#Indigenous #Australia #CulturalHeritage #petroglyphs #EndangeredCulture
'At over 40,000 years old, the Murujuga rock art in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is the world’s largest and biggest collection of petroglyphs, and scientists say toxic gases are erasing it.'
Zum 20. #UNESCO-#Welterbetag heute ein Lesetipp aus dem #Heftarchiv:
Stefanie Samida (@st_samida), #Kulturerbe als Herausforderung: Reflexionen zum ›Heritage-Boom‹ aus fachübergreifender Perspektive, #WerkstattGeschichte 64/2014, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/abstracts/nr-64-stefanie-samida/
#FundingCuts #Indigenous #history #CulturalHeritage
'Indigenous researchers and archivists are working to minimize the impact from an abrupt federal funding cut late last month that targeted groups preserving the history of Indian boarding schools.'
The Imprint: Researchers Vow to Continue Preserving Indian Boarding School History Despite Federal Funding Cuts. “Indigenous researchers and archivists are working to minimize the impact from an abrupt federal funding cut late last month that targeted groups preserving the history of Indian boarding schools.”
The myth says ISR 'Zionists' made the desert bloom. Nothing could be further from the truth. This video reveals the real story of exactly who “made the desert bloom.”
This video does not use äAI or #photoshop to alter or create images. All images are from period #photographs
Video credit: HistoryCultureprojects
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CIDOC-CRM is used as a middle layer to connect specific narrative models to foundational ontologies. It provides a standard way to describe cultural artifacts and supports semantic interoperability between different systems. #CulturalHeritage #LinkedData
The illuminated manuscript from premodern Burma exemplifies a rich fusion of text and ornamentation, featuring celestial beings and lavish designs. How does this intricate blend of artistry and spirituality resonate with contemporary creations?
#BuddhistArt #ClevelandArt #CulturalHeritage
https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.14.b
#Japan #anime #manga #CulturalHeritage
'The government is set to launch a new “digital archive strategy” aimed at preserving and promoting Japan’s trove of such cultural assets as manga, anime and video games, which are immensely popular among young people worldwide.'
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/manga-anime/20250529-256904/
#Indigenous #Canada #FirstNations #CulturalHeritage #datacenters #DataManagement
"The Ogimaa (or chief) of Wiikwemkoong, Tim Ominika, said the community will be using the data centre to store information about programs and services, including the community's education department, health centre and services offered through the band office. It will also allow the First Nation to preserve its cultural heritage locally."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/wiikwemkoong-data-centre-1.7546015?cmp=rss
#Thailand #CulturalHeritage #EndangeredCulture
"Despite local initiatives and a few existing laws, big gaps remain that continually let valuable architecture be lost. Old buildings that are not considered national monuments, especially those privately owned, typically receive no protection under our outdated Ancient Monuments Act. As a result, valuable sites are often demolished or mutilated."
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3037891/thai-heritage-deserves-better-laws
#OnlineGames #VideoGames #CulturalHeritage #EndangeredCulture
"Stop Killing Games is pushing back against mandatory online requirements that turn perfectly functional games into self-destructing time bombs. While petitions are ongoing, activists have compiled a list of titles that have already shut down because of publishers' short-sighted greediness."
https://www.techspot.com/news/108058-most-online-games-now-dead-stop-killing-games.html
#Google #Africa #CulturalHeritage #BlackHistory
'Africa Day, celebrated every year on May 25th, marks the 1963 founding of the African Union. It's a significant moment to celebrate African unity, culture, and the continent's remarkable achievements. In this spirit, Google Arts & Culture is launching more than 100 new exhibits curated by our partners – leading museums, galleries, and academic institutions from across the continent.'
Worked in our #museum today. I'm doing this for years and always discover something new ... like this stone which has been lying there for decades. Sometimes the light changes ... et voilà.
This is also what our visitors love: they discover always new decorations, new stuff ...
#apps #UAE #CulturalHeritage #archaeology
"A 16-year-old student from a Dubai school is opening the digital doorway into the UAE's ancient past with one of the country's first archaeology-focused mobile apps. Aanya Rajput, a student from GEMS Modern Academy and current IBDP candidate, is making waves in the tech and heritage world with the launch of her archaeology app."
MENAFN: UAE: Meet 16-Year-Old Behind One Of The First Apps Showcasing Nation’s Hidden Heritage. “A 16-year-old student from a Dubai school is opening the digital doorway into the UAE’s ancient past with one of the country’s first archaeology-focused mobile apps. Aanya Rajput, a student from GEMS Modern Academy and current IBDP candidate, is making waves in the tech and heritage world with the […]
#Ukraine #sewing #embroidery #CulturalHeritage #clothing
'The National Center of Folk Culture «Ivan Honchar Museum» has updated its website and added a hundred digitized ancient embroidered shirts from Zhytomyr, Volyn, Poltava, Cherkasy, and other regions.'
https://dev.ua/en/news/muzei-honchara-otsyfruvav-100-davnikh-vyshytykh-sorochok-1747995280
Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula) on the western coast of the Australian continent is home to the world's largest collection of paleolithic petroglyphs (rock carvings), an ancient art gallery containing around one million images carved into the rocks, some dated to at least 45,000 years old. Many of the images depict Australia's distinctive fauna, including extinct creatures like the thylacine, as well as the oldest known representation of a human face. The rocks are themselves noteworthy as coming from some of the oldest igneous bedrock in the world (around 2.7 billion years old). And the region is home to five #Aboriginal nations who are the inheritors of fifty thousand years of continuous human occupation and culture.
The place is an obvious candidate for #UNESCO World Heritage protection.
However...
The Burrup peninsula is also the location of the #NorthWestShelf gas hub, a massive piece of #DirtyEnergy infrastructure that has played a significant role in placing Australia at or near the top globally of liquefied natural gas exporters. #LNG
Over the last forty or fifty years gas industry activity on the peninsula has measurably degraded the artworks, which have survived intact for forty or fifty thousand years.
#Auspol #FossilfFuelIndusrty #CulturalHeritage #Aboriginal
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The Spatula with Carved Lizard reveals the deep cultural significance of coca in Peruvian tradition. Beyond utility, it embodies artistic mastery and the connection to nature. How do you think ancient artifacts still resonate in modern practices?
#ClevelandArt #PeruvianArt #CulturalHeritage
https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.83
Over time, grooves have formed in the rock that look like works of art, and that is exactly what they are: nature's own art. Nature photography Lappeenranta Finland. https://www.kuvaajankulma.com/valokuvaaja
#HistoryInStone #AncientHistory #RockArt #CavePaintings #CulturalHeritage #HistoricalArtifact #AncientArt #Petroglyphs #StoneCarvings #Archaeology#photography #photographer #naturephotography
#Russia #Ukraine #CulturalHeritage #archaeology #Crimea #GLAM
"The Regional Center for Human Rights has identified seven employees of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg who have participated in illegal archaeological excavations in occupied Crimea."
