Tainan Art History Platform: Digital Humanities Archive
A sophisticated digital humanities platform preserving Taiwan's artistic heritage from the Japanese colonial period (1927-1943). This bilingual platform transforms traditional academic research into an interactive web experience, featuring 50+ artworks from the Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition mapped across 22 historical Tainan locations. The innovative system includes multiple historical map overlays (1927, 1931, 1935), enabling users to explore art in its original geographic and temporal context while bridging academic scholarship with public accessibility.
The Challenge
Preserving Japanese colonial period art (1927-1943) faced critical challenges: fragmented historical records scattered across institutions, difficulty visualizing artworks in original geographic contexts, language barriers limiting international research, and traditional academic resources inaccessible to the public. The Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition archives needed digital transformation to prevent cultural loss.
Our Solution
Developed a sophisticated digital humanities platform using Next.js 15 with Payload CMS 3.x for bilingual scholarly content. The interactive map system features multiple historical overlays (1927, 1931, 1935 period maps), React Leaflet for spatial exploration, structured bilingual architecture (English/Traditional Chinese), MongoDB for scalable data management, and mobile optimization for field research and cultural tourism.
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