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🗺️ Bring your collections, data, and research to life with geospatial storytelling https://humap.me/ #GLAMA #DigitalHumanities #EdTech #CitizenScience #CitizenHumanities

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · Nov 26

🗺️ Hi Bluesky! We're Humap, a map platform built with and for #GLAMA, #DigitalHumanities, and #CitizenScience

Here are some of the amazing projects on our platform 🧵

An archival history of #Tampa #Florida created by the University of South Florida tampa-through-time.humap.site

#USHistory #USA

A screenshot of a trail on Tampa Through Time

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 1m

🤳 Use viewsheds to indicate the position and angle a photo was taken from.

This feature is great for Records with lots of photos attached, comparing images of the same subject, or for contextualising different items.

humap.me/resources/document...

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International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social · 18h

Call for Papers:
Travellers of the Sea – Conference on Maritime History, Marine Archaeology and Ethnology

smhy.fi/en/activitie...

CFP deadline 1st November 2025 [email protected]

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 21h

Blackwork design for goldsmith work featuring a hunter and a fisherman (1612) by Mathais Beitler.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5ad72413-a919-46f9-9282-639ec281c0e4

#animals #decorative #jewelry #black #bridges #ink #art #publicdomain

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 1d

Kenneth Williams (1926-1988) was an actor, comedian, diarist, and raconteur, most famous for his roles in the 'Carry On' films.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap, a map of #Islington's #LGBTQ history & culture

Learn more at islingtonspride.com/humap/
IslingtonsPride #Humap

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VeDPH @vedph.bsky.social · 1d

Hidden Venice (together with another addition to the HistoryCity family) won the Heritage in Motion Prize for Virtual and Augmented Reality!
Congratulations to Fabrizio and the rest of the team!
Very happy that VeDPH had the opportunity to play a crucial role in it.

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 1d

📚 Love church #history? Join the Ecclesiastical History Society and connect with scholars, resources, and conversations that shape our understanding of the past.

Membership includes journal access, events & more!

🔗 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/membership/a... #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

"Bright stalls, bursting with colour and carnival light, defy the smoggy shadows of Sheffield. Laughter and music cut through the gloom, a vibrant, temporary spark in the town's dark expanse."

Sheffield Fair: John Simmons (1871–1944)
Museums Sheffield

Sheffield Fair: John Simmons (1871–1944)
Museums Sheffield

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · 1d

Try it yourself at the ODISSEI Conference 2025!

🧠 LLMs for data annotation
🗝️ SANE for sensitive data
💻 Software showcase with metasyn & SURF Cloud.

Hands-on workshops to explore tools, ask questions & boost your research.

Claim your spot 👉 odissei-data.nl/event/odisse...

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 1d

BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forum (hybrid), 6 November www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...

BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage forum

This forum brings together the cultural heritage and research community to discuss current and future challenges of embracing AI in cultural heritage responsibly and ethically.

www.sas.ac.uk

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 3d

#StandingStoneSunday: the 3-metre tall standing stone on Pencraig Brae, East Lothian, looking south to the rounded Traprain Law with its hillfort, and the Lammermuir Hills beyond. The old Great North Road crosses this view, on the far side of the wall in the middle of this picture.

Photograph of a solitary standing stone in a stubble field with a rounded hill in the distance.

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Luca Scholz @lscholz.bsky.social · 9d

Very excited to return to Stanford next week to give a talk at the Ruderman conference, on cartography "Above and Below". Register here to attend in person or remotely:

ruderman.sites.stanford.edu

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography

ruderman.sites.stanford.edu

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 2d

Join us on 8 Oct for Collecting Ireland’s History, a lecture for the Dublin Festival of History in collaboration with @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

Explore 700 years of Irish manuscript collecting.

Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 2d

Pictured: Queen Square Market, #Liverpool.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #MappingMemory, an oral history map of the Liverpool dockland

See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...

#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom

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Europeana @europeana.bsky.social · 7d

It’s October, which means it’s time for #GIFITUP2025, our annual GIF making contest! Discover heritage collections, boost your creativity, learn new skills & win prizes.

GIF IT UP runs from now until the end of October. This year's theme is food - we can’t wait to see your entries! gifitup.net/en/

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 New feature alert! 🚨 The number one thing you asked for in the Cities and Memory community survey was the ability to share an individual sound from our sound map. Now on our global sound map, you can! 🗺️ 🎧

citiesandmemory.com/sound-map

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 2d

Explore #Medieval #Coventry online or in-person with this weeks #TrailsTuesday contribution: Medieval Coventry over on the #CoventryAtlas!

www.coventryatlas.org/map/t...

#History
#EnglishHistory #WestMidlands #BritishHistory #CoventryHistory #CulturalHeritage #Heritage

Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 2d

Pictured: 1853 Plan of the Town of #Tampa, #Florida, #UnitedStates

This beautiful georeferenced map is from Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida!

Take a look tampa-through-time.humap.si...

#MapMonday #MappyMonday #USA #USAHistory #GIS #HGIS

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 2d

Interested in learning more about Humap?

🗓️ Join a public demo calendly.com/humap-me/publi...
🧑 Book a personal demo calendly.com/humap-me/initi...
✉️ Send us an email at [email protected]

#GIS #HGIS #PGIS #DigitalHumanities #CitizenScience

Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 2d

Pictured: the Clifton Street Mineral Water Company Staff, #Scarborough, 1911

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the Scarborough Atlas, created by @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social

See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...

#History #BritishHistory #Yorkshire #GLAM #EdwardianHistory

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 4d

A Jewish exile from the #Nazis, Karl Rankl fled to #Britain and became one of this country’s most distinguished conductors and composers.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the UK Holocaust Map, created by @theajruk.bsky.social

See more www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...

#WW2 #WorldWar2 #BritishHistory

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 4d

👥 Want to get out to more #GLAMA, #GIS, or #DigitalHumanities events in 2025?

We keep a list of upcoming conferences here: humap.me/blog-community/eve...

Have an event you'd like us to add? Comment, DM, or email us at [email protected] and we'll add it to the list.

GLAMA, GIS & Digital Humanities Events - Humap

GLAMA & Digital Humanities Events

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 4d

Pictured: students at the #Tampa School of Household Arts instruction, #Florida, 1916.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Tampa Through Time, a Floridian history portal created by the University of South Florida

Take a look tampa-through-time.humap.si...

#USA #UnitedStates

Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 5d

We're delighted to be involved in this new project from the Museum of London Archaeology, embracing the power of citizen science and crowdsourcing to document coastal erosion and the effects of climate change 🌊

cim.mola.org.uk / www.mola.org.uk/discoveries/...

#MOLA #CitizenScience #PGIS

Coasts in Mind @coastsinmind.bsky.social · 8d

We’re incredibly excited, our mapping platform is GO! It gathers evidence of coastal change by recording locals’ memories, postcards & holiday snaps – things which aren’t usually part of official climate change conversations.
Join us to explore the impact of climate change cim.mola.org.uk/map #NLHF

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 5d

✏️ Draw polygons and shapes directly onto the map with the Annotator

This feature is fantastic for Records relating to more than one location, or when a single map pin isn't appropriate.

humap.me/

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 6d

John Bond inherited his wealth from family members who owned slavery plantations.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast. See more www.facingthepast.org/map/r...

#Lancaster #Lancashire #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade #History