Creating a crowdsourcing system to collect information on everyday objects

Abstract

　In this presentation, we introduce the initiative to construct a crowdsourcing system to support collecting information on everyday objects and discuss its future development. In many parts of Japan, everyday objects have been collected and preserved as local historical and cultural materials. However, many have fallen into dead storage without being used for exhibitions or educational and academic activities. To solve this problem, the Academic Repository Network (Re*poN) has started a project to build a crowdsourcing system to collect information on everyday objects and held the first hybrid meeting in Shibetsu City in October 2022. The results showed that we could collect various information on local everyday objects through face-to-face and virtual gatherings of information providers from inside and outside the region. Furthermore, the importance of conducting events simultaneously with building and deploying an online crowdsourcing system was also recognized, leading to establishing the project's overall direction.