Linking Surinamese Heritage Data: Building a Community-Focused Platform

This poster presents the initial phase of a project that connects nineteenth-century historical data from Suriname with a citizen science approach, the Suriname Time Machine. The work focuses on gathering and structuring heterogeneous datasets from archival records held across various heritage institutions, including population registers, almanacs, images, and annotated historical maps. A central goal is to prepare these datasets so they support both scholarly research and exploration by (Dutch-)Surinamese communities. The project develops a scalable data model based on W3C standards and Linked Open Data principles. In a second phase, a user-friendly, multilingual interface will be created, building on an existing map-annotation environment and emphasising accessibility, clarity, and transparent provenance linked to the curating institution. The poster presents the current development stage, including early visualisation prototypes, and invites conference participants to engage with the publicly accessible prototype.