Author Archives: valentina.bachi

Collaboration established for synergies in cultural tourism, between INCULTUM and CREATOUR Observatory

The CREATOUR Observatory – Observatory on culture and tourism for local development is an initiative coordinated by the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra. It focuses on 3 thematic fields: 1) Ecologies of Culture and Creativity; 2) … Continue reading


Cultural Mapping and Connecting with Place – summer school

Cultural mapping as a methodology and paradigm holds tremendous power to create conditions for change by bringing communities together in new ways to co-create new knowledge and understanding. At its core, cultural mapping aims to make visible the ways that … Continue reading


STARTS Prize 2022 Open Call

STARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice. Since 2016, the STARTS Prize has organised a yearly competition to single out innovative projects at the nexus of science, technology and the arts that … Continue reading


The Eva Schul Archive: Constructing Dance Memories in the Southern Brazil

text by Mônica Fagundes Dantas, UFRGS and Rosa Cisneros, C-DARE Coventry University. Carne Digital: Arquivo Eva Schul (Digital Flesh: The Eva Schul Archive) is a digital dance archive about the life and work of choreographer and teacher Eva Schul, consisting … Continue reading


INCULTUM and TExTOUR join forces

Cultural tourism is about managing cultural heritage and tourism in an integrated way. It’s about working with local communities to create benefits for everyone involved, and this helps preserve tangible and intangible cultural heritage while developing tourism. It is a … Continue reading


WEAVE mentioned in the ResDance Podcast series

text by Rosa Cisneros, C-DARE Coventry University. ResDance Podcast series, curated by Dr. Gemma Harman, Senior Lecturer in Dance and Dance Science, Dance Department  at the University of Chichester, is a podcast dedicated to research methodologies and methods in dance … Continue reading


Europeana integration of the WEAVE tools, work ongoing

  WEAVE project is currently developing a set of tools to support cultural heritage institutions for the activities of digital content aggregation and access. The toolkit consists of several open and reusable tools and technologies employing a mix of AI … Continue reading


3D reconstructions for storytelling and understanding

This webinar explored some of the ways that 3D reconstructions are being used for story telling and to aid understanding. Two speakers gave short presentations: Catherine Anne Cassidy, Open Virtual Worlds team, University of St Andrews, ‘Dissemination methods for 3D … Continue reading


Europeana WEAVE events focusing on diversity and inclusion

A calendar of WEAVE events programmed for February-March 2022 has focus on capacity building. The effort is devoted to cultural heritage institutions and to cultural managers, professionals, students, researchers, and communities. A series of Europeana WEAVE events is specifically focused … Continue reading


Tourer.it expands with new itineraries about the city of Bologna

Tourer.it is based on an interactive map of the Emilia-Romagna region, which localizes precisely architectural heritage and landscapes in the area, offering significant information on the sites that have been searched and pinpointed on the map. Thanks to the collaboration … Continue reading