Digital meets Culture

27th September 2018. Open debate:What’s the point of Listing Buildings?

An Open Mind To Heritage: Glasgow City Heritage Trust

Glasgow City Heritage Trust is an independent charity supported by Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland.
Established in 2007, it champions the city’s unique architecture and built environment to promote and encourage the understanding, appreciation and conservation of Glasgow’s historic buildings for the benefit of the city’s communities and its visitors.
In order to increase the awareness of the inhabitants to the theme of the enhancement of the urban architectural heritage and involve them in the preservation of historical buildings, the organization periodically promotes exhibitions and participatory events such as debates, workshops and conferences.
For September 27th, is planned the last meeting of the quarterly sequence of debates called “The City Talks”, during which, a selected panel of experts and the audience will discuss the criteria used for listing ancient buildings in Glasgow and if they “fully reflect what the city and its people value about the historic built environment.”
Main questions to face:
– What’s the point of Listing Buildings?
– Should we be trying to save historic buildings which are unlisted and outside of conservation areas?
– Who might they be valuable to?
Read more about the Glasgow City Heritage Trust and upcoming debate here

Paris (France), 8-9 November 2018

Europe and Fashion: Questioning Identities and Cultures

EFHA International Conference 2018: Europe and Fashion: Questioning Identities and Cultures

The conference Europe and Fashion: Questioning Identities and Cultures focused on European sartorial heritage, its collecting and its archiving practices; it explored and contextualised spaces of cultural interactions, displacement and construction of national and transnational identities in the European landscape.
In recent years there has been considerable scholarly attention to the interrelationship between geographical and national identities on the one hand and cultural production on the other hand. Historians, art historians, anthropologists and philologists amongst others have focused on the role of geography, borders, territories and identities for the definition and demarcation of varied artefacts and practices. We contend that fashion will benefit from a similar approach. By assessing the current state of theory, history and practice-based research in the field of fashion studies, the conference Europe and Fashion: Questioning Identities and Cultures wanted to expand the existing knowledge on European identities and European cultures exploring the role of dress and fashion in these cultural formations.

At this link the conference podcast is now available: https://fashionheritage.eu/podcast/

The conference involved world-leading academic institutions, archives and museums, encouraging discourse across disciplines, institutional and national boundaries. Through a carefully selected line-up of speakers, the aim was to reconsider assumptions about the place of dress and fashion in the definition of European cultures and offer new and critical perspectives on the role of dress and fashion in relation to many issues, as: individual and collective identities, European policy, colonialism and post-colonialism, cultural exchange and transmission, cultural displacement and appropriation, the fashion capital and nation, centre and periphery. The contributions also addressed heritage, archives formations and museums as catalysers of cultural discourses, as well as explore identity formations in Europe in a wider socio-cultural context, both theoretically and historically.

The conference was organised by the European Fashion Heritage Association in collaboration with The New School – Parsons Paris, IUAV University of Venice and London College of Fashion – University of the Arts London, under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture. The event was also listed among the initiatives part of “2018 – European Year for Cultural Heritage”.

Keynote speakers

Miren Arzalluz, Galliera Museum
Javier Gimeno Martinez, Free University Amsterdam
Giorgio Riello University of Warwick
Valerie Steele Fashion Institute of Technology

Confirmed speakers

Judith Clark, London College of Fashion, UAL
Bárbara Coutinho, MUDE Lisbon
Serkan Delice, London College of Fashion, UAL
Andrea Kollnitz, Stockholm University
Paulina Latham, Polish Cultural Institute London
Giulia Mensitieri, University of Brussel
Gabriele Monti, IUAV University of Venice
Marco Pecorari, The New School Parsons Paris
Véronique Pouillard, University of Oslo
Aurélie Samuel YSL Museum

Website: www.fashionheritage.eu

Everyone has a smartphone these days, and with AR artists can add many added elements to an art piece

Augmented Reality makes street art come to life

South Florida-based artist Luis Valle, who has spraypainted murals across Miami, is a part of a project called “Augmented Reality.” Using an app, Mussa, viewers can have an augmented reality experience and view a 3D model of his artworks. Luis says this particular intersection of technology and art is thrilling and he believes AR will help creatives better connect their work with onlookers, because of its ability to make art more evocative.
“The technology is brand new and only the beginning. What we can do with it is only limited to what we can think up,” Valle tells Big Think. “It definitely does enliven the art experience. Everyone has a smartphone these days and with AR you can add many added elements to an art piece. You can add sound, motion and 3D elements to the experience, which affects more of your senses.”

