Organised in the context of the Premiere project, a new series of webinars is being launched to present the outcomes of the project.
Over the past three years, Premiere project has brought together researchers and artists to explore how AI and XR technologies can support the full creative lifecycle of performing arts — from streaming and archiving to analysing and creating. The project has resulted in a range of innovative tools to browse archives, stream performances, transmit knowledge, and co-create dance works.
The second event of this series, “Multimodal analysis and XR visualisation tool for performing arts archives” will take place online and free of charge on Friday 27th June from 14:00 to 15:00 CEST: the aim of the webinar is showcasing the potential of semantic technologies and innovation in enhancing the archive browsing user experience through the combination of several state-of-the-art technologies for analysing performance videos, the tool streams recorded performances and provides access to a range of data derived from audiovisual analysis. During this webinar, users will be able to experience performances in VR and explore layers of information such as pose analysis, motion, trajectories, lighting, music, and text-related data within a three-dimensional environment.
The PHOENIX 4.0 project, Resilient Ecosystem for Empowering Tourism SMEs, joined the SECreTour Network of Common Interest.
The PHOENIX 4.0 project promotes resilience, sustainability and digital adaptation for European tourism SMEs, aligning with the EU’s Transition Pathway for Tourism. It aims to provide tailored guidance, capacity building, and resources, helping tourism businesses to adopt eco-friendly, digitally advanced and socially responsible practices.
Through initiatives such as the PHOENIX Academy and collaborative mentorship, the project will strengthen SME capabilities addressing climate change challenges and encouraging sustainable innovation.
By fostering a cohesive network of tourism professionals, PHOENIX 4.0 supports SMEs to navigate safely the evolving market demands, contributing to the development of a thriving and resilient tourism sector that can contribute to Europe’s broader economic and environmental goals.
The goals of Phoenix 4.0 and SECreTour have several elements in common and the participation in the SECreTour Network is expected to be beneficial to both initiatives.
On the 23-24-25 May 2024 a very interesting seminar took place in Lloret del Mar organised by the Archival Service of the Municipality, in collaboration with the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Disputaciò de Girona.
The rich programme of the event was the occasion to meet with local and international speakers, and to discuss about the connections existing between archives and tourism.
A wide range of initiatives was presented, offering to the participants a lively space to explore opportunites and threaths, good practices and lessons learnt. Many subjects need still to be further studied, such as: historical tourism research to reflect on cultural and social changes in Europe, heritage digitisation to enable preservation of historical documents, travel guides, maps, and posters and their reuse in new editorial and digital products, tourism as a potential driver to be unlocked for cultural and tourism innovation, and much more debated in the Roud Tables.
Picture from the exhibition that accompanied the seminar
The catalogue of the appealing exhibition complement the proceedings, with images and stories about the evolution of tourism through the archival fonds of the Servei d’Arxiu Municipal de Lloret de Mar.
The Province of Bergamo is a supra-local public body, located in northern Italy. Its territory has an area of 2,722.86 km² with more than 1 Million inhabitants and it includes 243 municipalities. As an intermediate body between the Region and the municipalities, the Province has fundamental and delegated functions and is responsible for several sectors including environment, land management, culture, tourism, sports, social policies, equal opportunities, territorial development, education and vocational training.
THRIVE aims to enhance the appeal of rural areas by preserving and promoting endangered intangible cultural heritage. The project will create a territorial strategy to cultivate and retain talent in rural regions, fostering the empowerment and resilience of rural communities and bridging territorial imbalances, which are the cause of urban-rural divide.
The Province of Bergamo and its THRIVE project have a range of common aims with the SECreTour project, which will be at the basis of the envisaged future collaboration.
On the occasion of the Segones Jornades de Patrimoni Gràfic 2025, EUreka3D project partner Pescia Paper Museum, which digitalized in 3D their historical paper moulds, gave a presentation to display the project and their achievements within its context and beyond.
Director of Pescia Paper Museum Massimiliano Bini presenting at Segones Jornades de Patrimoni Gràfic 2025
The Segones Jornades de Patrimoni Gràfic 2025 took place in Barcelona, hosted at the prestigious Biblioteca de Catalunya (Hospital, 56. 08001 Barcelona) on Thursday 19th and at ICGC (Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya) on Friday 20th June 2025. The event aimed to bring together professionals who work daily with this different types of phisical documentation (such as drawings, engravings, prints, posters, maps, etc.) which constitute a unique and relevant testimony to history, culture and artistic manifestations.
A new interesting article is published by Laura James, Henrik Halkier and Heidi Vorre of Aalborg University, Denmark, the coordinator of CROCUS project, member of the SECreTour Network.
The paper explores the role of human agency in regional path development looking at various types or domains of agency.
Innovative entrepreneurship, institutional entrepreneurship and place leadership may contribute to the development of new paths or to the renewal of old paths, and such path development may be destructive as well as constructive.
A framework is proposed to interprete these processes.
Path development goals according to stakeholders’ aims and type of agency
This framework is used to analyse the interplay between different types of agency through a study of cruise tourism in Nuuk, Greenland. The empirical analysis carried out by the researchers shows how a wide variety of stakeholders, including residents and non-governmental organisations, may try to influence tourism development path in different ways.
