scholarly journals SYNTHESIS: A Platform of Platforms for Integrated Management, Curation, and Visualization of Digital Cultural Experiences through VR and AR Technologies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stelios C.A. Thomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Multimedia Material ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Digital Material ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
The Creation

SYNTHESIS is a platform of platforms (PoP) for the management, curation, and creation of digital cultural experiences related to cultural heritage material (artifacts), and their visualization through mobile applications and virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies. The digital cultural experiences may relate to specific cultural heritage monuments or exhibits of museum collections and may reside either on site or remotely. The platform provides a comprehensive supervisory tool that allows curators to select digital artifacts from different databases around the topic of interest, associate them through narratives that translate them into a sequence of semantic correlations that can be visualized using VR/AR technologies. The SYNTHESIS of platforms contributes to the creation of a new condition for the promotion of cultural heritage sites, museums, and exhibits, and facilitates the management and interaction of the user-visitor with them. The platform contributes to the creation of an innovative system for the management and curation of large volume of digital material related to an exhibit and consequently its promotion by unifying the stages of: (a) production of digital content; (b) connection of additional digital multimedia material related to the digital content; (c) curation of the digital content and transformation to a digital experience in accordance to a desired narrative; and (d) visualization of the digital experience in-situ or remotely with the use of mobile apps and VR/AR technologies.

scholarly journals A Framework Proposal for Regional-Scale Flood-Risk Assessment of Cultural Heritage Sites and Application to the Castile and León Region (Central Spain)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Garrote ◽  
Andrés Díez-Herrero ◽  
Cristina Escudero ◽  
Inés García
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Extreme Flood ◽  
The Creation

Floods, at present, may constitute the natural phenomenon with the greatest impact on the deterioration of cultural heritage, which is the reason why the study of flood risk becomes essential in any attempt to manage cultural heritage (archaeological sites, historic buildings, artworks, etc.) This management of cultural heritage is complicated when it is distributed over a wide territory. This is precisely the situation in the region of Castile and León (Spain), in which 2155 cultural heritage elements are registered in the Catalog of Cultural Heritage Sites of Castile and León, and these are distributed along the 94,226 km2 of this region. Given this scenario, the present study proposes a methodological framework of flood risk analysis for these cultural heritage sites and elements. This assessment is based on two main processing tools to be developed in addition: on the one hand, the creation of a GIS database in which to establish the spatial relationship between the cultural heritage elements and the flow-prone areas for different flood return periods and, on the other hand, the creation of a risk matrix in which different variables are regarded as associated both to flood hazard (return period, flow depth, and river flooding typology) and to flood vulnerability (construction typology, and construction structural relationship with the hydraulic environment). The combination of both tools has allowed us to establish each cultural heritage flood risk level, making its categorization of risk possible. Of all the cultural heritage sites considered, 18 of them are categorized under an Extreme flood risk level; and another 24 show a High potential flood risk level. Therefore, these are about 25% to 30% of all cultural heritage sites in Castile and León. This flood risk categorization, with a scientific basis of the cultural heritage sites at risk, makes it possible to define territories of high flood risk clustering; where local scale analyses for mitigation measures against flood risk are necessary.

scholarly journals GEOMATICS TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIII-B2-2020 ◽  
pp. 1477-1484
Author(s):  
C. Moise ◽  
A.-M. Lazar ◽  
C. E. Mihalache ◽  
L. A. Dedulescu ◽  
I. F. Dana Negula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Aerial Mapping ◽  
Remote Sensing Techniques ◽  
Complex Project ◽  
The Right ◽  
Photorealistic Models

Abstract. Cultural heritage represents the link between past and present civilizations, contributing to the right appreciation of the present-day by understanding the historical evolution of different human communities that are shaping our world. Preservation of the cultural heritage and mitigating potential risks on invaluable artifacts or objectives is key to conserving the identity of present and future generations. Our complex project is dedicated to monitoring, conservation, protection and promotion of the Romanian cultural heritage. It addresses the challenge of better safeguarding the cultural heritage by developing a multidisciplinary approach.The combined use of Synthetic Aperture Radar and multispectral satellite imagery represent a non-invasive investigation instrument that enable multitemporal analysis, contributing with valuable insights regarding cultural heritage sites. Remote sensing techniques were used to generate geospatial products such as displacement maps, urban sprawl evolution maps, urban heat island maps and many more.For protecting important artifacts, innovative recipes based on nanotechnologies were developed. In order to promote these artifacts, 3D photorealistic models were created using 3D reconstruction technology. For selected cultural heritage objectives, an integrated LiDAR aerial mapping system has enabled the creation of a high accuracy 3D model.This paper illustrates how different technologies, ranging from remote sensing to nanotechnology, could be used for safeguarding and promoting the Romanian cultural heritage and represents a first step in establishing and consolidating a multidisciplinary team involved in this domain.

