Projects FH Potsdam at a glance

Inter...what? Intersectionality! A Visual Introduction

What is intersectionality? How are discrimination and privilege related? What does intersectional discrimination mean? These questions are answered in the web-based article "Inter...was? Intersektionalität! – Eine visuelle Einführung" answers them. With a combination of text, animated illustration and interactive data visualisation, it offers an introduction to the socially relevant topic of…

Topography of Violence

Research cooperation with the Jewish Museum Berlin on the visualisation of anti-Semitic acts of violence between 1930 and 1938

VIDAN: Visual and Dynamic Arrangements of Messages

VIDAN develops innovative interaction and visualisation techniques for presenting and exploring complex data

SoNAR (IDH): Interfaces to Data for Historical Social Network Analysis and Research

Project to investigate and demonstrate a research technology for historical network analysis

Reading Traces: Visualising Fontane's Reference Library

Research collaboration with the Theodor Fontane Archive in Potsdam.

Close-Up Cloud: An Experimental Visualisation for Exploring Image Collections

The Close-Up Cloud presents a visualisation approach that questions the separation of overview and detail. The iconographic details of images are summarised to reveal visual patterns in a collection and stimulate exploration through the holdings.

Visualisation of Bibliographic Data and Content

Cooperation with the German National Library to research interactive visualisations of a comprehensive bibliographic collection

Design "0̶8̶1̶5̶ "

In the "Design nicht 0815" project, the curricula of the design degree programmes at FH Potsdam are being further developed with the aim of integrating central competences for the digitally shaped world of work.

COINS: Visualisation of a Numismatic Collection

In this project, we explore the potential of dynamic arrangements of a comprehensive coin collection based on different facets such as origin, material type, period, weight and size. The resulting layouts push the boundary between the physical display of coins and the representation of abstract data patterns that characterise the collection.