OPEN HISTORY: Designing the Communication of Historical Knowledge Through the Web

by Giorgio Ruggeri


What forms can the communication of history take in the digital medium?

OPEN HISTORY explores emerging practices aimed at exploiting the World Wide Web as a space for popularising history. It questions the role of communication design in digital history projects by addressing issues concerning historical data access, visualisation, and interactive narration. A selection of history websites, ranging from online exhibitions to virtual museum tours, from temporal maps to interactive documentaries, illustrates how design-led digital history projects supplement, expand, and challenge conventional public history activities.