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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.

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Participation in Social Health Protection: An Anthropological Case Study in Tanzania

This project calls for a broad view of social health protection, comprising health care funding and people’s ubiquitous but less visible strife for participation in self-organized groups and networks.
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WordWeb / IDEM: A new way of representing Intertextuality in Drama of the Early Modern Period

WordWeb/IDEM offers an innovative digital database for representing intertextuality in the drama of Shakespeare’s time.
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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.
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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.
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I-GEOARCHive

I-GEOARCHive provides geoarchaeological data and images (profile photos, thin section scans, microscope photos, layer descriptions, mortar and ceramic samples, etc.) from various archaeological sites.
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Postkarten Russland

The project makes an extensive collection of Russian postcards public which is held by the Chair of Eastern European History at the University of Basel.
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University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project

Assessment of tombs in the Kings’ Valley used for burials of royal family and entourage (ca. 1350 BCE), looted (ca. 1000 BCE), and reused for burials of members of priestly families (ca. 800–700 BCE).
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Historische-Kritische Gottfried Keller Ausgabe (HKKA)

Gottfried Keller (1819-1890) gehört zu den grossen Autoren des Realismus. Die eHKKA ediert Kellers Gesamtwerk: Seine Romane, Novellen, Gedichte, Tagebücher und Briefe.
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Decolonizing Socialism: Entangled Internationalism. An Intersectional Study of Cold War Projects from East Germany in Cinema and Cybernetics with Relevance for the 21st Century

It aims to apply decolonial methods and to mobilize practice-based approaches to engage in the critical analysis of case studies of art practices from socialist geographies of the Cold War period.
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Briefwechsel von Leonhard Euler mit Condorcet und Turgot

Edition of the French-language correspondence between Leonhard Euler, the Marquis de Condorcet, and the statesman Turgot.
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« 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.
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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.