This project has the following aims:
- To build a semi-automated information digital platform as well as a comprehensive website and an accompanying mobile application. The design of these services will be based on iterative user design and testing. Besides being an aggregator for information about cultural events, the web platform will enable analysis of cultural events over time.
- To develop guidelines on creating digitally enhanced cultural events.
The project involves several types of collaboration. We will work with a selected number of partners involved in other subprojects, ranging from cultural institutions and municipalities. We are also exploring ways to collaborate with industrial partners to ensure the sustainability of the website and the mobile application. Moreover, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Linnaeus University will contribute with their expertise in different but still complementary disciplines, ranging from information science to design and media technology.
Furthermore, through the establishment of a research advisory group comprising experts from other universities, the project will bring together complementary institutional expertise, thereby collectively advancing the digital humanities landscape in Sweden. The project helps increase the public awareness of cultural events as well as helping make events digital. While focused on Småland, the model will have the potential to be used throughout Sweden and beyond.