Historypin was launched in 2011, after two years of R&D and beta testing, with a mission to help bring people together, from across different generations and cultures, to share and explore the history of their communities…
4 Major Efforts to Share European Cultural Heritage
This winter has seen a flurry of activity around a number of projects related to Europeana content, and the incredible work of partners across Europe helping to increase the discovery and reuse of European cultural heritage.
‘The simple habits and reciprocities of everyday life.’
This is how David Halpern describes the focus of work that examines and values the role of social capital in our communities. …
Can One Story Change the World?
Jon Voss of Historypin.org presents “Can One Story Change the World?” at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia.
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Citizen Science and Mobile Phone Cameras as Tools for Monitoring World Heritage
Early research on a proposed project to combine citizen science techniques and photo gathering to examine and monitor the aging …
Historypin share their top tips
Historypin is a suite of online tools designed to help museums, libraries and community groups share their collections of archived materials (e.g. historic photos) with as wide an audience as possible…
Research from Libraries, Archives & Museums on Historypin
We’re fortunate to work with many cultural heritage partners who are putting a lot of thought and research into the ways they can share their collections with the world, from physical exhibitions to digital engagement strategies, and everything in between…
Unconditional Leadership
David Robinson eloquently and honestly distils 35 years experience of starting and building inspiring local, national and international charities and social enterprises, drawing out lessons on unleashing people’s potential that have application across business and government.
Society of American Archivists Keynote
Jon Voss, Strategic Partnerships Director at Historypin, during opening plenary of the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 9, 2012. This is audio of the talk together with slides.
Before it’s too late
There is always someone in the family that knows everything, who recognises every face in every old picture, who could tell you where they were taken and what the occasion was, who could narrate an old family film to within an inch of its life…
The end of volunteering
People supporting their communities and making meaningful contributions to society without being paid is something that we all want loads …
The Participatory Museum
When real change comes, it doesn’t come from any one place. It emerges, gradually, from many different places all at once…
Historypin: Libraries, Archives & Museums Sharing Content
Nick talking at Stanford University on Historypin: Libraries, Archives & Museums Sharing Content.
Enjoyable things for local communities to do together
The After the Riots report from the Riots Communities and Victims Panel was a really good example of how to emerge …
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LODLAM State of Affairs
Article on the community evolving around Linked Open Data in libraries, archives and museums. Jon Voss
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Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data on the Web
This paper examines how a cultural, technological, and legal environment is enabling a growing ecosystem of open historical data. Published …
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Pinning Reading’s History: Evaluation Report
Analysis of the social impact of Pinning Reading’s History, a project in Reading, UK, with data and analysis from the …
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Impact Infographic
Depiction of the social impact of Pinning Reading’s History, a project in Reading, UK, with data and analysis from the …
Opinion: Considering SOPA in Cultural Heritage
I’m guessing you’ve already heard of the two bills that have been introduced before Congress in the United States, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House…
Mapping in the 4th dimension TEDxNHH
Nick talks atTEDx NHH, hosted by the Historypin Norwegian School of Economics, in Bergen.
Funding Historypin
Sincethe launch of Historypin in New York July this year, we’ve been blown away by people’s response to it…
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The State of Intergenerational Relations
Infographic illustrating the growing inter-generational divide, the growing ageing population, and prevalence of loneliness amongst the elderly. Tori Flower and …
Smithsonian Institution talk on Linked Open Data
Jon Voss addresses the Smithsonian Institute and explores the fundamental elements of Linked Open Data and discover how rapidly growing access to metadata within the world’s libraries, archives and museums is opening exciting new possibilities for understanding our past, and may help in predicting our future.
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Reconnecting
Paper exploring new methods in behaviour change. David Robinson