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Hypermedia Berlin

Hyperspace Berlin is an interactive set of maps, popup information screens containing text, critical essays documenting and analyzing critical people and places, architectural structures, and cultural moments in the history of Berlin. The earliest map is from 1237 and the latest is from 2003. Its purpose is to allow the author and others to teach the cultural history of Berlin without a textbook. Students can view Berlin in any...

Keywords:: geography, Berlin, cultural history, map

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Humanities / History / Area Studies / Europe / Germany and Central Europe

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Material Type:: Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 23, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 19, 2018
Authors:: Vergil Castelo, UCLA
Shawn Higgins, UCLA
Zoe Borovsky, UCLA
Todd Presner, UCLA, Department of Germanic Languages
Eugene Horikawa, UCLA
John Maciuika, CUNY-Baruch College
Stephen Davison, UCLA
Submitter:: Sue Patrick
Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Unknown
Accessibility Information Available:: Unknown
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Sue Patrick (Faculty)

13 years ago

I was playing with the site and found myself having a lot of fun tracing the history of particular features, such as Alexander Platz. It might be a wonderful way to introduce students to urban history.

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To experience everything, users have to turn off their popup blocker software.

Time spent reviewing site: I spent about an hour viewing the site tutorial and playing around with it.