Research Project, 2015–2032

Alexander von Humboldt auf Reisen. Wissenschaft aus der Bewegung

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A project of the

Academy, since 1992

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Information

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Type
Edition
Acronym
AvH-R
Academy Project Websites
http://www.bbaw.de/forschung/avh-r
Running time
2015–2032
Status
Running
Funding
German Academies' Programme
Academy
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Location
Berlin Germany
Discipline
History Literary Studies

The academy project “Alexander von Humboldt auf Reisen. Wissenschaft aus der Bewegung” comprises the complete edition of Alexander von Humboldt’s manuscripts on the topic of travel at the interface of cultural and natural sciences. This includes travel journals, diaries, memoirs, publications in the countries and regions visited as well as correspondence. The focus of the project lies on the manuscripts of both the American and the Russian-Siberian travel diaries. Their edition will comprise eleven volumes, which will be published as both print and digital editions as part of a hybrid project. In addition, extensive material from the Humboldt legacy at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-PK and the Biblioteka Jagiellońska in Krakow is indexed and edited according to subject areas in separate material volumes. The digital edition of the project has been available online since autumn 2016, and since May 2017 under the title edition humboldt digital. In addition to the annotated transcriptions of the manuscripts of the estate, the edition humboldt digital publishes extensive research data on AvH chronology and on persons, places, and institutions in the context of Alexander von Humboldt’s work and impact.

Classification

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Temporal Classification
18. Century CE 19. Century CE
Spatial classification
Europe South America Caribbean Central Asia North America Russia
Research Objects
Bibliographic Listings Research Manuscript Metadata Named Entities Persons Text

Research Methods

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Research Activities
Conversion Discovering Gathering Transcription Programming Translation Web development Writing Annotating Editing Content Analysis Contextualizing Archiving Identifying Organizing Preservation Collaboration Commenting Communicating Publishing Sharing Meta: Project Management Meta: Teaching/Learning
Research Techniques
Georeferencing > Enrichment-Annotation Named Entity Recognition > Enrichment-Annotation; Analysis-Content Analysis Open Archival Information Systems > Storage-Preservation Durable Persistent Media > Storage-Preservation

Contact person for the academies' programme

Sebastian Zwies M.A.

Geschäftsstelle Mainz
Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2
55131 Mainz

Tel: 06131/218 528-17
E-Mail: sebastian.zwies@akademienunion.de