Author Archives: valentina.bachi

Dreaming of AI: Perspectives on AI Use in Cultural Heritage

image from BPOC website. The Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC) hosted a new episode of its free ‘Dreaming of’ webinar series, Dreaming of AI: Perspectives on AI Use in Cultural Heritage, on September 29th at 5PM CEST/8 AM PT/11 AM ET Attendees … Continue reading


Digital Hermeneutics II: Sources, Analysis, Interpretation, Annotation, and Curation

CALL FOR PAPERS Digitization has reached almost all areas of science and scholarship. And even in the cultural sciences and humanities, computers, databases and digital tools are increasingly important. Last year‘s annual conference „Digital Hermeneutics: Machines, Procedures, Meaning“ of the … Continue reading


Little Islands Festival | Human Geographies

For yet another year, Little Islands Festival renews its August appointment with the public in an original and multi-thematic cultural four-day event that will take place in Sikinos from 28 to 31 August. In a traditional rural setting that seems … Continue reading


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


EOSC Symposium 2023, the European Open Science Cloud annual event

From 20-22 September 2023, the EOSC Symposium will take place in Madrid, in the context of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The EOSC Symposium is organised by the EOSC Future project, together with the EOSC Tripartite collaboration (the EOSC Association, the EOSC … Continue reading


Discovering INCULTUM Pilot in Slovakia: legend of the Banská Štiavnica lizards

text by prof. PhDr. Alexandra Bitušíková (Head of University Center for International Projects at Matej Bel University), images by Pietro Masi (Promoter s.r.l). Coordinated by Matej Bel University, the INCULTUM Pilot 3 Mining Treasures of Central Slovakia aims at supporting … Continue reading


What kind of technological growth are we aiming for? Event in Ioannina (Greece)

text and photos courtesy of The High Mountains cooperative. On Friday, 23/06/2023, at the “Dim. Hatzis” Cultural Centre (Old Slaughterhouses) in Ioannina, the event entitled “What kind of technological growth are we aiming for?” took place. This event is a … Continue reading


Postgraduate course in Management, Preservation and Dissemination of Photographic Archives

On November 2023, FUAB Formació School – Archival Studies and Records Management at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Centre for Image Research and Dissemination (CRDI), and the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia (IEFC) will start a new edition of … Continue reading


EUreka3D project: latest updates on 3D digitisation of heritage collections

all images in this post courtesy of CRDI/Ajuntament de Girona via the EUreka3D Twitter profile. The EUreka3D project coordinated by Photoconsortium has just started the action on high-quality 3D digitisation, which will make great collections of cultural heritage 3D digitised objects … Continue reading


Promoting the stories of San Pellegrino in Alpe through performances

text and images courtesy of University of Pisa The summer performance season in San Pellegrino in Alpe, in the municipality of Castiglione di Garfagnana, opened again on 25 June 2023. This is part of the programme for cultural tourism promotion … Continue reading