Portugal Builds: a digital knowledge platform for the history of construction in Portugal 19th-20th centuries

ABSTRACT The study aims to discuss the procedures for the creation of an open access digital platform to the dissemination of historical findings on construction history in Portugal, from 19th to 20th centuries. Digital collections description is followed by the methodology used to set the platform structure and the adaptations introduced to consider the singularities of this new field of knowledge. The paper is illustrated with the first virtual exhibition allowing an evaluation of the platform’s potential and the limits at different levels of research in time and space, relating individual and collective actors, as well as concrete and abstract objects.摘要 本研究旨在探讨搭建开放获取数字平台的相关流程，该平台用于传播19至20世纪葡萄牙建筑史领域的历史研究成果。本文先对数字馆藏进行说明，随后介绍了搭建该平台架构所采用的方法论，以及为适配这一新兴知识领域的特殊性所做出的调整。本文以首个虚拟展览作为示例，可用于评估该平台在不同时空维度研究层面的潜力与局限，该展览关联了个体与集体行动者，同时涵盖具象与抽象对象。