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Multimodal History – Convergence of Text, Image, Diagram and Virtual Space

Christian Wachter – How can images reshape the way historians produce and share knowledge? What happens when we rethink the interplay between text and image, or even explore immersive formats like virtual reality? These questions were at the heart of a recent workshop on Multimodal History at the Center for Theories in Historical Research. This post offers a brief account of key contributions and reflects on the epistemic potential of multimodality in historical scholarship.

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On the Precipice of the Digital Cliff: Christian Wachter‘s Geschichte digital schreiben: Hypertext als non-lineare Wissensrepräsentation in der Digital History

Ethan Kleinberg – I should start by making clear that I am no expert on Digital History, hyper-text, or media theory. I have, however, been thinking about the Digital for some time now so this is not totally unfamiliar territory.