See the video testimonial by Orsolya Réthelyi, Alexandra Anders and Dániel Veress, members of the ELTE Living Pasts team
In 2023, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and Utrecht University (UU) started to plan a new collaboration based on cultural heritage and digital humanities. The main objective of the project was to adapt at ELTE the ‘Living Pasts’ course, a challenge-driven and research-based approach of the digital humanities offered by UU, open to students from all faculties of their university (https://livingpasts.com/).
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The first step was a workshop organised by UU in Utrecht in September 2023. A delegation from the Faculty of Humanities of ELTE were joined by a colleague from Montpellier University and the University of Barcelona.
During two days the group was introduced to the ‘Living Pasts’ course. The discussions with colleagues and in particular the Living Past seminar where UU students presented their preliminary prototypes convinced the members of the ELTE delegation that it would be worthwhile to adapt this challenge-based pedagogical method of the Living Pasts course at ELTE.
The second workshop of the unfolding project was organised by ELTE Faculty of Humanities in Budapest on 14 and 15 December 2023. Three colleagues represented the Living Pasts team from UU, ELTE colleagues were present from different faculties, but also students and external stakeholders, colleagues from museums and archives joined the workshop.
During the two-day workshop participants discussed the potential and practical aspects of adapting and hybridising the Living Pasts course with UU and ELTE colleagues, academics, digital humanities experts and heritage professionals from Budapest. External stakeholders, such as the Budapest City Archives, were also involved in the emerging collaboration.
During the workshop the group visited the Budapest archives to get to know the institution and the work that goes on there. The Municipality of Budapest and the Department of Urban Planning were also invited, and this institution was represented by the Chief Architect of Budapest.
The workshop was closed with a short ‘Field Trip’, a guided walk on the planned site that will be the focus of the course in 2024, the City Wall of Budapest where the archaeological, historical and cultural aspects were discussed. The workshop provided an inspiring step in the international academic cooperation within CHARM-EU and preparations for the Living Pasts course at the ELTE in September.
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See this video about the Living Pasts project in Utrecht
Read this article about the collaboration between UU and ELTE
Read the report of Orsolya Réthelyi, coordinator of the ELTE team about the trip to UU
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- On the CHARM-EU challenge-based learning methodology see section 2.1 of the CHARM-EU Pedagogical Guidelines
- Regarding CHARM-EU Mobility solutions, please consult pp. 23–24 of the CHARM-EU Teaching and Learning Strategies Handbook
- When organising workshops, we recommend you use the Design Thinking approach
- To get support in your work, please contact your local CHARM-EU Office and experts
