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Posted on Monday July 19, 2021
Updated on Monday October 21, 2024
News
Explore the latest news from the common European data space for cultural heritage, Europeana Initiative and cultural heritage sector as we work towards digital transformation.
Join us next week for an online Europeana conference on ‘Driving engagement – participatory approaches to digital cultural heritage’. The event accompanies Slovenia's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and explores aspects of public engagement and participation with digital cultural heritage.
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Europeana Sports collection day at the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium
Since April 2021, the Europeana Sport project has held 13 events inviting the public across Europe to share their stories, memories and memorabilia relating to sport. We spoke with project partners to hear about their experience of engagement from the public and reflections on running in-person events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This October, as part of Black History Month, Europeana shared stories, projects and collections to highlight Black history in Europe and beyond. Here, we recap the work that we did and tell you about future plans to celebrate Black history and cultural heritage.
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Europeana Strategy meeting “Migration and culture: how can our past educate our present”
How can the pandemic crisis be an opportunity to reconnect with audiences - particularly of young people - in a meaningful and engaging way? Katerina Zourou shares the approach of the GLAMers project.
The Europeana Foundation’s Business Plan 2021, ‘Towards a digital public space for cultural heritage’, highlights five themes that run through all aspects of our work. Shadi Ardalan and Patrick Ehlert talk about the Europeana Foundation’s environmental responsibility.
We are happy to announce the results of the 2021 Europeana Network Association (ENA) Members Council elections. Of the 73 candidates who came forward in this year’s elections, our Network Members chose 27 of them to fill the open seats in the Members Council. Read on to meet the Councillors!
As we continue our focus on stories, projects and collections which highlight Black history in Europe and beyond, we interview Jessica de Abreu, co-founder of The Black Archives Amsterdam, and production assistant Camille Parker. They tell us about the Archive’s work and approach to digitisation and reflect on the importance of making Black history visible.
In our final post about our image classification pilot, we explore the results of using a model which can classify a digitised cultural heritage object in multiple ways, and share our future plans for this work.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the fifth Europeana Research Grants Programme call. Three projects on crowdsourcing and research received a grant and two projects for video tutorials for Higher Education were awarded a special prize. Read on to find out more.
A Subtitle-a-thon is a crowdsourcing initiative which invites the public to create and add subtitles to archival audiovisual clips from European heritage collections available on the Europeana website. We share how this tool can be used by educators to help students engage with and explore audiovisual heritage.
You’ve booked your ticket; it’s in your diary; you’re excited to network with cultural heritage professionals across Europe. It’s now time to explore the programme for Europeana 2021! Read on to discover the exciting keynotes, panels and sessions planned for our conference on 10 - 12 November and find out how to build your own programme.
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Fasia Jansen
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Philipp Khabo Koepsell
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1970
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Each One Teach One Archive and Empowerment Project
This October, as part of Black History Month, Europeana is sharing stories, projects and collections to highlight Black history in Europe and beyond. Today, Dr. Jeff Bowersox tells us about the work of Black Central Europe to open new perspectives on diverse histories in Germany and explore Black history within Europe.
