STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS IMPLEMENTED WHILE SURVEYING BUILDINGS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Todorov ◽  
Mihail Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Full Study ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Complex Engineering ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Long Term Preservation

The study of cultural heritage is a multidisciplinary challenge. Working in this area meets a number of peculiarities, which put emphasis on a full study of the elements of the natural environment, as well as the need for brilliant techniques of construction to be used. The detailed studies of the monuments characteristics in a series of engineering areas over the last decade have led us to the conclusion that the creators of these monuments have achieved an important characteristic of their creations – securing their durability. From an engineering standpoint, the examples are valuable in terms of materials as well as the choice of a structural solution as their most important feature. In several sites with world cultural heritage status-the conservation and impact of the monument in the perspective of eternal longevity have been studied, while analyzing construction and the overall vision of the builders to the specific creation. It is these aspects that are the subject of research and it turns out that their role in preserving the monument is extremely important. This publication examines two monuments with extremely distinctive characteristics, requiring complex engineering research and thorough knowledge of natural and anthropogenic materials and their application in the construction techniques of the past. This is an example, and a basis for adequate solutions with an approach for long-term preservation of the structures.

Old Aleppo: Upgrading an Historic Residential Environment

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Adli Qudsi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Residential Environment ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Old City ◽  
History Of ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Subject

The Old City of Aleppo, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, a living town of 110,000 inhabitants residing in thousands of historical courtyard houses and an important commercial centre is now the subject of an internationally recognized rehabilitation scheme. This paper describes the history of this project and identifies a series of lessons to be learnt about the complex process of rehabilitation in a living historic environment.

scholarly journals Towards A Knowledge Model Bridging Technologies And Applications In Cultural Heritage Documentation

2014 ◽  
Vol II-5 ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Boochs ◽  
A. Trémeau ◽  
O. Murphy ◽  
M. Gerke ◽  
J.L. Lerma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Measuring Techniques ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
Long Term Preservation ◽  
Key Questions

This paper documents the formulation of an international, interdisciplinary study, on a concerted European level, to prepare an innovative, reliable, independent and global knowledge base facilitating the use of today’s and future optical measuring techniques for the documentation of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage professionals, color engineers and scientists share similar goals for the documentation, curation, long-term preservation and representation of cultural heritage artifacts. Their focus is on accuracy in the digital capture and remediation of artefacts through a range of temporal, spatial and technical constraints. A shared vocabulary to interrogate these shared concerns will transform mutual understanding and facilitate an agreed movement forward in cultural heritage documentation here proposed in the work of the COST Action Color and Space in Cultural Heritage (COSCH). The goal is a model that captures the shared concerns of professionals for a standards-based solution with an organic Linked Data model. The knowledge representation proposed here invokes a GUI interface for non-expert users of capture technologies, facilitates, and formulates their engagement with key questions for the field.

The Conflict and Development between Resource, Environment and Tourism: A Case of the Ruins of Koguryo as the World Cultural Heritage Site in Ji'an, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 2452-2459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Ling Chen ◽  
Jian Hua Sun ◽  
Ke Qin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
City Image ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Site Development ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Scenic Spot ◽  
World Cultural Heritage ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The City

The fairly-well preserved ruins of the royal cities of the ancient kingdom of Koguryo, together with imperial tombs and nobles’ tombs all bear witnesses testifying the existence of a lost civilization. Archaeological findings include the remains of three cities used as capitals where 14 mausoleums of kings of different dynasties and 26 tombs of the royal family members stand to this day. With the exception of the Wunu Mountain city lying outside Ji'an in nearby Huanren County, the other two cities, Wandu mountain city and Guonei city, together with all the mausoleums and tombs are all located within Ji'an City, Jilin Province. The present paper attempts to carry on a comprehensive yet profound analysis on the development strategies as an overall tourism program in order to display the great advantages and potentials to turn the site into a tourist attraction while attaching great importance to a detailed analysis of the disadvantages including a warning of treat facing the historical relics worthy of the name of a world cultural heritage site. Development strategies are put forth as to the steps in the orientation for the establishment of Koguryo as a great scenic spot with historic and cultural significance. Promotional programs are also offered which include improvement on the city image of the whole area of Ji'an, together with the uplifting of its urban infrastructure especially its traffic amenities, namely, a whole road network leading in all directions. Suggestions are also put forward to set up a whole chain of tourist products linking with the construction of the cultural relics as well as cooperation programs for regional development.

scholarly journals The use of metadata systems for the preservation of digital records in cultural heritage institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
South African ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Global Access ◽  
Long Term Preservation

Many studies concur that most of the world’s heritage resources, including digital records, are highly vulnerable to loss, and some cannot be recovered due to neglect or mismanagement. Strategies are thus needed to ensure long-term preservation and global access to digital records of enduring value. Metadata systems have been regarded as a suitable strategy to support digital preservation processes and prevent digital records loss within cultural heritage institutions. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the adoption of metadata systems in cultural heritage institutions in South Africa. This study utilised literature review to critically examine the use of metadata systems for the preservation of digital records in cultural heritage institutions. Although various preservation systems and strategies are being developed to enable description, discovery and delivery of digital records, the findings revealed that South African cultural heritage institutions’ level of metadata system adoption is low. This is due to lack of awareness about metadata schemas and standards, lack of technical expertise, inadequate funding and lack of technological infrastructure. Several recommendations are made to enhance preservation of digital records, including increasing awareness and the implementation of metadata systems, schemas and policies.

