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Important speakers and wide participation awarded the event organized by RICHES project

RICHES POLICY SEMINAR, Brussels, 19 October 2015

The policies presented by RICHES are related to the need to develop and use a common taxonomy, innovation in copyright frameworks and open access to data and information, and co-creation practices to facilitate innovation in the cultural heritage sector – all with the purpose of overcoming a range of barriers and constraints. The event was preceded in the morning by a Networking Session where invited participants in EC-funded projects discussed aims and achievements in the light of establishing new, profitable collaborations and synergies. Continue reading →

interesting research resources available from FP7 project

RICHES Think Papers series now completed!

8 Think Papers on different themes following the areas of research of RICHES project are now available both on the project website and on the RICHES resources website. RICHES Think Paper 01. Copyright and Cultural Heritage: Developing a Vision for … Continue reading →

Incredible pictures of Native Americans from old books to digital collections

Karen Hatzigeorgiou: U.S. History Images in public domain

text by Caterina Sbrana Dear DIGITALMEETSCULTURE.NET readers, in these almost two years of collaboration with the magazine, I took care of proposing digital archives, online exhibitions, artistic experiences in which the digital technology meets art, dance, literature, historical events etc.. … Continue reading →

great imagery of the 20th century is archived in 5 million image objects in the TopFoto archive, digitalized at its best

Meet WEAVE Team: TopFoto

all images courtesy of TopFoto.co.uk Topham Partners LLP (TopFoto) – UK Founded in London in 1927, TopFoto is a rich resource for the world’s political and social history of the 20th century, illustrating the events, cultures and public figures that … Continue reading →

Online, 18 October 2021

WEAVE LabDay presenting Europeana

WEAVE project is organizing a series of LabDays to engage communities with their tangible and intangible heritage and present novel ways of cultural heritage representation in the digital realm. This workshop organized by Europeana engaged minority communities and Cultural Heritage … Continue reading →

Digital technologies contribute to the protection of the essence of Tibetan culture, inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Tibetan Opera, the most popular traditional opera of minority ethnic groups in China

Text by Caterina Sbrana. Let’s continue our research on intangible cultural heritage to learn about the most popular traditional opera of minority ethnic groups in China, the Tibetan Opera, nowdays accessible online at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china-watch/culture/traditional-tibetan-opera/, or at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201909/03/WS5d6ddb68a310cf3e35569695_4.html. The contribution of … Continue reading →

a project co-funded by the EU in the framework of CEF Connecting Europe Facility programme

50s in Europe Kaleidoscope (2018-2020)

“50s in Europe Kaleidoscope” is a new project led by KU Leuven and including a mix of technology partners, universities and content providers. The aim of the project is to use state-of-the-art technologies to improve the user experience in engaging … Continue reading →

the project experimented with an exercise of co-curation on Roma heritage collections, jointly conducted by partners TopFoto and ERIAC

WEAVE works for metadata curation of community and minority collections

images courtesy TopFoto.co.uk Digital collections of various types of heritage are an immense resource for knowledge sharing, and Europeana is the EU flagship initiative to make this common heritage accessible to any type of users. Europeana and its network of … Continue reading →

A panel of international speakers discussed about digital cultural heritage and its potential for exploitation and education

Conference about “Use, Re-use and Access”, prestigious event in Dublin

Hosted by the Irish Presidency of the European Union and Linked Heritage partner the Local Government Management Agency, the conference attracted an international audience of cultural heritage and memory institutions and numerous representatives of Irish local and national memory institutions. the conference featured a video message from Commissioner Neelie Kroes, who unfortunately was unable to attend the Conference in person. Commissioner Kroes emphasized the importance of an open approach to information sharing, and highlighted the role of Europeana. Continue reading →

How can we make better use of our digital heritage within other sectors? Expert speakers and discussions tried to find the answers.

Upcycle Digital Heritage – workshop in Derry

Over the past decades much effort has gone into the digitisation of our rich and varied cultural heritage, producing vast amounts of high quality digital data, ranging from images, video, sound and 3D. However, this valuable resource is not being … Continue reading →