Topic: europeana-space news

E-Space for Education: stories from the Athens workshop

by Barbara Dierickx (PACKED) On January 22nd 2016, the EuropeanaSpace Education team gathered in Athens. The day leading up to the Hack the Book event our partner Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) co-hosted a public workshop, focussing on educators. Within E-Space, … Continue reading


E-Space Games Pilot user testing

by Rosemary Cisneros, Coventry University The Europeana Space Games Pilot held its first user tests Wednesday, January 27th 2016 at Coventry University. Participants met at the Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE), a building that brings together researchers, graduates, businesses and enterprise to support … Continue reading


Hack the Book Festival!

by Greg Markus (NISV) On January 22-24 the Europeana Space Project held their third hack event, the Hack the Book Festival. The event was organized and hosted by the Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) in Athens in coordination with the Open … Continue reading


ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe

The Center for Art and Media ZKM in Karlsruhe extends the original duties of a museum, which it was since 1989 with the mission to perpetuate classical arts in the digital age, becoming a cultural institution unique throughout the world. It is a house … Continue reading


Museums Pilot outcomes presented at the annual meeting of German Museums Association in Berlin

On 12-14 October 2015 the annual meeting of German Museums Association took place at Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik. The event was attended by professionals in the museums and museum documentation sector and it was a huge gathering of about 230 attendees; a perfect … Continue reading


Photomediations: a symposium and book launch

The Open and Hybrid Publishing pilot of Europeana Space have the pleasure to announce the publication of a book that arises from our work. Photomediations: A Reader (Open Humanities Press, 2016), edited by Kamila Kuc and Joanna Zylinska. We’re holding a symposium … Continue reading


Dance Hackathon, from Prague to London

by Hetty Blades, Coventry University The EuropeanaSpace Dance Hackathon took place in Prague on the 21st and 22nd November.  Organised by CIANT, in collaboration with Coventry University and the Dance Pilot team, the event brought together dancers, choreographers, hackers, coders, … Continue reading


Best Practice for Education Workshop

This workshop is the first celebration of the work Europeana Space project is doing in the domain of Education. During this workshop, current best practices for environments/applications to facilitate re-use of digital cultural heritage content in an educational context were examined. ‘Education’ here … Continue reading


Creative reuse of cultural heritage and contemporary practices: challenges and opportunities in the digital world: E-Space II conference

Represented by the gracious cornflower, the national symbol of Estonia, the II Europeana Space International Conference took place in Tallinn on 10-11 December 2015. This event, organized by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, intended to generate new perspectives for the wider … Continue reading


Panel session at DISH 2015 on Digital Cultural Heritage and its impact

It is of the utmost importance that the context of change generated by the advent of digitization and digital technologies, and its implication on the society at large, are discussed in as many occasions as possible. DISH2015 conference is a … Continue reading