Re-Animating Greg Lynn's Embryological House: A Case Study in Digital Design Preservation

Leonardo ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Bird ◽  
Guillaume LaBelle
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Media Arts ◽  
Digital Architecture ◽  
Fundamental Part ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Long Term Preservation

Greg Lynn's Embryological House was an early work of digital architecture: a work in which the computer was a fundamental part of the design process. It was the subject of a case study in digital preservation by the Daniel Langlois Foundation's project for the Documentation and Conservation of Media Arts Heritage (DOCAM) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). Research identified characteristics of digital architectural artifacts that are key to their long-term preservation. The results imply a shift in the focus of preservation from the artifact to its transformation in a digital context and a re-evaluation of preservation strategies and principles.

Non-Invasive Characterization for Long-Term Preservation of Cultural Heritage

2011 ◽  
Vol 1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G France
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Imaging Systems ◽  
Response Monitoring ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Characterization Of Materials ◽  
Long Term Preservation

ABSTRACTDevelopments in non-invasive analytical techniques advance the preservation of cultural heritage materials by identifying and analyzing substrates and media. Spectral imaging systems have been used as a tool for non-invasive characterization of cultural heritage, allowing the collection of chemical identification information about materials without sampling. The Library of Congress has been developing the application of hyperspectral imaging to the preservation and analysis of cultural heritage materials as a powerful, non-contact technique to allow non-invasive characterization of materials, by identifying and characterizing colorants, inks and substrates through their unique spectral response, monitoring deterioration or changes due to exhibit and other environmental conditions, and capturing lost and deteriorated information. The resulting image cube creates a new “digital cultural object” that is related to, but recognized as a distinct entity from the original. The range of data this object contains encourages multidisciplinary collaboration for the integration of preservation, societal and cultural information.

scholarly journals Towards a Sustainable Infrastructure for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Digital Scholarship

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter X. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Long Term Preservation

AbstractThe digital lifecycle encompasses definitive processes for data curation and management, long-term preservation, and dissemination, all of which are key building blocks in the development of a digital library. Maintaining a complete digital lifecycle workflow is vital to the preservation of digital cultural heritage and digital scholarship. This paper considers digital lifecycle programs for digital libraries, noting similarities between the digital and print lifecycles and referring to the example of the Digital Dunhuang project. Only through a systematic and sustainable digital lifecycle program can platforms for cross-disciplinary research and repositories for large aggregations of digital content be built. Moreover, advancing digital lifecycle development will ensure that knowledge and scholarship created in the digital age will have the same chances for survival that print-and-paper scholarship has had for centuries. It will also ensure that digital library users will have effective access to aggregated content across different domains and platforms.

Archiving the Web – some legal aspects

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alenka Kavćić‐Ćolić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Electronic Publications ◽  
National Libraries ◽  
Long Term Preservation ◽  
The Web

Technological developments have changed the concepts of publication, reproduction and distribution. However, legislation, and in particular the Legal Deposit Law has not adjusted to these changes – it is very restrictive in the sense of protecting the rights of authors of electronic publications. National libraries and national archival institutions, being aware of their important role in preserving the written and spoken cultural heritage, try to find different legal ways to live up to these responsibilities. This paper presents some legal aspects of archiving Web pages, examines the harvesting of Web pages, provision of public access to pages, and their long‐term preservation.

POPULATION OF UKRAINE AND ITS NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE ATLAS INFORMATION SYSTEM

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
L.H. Rudenko ◽  
◽  
A.I. Bochkovska ◽  
K.A. Polyvach ◽  
V.S. Chabaniuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Geoinformation System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Types Of Information

The purpose of the publication is to highlight the main results of the development of the first Ukrainian interactive atlas “Population of Ukraine and its natural and cultural heritage”. It was created in accordance with the Memorandum of Cooperation between the NAS of Ukraine and the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. According to analysis of previous researches, there have been no attempts to map the complex and long-term processes of interaction between the population and its natural and cultural heritage so far in Ukraine and abroad. The Atlas provides knowledge and information about the historical stages of development of the population of Ukraine and the formation of its cultural and natural heritage in the following sections: 1. Ukraine in the European space - 3 maps; 2. Population - the subject of heritage formation - 57 maps; 3. Natural and cultural heritage - 28 maps; 4. Protection, preservation, restoration and using of natural and cultural heritage - 9 maps. The Atlas was developed using the updated AtlasSF Atlas Solutions Framework, one of the previous versions of which was used to create the Electronic version of the National Atlas of Ukraine. The modern architecture of AtlasSF allows integrating the developed atlas both in the atlas information system, and in the atlas geoinformation system of cultural heritage. All types of information resources were used to create the Atlas: maps, texts, photos, statistics. The interactive atlas contains 97 vector maps, texts, photos and tables.

scholarly journals Chemistry and Cultural Heritage*

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Maria J. Melo ◽  
Austin Nevin ◽  
Piero Baglioni
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Lemon Juice ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Systematic Design ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cleaning Agents ◽  
Sustainable Conservation ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Long Term Preservation

Abstract The conservation of works of art makes them accessible, and will ensure the transfer of cultural heritage to future generations,. For long term preservation, the development of effective and sustainable conservation materials is of fundamental importance. Although in the past traditional approaches in restoration have used highly effective natural materials for cleaning, modern research has focused on the systematic design of materials and methodologies. For instance, during the nineteenth century conservators reported the use of materials such as vinegar, wine, lemon juice, and today saliva is still used in cleaning applications. Although it is now recognized that these materials contain components that are effective cleaning agents, until recently there has been a lack of systematic studies regarding the control of their structure and reactivity.

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