scholarly journals The Effect of Tourism Experience on Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior at Cultural Heritage Sites: The Mediating Role of Cultural Attachment

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
Zhenfeng Cheng ◽  
Xin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Environmentally Responsible Behavior ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Cultural Experiences

With the rapid development of tourism and the explosive growth of tourist arrivals, the destructive effects of tourist activities on the ecological environment of tourist destinations are becoming increasingly severe, seriously restricting the sustainable development of these destinations. As one of the most important types of current tourist destinations, cultural heritage sites are in urgent need of a well-protected ecological environment. Environmental protection has already become an important task for their sustainable development. The behavior of tourists during visits, which plays a central role in tourist activities, has gradually become a key factor affecting the environment of tourist destinations. Therefore, approaches to effectively identify the mechanisms underpinning tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior have become a focus of both theoretical and practical domains. Based on a stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) theoretical framework, our study established a mediation model based on cultural attachments, and explored the mechanisms affecting how cognitive, emotional, and cultural experiences influence tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior. The experience-attachment-behavior transmission mechanism was also considered. A structural equation model was applied to empirically test the 588 pieces of data collected from tourists involved in heritage tourism. The test results show that the cognitive, emotional, and cultural experiences delivered from tourist destinations of cultural heritage, positively affected tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior. Cultural attachment plays a partially mediating role between cognitive, emotional, cultural experiences and tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior. These study results not only support theoretical research on the relationship between tourism experiences and tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior, but also indicate the effective driving pathways of tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior at the practical level. As such, this research provides both theoretical reference and practical guidance for the sustainable development of tourist destinations with diverse cultural heritages.

Understanding and Modeling Visitor Behaviours for Enhancing Personalized Cultural Experiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-38
Author(s):  
Laura Pandolfo ◽  
Sara Spanu ◽  
Luca Pulina ◽  
Enrico Grosso
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
User Model ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Cultural Objects ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Adaptive Technologies ◽  
Heritage Collections

Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in using adaptive technologies in cultural heritage sites to personalize and enhance the user's visit experience. However, personalizing the cultural experiences is still a challenging task that requires a deep knowledge of those user aspects that influence the visit. In order to facilitate the learning process during the visit, adaptive systems should consider differences between individuals for personalizing access to cultural heritage collections. This article calls into question the role that technologies can play both to enhance a user's visit experience and to attract new audiences through personalized interactions with cultural objects. It addresses a specific understanding of visitors' needs and behaviours by means of empirical data collected through a survey questionnaire. Knowing the main factors underlying visitors' styles it allowed formalization of this knowledge into a user model ontology which collects the main visitors' characteristics in the use of cultural heritage contexts.

scholarly journals From web 1.0 to web 4.0: the digital heritage platforms for UNESCO’s heritage properties in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Puspita Ayu Permatasari ◽  
Akhmad Abdul Qohar ◽  
Arief Faizal Rachman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Puppet Theatre

<p>The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has had and is having a major impact on Indonesian cultural resource management, and on the safeguarding methods of its tangible and intangible cultural heritages. Despite varied levels and visible gaps between rural and urban regions in terms of technology usage, innovative initiatives have been created, which correspond to the needs and expectations of a technology-savvy public. As a starting point, a number of public institutions dealing with tangible cultural heritage (e.g. museums, palaces, temples, World Heritage Sites (WHS)) do use innovative digital tools in order to communicate to various audiences, as well as to enrich visitors’ experience, especially taking into consideration young generations. This paper will firstly examine the role of ICTs in intangible cultural heritage (ICH) (e.g. Batik, Wayang puppet theatre, etc.); secondly, the authors will explain how ICTs can help to communicate and promote the values, history, and significances of ICH products, both for locals and tourists, with the goal of raising awareness on cultural identity. However, the knowledge of ICH still requires contacts with its own communities and is vulnerable, as it can be exposed to excessive cultural commoditization through e-platforms. This study aims at giving an overview and some examples of digital interventions for cultural heritage communication implemented by various stakeholders in Indonesia. In addition, this paper analyses to what extent a participatory approach engaging local communities, academics, private sectors, NGOs and the government, can ensure higher levels of effectiveness and efficiency, hence supporting the conservation of UNESCO tangible/ICH in Indonesia. This paper aims at: (1) presenting the development of digital heritage platforms in Indonesia; (2) providing a grid of analysis of digital heritage knowledge platforms dedicated to UNESCO tangible and ICH in forms of websites and mobile apps.</p><p>Highlights:</p><ul><li><p>Providing a map of the online presence of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHSs) in Indonesia by analysing 180 webpages in English and Indonesian languages.</p></li><li><p>Identifying several types of digital heritage websites in Indonesia based on the set of categories.</p></li><li><p>Classifying a map of 312 mobile apps dealing with UNESCO WHSs and Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Indonesia, which were retrieved from Android and iOS platforms.</p></li></ul>

scholarly journals Redevelopment of the cultural heritage object (the case of the “Nurov’s Estate”)

