Podcasts about digital heritage

How are digital platforms transforming heritage? In Geopolitics of Digital Heritage (Cambridge UP, 2023), Dr Natalia Grincheva, Program Leader of the BA (Hons) Arts Management at the University of the Arts Singapore and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Dr Elizabeth Stainforth, a lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds explore the global political context for digital heritage. Drawing on 4 detailed case studies- Singapore Memory Project, the National Library of Australia's Trove, the EU's Europeana, and Google Arts and Culture- the book shows the political ideas and imperatives underpinning the aggregation of heritage on digital platforms. Both an accessible introduction and a significant intervention to the field of heritage studies, the book will be essential reading across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

How are digital platforms transforming heritage? In Geopolitics of Digital Heritage (Cambridge UP, 2023), Dr Natalia Grincheva, Program Leader of the BA (Hons) Arts Management at the University of the Arts Singapore and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Dr Elizabeth Stainforth, a lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds explore the global political context for digital heritage. Drawing on 4 detailed case studies- Singapore Memory Project, the National Library of Australia's Trove, the EU's Europeana, and Google Arts and Culture- the book shows the political ideas and imperatives underpinning the aggregation of heritage on digital platforms. Both an accessible introduction and a significant intervention to the field of heritage studies, the book will be essential reading across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Christine Kuan is the President and Creative Director of Creative Capital. Before joining Creative Capital, Christine Kuan was CEO and Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art, where she oversaw the Master's Degree programs in Art Business, Contemporary Art, and Fine & Decorative Art & Design, as well as the Online, Summer, and Pre-College programs. In this role, she established new programs and partnerships with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Ewha University in Seoul, Centro University in Mexico City, and ESCP Business School in Paris. Kuan also launched a new scholarship program in partnership with Spelman College at the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC). Prior to Sotheby's Institute, she was the Chief Curator and Director of Strategic Partnerships at Artsy, where she oversaw museum and institutional partnerships, digital collection strategy, open access policy, educational initiatives, and launched their auctions business, including benefit auctions such as Whitney Art Party, Brooklyn Museum Artists Ball, ICI Benefit, Public Art Fund Benefit, Sotheby's x Planned Parenthood. Notably, Kuan established more than 500 museum and institutional partnerships worldwide, including Musée du Louvre, Musée Picasso, Musée d'Orsay, SFMOMA, J. Paul Getty Museum, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Diebenkorn Foundation, Rauschenberg Foundation, Frankenthaler Foundation, Fondation Cartier, and more. Prior to Artsy, Kuan was Chief Curatorial Officer and Vice President of External Affairs at Artstor, a nonprofit image library founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she led digital collections acquisitions and the funding for the digitization of archives and collections. She has also served as Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Art Online/Grove Art Online at Oxford University Press, where she significantly expanded scholarly information on women artists and Asian contemporary artists working with guest editors Whitney Chadwick and Melissa Chiu, commissioning biographies on Faith Ringgold, Judy Chicago, Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, and others. Kuan has also worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Department of Asian Art and the General Counsel's Office, and she has taught English Literature and Writing at the University of Iowa, Peking University, Rutgers University, and guest lectured at Stanford University's pilot program of Arts Leadership. She has been interviewed by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Refinery29, Vogue, New York, China Global Television Network (CGTN), and other outlets. Kuan's publications include: Creative Legacies: Artists' Estates and Foundations (eds. Kathy Battista and Bryan Faller); Rights and Reproductions: The Handbook for Cultural Institutions (ed. Anne Young), Digital Heritage and Culture: Strategy and Implementation (eds. Herminia Din and Steven Wu), Guest Critic May 2022 for The Brooklyn Rail, and Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination (Association of Art Museum Curators Foundation). She has lectured and published extensively on digital strategy, museum policy, and new technologies for the art world. Kuan holds an MFA in Creative Writing Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and a BA in Art History and English Literature from Rutgers University. Creative Capital: https://creative-capital.org/ theartcareer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Christine Kuan:⁠ ⁠⁠@kuannyc Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theartcareer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@emilymcelwreath_art⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Editing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@benjamin.galloway⁠⁠ The Art Career is supported by ⁠The New York Studio School⁠

