The SECreTour Network is growing! The REMODEL project “Strengthening the Research Capacity of Turkey in Innovative Business Models for the Hospitality Sector” is a three-year HORIZON project funded by the European Union Research and Innovation programme under the call for HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01. … Continue reading
In the modernist utopia, art was conceived as an all-encompassing transformative force, reshaping how mankind perceives and inhabits the world. Today, it is technology that shakes reality to its foundations and redefines the very paradigms through which art speaks to … Continue reading
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A crucial topic that is addressed and researched within the RICHES consortium is co-creation, being the practice where different stakeholders with different expertise come together collaboratively to create future-oriented perspectives, enrich cultural heritage (CH) experiences and build relations with networks that are closely invested in an institution’s collection. This paper is based on preliminary research findings, where RICHES consortium gives a short overview of the potential benefits of co-creative methods and current practices in the CH sector and offers a number of suggestions to stimulate co-creation in CH on a strategic level. Continue reading
On 1st October 2015, in Granada, an unmissable event was being held, organised by Promoter SRL. The initiative, hosted by the Digital Heritage 2015 conference, is a discussion panel involving EU projects RICHES, Civic Epistemologies, E-Space, PREFORMA and the international association Photoconsortium. Continue reading
Civic Epistemologies was presented in a panel session entitled “From Digitisation to Preservation, Creative Re-use of Cultural Content and Citizen Participation” at the DIGITAL HERITAGE 2015 conference in Granada (28 September – 2 October 2015). The panel, taking place on 1 October 2015, offered an overview of initiatives and EU projects Europeana Space, RICHES, Civic Epistemologies, PREFORMA, and Photoconsortium. Relevant speakers fostered a debate to understand the path towards a more advanced society, that makes use of the full potential of digital technologies to foster cultural and societal progress. Continue reading
Associazione culturale Imago, in collaborazione con Laboratorio Permanente per la città, presenta il concorso fotografico a premi “Pisa oltre lo specchio: il suo fiume, i suoi canali, il suo mare”. La partecipazione al concorso è gratuita ed è aperta a tutti i fotografi, esperti e/o dilettanti di qualsiasi nazionalità. Le fotografie potranno essere consegnate a mano o spedite entro il 5 ottobre 2015 insieme alla scheda di iscrizione all’indirizzo Associazione Culturale Imago, Via G. Bovio, 10 – 56126 Pisa. Continue reading
The 3rd Annual Conference of ICA (“Archives: Evidence, Security and Civil Rights Ensuring trustworthy information”) will be held on 29-29 September in the beautiful city of Reykjavik, Iceland. It will address themes that are essential for archives in modern society, the role and function of archives and their importance for individuals, governments and businesses. Continue reading
The international conference on Electronic Publishing (ElPub) approaches its 20th anniversary. Elpub 2015, held in Valletta from 1 to 3 September, is the 19th edition of the conference and it will continue the tradition, bringing together academics, publishers, lecturers, … Continue reading
Expernova is a comprehensive and global solution designed to help find, understand, compare and follow the key players in innovation related to specific scientific domains. It launched its search engine and flagship product Expernova.com in 2010, a web service conceived to help innovative companies maximise the success of their R&D projects by analysing their scientific and technological environments. The tool allows you to obtain scientific profiles for experts and research organisations from a simple key-word search… Continue reading
From 30 September to 3 October, the first edition of the Bologna Design Week is being held under the auspices of Municipality of Bologna, Emilia Romagna Region and CERSAIE. Thanks to the initiative, for the first time cultural, production and creative excellences of the territory convene in an integrated communication system. The Emilian centre will become a further attraction hub in the Italian design system, through a rich programme providing exhibitions, workshops, talks and business meetings organised in the framework of 8 thematic itineraries. Continue reading
The first intermediate releases of the PREFORMA conformance checkers are now available for download on the Open Source Portal section of the PREFORMA website. Join the community to help us shaping our future memory standards! Continue reading
Prof. Fred Truyen of KU Leuven recently published an interesting article on his Digital Culture blog, under the title “Europeana Space Photo pilot: Innovate your photographic heritage … and your future business!” The article tells the commitment the E-Space project is devoting through its Photo Pilot to demonstrating a range of possibilities offered by apps, Europeana API’s and a multitude of tools developed by the open source community to come up with innovative models involving historical and present-day photography, with monetising potential and investment appeal. Continue reading
