Workshop: Lunch and Learn on digital art history

Objects have stories: they are created and used, change owners and locations, undergo alterations, are researched, collected, restored, or imbued with new meanings. The concept of an “object biography” focuses on these transformations and the multifaceted relationships between objects, people, places, and events. But how can such complex object histories be represented and interconnected in a digital format?

This presentation introduces an approach to modeling digital object biographies developed within NFDI4Objects. Based on the CIDOC CRM, an event-oriented data model is being created to integrate heterogeneous research and collection data, while simultaneously providing transparency regarding diverse perspectives, uncertainties, and the provenance of information. Drawing on use cases from art and collection research, the presentation demonstrates how this model is implemented and tested within the virtual research environment WissKI—and explores the new possibilities this opens up for the interconnected documentation and study of cultural heritage.

You can access the session via Zoom; no registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84286572737?pwd=VrT2D61m8S2g1CCD6QlD3qVVgy8yCL.1.