Fans of history, the Saint-Sauveur district and technology, here is a captivating video that you are sure to enjoy. Dale Gilbert therefore proposes a new historical conference entitled Saint-Sauveur: the street of a popular district. We owe this innovative project to the team from Interferences, arts and technologies.

The official launch took place last Thursday as part of Printemps Saint-Sauveur.

A historic dive into the neighborhood

The operation of this work is simple. With the slider it is possible to move the image 360 ​​degrees. A simple finger or mouse movement and you’re done. In this way, viewers can fully immerse themselves in the conference and discover the different elements proposed by Dale Gilbert.

The historian and lecturer presents the history of the working-class area of ​​the lower town from the time of New France to the beginning of the 21st century.

The designers of the project Saint-Sauveur: the street of a popular district Invite people to change the settings of the video to play it in 8K or in HD depending on the optimal capacity of the device used.

From 1608 to 2022

In four 15-minute episodes, historian Dale Gilbert takes us through just over 400 years of history in the Saint-Sauveur district.

He returns to Samuel de Champlain’s original desire to found a city on the banks of the Saint-Charles River before choosing the Cap Diamond sector for founding Quebec.

We also come back to the construction of wealthy villas and country houses in the sector now occupied by the Saint-Sauveur district. This was before the creation of the village of Boisseauville, which took the name of Saint-Sauveur in 1872.

Dale Gilbert is also interested in the development of many communities in the 20th century. Their numbers have gradually declined since the 1990s.

The historian also looks at the impact of modernism and the development of the suburbs, which will ensure a large exodus after World War II.

Finally, Dale Gilbert adds that the neighborhood has regained vitality in recent years and its population has been increasing for a number of years.

partner

Interferences, Arts and Technologies signs this production. This organization uses technology to create recordings of impeccable technical and visual quality. He produced this video in collaboration with the Rendez-vous d’histoire de Québec. The organization originally launched the project in 2019. This initiative then benefited from the funding Digital Accelerator awarded by the Cultural Council of Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches.

The Cultural Development Agreement between the City of Québec and the provincial government and the Canada Council for the Arts provided financial support for its realization.

The four parts of the conference “Saint-Sauveur: The road to a popular neighborhood” are now available on YouTube. Here are some the first segment.

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