NHDP at E-Science Days in Heidelberg
From March 27-29, the Heidelberg E-Science Days 2019: "Data to Knowledge" will take place at the Neue Universität. On Thursday,
Intern Charlotte von Waitz supports Nepal Team
Recently our new intern Charlotte von Waitz started her work with NHDP in Nepal.During her two-month internship at NHDP she is participating in the data gathering about phalcās (public resthouses) and ethnographic research about their usage by the local communities. Charlotte is a B.A. student o…
NHDP film portrait on television
In December 2018, shortly after its launch, the project was getting attention from "Campus TV". The German television station produced a film portrait, that was broadcasted on German TV in December 2018 and is now available with English subtitles. The film portrait features project leader Prof. …
Prof. Brosius at SOAS Conference
NHDP project leader Prof. Christiane Brosius participates at the conference "Epicentre to Aftermath. Political, Social and Cultural Impacts of Earthquakes in South Asia", hosted by the South Asia Institute of SOAS, University of London on 11-12 January. Besides her talk under the title "Art as p…
Project Launch and joint fieldwork
The Heidelberg team and all staff members in Nepal joined forces to launch the project and begin the process of documentation in Kathmandu / Patan. Architects, draftsmen, photographers, anthropologists, philologists, digital humanities staff, and historians conducted field-work together with pro…