A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts
The Horizon 2020 project CrossCult aims to highlight historical and cultural associations between different characters, locations, events, venues, or artworks, to develop new strategies with which to promote intercultural and cross-border aspects of history and heritage. This paper presents a pilot...
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doaj-4dd2d163023a4112beaa827336f14ea72020-11-24T21:08:15ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172018-12-0191910.3390/app9010009app9010009A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities ExpertsAbdullah Daif0Ahmed Tarek Dahroug1Martín López-Nores2Silvia González-Soutelo3Maddalena Bassani4Angeliki Antoniou5Alberto Gil-Solla6Manuel Ramos-Cabrer7José J. Pazos-Arias8AtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainArab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, 2033 Cairo, EgyptAtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainGroup of Studies in Archaeology, Antiquity and Territory, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, SpainDipartamento dei Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35122 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of the Peloponnese, 22100 Tripoli, GreeceAtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainAtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainAtlantTIC Research Center, Department of Telematics Engineering, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, SpainThe Horizon 2020 project CrossCult aims to highlight historical and cultural associations between different characters, locations, events, venues, or artworks, to develop new strategies with which to promote intercultural and cross-border aspects of history and heritage. This paper presents a pilot app that provides graph-based visualizations of those associations, arranged by Humanities experts in relation to several reflective topics, and glued together by narratives that may present the same facts from diverse points of view. After querying a knowledge base that brings together several Linked Data resources, the associations are curated by the experts using a dedicated tool, to ensure that only meaningful associations appear on the mobile app. In turn, the app users can contribute new associations in the form of written text, which the experts can turn into new concepts and properties in the knowledge base. Here, we present the design of the mobile app and the experts’ tool, together with the results of early experiments aimed at assessing the instructional value of the proposal.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/9cultural heritagesemantic associationsreflective topicsvisualizationstorytelling |
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Abdullah Daif Ahmed Tarek Dahroug Martín López-Nores Silvia González-Soutelo Maddalena Bassani Angeliki Antoniou Alberto Gil-Solla Manuel Ramos-Cabrer José J. Pazos-Arias |
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Abdullah Daif Ahmed Tarek Dahroug Martín López-Nores Silvia González-Soutelo Maddalena Bassani Angeliki Antoniou Alberto Gil-Solla Manuel Ramos-Cabrer José J. Pazos-Arias A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts Applied Sciences cultural heritage semantic associations reflective topics visualization storytelling |
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Abdullah Daif Ahmed Tarek Dahroug Martín López-Nores Silvia González-Soutelo Maddalena Bassani Angeliki Antoniou Alberto Gil-Solla Manuel Ramos-Cabrer José J. Pazos-Arias |
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A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts |
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A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts |
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A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts |
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A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts |
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A Mobile App to Learn About Cultural and Historical Associations in a Closed Loop with Humanities Experts |
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mobile app to learn about cultural and historical associations in a closed loop with humanities experts |
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The Horizon 2020 project CrossCult aims to highlight historical and cultural associations between different characters, locations, events, venues, or artworks, to develop new strategies with which to promote intercultural and cross-border aspects of history and heritage. This paper presents a pilot app that provides graph-based visualizations of those associations, arranged by Humanities experts in relation to several reflective topics, and glued together by narratives that may present the same facts from diverse points of view. After querying a knowledge base that brings together several Linked Data resources, the associations are curated by the experts using a dedicated tool, to ensure that only meaningful associations appear on the mobile app. In turn, the app users can contribute new associations in the form of written text, which the experts can turn into new concepts and properties in the knowledge base. Here, we present the design of the mobile app and the experts’ tool, together with the results of early experiments aimed at assessing the instructional value of the proposal. |
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cultural heritage semantic associations reflective topics visualization storytelling |
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