In this blogpost, Gamze Saygi writes how we intend to use 3D digital modelling as a tool enabling a realistic snapshot of the historic urban life as it was experienced at the Bloemstraat.
Read MoreIn this blogpost, Marie Keulen, who was a student enrolled at the Honours programme, looks at several cityscapes in the catalogue Kijk Amsterdam of 18th century Amsterdam with a focus on one specific type of domestic work portrayed in several 18th-century cityscapes: the activities of washing, drying, and bleaching laundry.
Read MoreOn a quiet morning on the 14th of April, in the midst of the COVIC-19 lockdown, we set out to the Bloemstraat in the Jordaan area together with members of the 4D Research Lab to start scanning the facades of the buildings for a historical 3D reconstruction. In this blogpost Gamze Saygi explains why we did this and how this helps us analyse historic street life.
Read MoreBob gave a talk at Amsterdam’s Nerd Nite on how he studies everyday life in the streets of premodern Amsterdam. He discusses the challenges involved but also the wonderful results that have seen the light. This talk is now freely available via youtube.
Bob, local Dutchman, unravels the past of the common folk in pre-industrial Amsterdam. But this turns out to be more difficult than one would expect...
Ego-documents are a precious source when investigating someone’s life and personal circumstances. They give an interesting insight in an individual’s day to day life.
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