Linn, A. 2015. From Voss to New York: Norwegian transmigration to America and the use of virtual worlds in historical research. Historisk tidsskrift. 94 (2), pp. 229-255.
| Title | From Voss to New York: Norwegian transmigration to America and the use of virtual worlds in historical research |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Linn, A. |
| Abstract | The discipline of history has embraced the research opportunities offered by the rapid development in digital humanities over the past decade or so. Computer technology has enabled text mining and the analysis of large bodies of data to an extent that would have been impossible a generation earlier. The latest generation of interactive applications and user-generated content (‘Digital History 2.0’), however, allows for a different approach to presenting and researching the past. In the research project which underpins this article we use an online 3D virtual world not only to portray emigration from Norway to America but also to pioneer a new approach to historical research. |
| Keywords | Emigration, Norway, England, Virtual Worlds |
| Journal | Historisk tidsskrift |
| Journal citation | 94 (2), pp. 229-255 |
| ISSN | 0018-263X |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Universitetsforlaget AS |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.idunn.no/ht/2015/02/from_voss_to_new_york_norwegian_transmigration_to_america_ |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 18 Jun 2015 |
| Funder | AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) |