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OPEN SCIENCE: DISSEMINATION OF DIGITAL CULTURAL CONTENT

In Archeofoss 2020, Alessandra Caravale, Alessandra Piergrossi and Irene Rossi presented (abstract in https://zenodo.org/record/4002961#.YHgzlOgzaUk) their reflection on Open Science, understood as participatory science, and the important role assumed by Archeologia e Calcolatori (A&C). 

Open Science supports innovation in knowledge, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage. Scientific data sharing is one of the missions of the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences (https://www.ispc.cnr.it/it_it/), a newly formed hub, which has collected the multiannual legacy of research dedicated to archaeological informatics. 

26th CHNT Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies

Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies: The World’s Heritage in the Digital Age.New Technologies towards sustainable research, conservation and communication. The 26th CHNT will be held under the motto The World’s Heritage in the Digital Age – New Technologies towards Sustainable Research, Conservation and Communication. November, 2-4 2021 | Vienna, Austria

After 25 years of successful management of the CHNT by Stadtarchäologie Vienna, the organization of the conference is under new management. From 2021 onwards, the conference on cultural heritage and new technologies will be organized by CHNT-ICOMOS Austria a sister association of the Austrian National Committee of ICOMOS.

VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY FOR LITTLE GUYS

In Archeofoss 2020 (abstract in Zenodo ) Ben Price presented his Thesis work, a new approach based on the assessment of the feasibility and sustainability of minimal resource VR modelling and its application to small-scale archaeological research. The use of game engines in archaeology is certainly not a new thing and are being used as non-game related tools for archaeological investigation. This is a free resource that can help the development of VR archaeology.

VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY FOR LITTLE GUYS

Call for the protection of the cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

In response to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Europa Nostra and the European Association of Archaeologists, members of the European Heritage Alliance, call for the protection of the cultural heritage in the Caucasus region. According to the heritage organisations, the cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh is “the expression of a multicultural and multireligious past and present of the region and of Europe as a whole”.