GLAMhack23
- GLAM
- Hackathon
Sign up now for the 9th Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon in Geneva.

29. – 30.09.2023 @ Musée d’ethnographie de Genève, Geneva, free
Colonial collections, provenance research and the application of the FAIR and CARE principles in data governance!
After putting our efforts into raising awareness about OpenGLAM among museums, encouraging projects which engage an audience, working with linked open data, machine learning, human-computer-interaction and crowdsourcing, the focus of the 2023 edition lie on colonial collections, provenance research, as well as the application of the FAIR and CARE principles in data governance.
As in the previous editions, all types of heritage institutions are encouraged to provide data and to participate in the hackathon; it is our goal to improve the networking among them, especially also across sectors (museums, archives, libraries). As in most previous editions, the hackathon will last two days, with an online and offline side programme in the weeks preceding the event to transfer know-how on specific topics and foster the exchange among the OpenGLAM community.
We will spend 2 to 2.5 days at the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG) in Geneva from 29 to 30 September.
The GLAMhack 2023 official program starts on Friday, but we are working on a possibility to participate in a side programme already on Thursday.
Pre-Events
Pre-Event 1: Monday 26th of June, 6 p.m.
Conference by: Brigitte Vézina
https://cvs5133.ergonet.host/b/iol-gdq-fbx-tst
Open access to cultural heritage: ethical issues
Cultural institutions fulfill the important task of making the digital cultural heritage publicly accessible. For a couple of decades they have made significant strides in digitizing and opening up their collections. However, at least in some cases, this process may come into conflict with the rights, values and interests of the original owners of the cultural property or associated communities – this is especially the case with sensitive cultural heritage. This webinar explains why it is important to continue the conversation about copyright and open access to cultural heritage, and how ethical concerns in dealing with sensitive, digital cultural heritage can be adequately addressed.
Pre-Event 2: Thursday 31st of August, afternoon
“Logiciels libres en Archives, Bibliothèques et Centres de documentation” https://libreabc.ch/
Pre-Event 3: In the week of 11th of September at 18:00, online
More infos soon!
On Thursday 28th September, afternoon
Workshop on colonial collections and archives in the library of MEG + brainstorming session on challenges
Hackathon Program
Main hackathon from Friday morning to Saturday evening. Note that the detailed programme is subject to change – please see the times are CEST / UTC +2. If you have any questions please contact Gaston Wey.
Friday, 29th September 2023 | Programm point |
08:30 – 09:00 | Check-in |
09:00 – 09:20 | Opening Session, the official start of the Hackathon |
09:20 – 09:40 | Ice Breakers |
09:45 – 11:00 | Presentation of Challenges / Idea Pitching |
11:00 – 12:00 | Group Creation – First Group Meeting |
12:00 – 13:00 | Noon Break |
12:00 – 18:30 | Work in groups |
18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner |
from 20:00-23:30 | Work in groups (“night shift”) |
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Saturday, 30th September 2023 | |
08:30 – 09:00 | Breakfast |
09:15 – 09:30 | Check-in |
09:30 – 09:45 | Welcome to Day 2 |
Work in groups | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
Work in groups | |
15:30 – 17:00 | Final Project Presentations |
17:00 – 18:00 | Apéro/End |
Organizers
This event is organized by the OpenGLAM CH Working Group of the opendata.ch association, with contributions from:
Organization Committee of the GLAMhack 2023 in Geneva | |
Opendata.ch | |
Gaston Wey (project coordinator 2023) | |
Lionel Walter (coaching, lead dataset team, supervisor) | |
Jonas Lendenmann (dataset team) | |
Dominik Sievi (dataset team) | |
MEG | |
Floriane Morin (coordinator, host) | |
Marina Berazategui (coordinator, host) | |
Grégoire de Ceuninck (coordinator, host, data manager) | |
infoclio.ch | |
Enrico Natale |
The event is also organized in collaboration with Open Science for arts, design and music (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Science_for_Arts,_Design_and_Music).

What else….
Watch the final video and the project presentations from the GLAMHack 2022 in Mendrisio.
Learn more about the first eight Open Swiss Cultural Data Hackathons.
In the meantime follow Opendata.ch on Twitter, LinkedIn.
Check out our website.
Check out our open GLAM Newsletter and Opendata.ch Newsletter.
Stay tuned for more or write to [gaston.wey at opendata.ch] for more information.
Curious about all things GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)? Check out our website.
We can’t wait to see and hack with you!
Torbjorn Toby Jorgensen, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons