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Talking Transcription: How Do We Ensure Quality?
In ‘Talking Transcription’ we discuss the particular methodological challenges or moments of interest that arise from the early stages of this project as we work our way through the correspondence of Maria Carolina. In this first entry we discuss the standards we adhere to during the editing process of the letters of Maria Carolina.
Mountains without Borders – An Introduction to the Project Team
A multinational topic calls for a multinational team.
The Two Marias - In Search of an Unlikely Link
In April 1792, an Austrian countess run away from her husband and child and eventually found herself living on the American frontier. Could Maria Carolina have something to do with this series of tumultuous events? And could her letters help unlock answer about one of the most interesting lives of the eighteenth century?
Project Launched!
In October 2018 the Changing Social Representations of Political Order project officially began.Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and based at the University of Innsbruck, the project will create a critical online edition of the letters of Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples from 1768 to 1814.
A Life Full of Writing
Maria Carolina reached for the quill and ink as she fell gravely sick; she kept a daily diary for most of her adult life in addition to her Reflections on current affairs; she penned thousands of letters to relatives, friends, and advisers over the course of her lifetime. It was indeed a life full of writing.
Digitised Iconography – Political Communication via Portraits and Monuments ca. 1800
Beginning this month, team member Giovanni Merola will embark on a year-long project sponsored by the Swarovski Foundation entitled Digitised Iconography – Political Communication via Portraits and Monuments ca. 1800. It seeks to deepen our understanding of political symbology at the court of Naples and to explore how this symbolism was communicated to and from other European courts.
When Maria Carolina Met the ‘Coronavirus’ of 1812
Following the global pandemic of COVID-19 and millions under lockdown across the world, we felt it necessary to tell the story of when Maria Carolina met the 'Coronavirus' of 1812.
Lost Letters of Maria Carolina Found in Local School Elli
After reading about Maria Carolina's quarantine in the local Bezirksblätter, several school pupils make an unexpected find...