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Connected Culture & Natural
Heritage in a Northern Environment
SEE THE PAST
IMAGINE THE FUTURE
Newsletter 02 | Period 2 September 2018
CINE’s first anniversary The partners have been productive during this first year.
September is an important time in the life of our project They have been setting up their teams, have developed
– this year we are celebrating our first anniversary. One concepts and frameworks to create new digital exhibits
year of a three year project is over, and it is time to reflect and new content and they have recorded sites and obje-
and look forward. cts. The first year was a year to get going with the work,
and to explore themes that connect all our threads toget-
her. Entering the next year we will focus more on peer-re-
The partnership has met twice during the last year, for
viewing our products and opening them for testing to a
the Kick-Off in Northern Norway, hosted by Museum
wider audience. We are excited to enter this new phase,
Nord in September 2017, and for a partner meeting in
and hope that you will join in.
East Iceland in March 2018, hosted by Gunnarsstofnun.
Connected to the second partner meeting we held a In this newsletter, you will find information about what
large public event (which even made it into the Icelan- has been happening in our project. On page three we
dic news!): the Seminar and Think Tank Let’s Play With have printed a conversation from the Heritage Week in
Heritage in Reykjavik. The invited heritage sector and the Killybegs, Ireland, and on the last page you will find furth-
gaming industry engaged in a productive discussion on er news and events. We hope you enjoy the update, and
how to work together more closely. please get in touch with ideas or comments.
Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in a Northern Environment (CINE) is a collaborative digital heritage project
between 9 partners and 10 associated partners from Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Looking back at the first year A project update
In our project we have set out to cameras, a group of people are sit- Agency, Fljotsdalshreppur Municipa-
create a number of digital pro- ting in a venue. The Digitourist offers lity and Vatnajökull National Park.
ducts and guidelines that can be a carbon-free solution to global travel Virtual reconstructions of the site
used by the visitors to our muse- without losing the real-time experien- and 3D images of the site can be
ce of exploring a place far away from tried with Oculus Rift technology at
ums, by the heritage sector and
home. This tool will be developed in the cultural center Skriduklaustur. A
a broad digital audience. Here the second year of the project. heritage game has also been created
is some information on how we and a demo version can be played on
have been progressing on the de- site.
velopment of our tools, our case Case Studies
studies and our guidelines In the town of Killybegs in Done-
Vágar, situated in Nyvågar, Norway, gal, Ireland we explore models of
was one of the most important eco- community co-production. Donegal
nomic centres in Norway in medieval County Museum and University of Ul-
Tools
times. The fishing town of Vágar was ster have been working closely with
The CINE Data Management Toolkit a buzzing centre of trade and crafts- a new community group to better
(CINE GATE) provides us with a repo- manship. Nothing of the medieval understand the value that communi-
sitory for heritage data. It enables us town is visible today. We want to ties place on their heritage and how
to store, manage and curate content bring the past back to life with a this can be brought to a wider public
and to make it accessible to others. situated simulation developed by though new means of interpreting
St Andrews University are leading Oslo University in collaboration with the past. Many community events
on the development of this toolkit. A Museum Nord, Tromsø University and activities have been held and
first version of the platform is availa- and Aurora Borealis Multimedia. data has been gathered around the
ble online: www.cineg.org. We are currently gathering materials church of St Catherine. Ulster Uni-
and research to start building the versity has created a virtual reality
A Sit-sim Editor has been developed augmented reality application. First experience set in a historical recon-
for heritage professionals working visuals will be ready by the end of the struction of the church. It has been
with multimedia companies who year. trialled at the recent Heritage Week
wish to create easy to use indirect in Ireland, see next page.
augmented reality (AR) applications Digital representations of the Strath
by creating 3D-environments, infor- of Kildonan and Helmsdale in North
mation layering and animations onto Scotland are focused on different re- Best Practice Guidelines
outdoor landscapes. Oslo University search periods from Iron Age brochs
are leading on the development of and cairns to round houses, long In the last year of the CINE project
this toolkit. This tool is currently un- houses and medieval castles. The we will produce guidelines for the
der peer-review but will be ready for models will be developed in collabo- sector and for anyone interested aro-
release soon. ration with the community. This case und the following themes. All guide-
study is led by Timespan in collabo- lines will be made available through
A generic Climate Change Applicati- ration with St Andrews University. CINE GATE.
on will help people in the NPA region Virtual reconstructions of the site yy the social role of the contempo-
visualise the effects of climate chan- are already available to showcase. rary museum/heritage centre in a
ge throughout time - past, present They will be further developed and world affected by climate change
and future. The application will be integrated into the existing Clearance yy community co-production
able to display changes in vegetation Trail App. methodologies
and sea levels on location in poten- yy use of digital tools for tourism
tially any landscape in the past and Another case study explores and and education
future. Oslo University are working makes visible the heritage network yy environmental policy recommen-
on this in close collaboration with of the 16th-century monastery at dations for slow and sustainable
all national partners who will help Skriðuklaustur in Fljotsdalur Valley, tourism, and the value of local
to gain access to relevant national East Iceland. The monastery ruins heritage sites for planning
climate change datasets. A prototype were excavated in 2000-2012, reve-
yy data and collection management
of this tool is available online: search aling the structure and history of an
for “Sitsim Demo 3” on youtube. Augustinian hospice. Gunnarsstof-
nun leads the case study of
The Digitourist is a tool to create advance mapping and gamification
real-time digital tours to provide a with help from Locatify and St An- See a map of all our partners
virtual travel experience. While a tour drews University and in collaboration and case studies at
guide is situated at a remote site, with associated partners, the Wilder- www.cine-npa.eu
equipped with 3D video ness Center, the National Heritage
Behind the scenes
In Conversation
David and Anna in Conversation
Judith: What are the challenges particularly for young people. Howe-
facing local history/heritage groups? ver this project will encourage them
The Killybegs History and Heritage
to see that history can be brought to
Group were set up in 2011 with the Niamh: We are only a small group but
life using the new technologies that
aim of safeguarding, preserving and the issues and challenges we have
are so much a part of their everyday
promoting the cultural resource within faced around preserving the heritage
lives…
the community of Killybegs in County of Killybegs have seemed sometimes
Donegal, Ireland. The group has been insurmountable. We have spent many
The project will grow our capacity
active in the ongoing preservation and long hours promoting the importance
to promote and preserve our history
promotion of St Catherine’s Church of our heritage to individuals, groups
and heritage using the skills we have
and graveyard in Killybegs. They have and organisations. We recently
learned. It is incredible to see all the
successfully obtained funding for played a not insignificant role in the
research that we have carried out
conservation works at the site which development of a Local Area Plan for
over the last number of years used
have helped to preserve the remains Killybegs in association with Donegal
to create this amazing interactive
of the building. County Council.
