Crowdsourcing
Posts about crowdsourcing, community participation, public contribution, and collaborative approaches to cultural memory and heritage knowledge.
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Crowdsourcing Historical Memory with TellHistory
TellHistory combined crowdsourced video memories with themes, timelines, and maps to place personal stories within larger historical contexts. Founders Alex Whitcomb and Sarah Hayes discuss how they lowered barriers to contribution, built participation, used social media…
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Cahokia Mounds and the This Place Matters Community Challenge
This appeal highlights Cahokia Mounds as both a World Heritage Site and a landscape still vulnerable beyond its protected boundaries. By connecting the National Trust’s This Place Matters campaign with the need to acquire threatened archaeological…
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Using GlobalGiving to Restore a Kullë House in Gjirokastra, Albania
Adventures in Preservation used the GlobalGiving platform to raise money and public attention for restoration training at a traditional kullë house in Gjirokastra, Albania. The campaign connected crowdfunding, social media, preservation education, and hands-on conservation in…
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Preserving Nicholson’s Past: Restoring an 1849 Railroad Station as a Community Center
In Nicholson, Pennsylvania, residents sought to rescue an 1849 railroad station and give it a new life as a community center. Josh Stull connects the threatened building with broader patterns of rural population loss, changing economies,…