What can you do to stay informed about digital immortality, digital legacy, digital life curation, and all things #Deathtech?Being ahead in this changing marketplace and cultural transformation could help you spot trends and find opportunities to promote and grow your end-of-life or funeral business.Welcome to The Art of Memorialising - an audio newsletter by Peter Billingham from Death Goes Digital and Memorable Words Eulogy Writing services.The Art of Memorialising curates news on digital immortality, digital legacy, digital life curation and all things #Deathtech.Thanks for being here.What Will You Find In This Issue?How ‘Digital Heritage' storytelling keeps our lost loved one close.When technology and entertainment collide, do you get - ‘Upload?'How using 30 4K cameras could immortalise your grandpa. Photo by Jessica Lewis on UnsplashAnd They All Lived Happily Ever After In Virtual Reality. Or Did They?‘In the end, we'll all become stories.' Margaret Atwood.Once upon a time. That's how most stories start.And they all lived happily ever after. Perhaps they don't always end that way. Margaret Atwood was spot on - we all become a story someone will tell. Increasingly, however, there will be a choice for who tells the tale of a life. Let me explain. In this edition of The Art of Memorialising, we look at how telling the story of your life as you live it, and after you have died, is undergoing transformational change. Why?The rise of AI avatars will allow you to see your grandparents, parents and other loved ones telling their own life stories long after they have died, speaking directly to you through VR immersive experiences. Imagine now being able to ‘see and hear' your grandpa walking around the towns he lived in, the places he went on holiday and locations where he worked? Hear him say, ‘Come with me. Let me show you where your grandpa proposed to your grandma!'The transformational change in creating personal biographies and memoirs will keep our loved ones and their memories alive in ways we haven't experienced before. But is a good thing? Is the adage of, ‘A time to be born and a time to die' no longer needed? Will your dwelling in digital immortality be helpful to those still mortally alive? I started Death Goes Digital in 2016. Then discussions and thoughts of ‘Digital Legacy' focused on, ‘What happens to your Facebook account after you die?' The concerns mainly on what will happen to the online traces of your life, your bank accounts and social media profiles, etc., after death. That hasn't changed, but there is now much more. While protecting our digital estate when we are dead is important, what is far more fascinating is what is revolutionising culture around biography and memoir writing. How we can choose to tell and remember the story of our lives while we are living? So what's happening?I see developing the growth of a ‘digital heritage.' It's a term being used in Japan. I like it more than, ‘Are you protecting your digital assets when you're dead?' A ‘Digital Heritage' sounds creative, proactive and inspiring choices to leave more than just the password of mobile phone behind. Writing several eulogies each week constantly reminds me life ends often before it gets to the ‘happily ever after' part. Yet, each life is full of special moments, sometimes missed, often forgotten. Remembering to gather and record those special elements of the story of a life inspired me to write the book - Gathering Rosebuds In Kerala. Published this month, my book is a memoir about a birthday trip I took to India. But more than that, it's a reflection on ageing, and how we might remember the story of our life. A workbook for noticing and capturing those special moments in life and storing them forever. What will be the story you tell about your life? Who and how will that story be told in the generations to come? Will it be you as a 3D hologram, an AI avatar, or even a ‘Versona?' Read on, see what you think, and let me know. I'd love to hear what you think. Please let me know. Email info@deathgoesdigital.comStartup SpotlightsHeard of a startup in digital life curation or #Deathtech?Please let me know. Email info@deathgoesdigital.comMM's (Memorialisation Morsels) 5 meaty bites of news for YOU to stay ahead of the conversation on Digital Legacy, Digital Life Curation & all things #Deathtech.1 - Will Cybernetic Immortality Lead To Living Happily Ever After?Science fiction becoming reality is not a surprise. Tasers, defibrillators, mobile phones, and 3D holograms captured our curiosity in books, films and tv long before they became commonplace in culture. When developing science and technology becomes entertainment, it gives us clues for forecasting the future. Could ‘Upload,' the new Amazon Prime series, be such an example? Set in 2033, Nathan Brown, a computer programmer, dies when his self-driving car crashes, and uploaded to a luxurious digital afterlife called Lakeview. (Seems now death has status levels as well it seems!) I haven't watched the series yet, but the article from Georgi Boorman via The Federalist is an interesting perspective on the series and life in Cybernetic Immortality.2 - For Sale - Eternal life. (Well virtual