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A joint project of NIOD (historical research) and Meertens Institute (technology) Develop a framework to describe political cartoons systematically Enhance understanding of crowdsourcing Gain insight into propaganda in periods of crisis and war and into the development of political culture by using political cartoons Make political cartoons accessible and explorable URL: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/vova/
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Radical Poli*cal Representa*on Crowdsourcing and searching historical
poli3cal cartoons
Workshop Public-‐Private Ini6a6ves in Digital Humani6es NIAS, Wassenaar 21-‐22 March 2013
Kees Ribbens (NIOD) Rob Zeeman (MI) Junte Zhang (MI/NIOD)
Radical Poli3cal Representa3on Highlights
A joint project of NIOD (historical research) and Meertens Ins6tute (technology)
Develop a framework to describe poli6cal cartoons systema6cally Enhance understanding of crowdsourcing
Gain insight into propaganda in periods of crisis and war and into the development of poli6cal culture by using poli6cal cartoons Make poli6cal cartoons accessible and explorable
URL: h(p://www.meertens.knaw.nl/vova/
Maarten Meuldijk (1894-‐1972)
People & Fatherland Na6onal Socialist weekly (1933-‐1945)
Volk en Vaderland 28 March 1941
Volk en Vaderland 28 maart 1941
Crowdsourcing
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Born Before 1950 9 Between 1950 -‐ 1969 26 Between 1970 -‐ 1989 35 Between 1990-‐2013 11
Average age 42.9 Youngest volunteer 19 Oldest volunteer 81
Provinces of residence Noord-‐Holland, Zuid-‐Holland, Utrecht 49 Gelderland, Flevoland, Overijssel 13 Zeeland, Noord-‐Brabant, Limburg 9 Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe 6 Abroad 4
Gender Men 49 Women 32
Volunteers (N = 81): some facts
Highest level of educa3on
LBO / VBO / VMBO / MAVO / (M)ULO 3 HAVO / HBS / VWO / MBO 11 HBO 21 WO 46
Amount of historical knowledge
‘Very large’ 20 ‘Large’ 42 ‘Average’ 18 ‘Litle’ 1
h]p://www.meertens.knaw.nl/vova/search/
What is the most important topic of the cartoon?
Social themes 85 Military themes 84 Economy 75 Poli6cs 68 Race 27 Culture 20 Religion 18
Which professions are represented?
Poli6cians 7 Workers 31 Military 17 Civil servants 6 Journalists 6 Businessmen 6 Clergymen 5
Which sec3ons of the popula3on are represented most oHen?
Poor and needy 30 Elite 19 Wealthy ci6zens 8 Jews 21 Men 23 Women 5 Children 7 Elderly 3
Representa3ves of which poli3cal ideologies are shown?
Bolsheviks or Communists 28 Marxists 6 Social Democrats 42 Socialists 41 Catholics 26 Protestants 12 Chris6ans 2 Democrats 14 Na6onaal Socialists 13
Going a step further: In what degree do people with li]le contextual/background knowledge find a
cartoon representa6ve of Nazism?
Going a step further: In what degree do people with academic degrees and a lot of background
knowledge find a cartoon representa6ve of Nazism?
Expecta6ons and future scenarios