Discover more and read the full blog by Jonathan Kendall on Big Think

Humanities and the Arts: Creative Industries and Cultural Democracy. 4-5 April, Athens,Greece. Submission deadline September 30th 2018

Call for Papers: ECHIC Conference 2019

Following a string of successful conferences in major European cities (Dublin, Utrecht, Nottingham, Oporto, Pamplona, Macerata, Edinburgh and Leuven) the next Conference of the European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres (ECHIC http://www.echic.org/) will be held in Athens in April 2019. The conference will be hosted in collaboration with the University of the Peloponnese and other participating Greek education and cultural institutions, such as the Athens School of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Modern Art & the Athens and Epidaurus Festival.

The conference programme will feature keynote lectures, conference papers, project presentations/demos, panel discussions, as well as the annual meeting of ECHIC and networking workshops. Depending on interest during registration, the programme will also include extra options of guided tours and visits to sites of cultural interest, such as the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum, the National Library, and a day-trip to the ancient theatre of Epidaurus or the spectacular temple of Neptune at Sounion.
Papers and discussions will address the interface between humanities and the arts within Europe in a globalised world. The conference will focus on the creative industries as a paradigmatic topos of such confluences. It will also reflect on questions about the relation between creative economies and cultural democracy, and, at a more fundamental level, of the relation between creativity, ethics and politics which cut across boundaries between the Humanites, the Arts and Social Sciences and speak to contemporary concerns beyond academia.

Along these theoretical axes, some of the topics suggested for discussion are (not limited to) the following:

– Arts and the humanities; historical perspectives

– Arts and performance: festivals and other public events
– Archeology, Museum and Heritage Industries
– Digital technologies, creative archives and visual cultural industries
– Book culture and the publishing industry
– Translation, creativity, and economy
– Education and the creative economy
– Creative Commons
– Democracy, politics and creativity
– Ethical issues in the creative industries
– Community art and humanities projects;
– Creative economy on a national and globalised level
– Crisis, development and creative industries
– Funded arts and humanities projects – policies, good practices and Showcases

They are invited proposals for either 20-minute academic papers or 10-minute project presentations/demos in intersecting areas of arts and the humanities broadly outlined above. Early career researchers and coordinators of funded projects are particularly welcome to submit. Proposals for panels are also welcome.

Submit of a short biographical note together with an abstract of 150 words for a proposed panel or individual presentation/ demo should be sent at both the following addresses:
angeliki.spiropoulou@london.ac.uk and ECHICathens2019@gmail.com

Conference Organiser
Dr Angeliki Spiropoulou
Associate Professor of European Literature and Theory, University of the Peloponnese;
Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study-University of London

Girona, Catalonia (Spain), 9th October 2018

First International Seminar on Sports Archives

The International Council on Archives (ICA), through the Section on Sport Archives (SPO), aims to make governments and the public aware of the need to preserve and conserve archives belonging to all the individuals, public and private institutions, associations and other organisations linked to the world of sport.

The ICA’s activities, through ICA / SPO, are intended to raise awareness in society of the need to organise, preserve, disseminate and facilitate access to documentation and information produced by associations, clubs, federations, sports organisations and athletes, since they play a fundamental role in configuring the personal and collective memory of the world of sport and of society itself. The complex management of the world of sport has many links with other professionals, such as those involved in health, journalism and the media, history, archive studies, political science, legislation, economics, philosophy, the sciences of physical activity, and sports and engineering, among other fields.

Student athletics, Veria Public Library, American Farm School of Thessaloniki Historical Archives, Public Domain via Europeana.

With a view to achieving the above aims, the ICA / SPO, Girona City Council and the Diputació de Girona are promoting a biennial seminar on sport archives in Girona. In this first edition 9th October 2018 we want to present the vision of nine professionals with outstanding experience linked to sport within their own disciplines: sport, history, journalism, health, and archive – document management.