to start)If you think ‘Upload' is stretching the ‘fiction' of science fiction into reality a bit too far, then Somnium Space may change your mind and open your eyes. (via vice.com) Somnium Space is a Virtual Reality world built on the block chain where users can purchase digital land, build homes and buildings, start businesses, offer concerts and live events. Somnium Space offers a way for people to buy digital immortality in its ‘Live Forever' mode. As is often the story, Somnium Space CEO and founder Artur Sychov experienced the loss of a loved one. Discovering his father was terminally ill, he turned his entrepreneurial and creative imagination into action. Realising his young children wouldn't connect with their grandfather, he imagined a VR existence where within minutes you wouldn't know you were talking to an AI avatar and not your deceased loved one. Even to the way they move, after teaming up with full body VR suit designer - Teslasuit.For a detailed read into the thoughts of many writers about trans-humanism - (via TheBigThink) - Can we Upload Consciousness? Mind Uploading Can We Become Immortal?  3 - The Future of Memoir Storytelling - StoryTerrace VR BiographiesFamed for the ‘Dragons Den' investment into the art of life storytelling and memoir writing, StoryTerrace is a personal biography creator. Matching clients with local writers, through a series of interviews, conversations and edits, they create and publish beautifully bound and illustrated memoirs. Over the last two years, they have been developing a partnership with 8i to create the first Virtual Reality biographies. Combing all their elements of storytelling, they are adding the immersive experience of seeing loved ones speak out their personal histories in the metaverse. Thirty 4K cameras create a 3D hologram placed into recognisable locations and even into home videos and photos. Watch the process on this video. (via hyperbeast and a link from my daughter -thanks!)4 - YOV - Holding On To ‘The Essence of Loved One Forever.'Imagine never having to say goodbye to someone you love - even after they have died. That is the vision and life mission of Justin Harrison. By 2025, he aims to give millions the opportunity to ‘save the essence' of a loved one by creating a ‘Versona.' (via Cheyenne MacDonald on Input)The twin catalysts of a near death experience, and finding out his mother Melodi had stage-4 cancer, collided into the quest to find the answer to the question, ‘How can you hold on to life for those facing death?' What if I don't want to let go of those I love? YOV - ‘You, Only Virtual' results from two years of work. It is a communication portal to those who have died. As the website declares - ‘Transformative communications for a transformative future - the story of a life need never end.' With YOV you can - text, call, use visual calling to communicate with a lost loved one by developing a ‘Versona.' A way of storing the ‘very essence' of the loved one permanently. Through AR (augmented reality), see your loved one with you in their favourite park, or sitting with you at the cinema. For a one fee of $199 USD and monthly fee of $39.99 - now you can ‘truly never say goodbye.' Justin is a filmmaker, and the story told in the video promoting YOV on YouTube shows you how good a storyteller he is! 5. 4everstory - Capturing and Remembering Family Stories Feeling the immense loss and sadness of losing a loved one, 4everstory founder John Withers, wanted to find a way to capture and remember precious memories. But not only for himself, he wanted to create the opportunity for every family to tell their life story. 4everstory offers ways to create, remember, and celebrate a life online. ‘A lifetime is made of a thousand stories. Keep yours alive forever.' We can keep even the memory of our pets safe for all time. You get to choose to honour a loved one or tell your story as you live it. So one day, your family can read, watch and listen as well. Check out - Here's To The Storytellers VideoSponsored Product or ServiceInterested in sharing your new product or service with readers of The Art of Memorialising? (check here)We highlight your product, service, or idea sponsoring an edition. We give you the space; you get to tell the world about what you are doing or have created.You and your business can become part of the adventure now. Secure your month in 2022/23 now. SnippetsAnd finally, it wouldn't be an edition of The Art of Memorialising if I didn't mention GoodTrust again. I might add, there is no affiliate link here, yet…! Rikard Steiber, GoodTrust CEO and founder has announced on National Pet Day another partnership with Trupanion, a leader in medical insurance for pets. Proving GoodTrust is a creative digital-legacy pioneer dedicated to solving the problem of what happens to our online accounts and assets, including our pets, when we die.——Who do you know who would find this information interesting?Please, can you forward the email to them? I'd be very grateful. Let's start a conversation - info@deathgoesdigital.comUntil next month, keep safe, and keep going. Pete This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theartofmemorialising.substack.com

