https://www.europesays.com/uk/22755/ Ancient olive groves face uprooting as solar projects expand in southern Spain #CulturalHeritage #EnvironmentalImpact #EU #Europe #LandExpropriation #LegalBattles #LoperaAndalusia #NishwanRasool #OliveGroves #RenewableEnergy #RuralProtests #SolarFarms #Spain
Beth Knazook, DRI Research Data Project Manager, is pleased to be joining the Cultural Heritage Open Scholarship Network (CHOSN) webinar series to talk about #CulturalHeritage #CollectionsAsData for #OpenResearch.
Webinar on 29th April at 14:00. 
Register to attend: https://dri.ie/events/chosn-webinar-sharing-cultural-heritage-images-as-data/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/22227/ Germany’s Sorbian ethnic minority celebrates Easter with egg decorating traditions | World News #CulturalHeritage #EasterCelebrations #EasterEggDecorating #EU #Europe #Germany #SorbianCulture #SorbianEthnicMinority
as the #SagradaFamília is slowly nearing its completion (2026 / 2034) after 144 years of building, the original architect of this unique catholic church is on his way to become a saint…
#CulturalHeritage, #Barcelona, #WorldHeritage
From: @euronews
https://flipboard.com/@euronews/sci-tech-vr0v1u2nz/-/a-_hBIJ28-Q3K65RVK5e1Fhw%3Aa%3A89340020-%2F0
Headed to the 2025 SAAs in Denver? The Heritage Education Network (THEN; https://theheritageeducationnetwork.org/) will host an Outreach & Education Open Networking Event, 6-7:00pm, April 23, Governors Square 15. Join us! #heritageeducation #CRMarch #culturalheritage #archaeology #SAA2025Denver
New-to-me, from Global Voices: Censored modern Chinese history resurfaces in online archive: Interview with China historian Ian Johnson . “Born in Montréal, [Ian] Johnson, as he explains, was exposed to the value of multilingualism and eventually moved to the US, where he got his first job in journalism. He has lived mostly in Taiwan, Germany, and China. He describes his role as ‘trying to […]
The intricate "Text, folio 10 (verso)" from a Kammavacha displays the fusion of spirituality and artistry. Winged celestial beings dance amid lush vegetation, inviting contemplation of the sacred. How do you perceive the connection between art and religion?
#ClevelandArt #BuddhistArt #CulturalHeritage
https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.10.b
#Scotland #community #CulturalHeritage
'The celebratory pints have been flowing freely in a Scottish town after a historic pub was saved for the community.
The former Plough Inn in Wigtown was at risk of being turned into flats until local residents stepped in and took it over.
Now it has reopened, providing a major boost for an area which can sometimes feel like "a forgotten place in Scotland".'
Our 2nd course for this summer semester at KIT ist the project course "Telling data stories with knowledge graphs and generative AI" organised anbd conducted by @tabea @lysander07 and Torsten Schrade from the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz with data resources from @nfdi4culture
https://portal.wiwi.kit.edu/ys/8599
We have still free slots for this course!
@KIT_Karlsruhe @fiz_karlsruhe @NFDI4DS #culturalheritage #dh #digitalhumanities #lecture #knowledgegraphs #semanticweb #generativeAI #AI
Industrial Heritage Support: Historic England Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives Published. “Historic England’s Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives has now been published as a Historic England Research Report. Conducted as part of the Future for Archaeological Archives Programme, the survey gathered data on […]
New Voice of Ukraine: Russia stole more than 1.7 million Ukrainian cultural artifacts. “Russian authorities stole more than 1.7 million items of Ukrainian cultural heritage from occupied territories, Culture Minister Mykola Tochitsky said on April 11.”
Manchester Museum opened a new permanent exhibition co-curated by the Warnindilyakwa / Anindilyakwa community to whom it repatriated 174 #CulturalHeritage objects in September 2023 - the first time a British museum had returned Australian Aboriginal material beyond secret, sacred and ceremonial objects:
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/04/manchester-museum-opens-exhibition-co-curated-by-aboriginal-community-following-repatriation via Museums Association
A story about #CulturalHeritage, #colonialism and justice, conveyed through play:
12 dadikwakwa-kwa shell dolls, traditionally used to teach kinship, literacy, numeracy and about women’s health – have been given by the Indigenous Australian #Anindilyakwa community to Manchester Museum on one condition: that children play with them once a year.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/11/indigenous-australian-shell-dolls-dadikwakwa-kwa-childrens-play-manchester-museum via @guardian
#Africa #Nigeria #Lagos #CulturalHeritage #DigitalHumanities
"The Lagos State Government is launching a sweeping digitisation of its public records, as the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) begins converting historical documents into digital formats to safeguard the heritage of Nigeria’s most populous state."
https://technologytimes.ng/lasrab-goes-digital-to-preserve-lagos-heritage/
Technology Times (Nigeria): LASRAB launches digital archive to preserve Lagos heritage. “The Lagos State Government is launching a sweeping digitisation of its public records, as the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) begins converting historical documents into digital formats to safeguard the heritage of Nigeria’s most populous state.”
#PhD job in the Dept. of Language and Information Sciences at the University of Lausanne: my colleague Davide Picca has an open PhD position starting on October 1, 2025 in an SNSF-funded project focused on the computational analysis of Charles S. #Peirce’s manuscripts.
Deadline for application: May 19, 2025
Xàbia.com: The Cirne Foundation of Xàbia opens its digital archive to the public with thousands of historical documents.. “The Cirne Foundation of Xàbia has taken a further step in the preservation and dissemination of the cultural heritage of Xàbia and part of the Marina Alta with the launch of its new website, a digital platform that brings together thousands of historical documents and […]
Dartmouth College: Language Preservation Efforts Get an AI Boost. “… computer science graduate student Ivory Yang, Guarini, who remembers learning a few words of Nüshu from her grandmother as a child, is exploring how artificial intelligence models offer new ways to preserve and help revitalize the rare script. Yang and her collaborators… built an AI-driven framework called NüshuRescue […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/dartmouth-college-language-preservation-efforts-get-an-ai-boost/
Liebe Community,
wir freuen uns darauf, Euch auf unserem Forum begrüßen zu dürfen! 
19. - 20. Mai 2025, jeweils von 13 bis 16 Uhr , online
Qualität von #Kulturdaten messen – aber wie? Konzepte, Methoden, Potentiale und der Ansatz von #NFDI4Culture
Die Registrierung ist nun freigeschaltet:
https://events.nfdi4culture.de/event/43/
#NFDIrocks #datenqualitat #culturalheritage
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Azerbaijan’s cultural heritage: A strategic asset in a globalizing world https://www.byteseu.com/910946/ #Azerbaijan #CulturalHeritage #NationalIdentity #people #RepublicOfAzerbaijan #World
