Present and Absent: Exploring the Holocaust of Jews in Prague Using a Mobile Application

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Frankl, Michal - Mazánek, P. - Plzáková, A. - Schellenbacher, Wolfgang - Schreiberová, Z. - Světlík, L.
Present and Absent: Exploring the Holocaust of Jews in Prague Using a Mobile Application.
GI_Forum. Journal for geographic information. Roč. 8, č. 2 (2020), s. 14-28. ISSN 2308-1708
Grant CEP: GA TA ČR(CZ) TL01000366
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985921
Klíčová slova: Holocaust * Prague, Czech Republic * mobile application
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2020_02_s14

This paper discusses the goals, methodology and experience gained in the project ‘Integration and Segregation in Cityspace: The History of the Holocaust in Prague Through a Web Application’, funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. Using a mobile application, the project aims to overlay the current cityscape with extensive datasets on the Holocaust victims who were living in Prague before their deportation. By giving insights into working with the data, and by presenting the digitized material used and the technical development of the web application, the paper also hopes to contribute to future approaches for archival and educational GIS-based applications. Following an introduction to the spatial history of Jews in Prague, the article analyses the challenges at the crossroads of documentation and digitization, technology and user interface, as well as user interaction with data.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0314125