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mix'n'hack - 5th Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon
The fifth edition of the Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon took place on 6-8 September 2019 at the brand new cultural center Les Arsenaux in Sion. This time, OpenGLAM CH and Museomix.ch worked together to combine the OpenGLAM hackathon format with the Museomix makeathon approach. The event was hosted by the Médiathèque Valais, the State Archives and the Cantonal Museums. Further partners included infoclio and the members of the Friends of OpenGLAM Network.
mix'n'hack - how does it work? During the mix'n'hack, we invite the participants to experiment with cultural data. Our aim is to imagine new ways to valorize our digital heritage and encourage their appropriation by different users. In a multidisciplinary team accompanied by coaches and experts, the participants collaboratively develop their ideas and participate in the development of a functional prototype, be it a web or mobile application, a mediation device or an artistic performance.
Contact: If you have any questions regarding the mix'n'hack, you may contact Valérie Hashimoto valerie.hashimoto@openglam.ch.
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Photo: Inside view of Les Arsenaux by Dominic Steinmann.
Hackathon Projects
And one ongoing project, continued from the past year:
Media Coverage
Press review
- Mix'n'hack: 4 projets de médiation opendata (blog entry by Charlotte Mader, 24.09.2019)
- Le Mix'n'hack remixe les données culturelles suisses (blog entry by Charlotte Mader, 11.09.2019)
- Un ‘’marathon créatif’’ aux Arsenaux à Sion pour mettre en valeur les collections grâce aux nouvelles technologiques (podcast on RTS, 08.09.2019, 12h30)
- Mix'n'Hack Sion 2019 (blog entry by Enrico Natale, 06.09.2019)
- Press release in French (30.08.2019)
- Press release in German (30.08.2019)
Selected Open Datasets for the 2019 mix'n'hack
Listed below are some cultural datasets from the host institutions that were proposed to the participants for the mix'n'hack in Sion. But of course, participants were free to work on the cultural datasets of their choice. A full list of open cultural datasets from Switzerland can be found here.
Photographs of Valais by Charles Rieder (1890-1910)
Photo : In front of the Arsenal, Sion, 1900. By Charles Rieder, Médiathèque Valais – Martigny, used under CC BY
Charles Rieder, owner of the Café de Genève in Sion, was also an amazing photographer who left us 243 negatives on glass plates, taken between 1890 and 1920. The subjects are conventional: portraits, processions, celebrations, but the photographer's perspective is original and not devoid of humour
Source: Mediatheque Valais - Martigny
Online Catalog: Fonds Charles Rieder
Data: https://opendata.swiss/dataset/photographs-of-valais-by-charles-rieder
Recordings about Valais life by Basile Tabin (1957-1994)
Photo : Grand Cortège Historique, Sion, 1899. By Charles Rieder, Médiathèque Valais – Martigny, used under CC BY
Le fonds Basile Tabin est l’un des 60 fonds sonores conservés à la Médiathèque Valais – Martigny. Le fonds a été déposé en 2000 à la Médiathèque Valais – Martigny. Il est constitué d’une trentaine d’enregistrements sonores, sur bandes magnétiques, et enregistrés par Basile Tabin (1904-2000) – chasseur de son actif en Valais jusqu’aux années 1990 dans la région de Sierre. Il contient en particulier des enregistrements à caractère ethnographique : captation de pièce de théâtre, de musique -essentiellement populaire – et un entretien sur support DAT avec Basile Tabin, alors âgé de 90 ans, qui revient sur ses souvenirs de famille.
Source: Mediatheque Valais - Martigny
Online Catalog: Fonds Basile Tabin
Data: https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/recordings-by-basile-tabin-about-valais
Postcards from Valais (1890-1950)
Photo : Postcard representing Monthey. Musées cantonaux du Valais – Musée d’histoire, used under CC BY
A collection of 3900 postcards from Valais. Some highlights are churches, cable cars, landscapes and traditional costumes.
Source: Musées cantonaux du Valais – Musée d’histoire
Data: https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/postcards-from-valais-1890-1950
Gietro Collection
Lettre du Préfet d'Entremont au Conseiller d'Etat au département des ponts et chaussées. 1863.
Historical Documents about the Gietro Glacier Catastrophe which killed 38 persons in 1818.
Source: Archives de l'Etat du Valais
Metadata: IIIF Manifests
Metadata from the Valais Archive
Description of the collections of Valais State Archive.
Source: Archives de l'Etat du Valais
Online Catalog: https://scopequery.vs.ch/suchinfo.aspx
Data: https://opendata.swiss/dataset/metadata-valais-state-archive
Other Datasets that are related to the 2019 mix'n'hack
Photo by Les amis du patois d'Hérémence, Médiathèque Valais - Martigny, used under CC BY
The Mediatheque Valais has digitized many images, recordings and films about Valais. However most of them are still under copyright and therefore not freely usable. During the hackathon, it will be possible to discuss with the collections manager to see what is possible to do. For example :
88 recordings about Valais Patois
155 movies about the daily life in Valais (1930-1978)
405 Posters about Valais
On top of that, two other collections might be useful for the hackathon
Artothèque : the Mediatheque has a lendable collection of Artworks
Metadata of the 700'000+ documents from Mediatheque Valais - Sion
Aerial Photographs Eduard Spelterini
Between 1890 and 1910 Eduard Spelterini (1852-1931) undertook a number of travels by balloon over Switzerland and other countries. While doing this, he took photographs from above. Pictures from a bird’s eye view from this time are very rare, so this collection is an important contribution to historical research.
Data: https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/bildersammlung-eduard-spelterini
Rainer Maria Rilke Manuscripts
A lot of manuscripts, letters and pictures from the famous poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke, who spent the end of his life in Valais.
Data: https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/handschriften-rainer-maria-rilke
Organizers
The event was organized by the OpenGLAM CH Working Group of the opendata.ch association, with contributions from:
| Organization Committee | |
|---|---|
| Opendata.ch | |
| Beat Estermann, coordinator of the OpenGLAM Working Group | |
| Valérie Hashimoto, project coordinator | |
| Oleg Lavrovsky | |
| Frédéric Noyer (co-lead programme committee) | |
| Museomix.ch | |
| Charlotte Mader (co-lead programme committee) | |
| Opendata.ch / Basel University Library | |
| Lionel Walter (lead dataset team) | |
| infoclio.ch | |
| Enrico Natale | |
| Les Arsenaux | |
| Damian Elsig | |
| Michael Ravedoni | |
| State Archives of Valais | |
| Alain Dubois | |
| Cantonal Museums of Valais | |
| Pascal Ruedin | |
Sponsors / Supporting Organizations
The GLAMmix'n'hack was made possible by financial and/or in kind contributions from Les Arsenaux, Médiathèque Valais, the State Archives and Cantonal Museums, Museomix.ch, Wikimedia CH and infoclio.ch, the City of Sion, pour-cent culturel Migros, Engagement Migros, the Ernst Göhner Stiftung, and the members of the Friends of OpenGLAM Network.