In this episode, we discuss if gamification can actually influence and transform healthcare. David Wortley, the Founding Director of the Serious Games Institute, has pioneered the use of technologies such as VR, video conferencing, and wearable devices. David shares how he helps people now to save their memories with VR and how wearables make us stay healthy. Also, have you ever thought about how God is related to technologies? Enjoy the listening! Contact David Wortley via: email: david@davidwortley.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwortley/ 360in360 Living Memories: https://www.360in360ix.co.uk/livingmemories.html

On today's episode we focus on one article from the Studies in Digital Heritage online and open-access journal. The latest issue was a special issue on 3D methodologies in Mediterranean archaeology. The article we discuss was written by Miriam Clinton and is called Online Gaming as Digital Heuristics. We thought this was interesting because it's not about online gaming, per se, but the researchers did develop a game of sorts and had random people from the internet play this game in order to study movements through a reconstructed ancient house. Links Studies in Digital Heritage View of Online Gaming as Digital Heuristics Minoan House of the Rhyta at Pseira (Greece) - 3D model by Studies in Digital Heritage (@digitalheritage) Rhyta House Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

On today's episode we focus on one article from the Studies in Digital Heritage online and open-access journal. The latest issue was a special issue on 3D methodologies in Mediterranean archaeology. The article we discuss was written by Miriam Clinton and is called Online Gaming as Digital Heuristics. We thought this was interesting because it's not about online gaming, per se, but the researchers did develop a game of sorts and had random people from the internet play this game in order to study movements through a reconstructed ancient house. Links Studies in Digital Heritage View of Online Gaming as Digital Heuristics Minoan House of the Rhyta at Pseira (Greece) - 3D model by Studies in Digital Heritage (@digitalheritage) Rhyta House Contact Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal Email: paul@lugal.com ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Luis is a digital heritage specialist, his career has taken him to London, New York, The Hague, and now Lisbon. A strong believer in the important role cultural heritage plays in society, Luis spends most of his time helping Portuguese museums make their collections available online whilst advocating for open access policies. He is a keen amateur photographer having exhibited in various places, amongst the Orient Foundation Museum in Lisbon. Luis regularly fails at surfing and has a little vegetable patch to which he dedicates far too much of his time and energy. Luís' linktr: https://linktr.ee/LuisRamosPinto Book recommended by Luís: Why Nations Fail - The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson.

In this episode of “Data Driven F1”, Ganna Pogrebna and Patrick Henz analyze past, present, and future of Formula 1 simulations, reviewing “Enduro” on the Atari VCS 2600, “Pitstop” on the Commodore C64 and “Ferrari Formula One Racing Simulation” on the Amiga. Based on the concept that the holistic stimulation of all five senses lead to stronger experiences, they visit the Ferrari Simulation Centre in Milan and discuss the new TCCT eClassic simulators designed by Pininfarina and Zagato. Patrick and Ganna also provide their ideas about the future, where the boundaries between physical and virtual racing may blur. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Episode 17 is our conversation with Randy Cabell. We talk about Randy's extensive arranging projects under the umbrella of the Digital Heritage of Virginia, his efforts to make music from the 19th century accessible to players today, and the history of the 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Band. Their band books are the only band books from a Virginia regiment to survive.Show notes for this episode are available at https://eabbpodcast.com/show-notes-2/. Music in this episode comes from Our Musical Past from the Library of Congress and The 8th GM Regiment Band. You can get in touch with us on social media, and by emailing us at eabb.podcast@gmail.com.If you like the show, the best way you can support us is by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/eabbpodcast. We appreciate any support you feel compelled to give!Episode Structure:2:27 - Announcement about obtaining Randy's arrangements3:29 - Randy's musical background9:07 - How Randy got interested in Civil War brass band music11:16 - Helping bands acquire reproduction instruments, ways to keep interest in 19th century brass band music alive17:40 - Robb Stewart's reproduction instruments18:26 - Randy's personal instruments and bands he's played with19:47 - Randy's arranging projects21:41 - 19th VA Heavy Artillery Band, “The Brass Band Journal For the Rest Of Us”, “Patriotic Songs and Airs of The CSA”23:43 - 19th VA Band books25:05 - Music from Jamestown project26:19 - 19th VA band history30:29 - How Randy decided what music from the 19th VA band books to arrange34:36 - Some members of the 19th VA Band36:31 - Challenges Randy came across when re-creating the 19th VA Band books39:21 - Recording the band books44:15 - Efforts to make arrangements accessible by including substitute parts, "The Brass Band Journal for the Rest of Us"55:30 - How the American brass band tradition differs from the British brass band tradition57:25 - Wrap-up58:22 - Featured Album: “Dear Mother I've Come Home to Die Quickstep”, Crestmark Military Band

