Category: Patreon
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Webinar outcomes: Using Technology To Solve Art World Problems
The latest topic of Articheck’s webinar series ArtEvolve titled “Using Technology To Solve Art World Problems” was very informative. With Kelani Nichole, Founder of Transfer, an experimental art gallery in LA, USA. Brendan Ciecko, Founder of Cuseum, USA. Here is a summary of the main points delivered: Within the past decade, the culture and artworld…
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Smartify: use your phone at the museum for more than pictures.
Smartify is a mobile application that enhances your museum visit. Scan an artwork or object and view its story, as well as enjoy audio-guides and maps. This app is a useful tool for both the audience and the museum. Museums have the opportunity to create detailed content on their collections without disrupting the exhibition…
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Mingei: Representation and Preservation of Heritage Crafts
Heritage Crafts, tangible and intangible, were an integral part of human life for millennia; they fade, nowadays, as industry covers our needs. Mingei project seeks to preserve through digitisation and make accessible this cultural resource, with representations of heritage crafts based on digital assets and semantic annotations. Mingei started with three European pilot projects of…
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Intercultural Cities: built an inclusive community
Intercultural Cities program provides support to cities on how to manage and promote the diversity of their population, 70 cities worldwide and in Europe have joined. The Council of Europe following the Faro Convention Action Plan launched the STEPS pilot project in 2017 with the cities Rijeka, Croatia, and Lisbon, Portugal, to try the methodology…
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Place or Space: The site and the great outdoors
Place and Space are two words that sound similar to each other. Their definitions differ in cultural heritage management. In our article DIY Values Analysis, we touch upon the subject, today we will delve into the context. “Place means a geographically defined area. It may include elements, objects, spaces and views. Place may have tangible…
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Greek Paths of Culture: help trace your ancestors steps
People have been walking Greek land for thousands of years when you visit you see several ancient temples and heritage, but our connection to them is not always evident. Greek Paths of Culture is an initiative to restore footpaths across Greece having so far more than 658 km. These footpaths, hiking trails and bicycle routes…
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International Course on Rethinking Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage Collections
New course from ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ) on Disaster Risk Management, starting 7 December 2020. This year demonstrated to museums worldwide the fragility of collections and the lack of local professionals who can protect them. International heritage experts recommend that museum policy is strengthened…
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Corporate Museum: Corporate philanthropy for heritage
Corporate philanthropy is a powerful strategy for cultural management. The popular definition of cultural and corporate activities holds them opposed this is far from the truth, however. There are two models of corporate philanthropy: Corporate sponsorship of cultural or charitable activities Cultural institutions legally established as corporations, instead of non-for-profit Both models use similar tools…
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Protect local tradition: Tramontana Network
Small mountain and rural communities have their traditions, festivals and practices passing down from one generation to the next. Our contemporary life poses a threat to cultural continuity as it once was. Tramontana is an effort to document, protect and share local heritage with partners across Europe. Local communities work closely with the project that…
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Learn to Teach about cultural heritage!
If you are a heritage educator or want to find benchmarks for cultural actions your community can implement, follow ICOM International Committee for Education and Cultural Action. The Committee is a platform for museum educators to share their work, take action to modify policy and be part of the worldwide museum community. Through their website…