Transcribathon Athens 2018
Our very first Greek Transcribathon!
30 Partipants and over 1 million characters transcribed in historic Athens, what an incredible experience with such a dedicated group of transcribers!
Over the Transcribathon Athens 2018, which took place in Athens from Wednesday 9th May to Friday 18th May 2018, participants competed in small, intergenerational teams to transcribe and annotate as much as they could. Each team was assigned specially-selected Greek documents from the First World War.
After 9 full days of transcribing Greek documents, participants of the Transcribathon Athens congregated once more in the National Historical Museum of Greece for the event's Grand Finale.
We had a truly wonderful mix of school and university students, cultural heritage professionals and interested citizens taking part. The 30 participants (together as 7 teams) passed the finish line with over 1, 100, 000 transcribed characters and 769 documents behind them! What an amazing triumph!
An especially big congratulations goes to our overall Top Transciber, Paraskevas Dimitropoulos, and the following winning teams:
- Athens2 in the category Transcription
- Athens1 in the category Enrichment
- Athens5 in the category Presentation
The Transcribathon Athens is hosted by the National Historical Museum of Greece, in cooperation with Europeana, Facts & Files and PostScriptum S.A., as a contribution to the ICOM International Museum Day 2018.
Ο πρώτος Ελληνικός Μαραθώνιος Μεταγραφής!
Πάνω από 30 συμμετέχοντες πήραν μέρος στην μεταγγραφή 1 εκατομμυρίου χαρακτήρων στην Αθήνα και ανακαλύψαν κρυμμένες ιστορίες από την Ελλάδα που γράφτηκαν πριν από 100 χρόνια!
- Athens2 στην κατηγορία Μεταγραφη
- Athens1 στην κατηγορία Εμπλουτισμός
- Athens5 στην κατηγορία Παρουσίαση
An the winners are teams: Athens2, Athens1 and Athens5 in the categories Transcription, Enrichments and Presentation. Big hand to all participants of the Athens #Transcribathon 2018 who jointly transcribed over 1100000 characters of 769 documents. Congratulations! @Europeana1914 pic.twitter.com/jeCvmS0li4
— Transcribathon (@transcribathon) May 18, 2018
Transcribathon in Athens 🙂 🙂 🙂 https://t.co/cJOEEM8hjl pic.twitter.com/S3VKJNy3lR
— DigitalMeetsCulture (@digitalMculture) May 9, 2018
The presentations were really amazing. One team even found the original diary, which they were transcribing. @europeana1914 @ffhistorians @PostScriptumGR #nhmuseumgr #IMD2018 pic.twitter.com/DraHJLAaz7
— Transcribathon (@transcribathon) May 18, 2018
On Wednesday 9th May the starting guns will go off for the first Greek Transcription Marathon - Transcribathon Athens! The race will run for 9 full days until 18th May. Get on your marks and let the games begin! https://t.co/ocAy542IN4
— The British School at Athens (@BSAthens) May 16, 2018