Gill and Lulu get to pick Kelsey's brain about digital heritage!What is it? How is it useful? What are the pros and cons? How can it be used for archaeology? These are just some of the topics covered in this episode.Go to pertainingtopeople.com for all references and links relevant to this and all our episodes!CHECK OUT:preserve.ucalgary.ca

Digital Heritage and the Sheela na Gig 3D Project New techniques in digital heritage recording are helping us to gain new insights into archaeological sites, features and artefacts. Digital Heritage is the process of digitally documenting heritage and culture. It focuses on finding the best best method of digitally recording a heritage site [...] The post Amplify Archaeology Podcast – Episode 11 – Digital Heritage and Sheela na Gig 3D appeared first on Abarta Heritage Home.

Emídio do Sacramento has one of the most amazing origin stories of any podcast guest, ever, so we’ll leave it to you to find out where he came from – he is currently the founder and CEO of Zebiometrics (https://www.zebiometrics.com), and is working hard to establish a new paradigm for online security and virtual identity. In this episode, we talk about why Emídio believes remote work was a crucial factor in building the team to bring his vision to life, and why it’s great to be able to tap into different cultures when doing so. We also talk about what the future of online identity looks like and what are some technological advances that you can tap into to be sure that the person on the other side of the screen really is the person you hired. Emidio also points out that as good as video conversation is, it’s possible to build a world-class product just by text chat, and he tells the story of how that happened for him.

It’s hard to be innovative. New ideas are scary, especially when it comes to finding and committing the resources necessary to turn dream into reality. Our guest today tells us how tapping into the global remote talent pool was the path to build his dream team and ultimately create products that big businesses said were impossible. Welcome to the DistantJob Podcast, a show where we interview the most successful remote leaders, picking their brains on how to build and lead remote teams who win.Emídio do Sacramento has one of the most amazing origin stories of any podcast guest, ever, so we’ll leave it to you to find out where he came from - he is currently the founder and CEO of Zebiometrics (https://www.zebiometrics.com), and is working hard to  establish a new paradigm for online security and virtual identity.In this episode, we talk about why Emídio believes remote work was a crucial factor in building the team to bring his vision to life, and why it’s great to be able to tap into different cultures when doing so. We also talk about what the future of online identity looks like and what are some technological advances that you can tap into to be sure that the person on the other side of the screen really is the person you hired. Emidio also points out that as good as video conversation is, it’s possible to build a world-class product just by text chat, and he tells the story of how that happened for him.————————Want to continue the conversation with Emídio? Find him on  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emidiosacramento/Check out Zebiometrics:https://www.zebiometrics.comRecommended Book:Le M’Tier D’Homme (available in both English and French): https://amzn.to/2PVUVII————————As always, if you enjoy the podcast, we humbly ask that you leave a review on iTunes or your podcast syndication service of choice – and if you could share it, that would be even better!Need that one incredible employee to bolster your team?  Get in touch at https://distantjob.com/contact/  and we’ll find you who you need. 

Mike Elisa and Melissa Elisa talk about Oure Digital heritage, Backups and the Snowmageddon in the Midwest

Mike Elisa and Melissa Elisa talk about Oure Digital heritage, Backups and the Snowmageddon in the Midwest

Dr Natalie Harrower is the Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland. In this podcast she talks about the challenges of preserving heritage that is ‘born digital' and how best to collect and safeguard our digital cultural heritage. Thirty years after the World Heritage Convention was created to identify and protect outstanding natural and cultural heritage of universal value across the world, UNESCO adopted the Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage, highlight the pressing need to address the preservation of our digital legacy. Spanning Kerry to Palmyra, and discussing art, archaeology, Frankfurt school philosophy and 3D scanning, this podcast examines the challenges and solutions for preserving - and providing long-term access to - our digital cultural heritage. About the speaker Dr. Natalie Harrower is the Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland. She is the Principal Investigator for Inspiring Ireland, a collaborative platform for preserving, exhibiting, and promoting Ireland's digital cultural heritage. Based at the Royal Irish Academy, Dr. Harrower is a member of the European Commission's Expert Group on FAIR data, a judge for the International Digital Preservation awards, a member of Ireland's National Archives Advisory Council, and Chair of ALLEA's E-Humanities working group. https://www.dri.ie/dri-team/natalie-harrower About the Heritage Podcast series The Heritage Podcast series is a collection of eight 20 minute podcasts by academic researchers and leaders of major Irish heritage institutions. The series addresses questions of critical importance in Irish heritage. Opportunities and challenges of preservation and protection of Irish cultural heritage are addressed. It also provides a valuable and educational resource recorded by experts in heritage and preservation, which is publicly accessible to prompt thought and discussion. Developed and produced by the Historical Studies Committee of the Royal Irish Academy. Supported by The Heritage Council as part of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. Recorded by Real Smart Media.

