Topic: history & archaeology

The INCULTUM Pilot set in Albania aims at recording, promoting and disseminating lost symbolic aspects of the Vlach culture

Vlachs ‘Open days’ program of activities taking place in the area of the Upper Vjosa valley

Article and images courtesy of Eglantina Serjani (CeRPHAAL) The Upper Vjosa valley, in southeast Albania, for many centuries has been a ‘transhumance route’ used by the Vlach communities. Vlach are a historic people who speak a language that derives from … Continue reading →

The trail is QR code based and got launched on the 23rd July 2023 with a nice talk and prresentation of Pilot coordinator Eacthra

INCULTUM graveyard trails design launched in Waterford graveyard

A QR code based trail was launched on the 23rd July to celebrate the Pattern Day for St Declan in Ardmore, West Waterford, Ireland. A design process run through the INCULTUM Pilot resulted in an A7 sized brochure with 8 … Continue reading →

Informative materials highlighting and promoting the diversity of cultural heritage resources in the area are now available for tourists

New visitors’ leaflets launched in the pilot area of the Upper Vjosa valley

Article and images courtesy of Eglantina Serjani (CeRPHAAL) In April 2023, INCULTUM partner CeRPHAAL in Albania launched new visitor leaflets about the cultural heritage assets of the Upper Vjosa valley. CeRPHAAL is coordinating pilot 8, Vjosa the shared river, aiming … Continue reading →

Actions included the cration of new dissemination materials, a training to local stakeholders in Permet, and the continuation of the efforts to reconstruct the heritage of Vlachs minority

INCULTUM Albania pilot latest activities to support cultural tourism in the Upper Vjosa valley

Article and images courtesy of Eglantina Serjani (CeRPHAAL) Activity 1 – New visitors’ leaflets launched in the pilot area of the Upper Vjosa valley In April 2023, INCULTUM partner CeRPHAAL in Albania launched new visitor leaflets about the cultural heritage … Continue reading →

After recreating a traditional hut in the Upper Vjosa Valley, the CeRPHAAL team was engaged with the arrangements of the interiors in collaboration withlocal stakeholders, particularly the elderly Vlachs

Reconstructing a Vlach dwelling hut – the ‘kalive’, with interiors

Article and images courtesy of Eglantina Serjani (CeRPHAAL) The INCULTUM partner CeRPHAAL in Albania has identified the cultural heritage of the Vlach minority as the main product of their project’s innovative actions. This initiative aimed at recording, revitalizing and promoting … Continue reading →

The focus of the discussion during the training was the neglected heritage potential of the territory and the importance of the heritage assets of the upper Vjosa Valley (Albania)

INCULTUM Training session with heritage specialists in the Municipality of Përmet

Article and images courtesy of Eglantina Serjani (CeRPHAAL) On May 23rd 2023, CeRPHAAL organized a training session with cultural heritage specialists at the Municipality of Përmet, the administrative centre in the pilot area in the Upper Vjosa valley, Albania. The … Continue reading →

With the help of mixed reality, visitors and users of HoloLens 2 glasses go into the past, where they try to find their way and find all the ingredients needed to make bread.

Mixed reality educational game in the Rogatec Open-Air Museum

Text and media by Rok Kremžar, Pro Virtuala Digitalisation of cultural heritage has been a growing trend in recent years, allowing museums and other institutions to share their collections with a wider audience. One of the latest innovations in this … Continue reading →

online event, 23rd June 2021

Using AI to monitor historic towns and landscapes: #Connecting Archaeology

This webinar explores some of the ways that artificial intelligence is being used with aerial and satellite imagery to monitor landscapes. Three speakers will give short presentations after which there will be time for questions and discussion. “AI and satellite … Continue reading →

online, 30 April 2021

Using Vocabularies and Linked data: #ConnectingArchaeology webinar

This webinar explores some of the ways that cultural heritage institutions can use controlled vocabularies and Linked Data to improve the discoverability of their content in Europeana. Three speakers will give short presentations after which there will be time for … Continue reading →

The history of forced migration in an online exhibition at the Sydney National Maritime Museum

Britain’s children “shipped” since 1860s

Text by Caterina Sbrana. There is a history of migration involving a large number of Britain’s children who were “shipped” since the 1860s to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. This fate affected over 100,000 children. I knew the living … Continue reading →