culture

  • Researching Discrimination with Citizen Science

    Researching Discrimination with Citizen Science
    • Project lead: Clara Holzinger, Elisabeth Scheibelhofer, Anna-Katharina Draxl
    • Department of Sociology (Faculty of Social Sciences)
    • Address: Rooseveltplatz 2, 1090 Wien
    • Telephone: +43 1 4277 49246
    • Topic: Culture, Language, Gender, Living together
    • Activity: discussing, writing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://dge.univie.ac.at/
    Discrimination is often difficult to grasp, both in everyday life and in research. By involving citizen scientists, we aim to broaden knowledge about discrimination.What are the aims of the project?Racist discrimination and stigmatization are difficult to grasp both in everyday life and in research, as they are often hidden behind naturalizations or justified with different rationales and intersectional categories. By involving people with different horizons of knowledge and...

  • The Psychological is Participatory

    • Project lead: Nora Ruck
    • Faculty of Psychology, Sigmund Freud University Vienna
    • Address: Freudplatz 1, 1020 Wien
    • Topic: Health, History, Politics, Culture
    • Activity: photography, rating, discussing, writing, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://psychologie.sfu.ac.at/en/research/the-psychological-is-participatory/
    Counselling centres for women* are important institutions that have been founded since the 1980s by the second women's movement. In the project, researchers are conducting research together with counsellors and clients of Viennese women's* counselling centres. We are interested in the life stories of women* who seek help at counselling centres. How can women lead a good life in this society today and what role can women's counselling play in this? In workshops, questions and methods are...

  • 44 handwritten cookbooks from the Wien Museum collection

    A photomontage created from several scanned pages from handwritten cookbooks. Arranged in a star shape, like an open cookbook.
    • Project lead: Evi Scheller
    • Wien Museum
    • Address: Karlsplatz 8, 1040 Wien
    • Telephone: 066488293852
    • Topic: Food, History, Culture, Language
    • Activity: transcribing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://wienmuseum.crowdsourcing.wien/kochbuecher/
    The cookbooks comprising more than 7,700 pages are to be transcribed, reviewed, and tagged online. The documents provide valuable insights into everyday historical practices, dietary habits, and culinary knowledge from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. What are the aims of the project? This crowdsourcing project aims to improve access to a collection held by the Wien Museum, which has so far only been partially catalogued...

  • Topotheque

    • Project lead: Alexander Schatek
    • ICARUS - International Centre for Archival Research
    • Address: Gertrude-Fröhlich-Sandner-Straße 2-4 | Tower C, Floor 7-9 1100 Wien
    • Telephone: 0664 / 266 55 10
    • Topic: History, Culture
    • Activity: photography, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, writing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Family-friendly: Family-friendly
    • Project link: https://www.topothek.at/de/
    The growing flood of images cannot be processed by institutions alone. Partnership with citizen scientists is vital. Topotheque is a digital archive and network in which this historical legacy can be gathered. For the locally resident Topotheque users, every new image and new piece of information means a valuable building block with which they can document their regional history in more detail. Enthusiasm for the work with the Topotheques creates local archives that captures an interest that...

  • On the trail of springs

    Spring habitats in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere ReserveAs extreme weather events such as prolonged droughts and resulting water shortages become more frequent, the protection of and knowledge about natural springs in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Reserve is becoming increasingly important. Besides their essential role in supplying drinking water, springs are often small but highly valuable habitats for rare and threatened species. Climate change has also significantly increased...

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