Europeana XX Century of Change

Description

Europeana XX Century of Change is conceived as a thematic initiative to explore the major factors which led to social change in Europe during the 20th century, by examining the relation of society with the state, private lives of individuals and technological advances. 

By enriching Europeana with high-quality 20th-century content, the project aims to expand the range of 20th century content available on Europeana. Semantic enrichment and automated translation will also make the content more accessible and discoverable for all audiences. Editorials addressing a wide range of 20th century phenomena will be highlighted, showcasing compelling stories and unique heritage treasures in Europeana.

With this purpose, five experienced aggregators have joined forces for the project: EUscreen, European Film Gateway, Photoconsortium, Europeana Fashion and Judaica Europeana. Having provided more than 3.8 million records to Europeana so far, these aggregators and their networks of cultural heritage institutions represent Europeana’s largest sources of 20th century content. This project will add another 100,000 images and videos to Europeana.

Besides enriching Europeana’s online collections, Europeana XX intends to foster dialogue and reflection by organising four ‘subtitle-a-thons’ and four pop-up exhibitions. These activities will address the topic of societal change in various contexts and with different focal points. They will reach out to a diversified audience of cultural heritage institutions, educators and researchers in the creative industries, as well as every European citizen with an interest in history and culture.

TIB will deliver audiovisual content and support the editorial subgroup with stories concerning Science and Technologies.

Links

• Discover the 20th century - Explore collections and stories from 20th century history and culture