IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1304: Citizen Science, Community Participation, and Medieval Studies
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Centrum för medeltidsstudier, Stockholms Universitet |
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| Organiser: | Gwendolyne Knight, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet |
| Moderator/Chair: | Inka Moilanen, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet |
| Paper 1304-a | Deciphering Secrets: Medieval Jews, Christians, and Muslims Rediscovered through Citizen Science (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1304-b | Byzantium: Medieval Empire between Citizen Science and Nationalism (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1304-c | Rehabilitating Medieval Rupestrian Architecture and Rectifying Community Misperception in Southern Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Education, Local History |
| Abstract | As academics, we recognise the interest in Medieval Studies of people outside the academy in our public engagement and public outreach, but including non-academics who would like to be involved more actively often receives much less explicit discussion. This session focuses precisely on citizen science and community engagement, with a Mediterranean focus: The first paper presents 'Deciphering Secrets', a crowdsourcing effort to collect and transcribe medieval Spanish manuscripts; the second examines views of Byzantine heritage in present-day Greece; while the third combines an examination of misperceptions of local history with explorations of community efforts to re-present that history. |