Lecture

Digital Urban History: Lausanne Time Machine

Description

This lecture delves into the challenges of digitizing historical urban records, emphasizing the importance of linking information for comprehensive analysis. The instructor discusses the complexities of extracting and integrating data from archival documents, highlighting the need for collaboration between historians and digital humanists. Various methods for data extraction, identification, and linking are explored, with a focus on the significance of maintaining traceability and transparency in historical databases. The lecture also addresses the difficulties in disambiguating entities and attributing information accurately, showcasing examples of naming conventions and familial relationships complicating data interpretation.

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