experience.
Niamh Kennedy is a member of the Another challenge we face is that
This project will also help us to over-
group and has been an independent a lot of local history and heritage
come the challenge of preserving he-
councillor in Donegal County Council groups are made up of older people.
ritage versus business development
since May 2014. It is very difficult to get young pe-
– what I mean by that is, that someti-
ople involved, however this project
mes people think that preserving our
Niamh was interviewed by Judith could change that by making our
heritage gets in the way of economic
McCarthy, Curator of Donegal County history more relevant and interactive
development… this project helps to
Museum who is a partner in the CINE for them. You can see the number
show communities that we can use
project working with Killybegs History of young people who have come to
our heritage to boost our economic
and Heritage Group. The interview the event today and how much they
development particularly through tou-
took place at a Heritage Week event are enjoying the VR of St Catherine’s
rism. The growth of the Wild Atlantic
held in Killybegs International Carpet Church. They could teach us a thing
Way has encouraged communities
Making and Fishing Centre in August or two about using the tech!
to see the value of their heritage and
2018 to highlight the work of the CINE
projects such as this which use new
project. At this event participants Judith: How will the project benefit
technologies to promote heritage
were invited to view a demonstration your group and community?
preservation will further enhance our
of the on-going virtual reality visu- Niamh: The use of the digital tech- tourism offering while at the same
alisation of St Catherine’s Church, nologies will help us get more young time highlighting the role that our
Killybegs developed by the School of people involved in wanting to preser- heritage can play within communities.
Computing at Ulster University who ve their history and heritage. History
are also a partner in the CINE project. is often seen as a dead subject Judith: Have you enjoyed the project
so far?
Niamh: Despite our challenges, it is
incredible to think that our group is
participating in a project which is also
made up of partners from Scotland,
Norway and Iceland – it encourages
us as a small history and heritage
group to continue our work and to
understand that the work that we are
doing in our small corner of Donegal
is part of a much larger whole.
Killybegs History and Heritage
Donegal County Museum
Ulster University
News&Events Related Projects
We’ve been making connections
Mapping
Mapping is one of our project
to other related digital heritage themes, and we have started to
Partner Meeting Iceland projects such as define our mapping practice. We
All partners met in East Iceland from #Engine Shed, a project by Historic consider mapping as a method to
the 17-19 March 2018. Environment Scotland, located in make data visible on existing geo-
Additional to to our meetings we had Stirling. They run a public program- graphical maps. We collect and
an opportunity to visit the Wilderness me, a digital lab, and accredited connect geo-located heritage data
Centre and the Vatnajökull National courses. of different heritage sites, and we
Park. Thank you Gunnarsstofnun for #REACH, a new project to improve make them accessible digitally, on
hosting us. access to Cultural Heritage. Similar site and off site. Different map-
to CINE, they are developing a plat- ping practices are available that
Get involved! form to disseminate their outputs. are utilised in CINE, such as Deep
If you are interested in testing our #museum 4 punkt 0, Berlin, is Mapping or GIS Mapping.
new toolkits or in seeing our work in developing new digital strategies One of our partners expressed the
progress, please get involved. You for the museum of the future. They following vision: “If all information
might have an interesting story to tell create digital prototypes to test were geo-located and accessible
us in one of the places we develop our new forms of communication, par- on the spot then all the informati-
main case studies, or you might be a ticipation and dissemination. on that could be found connected
museum professional, who is looking
#CUPIDO is a brand new interreg to that specific site would appear.
for new digital ways of interpreting
project about developing new busi- Imagine if all heritage data that we
content, or collecting digital objects. If
ness opportunities for the cultural have in separated databases was
you are a researcher you might like to
sector with an aim to create vibrant, geo-located and accessible via the
find out more about the concepts and
strategies underpinning CINE. Get in sustainable, communities. internet.”
touch!
Upcoming: Partner Meeting in St Andrews 23-25 October 2018 CINE GATE
Our project team will come together again in October 2018 to review We have been developing a new portal
the project, work together on themes and toolkits and plan the next six to the data and the outputs that the
project will gather, produce and disse-
month. We will also invite speakers from other EU projects to showcase
minate. It will become a platform to
their work and to discuss how we can collaborate. We look forward to host Galleries, Archives, Toolkits and
explore historic St Andrews through the lens of historians and computer Exhibits.
scientists. Among our exploration will be a virtual tour of medieval St Have a preview of what this looks like
Andrews Cathedral, a Ceilidh and maybe even a Haggis Hunt. at the moment: www.cineg.org
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