大浪淘沙見真金（上）| 看寧諾師生挖掘埋藏在歷史長河中的寶貴財富

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作為一直致力于保護、傳承寧波歷史文化的踐行者，寧波歷史數字人文項目的組員們正在經歷著一個繁忙而充實的暑期。就在上個月，項目組剛參加完2023海絲之路文化和旅游博覽會，向大眾展示了項目最新的研究成果。

寧波歷史數字人文項目由寧波諾丁漢大學發起，是一個圍繞寧波歷史開展主題研究的大型跨學科項目，其研究領域涵蓋地方歷史文化、氣候、文學、宗教、歷史地圖、歷史照片、城市形態、水資源管理、城市景觀等。

在本次海絲之路文化和旅游博覽會上，組員們攜相關項目成果，通過地理信息平臺（GIS），將文字、圖片、視頻、動畫、三維模型與歷史地理信息一一對應，并將數據以四維電子地圖的方式呈現，讓觀眾從多個角度進一步了解寧波的歷史文化。此外，項目組成員還通過攝影測量建模和激光掃描建模的方式將文物進行數字化復制，通過3D框架搭建數字博物館平臺。本次展覽中，作為一級珍貴文物的春秋戰國羽人劃船紋銅鉞便是通過該技術首次以數字形式呈現在大眾面前。

春秋戰國羽人劃船紋銅鉞（一級珍貴文物）數字形式

“寧波歷史數字人文項目的初衷是通過建立一個豐富可靠、權威專業的數據庫平臺，以數字化的方式重現寧波城市發展脈絡，把中英雙語研究資料開放給全球的學者和科研人員，用以研究寧波的發展。” 寧波諾丁漢大學圖書館館長閆春梅是該項目的發起人，據她介紹，一些具有文化意義的人文歷史景觀由于沒有得到妥當的保護和處置，很容易消失在城市化建設的進程中，從而被時間的長河抹去。通過數字技術保存古時寧波各類地點的位置、老照片、文獻日志等信息，最終便能形成一份寧波古代版的“高德地圖”，為后人呈現出歷史歲月中寧波老城的模樣。

今年年初，在中國人民大學信息資源管理學院、中國人民大學數字人文研究中心與中國索引學會數字人文專業委員會主辦的2022中國數字人文年會上，由謝景、龍騰文和唐郁婷三位寧波諾丁漢大學學者共同指導、寧波諾丁漢大學圖書館全力打造的寧波歷史數字人文項目獲優秀設計獎，項目組學生成員王超駒領銜的“魂瓶”數字化項目斬獲最佳青苗獎。

據寧波諾丁漢大學建筑與城市設計副教授謝景博士介紹，自2019年寧波歷史數字人文項目成立以來，已有來自國際事務與國際關系、國際傳播學、建筑學等多個專業的200余名學生參與到項目工作中。其中，有不少同學受益匪淺，最終成功跨進了牛津大學、劍橋大學等世界頂級學府的大門。

目前，以吳文博、賀鈺婷、王雅卓、李昕茗為代表的初代項目實習生已相繼畢業。下一期，我們將通過他（她）們的視角走進寧波歷史數字人文項目，去感受項目帶給他（她）們的成長，去體會寧波老城的魅力。

Ningbo History Digital Humanities project | unearthing valuable treasures buried in the history

Committed to preserving and perpetuating Ningbo's history and culture, the members of the Ningbo History Digital Humanities project are having a busy yet rewarding summer. Last month, the project team participated in the 2023 Maritime Silk Road Culture and Tourism Expo and publicised their latest research findings.

The Ningbo History Digital Humanities project is a large-scale interdisciplinary project that conducts themed research around Ningbo history. The research topics cover local history and culture, climate, literature, religion, historical maps, historical photos, city morphology, water management, urban landscape, and may be further expanded.

At the Maritime Silk Road Culture and Tourism Expo, the team members showcased their project outcomes using a Geographic Information System (GIS), aligning texts, images, videos, animations, and 3D models with historical and geographical data. The data were displayed in a four-dimensional electronic map format, enabling the audience to explore Ningbo's history and culture from various perspectives. Additionally, they digitised cultural artefacts using photogrammetric modelling and laser scanning and built a digital museum platform on a 3D framework. In this exhibition, the bronze axe with a rowing pattern, a first-class precious cultural relic from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, was digitally showcased for the first time through this technology.

"The goal of this project is to digitally recreate the progression of Ningbo by establishing a comprehensive, reliable, authoritative, and professional database platform. This platform offers bilingual research materials in Chinese and English for scholars and researchers worldwide to study Ningbo's development," said May Yan, Director of the Library of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), who initiated the project. As she explained, some culturally significant historical landscapes can quickly vanish in urbanisation without proper preservation and handling. By employing digital technology to safeguard information like the positions of diverse ancient Ningbo locales, old photographs, and documents, a contemporary version of the "Amap" of ancient Ningbo can be formulated, presenting the visage of the old city to future generations.

At the 2022 China Digital Humanities Conference, the Ningbo History Digital Humanities project, co-directed by three scholars from UNNC – Dr Jing Xie, Dr Tengwen Long and Dr Yuting Tang - and developed by the UNNC Library, won the Excellent Design Award; the "Soul Jar" digital project, led by the project team’s student member Chaoju Wang (under the guidance of Dr Xie), was awarded the Best Qingmiao Award.

According to Dr Xie, Associate Professor in Architecture and Built Environment at UNNC, since the inception of the Ningbo History Digital Humanities project in 2019, over 200 students from diverse programmes, including International Studies, International Communications, and Architecture, have participated in the project. Many of these students have derived immense benefits from the project, earning themselves places in prestigious universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.

Currently, the first batch of project participants, represented by Wenbo Wu, Yuting He, Yazhuo Wang, and Xinming Li, have graduated. In the next issue, we will delve into the Ningbo History Digital Humanities project from their perspectives, sharing the personal growth they have achieved through the project and revealing the allure of historic Ningbo.

圖文來源 | Patrick Cai, Elena Yang

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