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Marina Bareicheva ◽  
Ekaterina Kubina ◽  
Liudmila Daineko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Heritage Object ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City

The problem of redevelopment of cultural heritage sites is relevant and in demand all over the world, because such spaces carry the history and spirit of not only a particular place, but of an entire city. Many international and Russian researchers note that the revitalization and development of such sites will help to preserve the history and heritage of the city. In addition, there are many examples of the successful implementation of redevelopment projects and the creation of relevant and popular spaces on their territory. In this article we consider the project for the redevelopment of the Nurov Estate ensemble, located in Ekaterinburg (Russia). The project was carried out in cooperation with the owner of the object (development company) and is based on the concept of Art-cluster. For this project were calculated and considered indicators of commercial efficiency of projects.

scholarly journals COVID-19 on the Ground: Managing the Heritage Sites of a Pandemic

Heritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 2140-2162
Author(s):  
Dirk H. R. Spennemann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Standard Methodology ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
And Function ◽  
Moon Landing ◽  
Near Future

The standard methodology for the assessment of cultural heritage significance relies on hindsight, with a passage of time elapsed between the creation of the site or object and its assessment. There are, however, cases where heritage significance is instant (e.g., sites associated with the first Moon landing). This paper argues that hindsight will not be required to determine that the COVID-19 pandemic will come to be considered as a significant historic event, as COVID-19 has already manifested itself as a social, cultural and economic disruptor on a global scale with a mortality in the millions. Heritage professionals have the unique opportunity to assess and document places and structures associated with the pandemic, that are poised to be worthy of a heritage listing in the near future, while they are still in use and function as intended. This paper discusses the nature of the sites and structures and explores possible management approaches to safeguard evidence of the pandemic for future generations.

scholarly journals Work and Employment for the Heritage: System Analysis of an Economic Asset for an Innovative Welfare Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Ivan Drogo Inglese ◽  
Roberta Caragnano
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Business Models ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

In this essay, which starts from the current scenario triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and from the impact it has had on various sectors, the Authors lay the foundations for the study of a welfare of the heritage to accompany the cultural welfare through the creation of a model of integrated management of the same (heritage) both in aspects related to the enhancement and in those inherent in the process of cultural innovation, aiming attention at an international audience. A welfare that bets on the creation of “ecosystems” of welfare of the heritage able to connect to European clusters for a participatory management of the same, in the renewed scenario of economic recovery where the combination of culture and employment is central. All is analysed and contextualised in the welfare dimension/view. This essay, according to a definitive methodological approach in the opening paragraphs, reviews the value of culture and heritage in the European scenario - including a focus on the National Recovery and Resilience Plan - along with the themes of sustainable development and cultural indicators 2030, passing through the analysis of cultural activators and circular business models. In the second part, the effects of the pandemic on cultural employment are analysed, as well as scenarios of new professionalism in the job market in the sectors of heritage and culture, without neglecting the focus on the relationship between tourism and culture. According to a circular path, which is connected to the incipit of the essay that at the beginning refers to the Assembly of “Gli Stati Generali del Patrimonio Italiano” (The General States of the Italian Heritage), the Authors outline the perspectives de iure condendo also related to the workshop activities of the Assembly and to the need to iitiate among stakeholders (public and private) a continuous and participatory confrontation in order to promote, on the one hand, a new and sustainabe entrepreneurship of cultural heritage, and on the other hand, structural policies aimed at creating employment. Keywords: Cultural heritage; Welfare; Employment; Economic asset.

The Reconstruction Project of Illumination Devices at the Krasnoselskaya Station of the Moscow Metro

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Ksenia I. Nechaeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Metro Station ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Fluorescent Lamps ◽  
Current State ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Lighting Environment ◽  
Incandescent Lamps

The current state of the Moscow Metro station of the first priority that became operational in 1935 does not allow it to be called a cultural heritage site. This is due to the fact that lighting modernisation carried out by the Moscow Metro was based on fluorescent lamps. Such lamps are more energy efficient compared to incandescent lamps, which were used in original lighting devices specified in the Station Lighting Project developed by architects and designers. However, they significantly changed the station appearance, transforming the originally designed station with entire well visible architectural tectonics?1 from the standpoint of lighting into a simple, flat, unremarkable, and little loaded station of the Moscow Metro./br> This paper describes a method of lighting reconstruction at Krasnoselskaya station by means of original lighting devices that meet modern standards and requirements for cultural heritage sites. The historical analysis on the development of the station lighting environment was conducted during its operation in order to understand what kind of station was conceived by its architects, what changes occurred with its lighting over time, and how it influenced the station appearance and safety of passenger transportation.

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