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09/11/2007 |
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01/8/1961 |
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archaeologist; program developer at the Alexandria Archive Institute
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iwa.univie.ac.at
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Dutch | English | French | German |
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Local Context, Global Commons |
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articles · Collating online collections. Study of 13 cultural heritage collections online
5/5/2008 19:52 · 23 votes · no comments
More and more museums and other cultural heritage organizations are offering online access to their holdings. These initiatives are varied in scope, depth and target audience. They also take different approaches to copyright and open access, esp. regarding photos of art and artifacts in their care.
Sample
For this limited investigation, I selected a more or less random sample...
articles · Hamburg humbug: Chinese terracottas, authenticity and exhibitions
7/2/2008 00:35 · 35 votes · no comments
What is authentic? What is original? What is fake? What is a replica? Can you answer those questions? Ever since an exhibition in a Hamburg museum, which featured eight real terracotta warrior statues from the world famous tomb of China’s emperor Qin, was closed down in December, these questions are not purely academic any more.
Emperor Qin
Qin Shi Huangdi was China’s first...
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articles · Archaeologists Coming Out of the Cold
30/11/2007 15:30 · no comments
Archaeology is the study of the traces people from the past have left behind, both artifacts and less direct remains, which are then used to reconstruct how ancient societies functioned: politics, art, religion, economy, crafts, entertainment, etc. It takes dedication, specialization and painstaking study. Indiana Jones needn’t apply. As an academic profession it has an ivory...
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articles · Social Network Platforms in Brazil: The Videolog Case
by Paula Martini · voted on 24/4/2008 02:54 · 29 votes · no comments
Nine months before YouTube's launching, another online videos service was being born: Videolog.tv, a Brazilian website that was built on an open business model. Mostly used by people connected to local young urban cultures, like skaters, filmmakers and Parkour practitioners, Videolog is now increasing the bet it has always placed on community issues.
Actually, they do prefer...
articles · You Can’t Share What You Don’t Have
by Rebecca Kahn, iCommons reporter · voted on 24/4/2008 02:54 · 22 votes · no comments
A Closer Look at South Africa’s Social Media Construction Capacity
South Africans have been watching a lot of YouTube lately. And for all the wrong reasons. In February of this year, a story broke about a group of white male students at the University of the Free State, (a traditionally conservative Afrikaans campus in the town of Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of the country)...
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resources · Wireless Networking in the Developing World: Arabic Edition
by anas · commented on 1/3/2008 02:52 · 2 comments
One book can often be equivalent to a library, particularly in the developing world..
Today, the Arabic edition of the “Wireless Networking in the Developing World” book is released, following the significant success of the first English edition, to bring the book to the millions of Arabic speaking audiences.
The Arab world is in an urgent need today for effective solutions...
articles · Sharing their stories, raising their voices
by Renata Avila · commented on 28/2/2008 17:33 · 32 votes · 3 comments
What will be the result of bringing together cultures that have preserved their memory, languages and traditions in spite of repression and poverty?
Thanks to Rising Voices, enthusiastic youth and volunteers are discovering new media and sharing their stories with the world.
2008 is The Year of the Preservation of Endangered Languages, as proclaimed by UNESCO, and projects...
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