Author: athina
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Ethically Digital Contested Cultural Heritage in Digital Context
Ethically Digital Contested Cultural Heritage in Digital Context is a paper by Bijan ROUHANI, University of Oxford, explores existing approaches, guidelines, and principles in this field and examines a few digital heritage projects about contested heritage to identify potential ethical risks regarding access, control, dissemination, and the digital economy. Heritage has evolved over the past…
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ICOM’s Sharing is caring and Ecomuseums and Climate Change
Sharing is caring by ICOM is a dedicated space, where museum professionals exchange information, resources, and tools. You will find here a broad range of resources carefully curated by ICOM, including toolkits, documents, and research papers invaluable to all members. In order to facilitate connections with other museums and professionals worldwide, ICOM aims to create…
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Routes to Return: a site for advice on heritage repatriation
Routes to Return is a website connecting global networks, sharing information, and facilitating international repatriation. In addition, it aims to serve as a resource for European museums to learn from each other and compare their approaches to international repatriation before they begin their international repatriation efforts. Within the past few years, the sector has shifted…
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Giovanni Baronzio’s Crucifixion
The technical examination of Giovanni (da Rimini) Baronzio’s Crucifixion, dated in the second quarter of the 14th century focused on: (1) the identification of the original materials and techniques, (2) the evaluation of the work’s state of preservation, and, (3) the integration of non-destructive analytical techniques to study its complex history of interventions. APAC Labs…
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Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond
“Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond” by the CULT Committee of the European Parliament. The study explores ways to protect cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond, analysing international law, policy frameworks, and past conflicts. Moreover, it provides recommendations for EU Member States to enhance protection. Here is a…
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Takeover Day: kids in charge of museums
Kids in the Museum introduces “Takeover Day”, an event where kids and young people are in charge of jobs and adult-related tasks at institutions such as “museums, galleries, historic homes, archives, and heritage sites”. This year will take place on Friday, 17 November 2023, with the theme Let’s Play! The event started in 2010 with…
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VENIS STUDIOS: the art of preservation and restoration
©VENIS STUDIOS VENIS STUDIOS specialises in cultural heritage and artwork restoration and preservation, respecting and sharing their values and authenticity following the latest international conventions and policies in the field. The studio evolved from “Ieri Parakatathiki Labs”, founded in 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey, by expert conservators and restorers Venizelos G. Gavrilakis and Vaia A. Karagianni.…
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Curated Reading List: August 2023
August was another quite interesting month for the art and heritage world, unfortunately the consistent theme seems to be 1000 and 1 ways to steal from a museum (sic) *check the as promised*. Learn more about that and more exciting topics below: Heritage Management The Complexity of Post-colonial Heritage and Tourism Digitising crafts to preserve…
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Summer Break
We will be back in September! We hope our new book will keep you company while we are away, and you as well enjoy sometime for yourselves!
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3D Visualization of the Cenacle in Jerusalem
An APAC lab team of The Cyprus Institute, in collaboration with The Israel Antiquities Authority, participated in the documentation and consequent creation of a 3D model of the complex known as The Cenacle, in Jerusalem, including The Room of Last Supper and the Tomb of King David. According to the Christian tradition, the Cenacle was…