Humap loves digital humanities! Every project on our platform falls under this umbrella.
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The digital humanities are known for embracing innovation
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Digital humanities in action
To see how digital humanities interactive maps look on our platform, click the links below:
- Facing the Past: from the University of Central Lancashire and partners, this project explores Lancaster’s historical relationship with the slave trade.
- Portalis: the South Eastern Technical University of Ireland and the University of Wales, Trinity St David are investigating the earliest voyages between Wales and Ireland.
- The Refugee Map: a digital map archive of the Wiener Holocaust Library’s collections.
- The UK Holocaust Map: created by the Association of Jewish Refugee, this map explores British Holocaust history.
- Coventry Atlas: from the University of Coventry and several partner institutions, this living map showcases Coventry’s heritage and contemporary culture.
- Layers of London: a huge project from the Institute of Historical Research & partners. This project combines curated and user-generated content to create a truly democratic public history project.
- Islington’s Pride: from Islington Council and Islington Museum, this project celebrates Islington’s unique contributions to LGBTQ+ history and culture.
Humap for digital humanities
Interested in using Humap for a grant-funded project? Our Bid Kit has all of the information you’ll need for a great application. We also have a video tour and a platform overview. Our full feature list is here.
We also have a participatory archaeology/interactive cartography tool called Placemaker. which is currently being used to crowdsource archaeological data in the UK.