These professionals will contribute their own understanding of the role of sport in society at all levels, as an element transmitting values, integration, change and a desire for achievement, thus enabling others to appreciate its importance.
They will thus be a channel of communication that is capable of motivating others and promoting the objectives of ICA / SPO in society, emphasising the need to organise, preserve, disseminate and facilitate access to archives linked to the world of sport.
Their contribution to the seminar will be geared to raising awareness among all those involved in the world of sport (clubs, federations and national and international organizations, companies, sponsors, doctors, physiotherapists, journalists, historians, archivists, engineers, referees, coaches, teachers, etc.) of the importance of preserving documents that make up an essential part of a country’s collective memory.
Their presentations will highlight the ways in which they manage, use and exploit the documentation and information they have accumulated personally and professionally over the years.

Programme (PDF, 1.4 Mb)

Website: http://www.arxiudiputaciogirona.cat/primer-seminari-internacional-dels-arxius-de-lesport/

EFHA is an international hub, in which fashion GLAMs and brands share collections and experiences for valorisation of fashion heritage resources.

new name, same mission: European Fashion Heritage Association

Starting today, the Europeana Fashion International Association changes its name in European Fashion Heritage Association. A new name, a new identity, but the same mission: “make it easier for fashion GLAMs and brands to get better value from their cultural heritage assets by opening them up and connecting to new audiences”.

catalogue from Le Bon Marché, 1910. courtesy Mode Museum Provincie Antwerpen, free access

Sharing the vast wealth of fashion heritage assets stored in public and private museums and archives across Europe empowers these institutions, improves their visibility and prestige and connect them with new audiences; at the same time, it allows the full exploitation of our shared fashion heritage for work, for study and for fun. These are the main reasons that will continue to drive the activities and the scope of European Fashion Heritage Association.

The Association today launches also its new website: fashionheritage.eu.

The website wants to be a space where a thriving network of fashion heritage professionals, scholars, creatives and enthusiasts can meet, share experiences, learn from each other and have a specialised access to the largest and richest digital repository of fashion heritage online, daily curated by a dedicated editorial team.

The Association will also continue to operate the Fashion thematic aggregator, keeping on publishing and enriching high-quality digital fashion content on the Europeana Collections portal, putting it in the broader framework of the European cultural heritage, engaging there a larger audience of culture lovers.

Moreover: soon, information on the forthcoming international conference on “Europe and Fashion: Questioning Identities and Cultures” will be shared, with an impressive lineup of speakers.

Learn more and stay in touch: https://www.fashionheritage.eu/

21-22 August 2018, Bardejov, Slovakia

Bardkontakt conference.Cemeteries and memorials in the life of municipalities

The 26th edition of the Bardkontakt conference, dedicated to the protection, maintenance and management of the cemeteries and memorials from the perspective of municipalities, was hosted by the small town of Bardejov . The topic was judged in the context of preserving local traditions, presenting the values of this heritage, improving the life conditions of the community and the further development of local site.
Main topics of discussion:
– Recognizing and mediating history through monuments, memorials and cemeteries
– Specific type: reminder of combat events and military operations
– The use of memorial monuments in the context of life and development planning of towns and villages
– Transfer of knowledge
The conference provided the space for interdisciplinary discussion, sharing experiences between participants in each of the areas concerned and it was opened to the members of the Slovak Chamber of Architects, the Slovak Chamber of Civil Engineers, the Slovak Chamber of Restorers, the employees of the Monument Board of Slovak Republic, the members of Association of Towns and Municipalities of Slovakia, representatives of municipalities, experts from the academic environment and artists’ community, other participants in the processes of programming and realization of development of municipalities, representatives of citizens’ initiatives, investors and to all these with an interest in this topic.
The event was organized by 2 REACH associate partners in Slovakia: the municipality of Bardejov, UNESCO World Heritage Site (Slovakia) and ECOVAST Slovakia, an organization focused on the promotion and preservation of rural heritage all around Europe.
Venue: Bardejov Town Hall, Slovakia
More information about Bardkontakt conference here

call is open to artists - DEADLINE 5 SEPTEMBER 2018

CROSS Award 2018 – IV edition

LIS Lab Performing Arts – in collaboration with the Comune di Verbania (Municipality of Verbania) and with the support of MiBACT, the Regione Piemonte (Piedmont Region), Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo (Fondazione Piedmont Live) Fondazione CRT (CRT Foundation) and Ricola.

