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A richer data model for Europeana
The Europeana Data Model (EDM), a new way of structuring data that will bring the benefits of Semantic Web technology to Europeana.eu, has just been published.
The release of the EDM indicates a qualitative change in the way Europeana will deal with metadata gathered from content providers. It will open up the possibility for browsing Europeana in new and revealing ways which are not possible with the current Europeana Semantic Elements data model.
Europe and heritage: a challenge
In Europe, the preservation and management of our cultural heritage is organised at national or at regional level. In many cases this legislation is inspired by international treaties and recommendations concluded by international organisations such as Unesco and the Council of Europe. However, both movable and immovable heritage often undergo the indirect influence of various EU legislation concluded by other policy areas. Think of, for example, legislation dealing with environmental issues, labour affairs, energy efficiency or building products.
New lay-out for Arts Flanders newsletter and website
First released in May 2007, the 'Arts Flanders' newsletter (in English) has expanded into an extensive news platform on art and culture from Flanders. In order to make 'Arts Flanders' an even more attractive platform for the international visitor, a new lay-out has been designed. We hope 'Arts Flanders' will become the place-to-be for news and information on Flemish art and culture abroad and on cultural activities in Flanders.
Masterclass 'Food, Memory, Heritage' - Allen Weiss
In assocation with research centre FOST, FARO will be holding a masterclass with Allen Weiss on Friday, June 4, 2010. Allen S.
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Food, memory and cultural heritage | Summer School, Tours (F)
The IEHCA/François-Rabelais Summer School is developing in European, and even worldwide, importance in terms of the presentation of scientific and academic research. For the September 2010 (August 29th - September 5th) Summer School, the scientific coordinators have chosen to examine the key: 'Food, memory and cultural heritage'. Memory, that is to say the way in which an individual or a collectivity construct their past in remembering it, is a crucial factor for researching the history and the culture of food.
Recognizing Our Cultural Heritage. An American and Flemish dialogue
2010, the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, celebrates the equal dignity of all cultures and seeks to promote mutual respect and cooperation for lasting peace, through dialogue and the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. Recognition is a fundamental cultural process that determines whether communities, groups or individuals incorporate expressions, practices and representations as elements of their intangible cultural heritage.
DISH2009 Digital Strategies in Heritage Conference
DISH is a new bi-annual international conference on digital heritage and the opportunities it offers to cultural institutions. The first edition of DISH takes place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 8-10 December 2009. DISH2009 will host speakers from 11 countries in keynotes, debates, workshops and paper presentations.
Presentations 'Europeana Plenary Conference 2009'
Presentations and other documents from the Europeana plenary conference, Creation, Collaboration & Copyright (14 - 16 September 2009) are now online at the website of Europeana.
Het Firmament presents...
After three years of research, Het Firmament established a complete inventory of everyone involved in puppetry in Flanders and of all the different puppetry collections. Based upon this information, challenges have been formulated towards policymakers as well as towards the large heritage community of puppetry in Flanders. Never before this amount of information has been gathered.
Europeana: tell us what you think
All Europeana’s features are fully functioning now and they would like to know what you think about the site. Europeana is currently running a survey in all 27 EU languages. Your feedback is important for the future development of Europeana, so let them know what you want.
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