16 July 2025
Science City Bahrenfeld
Europe/Berlin timezone

Signatures of Friendship. Exploring the Jerusalem Guestbook of Miryam and Moshe Ya'akov Ben-Gavriêl

16 Jul 2025, 09:15
8h
AER Atrium (Science City Bahrenfeld)

AER Atrium

Science City Bahrenfeld

Albert-Einstein-Ring 8-10 22761 Hamburg

Speaker

Sebastian Schirrmeister (Universität Hamburg)

Description

This project presents a browsable digital exploration environment for a multilingual private guestbook from 20th-century Jerusalem. The goal is to investigate curiosity-driven browsing strategies in archival contexts, going beyond systematic searches. By providing intuitive, user-friendly visualization solutions, the project aims to facilitate an exploratory approach and increase serendipitous discoveries. The digital edition combines two open-source viewers, VIKUS Viewer and OpenSeadragon, offering different visual experiences and interaction possibilities. This dual approach addresses the challenge of processing large amounts of visual information from digitized cultural collections while preserving the original context of the historical artifact.

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Authors

Sebastian Schirrmeister (Universität Hamburg) Amy Isard (IDGS, Universität Hamburg)

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