Workshop: Digitizing the cultural heritage

The workshop Digitizing the cultural heritage was held at the Swedish institute at Athens on Wednesday 16th March 2016 presenting the results of a three year infrastructural project aimed at inventorying and digitizing material from Swedish archaeological fieldwork in Greece, as well as the digitization project by the National Archive of Monuments at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Program

9.00-9.30      Background – the Swedish field projects in Greece, Arto Penttinen

9.30-10.00    The infrastructural project at SIA, Anne Ingvarsson-Sundström

10.00-10.30  Coffee break

10.30-11.30  Developing the PRAGMATA database, Hans Liss

11.30-12.00  Digitizing the Asine collection in Uppsala, Gullög Nordquist

12.00-13.00  Lunch break

13.00-14.00  The National Archive of Monuments: the digital facet of Greek cultural heritage, Dr. Alexandra Alexandri, Directorate for the Administration of the National Archive of Monuments, the Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods, Hellenic Ministry of Culture

14.00-          Discussions on topics raised by the presentations above Moderator: Michael Lindblom

16.00           Reception at the Swedish Institute at Athens