Preserving Heritage as Data: Prof. Nicola Lercari on Evolving Digital Ecosystems for Cultural Stewardship

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Dear colleagues,
we cordially invite you to the following presentation:

Monday, November 3, at 16:15
Oettingenstraße 67, Room L 155

Nicola Lercari (LMU Munich): Preserving heritage as data: Evolving data ecosystems for the stewardship of our shared past

What happens when we view cultural heritage not just as monuments or object collections, but as data or digital resources that can be collected, shared, and linked to other forms of knowledge? Drawing on two case studies, this talk first examines the participatory digital stewardship of Bodie, California, where citizen scientists used the open-source Citizen Preservationist app to document and monitor fragile archaeological landscapes through structured data collection, geotagging, and open-access sharing, fostering stewardship ethics and public engagement. The second case, the Sun Stones Chronicles project at the Bornholms Museum in Denmark, shows how high-resolution 3D scanning, Linked Open Data, and semantic data models (CIDOC CRM and ICON ontology) can preserve, contextualize, and connect Neolithic artifacts from this Baltic island with other Scandinavian cultural heritage through online repositories [...].