Category: Patreon
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InTaVia: one access to heritage
InTaVia, or In/Tangible European Heritage – Visual Analysis, Curation and Communication, aims to contextualise digitised tangible heritage with its intangible history. The project started in November 2020 and with European funding universities from Austria, Netherlands, Slovenia, Finland, Denmark and Germany coordinate to advance the project. In a nutshell, InTaVia will host an information platform where…
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Curated Reading List: January 2021
One month down for 2021!One month down for 2021! Your Curated Reading List for January is here, check them out and send us which article was your favourite. Commission sets up a Centre for digital preservation of cultural heritage and launches projects supporting digital innovation in schools. Read Article here. What Is the Future of…
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How to use Drones in Heritage Management
Historic England published an article on Drones for Heritage Uses, that can serve as a guide to how and why use drones in heritage management. Drones are widely available to the public, and while their use is regulated in various degrees internationally, they can be a valuable and relatively cost effective tool for heritage. This…
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Local management and archaeology: a case from Thailand
Thai local community work together with archaeologists to protect a heritage site. The community living in Lopburi near Ban Phromthin Tai are meaningfully involved, since 2004, with the excavation and interpretation of the iron age site. Alongside archaeologists, the community forms a collaborative project were scientific and local values have equal standing. The Ministry of…
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inSIGHT: play and manage heritage together!
inSIGHT is a tabletop game that increases disaster risk awareness and action in local communities, by ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property). During 2020, museums and cultural heritage sites suffered issues from natural disasters, to looting and funding cuts. We stated many times in our articles during…
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Software Heritage
When we think of heritage, we often imagine sculptures, stone tablets, archaeological sites or in general something old and historical; but what is now commonplace in our culture is our future cultural heritage. Technology grows exponentially since the last century, with software a big part of it. We create and understand the software in source…
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The Met Unframed: Don’t miss out!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, just launched The Met Unframed, an online digital gallery and augmented reality (AR) games. Using your phone or any 4G-5G smart device, you can visit the museum and explore 50 works of art in its galleries. This virtual visit is available for free for 5-weeks so don’t miss…
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ARCH: Heritage Disaster Risk management, made easy.
ARCH is a research project aiming to help local governments and communities of historic areas to prepare and protect their heritage from hazards and risk. The project creates a framework for disaster risk assessment and improvement of heritage sites. Teams from Bratislava, Camerino, Hamburg and Valencia work together to develop methodologies and standardisation activities. This…
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Happy Holidays!
Dear all, We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and look forward to seeing you in the New Year filled with innovative heritage activities! Local Approach had a fantastic year! We established wonderful partnerships, participated in cultural events, and brought you more content, which we are grateful for! We…
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Curated Reading List: December 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! We wish you well and hope to move on together in a better year with 2021! Here is Your Curated Reading List for December, as always is a small selection we found interesting and know you would too! Europe’s 12 most endangered heritage sites announced; Read article here. With No Tickets to…