Announces the fourth edition of the ‘Internation CROSS award’ for artists and companies in the field of performing arts and music, with particular attention to productions focused on the close interaction between musical composition and action stage.

With the fourth edition the call renews and changes: 3 projects will be selected for a 15-day residence in Verbania with a fee for the production of € 7.000,00 each.

The award aims to promote investigation and artistic expressions related to the combination of different styles and genres, considering multi-language practices and the mix of techniques and codes pertaining to the various performing arts as reward factors. The goal of the competition is to identify new productions – thoroughly unpublished – that put in dialogue the language of the body and of the stage performance with musical composition, without any restrictions or constraints of kind, category or practice. New for 2018 is the formula of “artists in the territories”. CROSS therefore wants to support the productions that will favor the relationship with the territory both through projects that deal with the theme of the landscape, themes that are generally environmental or that can meet the community. There are no limits on how to share with the territory, the practices and the artistic disciplines.

The call is open to individual artists, professionals and companies. The project must be submitted as a production that can be developed during the different phases of the residency and that could include the most diverse expressive practices (as such: dance, music composition and interpretation, DJ-set, live soundtrack, composition of a soundtrack, activity of noise music, theatre, body performance, singing, new technologies, video art, motion-capture, readings, site-specific design).

Download the call (PDF, 126 Kb)

INFO

e-mail: info@crossproject.it

website: www.crossproject.it

Brussels (Belgium), 25 September 2018

Cultural Heritage For The Future: The Role Of Media Innovation

Audio-visual and radio archives are vivid testimonies of our history and cultural identities. Preserving and facilitating access to our cultural heritage has a crucial role to play in building the future of Europe. These stories deserve to be seen and heard to inspire future generations and nurture our creative industries across Europe.

On 25 September, the EBU – European Broadcasting Union will bring together media and archive specialists, policy makers and entrepreneurs to discuss how we can best protect, develop and open up the audiovisual memory of Europe. As financial challenges put at risk many of these archives, PSMs are leading the way in developing innovative strategies to make archives more accessible and attractive to all Europeans.

The conference will feature discussions on how to leverage digital technologies to promote and re-use our collections of radio and TV broadcasting history. Participants will be invited to exchange best practices and define new avenues for media organisations and institutions to drive engagement with archive materials for educational and entertaining purposes. This event is organised within the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, a European initiative aimed at encouraging more Europeans to enjoy, protect and promote our rich culture.

https://www.ebu.ch/events/2018/09/european-cultural-heritage

ESOF, (EuroScience Open Forum), Toulouse, 9-14 July 2018.

The role of scientific advice in modern society

Last 9-14 of July, took place in Toulouse (France) the 8th edition of ESOF(EuroScience Open Forum), the largest interdisciplinary science meeting in Europe. The initiative was dedicated to scientific research and innovation: hundreds of conferences, workshops and debates were joined by scientists, innovators, policy makers, business people, offering a unique framework for interaction and debate.
Particularly aligned with REACH project principle of participatory approaches was the scientific programme, which highlighted and questioned the interplay between science and society: in this context specific attention was dedicated to discuss the role of scientific advice in modern society.
The session, titled “Citizens and science advice – challenges and opportunities of participatory science advice” explored ways of engaging citizens at different stages during the development of science advice, in particular on questions which are of direct concern to civil society (such as climate change, health and environment-related issues, digital rights and cyber security).
The session was presented by different structures delivering science advice to governments, including the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (SAM), science advice bodies from European Member States, the European Academy Networks and national Academies.
Attendants debated and shared experiences and lessons aiming to identify best practice which includes an interactive discussion with the audience on new ways of bringing science advice and citizens closer together.
Horizon, the EU research & innovation magazine detailed the opinions expressed by the speakers, all remarking the importance to involve civic society into science advice mechanisms and all acribable to this statement: “The scientific community needs to listen more to people outside academia if it wants to continue to help politicians create good evidence-based policies that will benefit the public”.
Read more about ESOF 2018