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articles · Scholars, Looters and Stewardship of the Past
14/12/2007 23:22 · 52 votes · 2 comments
At a brunch gathering I attended recently, a guest casually mentioned that they were reading a book about Heinrich Schliemann, the German excavator at Troy, who removed archaeological treasures from Turkey in the late 19th century. There were nods and chuckles as people recalled the (probably fictitious) story of Schliemann “saving” what he named “Priam’s Treasure” by whisking the...
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articles · From the Ground Up: Shared Heritage with Open Context
7/11/2007 15:52 · no comments
In 2001, a group of archaeologists and anthropologists founded the Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) to explore ways to make cultural heritage data dissemination easier and more cost effective. In 2003, the AAI received funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as part of their Open Educational Resources initiative and the primary outcome of this funding is Open Context,...
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articles · Collating online collections. Study of 13 cultural heritage collections online
by Francis Deblauwe · voted on 6/5/2008 03:10 · 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.
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For this limited investigation, I selected a more or less random sample...
articles · No remedy for a thousand prescriptions?
by Prashant · voted on 12/3/2008 16:08 · 46 votes · no comments
Medicinal discovery,
It moves in mighty leaps,
It leapt straight past the common cold
And give it us for keeps.
~Pam Ayres
Towards the close of his recent documentary ‘Sicko’ (2007), Michael Moore smuggles five 9/11 rescue workers over to Cuba on a boat to see if he can get them the medical aid they need, but cannot afford in the U.S. In one stirring scene, a single-mother...
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articles · Egypt's Attempted 5000 Year Copyright Extension
by Eric Kansa · commented on 11/1/2008 09:00 · 41 votes · 7 comments
A recent announcement from the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities caused something of an Internet news stir, seeing active discussion on several blogs and other outlets, including high traffic sites such as BoingBoing and Slashdot.
According to a report from the BBC, the Egyptian Government is about to enact a copyright law to protect Egyptian antiquities, and this law...
articles · Gogo creates an iCommons crossword puzzle
by Gogo Hleba · commented on 30/11/2007 08:02 · 25 votes · 1 comment
Although Gogo loves the commons community with all her heart, she sometimes finds herself emotionally weighed down by all the problems that the community turn to her with; burning issues such as: Why hasn't anyone voted for my article? Why can't I used all-rights-reserved images on the website? Is it really wrong for men to wear ladies underwear to the office? So Gogo decided...
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