Author: athina
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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…
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Review: David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)
Duration: 22/02/2023 – 01/10/2023Location: Lightroom (Kings Cross) © A. Papaonisiforou, Lightroom David Hockney (born in 1937) is a highly regarded British artist associated with the pop art movement of the 60s. Hockney has experimented with a wide range of mediums and techniques, making him a recognised painter, a photographer, a draftsman, a printmaker and a…
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Local Approach Supporter of CHARTER Alliance
We are excited to announce that Local Approach has joined the CHARTER Alliance Community programme as SUPPORTER! Our role as CHARTER Supporter is to further its mission, follow the project outcomes and assist where possible. Watch: CHARTER VIDEO Presentation CHARTER – The European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance is an Erasmus+ EU-funded blueprint project started in…
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Europe’s 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites 2023
Europa Nostra announced the list of the 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2023 during an online event, marking the programme’s 10th anniversary. The sites for 2023 are: Kortrijk Railway Station, Kortrijk, BELGIUM Partisan Memorial Cemetery, Mostar, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Tchakvinji Fortress, Zugdidi, GEORGIA Sisters’ House Ensemble, former Moravian settlement in…
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APAC collaboration with Local Approach
We are excited to share with you our collaboration with APAC Labs from Cyprus! (Andreas Pittas Art Characterization Laboratories) What does this entail? Every month, on Wednesday at 12:00 CET, APAC will share with us on various projects they work on and their expertise! Find all the articles in the dedicated collection and tag! What…
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Curated Reading List: April 2023
April was a crazy month with articles, news, webinars and resources everywhere! We did our best to collect the most intriguing pieces and put them in order! A little announcement you can find our digital books and pay what you can on Gumroad! Heritage Management Revealed: the top 20 most popular art museums on social…
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Europeana Digital Storytelling Festival 2023
Digital Storytelling Festival is an annual event by Europeana and Heritage Lab, 9-10 May 2023. The event helps professionals in GLAM to improve their storytelling skills in cultural exploration. The festival will propose innovative uses for digital tools, invite experts to share their experiences, find examples and network with other storytelling professionals. This event also…