Celebrating with GoUNESCO event "#makeheritagefun", "HeritagForAll" initiative and Center for Documentation Natural and Cultural Heritage (CULTNAT)- Bibliotheca Alexandrina have the pleasure to inform you that we will organize, in collaboration with Ministry of Antiquities (Administration of Archaeological Awareness - Egyptian Antiquities Sector), National Committee of International Council of Museums (ICOM Egypt) and UNESCO New Delhi-supported initiative GoUNESCO, a field trip – entitled "Cultural Heritage Presentation and Technology" - to CULTNAT defining the features of presenting digitally and virtually the heritage value. We cordially invite whoever is interested to find out the role of information and digital technology to display the heritage value, to fill in this application here

 

There is no registration fee

 

Field trip Location: Center for Documentation Natural and Cultural Heritage (CULTNAT) – Smart Village

 

No. of Participants: 15 participants

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Date & Duration: Sunday 24 September 2017 (one day – 10 AM to 3 PM)

 

Deadline of registration: Friday 15 September 2017 (11:00 PM Egypt Time)

 

Target Group:

 

1-    Archaeologists
2-    Inspectors 
3-    Museum curators
4-    Staff at Cultural Heritage-related non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
5-    Heritage Specialists
6-    Heritage projects’ leaders
7-    Cultural tourism specialists
8-    Undergraduate, Graduate and postgraduate in Architecture, Urban Planning, Antiquities, History and Tourism

 

Selection Criteria: Motivation letter is the main criterion of selecting the candidature applicant.

 

Field Trip Structure: 

 

Tutors:  CULTNAT Team 

 

Instruction Language: English presentation / Arabic speaking

 

Content:

 

The Heritage Dissemination Technologies overview:
•    Virtual Reality (VR)/Augmented Reality (AR) applications.
•    Post production and Visual Effects (VFX).
•    Different 3D Techniques.
•    User Experience Design (UX) and graphical user interface (GUI)

 

Development and Digitization of heritage content
•    Overview on the documentation of Archaeological and architectural Heritage.
•    Arabic Manuscripts Documentation.

 

Time Table

 

10:00 AM- 10:30 AM
Gathering in front of CULTNAT building – Smart Village 
 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM 
Visit - Introduction to CULTNAT – Documentation Centre for Cultural and Natural Heritage
 

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM 
The Heritage Dissemination Technologies
 

1:00 PM – 03:00 PM   
Development and Digitization of Heritage Content

 

Learning Outcomes of Field Trip

 

By the end of a field trip, participants will be able to:
•    Understand the role of information and digital technology delivering and presenting the cultural heritage value 
•    Collect a qualified background about the unique CULTNAT innovations 
•    How to facilitate the presentation of cultural heritage information to non-specialists