Atlascine has been used in a variety of research and pedagogical projects in domains such as Oral History, Cartography, Memories of Places, Genocide Studies and Art History. More than 150 stories and interviews have already been mapped with Atlascine across different atlas projects. A selection of these are presented below. Feel free to use them as ressources for your own projects.
Atlas of Rwandan Exiles
This atlas traces video-recorded life stories of members of the Rwandan-Canadian diaspora. It offers new ways of transmitting, sharing and studying personal and collective stories, using place as an entry point.
La Ville Extraordinaire
Working with oral history and place-based research-creation methods, La Ville Extraordinaire foregrounds the urban knowledge of four diverse groups of older Montrealers. The project will culminate in an exhibition at the Centre des mémoires montréalaises, a new museum dedicated to living memory in a multicultural city.
Tell Me About Riopelle
This project maps 16 oral history interviews about the life and work of artist Jean-Paul Riopelle. This digital audiovisual archive deepens our understanding of the life and career of this world-renowned artist.
Intangible Heritage of Parc-Extension
A research project dedicated to mapping the memories and the intangible heritage of Parc-Extension, a diverse neighbourhood in Montreal, that is experiencing rapid gentrification.
Buskers in the City
"This project examines the position of the itinerant entertainer or musician in the political economy of Montreal. Urban and social transformations are explored from the vantage point of this itinerant figure through the mapping of oral history interviews of buskers."