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In the spring of 2024, the inhabitants of five towns in Katanga, in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, were invited to share their knowledge on a collection of historical photographs taken in the area up to 100 years ago. Learn how this work helped to reframe contentious cultural heritage, as part of the DE-BIAS project.
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Created: 4 December 2024
Katja Holtz
Zoe Williams
In October 2024, to coincide with Black History Month, the Vagina Museum renamed their galleries after Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy, three enslaved women experimented on by the so-called 'Father of Modern Gynaecology'. The Museum shares more about the process of renaming the galleries, and how it contributes to a wider call for justice and historical reckoning.
This event - organised by ENCATC, the CHARTER Alliance and the DE-BIAS project - will delve into how these initiatives are tackling bias in cultural heritage collections and metadata, and share actionable strategies for identifying and mitigating bias in your own work.
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Archive of the Skolt Sámi village of Suenjel in Pechenga region
Discover how the Nuohtti portal makes access to the Sámi heritage collected in archives across Europe easier, and how the DIGICHer project is developing Sámi engagement in their digitised cultural heritage.
The DE-BIAS tool, developed as a part of the DE-BIAS project, aims to create and detect a vocabulary of problematic language in the metadata of cultural heritage institutions. Researcher Inna Kizhner shares the work undertaken to identify and flag anti-semitic language in cultural heritage collections.
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SHIFT
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SHIFT Consortium
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Created: 30 September 2024
Robert Davies
Maria Kagkelidou
Failures to address the needs of people with varied accessibility requirements and disabilities have long stood in the way of ensuring that everyone can enjoy cultural heritage in person and online. 13 European organisations have teamed up through the SHIFT project to take on this challenge - and make heritage more engaging in the process.
