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Promoting Knowledge. The Origins of the Science System and the Making of Professional Structures in European States, 1700-1870 project image
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Promoting Knowledge. The Origins of the Science System and the Making of Professional Structures in European States, 1700-1870

The professionalization of science is often conceptualized as the exclusion of amateurs. We show on the contrary that this became only through the development of scientific culture and networks.

Contribution à une histoire de la culture cinématographique en Suisse : étude des activités de la Cinémathèque suisse entre 1951 et 1981 project image
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Contribution à une histoire de la culture cinématographique en Suisse : étude des activités de la Cinémathèque suisse entre 1951 et 1981

Ce projet étudie les activités de la Cinémathèque suisse de 1951 à 1981 et analyse la manière dont elle s'est construit une légitimité nationale et internationale en l'absence de salle de projection.

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Musiklexikon der Schweiz

Das MLS stellt fundierte Information über die AkteurInnen, Institutionen, Orte, Objekte und Phänomene zur Verfügung, die für die Musikgeschichte Schweiz über alle Sparten und Stile relevant sind.

U.D. Metzger – Handschrift eines Hinterglasmalers. Digitale Edition, Kommentar und Werkverzeichnis project image
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U.D. Metzger – Handschrift eines Hinterglasmalers. Digitale Edition, Kommentar und Werkverzeichnis

Die Handschrift Ulrich Daniel Metzgers (1671–1738) dokumentiert das Leben des Glasers und Hinterglasmalers und wirft Licht auf die Lebensumstände wandernder Künstler in der Barockzeit.

Le campane del Canton Ticino. Studio di un patrimonio materiale e immateriale project image
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Le campane del Canton Ticino. Studio di un patrimonio materiale e immateriale

Ricerca interdisciplinare sulle campane del Canton Ticino, come oggetti storici, artistici e musicali ma anche come mezzi di comunicazione per le comunitĂ , tramite specifici codici tradizionali.

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MARK16

MARK16 is a SNSF PRIMA project. It reassesses the diverse endings of the Gospel of Mark through manuscript data, available on its Virtual Research Environment ISSN 2673-9836, https://mark16.sib.swiss.

Fagottini and tenoroons: small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries project image
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Fagottini and tenoroons: small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries

The organological and musicological aspects of small-sized bassoons from the 18th and 19th centuries were the focus of a research team in Basel from 2017–2023.

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Gustave Roud, Complete works

This database is the accompaniment of the critical edition of Gustave Roud’s work. It hosts the digital facsimiles of Gustave Roud’s archive, which includes manuscripts and printed materials.

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Fotoarchiv Kunsthalle Basel

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

Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg project image
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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

Tall al-Hamidiya Online project image
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Tall al-Hamidiya Online

The Swiss excavations at Tall al-Hamidiya (NE Syria) revealed a 245-ha Late Bronze Age city. Architecture and texts make it likely that the site was Taidu, the royal residence of the Mitanni empire.

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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.)