The document summarizes a joint project between the NIOD (historical research institute) and the Meertens Institute (technology institute) to develop a framework to systematically describe historical political cartoons from a Dutch nationalist weekly newspaper published from 1933-1945. Volunteers were crowdsourced to annotate cartoons, providing insights into propaganda during times of crisis and war as well as political culture. Over 80 volunteers participated in the project, mostly highly educated Dutch residents representing a variety of ages, regions, and gender.
Radical political representation: crowdsourcing and searching historical political cartoons
1. Radical
Poli*cal
Representa*on
Crowdsourcing
and
searching
historical
poli3cal
cartoons
Kees
Ribbens
(NIOD)
Rob
Zeeman
(MI)
Junte
Zhang
(MI/NIOD)
Workshop
Public-‐Private
Ini6a6ves
in
Digital
Humani6es
NIAS,
Wassenaar
21-‐22
March
2013
2. 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/
8. Volunteers
(N
=
81):
some
facts
Provinces
of
residence
Noord-‐Holland,
Zuid-‐Holland,
Utrecht
49
Gelderland,
Flevoland,
Overijssel
13
Zeeland,
Noord-‐Brabant,
Limburg
9
Groningen,
Friesland,
Drenthe
6
Abroad
4
Born
Before
1950
9
Between
1950
-‐
1969
26
Between
1970
-‐
1989
35
Between
1990-‐2013
11
Gender
Average
age
42.9
Men
49
Youngest
volunteer
19
Women
32
Oldest
volunteer
81
9. 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