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Hidden Cities: Urban Space, Geolocated Apps and Public History in Early Modern Europe

Hidden Cities: Urban Space, Geolocated Apps and Public History in Early Modern Europe

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Research in Digital Humanities

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0367775913
ISBN13: 9780367775919
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 3 2022
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This groundbreaking collection explores the convergence of the spatial and digital turns through a suite of smartphone apps (Hidden Cities) that present research-led itineraries in early modern cities as public history.

The Hidden Cities apps have expanded from an initial case example of Renaissance Florence to a further five historic European cities. This collection considers how the medium structures new methodologies for site-based historical research, while also providing a platform for public history experiences that go beyond typical heritage priorities. It also presents guidelines for user experience design that reconciles the interests of researchers and end users. A central section of the volume presents the underpinning original scholarship that shapes the locative app trails, illustrating how historical research can be translated into public-facing work. The final section examines how history, delivered in the format of geolocated apps, offers new opportunities for collaboration and innovation: from the creation of museums without walls, connecting objects in collections to their original settings, to informing decision-making in city tourism management.

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Medieval & Renaissance History