Author: athina
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CC Community-Driven Heritage Initiatives: a project to follow
CC Community-Driven Heritage Initiatives Working Group is a 2022 project by the Creative Commons to identify how these initiatives to benefit CC and the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums). To this end, the working group launched a survey for digital projects and tools to create a best practice and common problems report from the…
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Built with Bits 2, Brussels: Creating Virtual Spaces
Built with Bits 2, Brussels, is a European program helping the creation of virtual spaces to address social, cultural and educational topics. The project identifies local heritage concerns, working with the students of LUCA School of Arts to create virtual spaces with digital heritage in a joint effort to learn virtual space creation and connect…
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ICCROM webinar Heritage Building Information Modeling
Heritage Building Information Modeling webinar hosted by ICCROM on 23 June 2022 aims to popularise the use of Building Information Modeling for conservation in historic and heritage buildings. The webinar offers a panel of international experts conveying a holistic view of the practices implemented worldwide. Heritage Building Information Modeling is the adaptation of Building Information…
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The Best in Heritage Conference
The Best in Heritage Conference 21st edition takes place online from May to October 2022; featuring interviews with award-winning projects in conservation, museum and heritage. The Conference is in partnership with ICOM and Europa Nostra. The Best in Heritage chooses each year, in December, winners from Prizes and Awards worldwide and features 28 projects in…
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Review: Vision & Virtuosity
By: Tiffany & Co Duration: 10 June – 19 August 2022 Location: Saatchi Gallery , London Vision & Virtuosity is an exhibition that captures the 185-year history and heritage of Tiffany & Co. Spread over two floors at the Saatchi Gallery and categorised into seven thematic chapters. It features over 400 items, from magical window…
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Vote for Local Approach! Prix Innovation 2022
UPDATE 30/06: WE WON! Local Approach’s application for the Prix Innovation 2022 was accepted! We count on your vote to support our project! Let’s bring more visibility to local heritage management! VOTE NOW here! To vote you have to register and create an account and then scroll down to vote for your favourite project! Voting…
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Archaeoinformatics
Archaeoinformatics is a website, which in a manner much like Local Approach, offers information, news and reports in the growing field of Archaeoinformatics. Archaeoinformatics describes the connections between archaeology and computer sciences. As they describe it: “The term combines Computational and Digital Archaeology. Computational Archaeology is concerned with mathematical, data-driven solutions to archaeological research questions.…
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Curated Reading List: May 2022
Spring comes to a close with the tourist season starting in many heritage and cultural institutions. Here are our picks for May: Ticketing Trends 2022: Harnessing The Digital Transformation Show of unity: the hidden challenges of staging major museum exhibitions How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will reshape Eastern Europe’s cultural scene European Heritage Days Stories 2022…
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Review: POWER UP
About the author: Anastasia Papaonisiforou is a London based exhibitions expert with an MA in Curating and Collections and a background in Fine Arts. She is our oldest patron and graciously accepted to cover this topic for Local Approach; she is available to give advice on discord through our “Let’s talk about your heritage!” membership,…
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Heritage, Health and Wellbeing Report
Heritage, Health and Wellbeing Report by Heritage Alliance sets heritage as an imperative need for COVID-19 recovery. The report showcases the multiple beneficial effects of heritage, promotes best practices and local community engagement. Heritage is at the core of society being a bond for identity and inclusiveness. COVID-19 and the multiple lockdowns created several personal…