The digitisation of public collections has made great works of art available globally, at the click of a mouse. In this talk we’ll look at tax exempt art, Britain’s most obscure public art collection and ask what’s the future for open culture. About the speaker Jo Pugh is a research engineer and a member of the Centre for Digital Heritage at the University of York. He is the founder of Open Inheritance Art, a project to collect images of tax exempt art from around the UK.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Discover, Create, and Share with Smithsonian Digital Resources" with guest presenters, Ashley Naranjo and Darren Milligan. June 11, 2016. We are really looking forward to learning about an amazing new, FREE, digital platform for teachers and students with thousands of Smithsonian resources being made available to all of us! This is a perfect time to hear all about it, begin exploring the possibilities for our classrooms and start preparing to use it with our students! We are thrilled to have Ashley Naranjo and Darren Milligan joining us to share about the Smithsonian Learning Lab! Museums and other cultural organizations are an underused digital destination for K–12 teachers looking for authentic, engaging, and practical resources for their classrooms. Today’s museums are making millions of images and recordings freely available, going far beyond yesterday’s traditional field trip. Come learn about these possibilities, including a sneak peek of a new digital platform from the world’s largest museum, education, and research center, the Smithsonian Learning Lab (http://learninglab.si.edu) which will launch officially at the ISTE conference later this month. Attendees will explore how digitized museum collections can be used in new ways to excite learning, grow argumentative reasoning, develop collaborative thinking, and more. Darren Milligan leads strategy for digital outreach at the Center for Learning and Digital Access at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. There he researches and develops services for making online museum resources accessible and useful to educators and learners, including producing experiences such as online games and interactives, managing pan-Institutional communication and marketing for teachers, and directing web platforms, including the online portal for educational resources at the Institution, SmithsonianEducation.org, and the new Smithsonian Learning Lab. Darren was formerly producer and art director of the teacher magazine, Smithsonian in Your Classroom, distributed to every primary and secondary school in the United States. Prior to the Smithsonian, he developed citizen-science programs and online mentoring communities at the Purple Martin Conservation Association. Darren holds a master’s degree in Digital Heritage from the University of Leicester and bachelor of science degrees in Ethology and Latin American Popular Cultures from Allegheny College. As the Learning Initiatives Specialist with the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, Ashley Naranjo develops and implements online interactive learning experiences for both educators and students. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she has worked in education in both formal and informal learning spaces: as an ESOL instructor, middle school substitute teacher and a summer programs assistant director for Congressional Schools of Virginia. She holds a B.A. in Human Development (Developmental Psychology) from the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, where she was a research assistant and independent study student in the Laboratory of Thinking, Learning & Cognition in the Arts. She is currently pursuing a M.Ed. in Learning Design and Technology from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Dec. 1, 2014.This program features advances in European Union (EU) framework initiatives for digital infrastructures that preserve and provide access to heritage data. The event covered the current landscape of EU research infrastructures in heritage science, centering on the beginning of the Horizon2020 framework program, with a special focus on research infrastructures for digital heritage. Challenges and successes associated with the development and use of digital materials in the humanities and heritage science were presented. Also, successful tools and methodologies were demonstrated, in the context of transatlantic case studies. Speaker Biography: Ana Arana Antelo is the head of Unit B4, Research Infrastructures, European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Speaker Biography: Costis Dallas is the co-chair of the Understanding Scholarly Practices Working Group, Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities-European Research Infrastructure Consortium (DARIAH-ERIC). Speaker Biography: Luca Pezzati is the Italian national coordinator for for the Integrated Project for the European Research Infrastructure on Cultural Heritage. Speaker Biography: Franco Niccolucci is the project coordinator for the ARIADNE (Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Data Networking in Europe) Project. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6659

This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (2 November 2012) is by Professor Mike Rowlands (University College London), in collaboration with Graeme Were (Brisbane). Its theme is material anthropology.