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Public lantern lectures in the Netherlands 1880-1940: A dataset based on historical newspaper advertisements

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dc.creatorda Rocha Gonçalves, Dulce
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T12:24:54Z
dc.date.available2024-01-25T12:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe media history research project Projecting Knowledge aimed to investigate the use of the magic lantern in science communication and knowledge transmission in the Netherlands between 1880 and 1940. For my research within this project, I conducted a survey of digitised historical newspapers based on the expression met lichtbeelden, the phrase that was most used to describe the use of projection in public lectures. My goal was to understand the reach and prevalence of this phenomenon. This paper discusses the dataset I created from this survey. Using newspaper advertisements as a primary source enabled me to extract information systematically such as date, location, venue, speaker, title of lecture, and organiser. The dataset contains a total of 4,638 entries between 1880 and 1926, and a comparison sample of 83 entries between 1927 and 1940.The dataset provides evidence of the versatility of public lantern lecture in the Netherlands. From concert halls to countryside pubs, academics, celebrity speakers, and popular lecturers discussed not only scientific developments or pioneering expeditions but also mundane topics such as ‘How can one keep chickens and make a profit?’ Moreover, this paper underlines how structured data can be an important resource to historical research.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/21729
dc.identifier.urihttps://necsus-ejms.org/public-lantern-lectures-in-the-netherlands-1880-1940-a-dataset-based-on-historical-newspaper-advertisements/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/22959
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNECS
dc.publisher.placeMarburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectmedia historyen
dc.subjectdigital archivesen
dc.subjecthistorical newspapersen
dc.subjectlantern lectureen
dc.subject.ddcddc:700
dc.titlePublic lantern lectures in the Netherlands 1880-1940: A dataset based on historical newspaper advertisementsen
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local.coverpage2024-01-26T02:34:33
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://necsus-ejms.org/public-lantern-lectures-in-the-netherlands-1880-1940-a-dataset-based-on-historical-newspaper-advertisements/
local.source.epage385
local.source.issue2
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local.source.volume12
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