Author Archives: valentina.bachi

Europeana 2021: Recover, Rebuild, Grow

Europeana 2021 will explore how the cultural heritage sector can recover, rebuild and grow in a post-pandemic world. Each day will begin with an address from a leading keynote speaker to inspire and inform your experience. 70% of the programme … Continue reading


WEAVE LabDay: Poetry and Photography

In preparing the content materials for the aggregation to Europeana, partner TopFoto referenced its inaugural writer-in-residence, Rommi Smith and her residency-collaboration with musician and composer, Christella Litras. This residency, TopFoto’s expertise and its collaboration with artist-researcher, Rommi Smith, has led … Continue reading


INCULTUM project meeting showed first progress

On 28th October, at M6 of the INCULTUM project, a virtual gathering saw all the project’s partners meet and discuss the progress of the various activities, at project level and also at the level of Pilots’ individual work. The most … Continue reading


INCULTUM in Portugal: launching the Pilot to promote Campina de Faro area

The University of Algarve’s research team started the INCULTUM Pilot in south Portugal by holding, in Faro on 11th May 2021, a Seminar on “Cultural Landscape, Hydraulic Heritage and Sustainable Development”. Aimed at engaging the academic community, other stakeholders, and … Continue reading


WEAVE presented at Europeana Aggregators Forum

The Europeana Aggregators Forum is the network of national, thematic and domain aggregators: organizations which enable cultural heritage institutions to share their content with Europeana and open it up to new audiences. Twice a year all of them meet to … Continue reading


WEAVE Labday: Mastros Tradicionais, a cultural practice from Odemira (Portugal)

This LabDay from the WEAVE series is dedicated to engage communities in South Portugal, and is composed of various cultural heritage activities, all linked to the practice of Mastros Tradicionais, a cultural practice from Odemira (Portugal). The LabDay is coordinated … Continue reading


Safeguarding Our Romani Language, online conference

On November 5, the World Day of Romani Language, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is organizing the Second International Conference “Safeguarding Our Romani Language”, in partnership with the Council of Europe and the University of Graz. The conference is … Continue reading


INCULTUM: promotion and enhancement of the village of San Pellegrino in Alpe (Tuscany)

photo courtesy of University of Pisa. One of the Pilots of the INCULTUM project, aiming and empowering sustainable cultural tourism in peripheral areas with communities engagement, is coordinated by the University of Pisa and is set in the beautiful landscape … Continue reading


The great potential of the online museum shop

by Emmy van Arent and Trilce Navarrete (Erasmus University Rotterdam). The COVID-19 pandemic forced museums to close their doors, limiting the dialogue with the public and severely reducing the revenue that is normally generated from ticket sales. Museums responded by … Continue reading


WEAVE collaborates with INCULTUM

Local communites are fundamental for engagement with their heritage and territorial resources: this is a key aspect that project INCULTUM, focused on sustainable tourism, wants to explore so to unlock the potential of development of rural and peripheral areas in … Continue reading