James, L., Halkier, H., & Vorre, H. (2025). Constructive and destructive agency, regional path development and critical junctures: the case of cruise tourism in Nuuk, Greenland. Regional Studies, 59(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2461755
The SECreTour Network of Common Interest is enriched by the participation of the Municipality of Morcote.
As historic monumental medieval capital of the lake of Lugano, Morcote is part of the Amphitheatre of the San Giorgio and Arbostora cultural landscape studied in the SECreTour pilot coordinated by Università della Svizzera Italiana.
Studio Macaco has joined the SECreTour Network of Common Interest.
Studio MACACO (Ludens Sagl) is a Swiss-based creative software company focused on developing interactive digital experiences for the tourism and cultural sectors.
Through the use of storytelling, gamification, and emerging technologies, they design tools that enhance local heritage and foster meaningful exploration of rural and remote territories.
Its work includes a series of mobile applications and interactive trails that transform tourism into playful, educational, and emotionally engaging journeys.
Key projects include Tesori del Ticino, Tesori delle Vette del Ceresio, and Caccia alla Macchia, all of which blend physical exploration with digital narratives.
Studio MACACO is committed to creating sustainable, inclusive, and innovative solutions that make cultural and natural heritage accessible to all. In this light, it aims to contribute to the SECreTour pilot of Monte San Giorgio.
Further information about Studio Macaco are available at its website: studiomacaco.ch
We are very glad to announce that Omnis Vision SA has joined the SECreTour Network of Common Interest.
Omnis Vision SA is a strategic partner for the enhancement, management, and development of real estate assets and the territory. Its expertise and commitment to innovation of built and natural heritage is much relevant for the scope of SECreTour, when it comes to look for new opportunities and new perspectives of socio-economic and territorial development.
Through the newly established collaboration, Ominis Vision will participate in the SECreTour pilot of Monte San Giorgio, contributing to discover novel ways for unlocking the potential of such a wonderful rural destination.
Further information about Omins Vision SA are available at its website: https://www.omnis.swiss/
A successful conference held in Florence, hosted at the Historical Archives of the European Union, to discuss the landscape of technology and innovation in the sector of cultural heritage
On 29 May 2025 the conference “Photography and archives: discovery, technology and innovation” was organized as an event of project EUreka3D-XR by coordinator Photoconsortium and the Historical Archives of the European Union, hosted at the beautiful premises of Villa Salviati (Florence).
The conference was articulated in three panels on Heritage, Technology, and Innovation, and aimed to explore the landscape of technology and innovation in the sector of cultural heritage and promote collaboration across institutions, research and private sector through the presentations of important cultural institutions, archives, universities and enterprises involved in the research in the field of new technologies, digital infrastructures and digitisation. The conference was a great opportunity for both private and public stakeholders to broaden their network even further and discuss the evolving technologies and how they impact the workflow of heritage professionals.
The event was a great success, with a peak of over 80 people attending online and around 30 attending in Firenze: many interesting discussions between the stakeholders and attendees sparked.
Recordings are available, shared by EUreka3D-XR project; the images contained in the speakers’ presentations may be covered by copyright and thus cannot be reused without permission, all rights reserved to the respective owners.
RECORDINGS
WELCOME AND PANEL 1: HERITAGE
Chair: Antonella Fresa, Vice-President of Photoconsortium
Chair: Matthias Goetzelmann, European University Institute
Costanza Caraffa, Head of the Photothek and Rafael Brundo Uriarte, Digital Research Coordinator, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute
John Balean, Operations Manager, TopFoto (PDF, 6 Mb)
Juan Alonso, Audio-visual Archivist, Historical Archives of the European Union (PDF, 3 Mb)
PANEL 3: INNOVATION, AND FINAL REMARKS
Chair: Louise Arizzoli, I Tatti: Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
David Iglésias, Head of Photography and Audiovisual Records Department, Girona City Council (PDF, 2 Mb)
Vincent Guichard, General Director, Bibracte E.P.C.C. Research (PDF, 3 Mb)
Fred Truyen, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Cultural Studies Research Group, KU Leuven (PDF, 2 Mb)
Sander Münster, Time Machine Organization (PDF, 10 Mb)
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 →
The Cross-Re-Tour project is member of the SECreTour Network of Common Interest. From May 6 to 8, 2025, Cross-Re-Tour hosted the workshop “Kicking off Cross-Re-Tour: Shaping Sustainable Tourism Together” in Riga, Latvia. This event was part of the Cross-Re-Tour series … Continue reading →
Collaboration agreement has started between SECreTour project and West Pannon Ltd in July 2025
The SECreTour Network is growing! West Pannon is a not for profit Limited company active in West Transdanubia Region in Hungary. Its goal is to promote a sustainable regional development, with involvment of local actors. It has been working on … Continue reading →
The SECreTour project is glad to announce Beyond Borders, the workshop on cross-border collaborations and macro-regions for cultural tourism, hosted in Lugano by Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI). The date of the 23rd of October 2025 will be articulated … Continue reading →
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