve access and to leverage the crowd’s wisdom. The engagement of users with the system was the subject for mind-brain studies, and the results and records were enriched and interlinked using the best practices of semantic content publishing of Linked Open Data on the Web of Data.
Team:
- Dipl.-M.b. Sylvana Kroop (project leader)
- Magª. Maria Schrammel
Section: Technology and Knowledge
Funding institutions and customers:
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities - ACDH-ÖAW (Coordinator)
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities - ACDH-ÖAW (Coordinator)
- Trinity College Dublin
- University of Salamanca
Tags: citizen science, participation
Type: Research
Project Status: Finished
Start/End: 01/2016 - 06/2017
Project Duration: 18 months