Portugal Builds: a digital knowledge platform for the history of construction in Portugal 19th-20th centuries

ABSTRACT

The study aims to discuss the procedures for the creation of an open access digital platform to the dissemination of historical findings on construction history in Portugal, from 19^th to 20^th centuries. Digital collections description is followed by the methodology used to set the platform structure and the adaptations introduced to consider the singularities of this new field of knowledge. The paper is illustrated with the first virtual exhibition allowing an evaluation of the platform’s potential and the limits at different levels of research in time and space, relating individual and collective actors, as well as concrete and abstract objects.

KEYWORDS:
Digital collections; Digital history; Public history; Construction history; Social network analysis; Portugal