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Explore cutting-edge humanities research projects hosted on our platform. Each project represents a unique contribution to Swiss cultural heritage and academic knowledge.

Education and the European Digital Agenda: Switzerland, Germany and Sweden after 1970
This database documents the educational implications of technological change in information and communication technologies (ICT) between 1970 and 2000, focusing on political initiatives in Europe.

Fotoarchiv Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel is Switzerland’s oldest active art museum displaying contemporary art.

« Théâtre de société » (Age of Enlightenment - Second French Empire)
Théâtre de société is defined as a theater that is mainly or totally amateur, non-profit, practiced in private homes. The project concerns the study of this form of theater.

cache
cache is a hybrid publication tool for research groups in the humanities.

Le scénario chez Alain Tanner : discours et pratiques. Une approche génétique du récit filmique et des représentations de genre
Ce projet étudie, dans une perspective narratologique/genre studies, la genèse des scénarios des films d’Alain Tanner, ainsi que les discours sur cette question tenus par le cinéaste.

Die Bilderfolgen der Basler Frühdrucke: Spätmittelalterliche Didaxe als Bild-Text-Lektüre
An art-scientific monograph of the richly illustrated early prints in Basel - the most important center of early letterpress printing in the territory of present-day Switzerland.
Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg
Folk music enthusiasts gathered between 1972 and 1980 at the picturesque Lenzburg Castle. Discover the audio heritage of the legendary Lenzburg Folk Festival

Operative TV: Audiovisual Closed-Circuits from the Military to the Classroom, 1930s-1990s
The SNSF PRIMA project “Operative TV: Audiovisual Closed-Circuits from the Military to the Classroom, 1930s-1990s” studies the uses of TV in industrial, medical, educational and military contexts.

Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines
The Interactive Historical Atlas of the Disciplines aims to map data related to the history of academic disciplines and provides tools to visualize the evolution of disciplinary borders over time.

Life Histories of Theban Tombs
LHTT focuses on a cluster of tombs in the Theban Necropolis (Egypt). It investigates the evolution of the hillside and explores the history of the tombs from early 2nd mill. BCE to 20th c. CE.

Big Data in Agriculture: The Making of Smart Farms
This project contributes empirical evidence to the discussion of the opportunities and risks associated with smart farming.

Premiers théâtres romands
The project documents theatrical practices in the French-Swiss regions between the 15ᵗʰ and 16ᵗʰ c. It is a part of the SNSF project focused on versified public communication in French (15ᵗʰ-16ᵗʰ c.)