Heritage Knowledge Explorer
Click Through Centuries: Forgotten Histories Reloaded
Company
Team
- Meixuan Liang
- Yunru Lin
My Contribution
- User testing
- Interactive knowledge mapping
- Visual search optimization
- Time-based exploration design
Overview
Nanjing's archives hold incredible stories of China's revolutionary past – but how do you get Gen Z to care about dusty old records? That was the challenge from Nanjing Cultural Bureau.
We took 1.6 million words of historical texts and turned them into something you can actually play with. My focus: making historical connections as intuitive as TikTok scrolling.
Here's how it works:
1. Time Slider: Drag to see how a site changed from 1927→2024
2. Bar Search: "Show protest routes" triggers instant maps
3. 3D Mind Map: Tap any person/event to see hidden links
Neo4j mapped relationships like social networks, paired with 3D gaming visuals. Teachers loved it – testers at Nanjing Normal University said it made history class feel like detective work!