Case Study 1: Using 3D Reconstruction and story-telling to bring the past to life
Ename, a small, local heritage site and museum in north west Belgium with some notable artefacts has used 3D technologies to reconstruct its Abbey as it evolved over several centuries. By using story-telling to create first-person interaction with important objects [...]
First 4CH Annual Meeting Summary
The first Annual Meeting of the 4CH project was held on Thursday the 8th July with over 70 people attending the Zoom meeting which was chaired by Francesco Taccetti, INFN. After a short welcome, the first speaker was the European [...]
A European Competence Centre for the Cultural Heritage: the 4CH Project
Introduction After the Damages International Academy hosted their 2nd online event (featuring 4CH) on Tuesday the 22nd June which has been made available here as a video with an accompanying summary. The event, which was held mainly in [...]
After the Damages 2nd talk to focus on the 4CH Project
The After the Damages International Academy (University of Ferrara) is pleased to announce their second talk which focusses on the 4CH Project for Tuesday 22nd June at 14:00-18:00 CEST. The event, organized in collaboration with the Clust-ER BUILD and [...]
Using AI to monitor historic towns and landscapes: #Connecting Archaeology webinar
The next webinar in CARARE's #Connecting Archaeology Series will take place on Wednesday 23rd June at 15:30 CET. The webinar will explore some of the ways that artificial intelligence is being used with aerial and satellite imagery to monitor landscapes. [...]
Italy endorses 4CH at EU Council for Culture
During the EU Council for Culture of 18 May, the Italian Ambassador endorsed the 4CH project and proposed future developments for it. A video clip (1'14") of this part of his speech is available here (with English subtitles): https://vimeo.com/554224174 The [...]
How 3D Scanning is Reinventing Paleoanthropology – the case of DNH 155
Paranthropus robustus SK-48. mBy Ditsong National Museum of Natural History - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11931381 This article by Jesse Martin, a graduate archaeology researcher at La Trobe University in Melbourne, was published on the 25th April [...]
Europeana Research Grants call open: Crowdsourcing & Research
The 5th call for proposals within the Europeana Research Grants Programme has been announced and is currently open for applications. The programme supports events that encourage collaborations between cultural heritage professionals and researchers and this year's theme is: Crowdsourcing & [...]
Creative Commons Certificate for GLAMS – beta test opportunity
Creative Commons (CC) is expanding their offerings for the Creative Commons Certificate, a training programme about open licensing and ways to engage in the global, shared digital commons. Currently, there are two CC Certificate courses, one for educators and one [...]