Fresco on the facade of the former residence of Hans Jakob Fugger in Augsburg | Rijksmuseum
New source collections aggregated by Photoconsortium are accessible on Historiana.
The source collection “Fighting for Gender Rights: From Self-Portrait to Metamorphosis” comprises materials showcasing women experimenting with roles and transformations historically imposed on them by society. By the 1970s and 1980s, self-portraits had become tools that enabled women to redefine themselves through acts of transformation.
The source collection “Banská Bystrica” features photos by Promoter Digital Gallery on Europeana. It offers insights into the history of the Banská Bystrica region as a flourishing mining center since 1255. Today, the mines and mining villages of the region play a significant role in promoting the country’s mining history and heritage, particularly in light of a new wave of cultural tourism.
The collection “Shrines to Saint Michael across Europe“ features materials about the ley line believed to connect several shrines dedicated to Saint Michael. This line is often said to align in a straight path, symbolically representing a sword.
Finally, the collection “The Fuggers“ features materials about the Fuggers, a family of bankers and merchants who had significant influence over much of Europe’s economy in the 15th and 16th centuries. Their immense wealth, amassed particularly from trading metals from Hungarian and Tyrolean mines, allowed them to quietly influence the most crucial social changes of the era.
From this collection, Photoconsortium developed two e-learning activities as tools for teachers to enhance classroom interaction and learning experiences. The first activity, Meet Jakob Fugger “the Rich”, explores the controversial figure of Jakob Fugger, one of the richest men who ever lived, using a narrative and storytelling approach. The second activity, Meet the Fugger Family, explores the history of the family with a historiographic approach.
These educational resources are available in both English and Italian, ensuring that a wider audience can benefit from the insights and historical context provided by the Fugger collection.
Historiana is an on-line educational multimedia tool that offers students multi-perspective, cross-border and comparative historical sources to supplement their national history textbooks. It is co-funded by the European Union and is part of the satellite networks of Europeana, the European digital library. With plenty of ideas and ready-to-use learning resources, Historiana helps teachers in reusing open access cultural heritage materials online for boosting their lessons, or engaging their students in an innovative way.
