Author: athina
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RODA: open-source digital repository
RODA is an open-source and supported Open Archival Information System (OAIS) digital repository for digital objects’ preservation. RODA can manage, give access and ingest several typologies of digital objects. This piece is more technical in describing RODA, however, with the rise of digital object productions, it is vital to know and understand tools for digital…
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Explore the Museum of Broken Relationships
Museum of Broken Relationships is a hybrid virtual and physical space sharing the stories of heartbreak “and symbolic possessions” of everyone. © Zagreb Display by Alan Vajdic The museum started as a creative art project by Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić in 2006; while its founding permanent collection is in Zagreb, it is growing with…
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ONLINE COURSE: Time Machine Academy: Lillo 1640 – Methodology and Workflow of Virtual Reconstruction
Time Machine Academy: Lillo 1640 – Methodology and Workflow of Virtual Reconstruction is a free online course destined to share the principles of virtual reconstruction. The interactive course will present how-to do virtual reconstruction through the case of the 17th-century fortress of Lillo, Belgium. The course dates: Friday, 16 June 2023 – 14:00 to 16:00…
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Local Approach and European Lead by Nature Network
Local Approach is a partner of the European Lead by Nature Network! The network just launched and aims at learning and inspiration, creating activities for youth. The network has partners from a myriad of sectors that all work together on hybrid projects. The network has 20 partners from 13 countries! The Network’s Values are: Empowerment:…
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Choosing collections software
In this article we present Collections Trust’s event, their collection management standard and MIT – Museum Innovation Technology software by HIDONIX. Choosing Collections software is a free webinar on 13 June 2023 for cultural operators seeking to learn more about the process and find software providers. Collections Trust will not support a specific product but…
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Dendrochronology Research
The establishment of a dedicated lab to dendrochronology in the context of APAC Labs/STARC builds on years of previous collaboration with the Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory. This specialized lab is a joint effort by CyI, the Department of Antiquities, the Department of Forests and the Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory that pursues dendrochronological research in Cyprus and the…
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Curated Reading List: May 2023
May was an awesome month for Local Approach! Launchig our collabortion with APAC, with their wonderful articles, and we are now CHARTER Alliance Community members (more on that below)! As for content around heritage, May did not disappoint with interesting articles and events all around! Have a gander and let us know what picked your…
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Museums and Chill Podcast
Museums and Chill is the former ICOM Voices podcast, rebranding to enhance accessibility and engagement from professionals and enthusiasts alike. The central idea is to host a space where we can have informal discussions on the museum world from all walks of life. The podcast features interviews from the museum and cultural sector, sharing expertise…
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Bad Ancient: fact-checking the ancient world
Bad Ancient is The fact-checking place of the ancient world online! Started by Dr Owen Rees to mark untruthful posts online as #badancient, as well, grew into a website co-run by Josho Brouwers, and an incredible team of passionate experts ready to take down internet misinformation on all things ancient. The world, online and offline,…
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Presenting APAC
The Andreas Pittas Art Characterization Laboratories (APAC Labs) at The Cyprus Institute (CyI) pursue key inquiries, research problems and innovative approaches in art history, archaeology and cultural heritage, through the application of advanced science and technology. Established with the generous support of Dr. Andreas Pittas and commencing its full operational capacity in 2019, APAC Labs…