Author Archives: valentina.bachi

Symbiosis of Tradition and Digital Technology

The CIDOC 2021 conference “Symbiosis of Tradition and Digital Technology”, planned in September 2021 was postponed to Spring 2022 due to the new government restrictions and rising COVID-19 cases in Estonia. The hybrid conference will take place in Tallinn at Maarjamäe History … Continue reading


Florence Heri-Tech 2022

Florence Heri-Tech was launched in 2018 by the Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence (DIEF) and Florence Biennial Art and Restoration Fair. The idea is to create a synergy between Cultural Heritage and New Technologies. The Conference involves … Continue reading


Presenting INCULTUM in Environmental Volunteering Meeting

images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez. A conference entitled “Encuentro de Voluntariado Ambiental” was organized on 18-19 December in the Sierra de Huétor Natural Park, where the multiple possibilities and scenarios that this natural space offers for volunteering were highlighted … Continue reading


A small apennine town in Marche region awarded as best tourism village in Italy

The Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural and cultural diversity, and their local values and activities, including local gastronomy. … Continue reading


WEAVE was a best practice example at the Erasmus+ NEFELI training

text and image by Rosa Cisneros. The Erasmus+ NEFELI project offered a weeklong training of non-formal learning activities and methods that can support women from various parts of society. The team targeted women from grassroots communities, refugee and asylum seekers as well … Continue reading


Fieldwork for INCULTUM Pilot 1 on Altiplano de Granada

One of the Pilots of project INCULTUM is set in the stunning landscape of the Altiplano de Granada. It is a flat semi-arid area with poor soils and an extreme climate due to its altitude, continental influence and the presence … Continue reading


2022 Winter School on Digital Cultural Tourism and Diplomacy

Indigenous cultural heritage is the legacy of tangible physical objects combining the intangible aspects of a group of society. Objects, artefacts, buildings, places and monuments aside, intangible cultural heritage, also known as “living heritage” or “living culture”, refers to living … Continue reading


Weaving, Dance and Coding teamed up with the WEAVE project

text and images: Rosa Cisneros, Coventry University. As part of the UKRI Making Connections Funding scheme Rosa Cisneros, WEAVE partner (Coventry University)  collaborates with musician and researcher Alex McLean and coder Lucy Chesman. The trio have teamed up for the Making Connections: … Continue reading


ILUCIDARE Innovation Handbook

As one outcome of the ILUCIDARE project, this publication offers an innovation roadmap for whomever has a new idea related to a heritage building, site or even local traditions, and tries to identify paths for enabling creative ideas in cultural … Continue reading


Crafting heritage: Restoring, Reactivating, Resisting

European Fashion Heritage Association invites you to its conference “Crafting Heritage: Restoring, Reactivating, Resisting” organized in collaboration with DIDA – Università degli Studi di Firenze and Museo del Tessuto di Prato. According to UNESCO “traditional craftsmanship is perhaps the  most … Continue reading