Author: athina
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Ancient Andean Wooden Boards
CyI researchers from STARC and APAC Labs are participating in an important project for the multi-modal analysis of Ancient Andean Wooden Boards, conserved at the Museo delle Culture of Milan (MUDEC). WHAT The project involves analysis of two pre-Hispanic Andean wooden boards, artefacts made around the 14th century and whose area of origin is not…
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Guidelines on education and public engagement in museums by NEMO
Guidelines on education and public engagement in museums by NEMO Working Group LEM – the Learning Museum stresses education and public engagement as fundamental responsibilities for museums today. The group developed a set of guidelines to assist the international museum community in devising and reviewing education and public engagement activities. In these guidelines, the methods…
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EuropeanaTech 2023
“Explore, Engage, Experience: cultural heritage in the data space and beyond” EuropeanaTech 2023 will take place in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 10 – 12 October 2023. The conference is the fourth in the series, following its successful predecessors held in Vienna, Paris, and Rotterdam. The event will be primarily on-site, with some online participation…
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Recapture the Fortress Cities Project
Recapture the Fortress Cities, RFC, is an Interreg European Project whose goal is to enhance the coexistence of fortified cities and their neighbouring forts within urban regions through the sustainable revitalisation of heritage buildings. Europe has multiple former fortified sites, built at different times and of great historical value. Often they are neglected, derelict, presented…
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Curated Reading List: September 2023
Welcome back to the busy world after the summer break, September did not disappoint in either range of topics and ideas, it was truly hard to pick. While we prepare for spooky season (Halloween for those who don’t celebrate), learn more about the world of culture and get a head start: (we changed the usual…
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Digital Sustainability – A free online Event
Digital Sustainability is a free online event on 5 October 2023 by the ARA (Archives & Records Association UK and Ireland), after which will follow their Annual General Meeting. The online event will host Prof. Tom Jackson and Prof. Ian Hodgkinson, who will discuss “Data Carbon Ladder”, a tool for assessment and redaction of CO2…
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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…