Hack Ur Culture is a platform that brings together GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) with creative minds and tech enthusiasts to foster collaboration and innovation using open cultural data.
It is a collaborative program between the Goethe-Institutes in Sub-Saharan Africa and the South African digital startup Credipple. Hack Ur Culture partners with institutions and organizations across the African continent that hold cultural collections, aiming to make information about cultural heritage accessible in a reliable and meaningful way.
Awareness
Virtual Experiences and Virtual Merchandising
Archive and Collection
Edutainment
African Heritage Highway (Social Media Challenge)
Applicants from across Africa
Participating Countries
Entrants split up into 40 self-organised teams
Teams participated in a three-week-long hackathon
Winning teams
Kirsten Naidoo
Head of Publishing at Landfall
Tshepo Tshabalala
Project Manager and Team Leader at London School of Economics and Political Sciences