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Wherever I Lay My Hat is Home?: A Complex Case Study of Crowd-Sourcing, Coordination, and Cross-Platform Integration for Hosting Open Humanities Data Cover

Wherever I Lay My Hat is Home?: A Complex Case Study of Crowd-Sourcing, Coordination, and Cross-Platform Integration for Hosting Open Humanities Data

By: Mark Gotham  
Open Access
|Mar 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.456 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Jan 18, 2026
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Published on: Mar 9, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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