Virtual Guide MM vs Lingscape

The virtual guide to the KZ Gedenkstätte Mauthausen | Mauthausen Memorial offers an overview of the history of the Mauthausen/Gusen concentration camp system. Between 1938 and 1945 approximately 190,000 people from more than 40 countries were imprisoned in the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps or one of the subcamps. At least 90,000 were murdered there. Today, the Mauthausen Memorial is an international place of remembrance and a centre of historical and political education. The virtual guide is organised in location-based modules and new modules are added regularly. Content: • Audio guides • Historic points of interest • Contextualisation of monuments and places of remembrance • Practical information • Contemporary aerial images with GPS navigation • Historic aerial images Please note that certain areas in which points of interest are located may be situated on private property. In such cases, the Virtual Guide text will draw your attention to this. Please respect the rights of property owners!

Have you ever wondered how many signs you pass on your daily way to work? In which languages these signs are lettered? And how language in public space changes over time? Welcome to Lingscape! Writing is everywhere in public space. All different kinds of signs and lettering form the linguistic landscape of a place or community. Often these signs display different languages, be they on the same sign or next to each other. Lingscape is an app for researching such linguistic landscapes all over the world. Therefore we collect photos of signs and lettering on an interactive map. Our main objectives: First, we want to analyze the diversity and dynamics of public writing. And second, we want to do that together with people all from over the world. You can help us to collect as many photos as possible. Upload your own photos or explore the map with all photos added by other users. Share photos you like with your friends. Become part of our crowd research team by contributing to our project. Citizen science meets linguistic landscaping, or short: Lingscape!