cultural heritage

Welcome to the 'cultural heritage' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'cultural heritage'.

Are you an expert about 'cultural heritage'? Do you want to be the Technorati authority on 'cultural heritage'? You can write a description that will appear right here: Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cultural heritage”

 

• Hadrians Villa - A World Heritage Site? No, a Landfill...

  
  — Authority:
  Professor Andrea Carandini is a respected member of Italy’s cultural heritage community. He resigned from his position at the Italian High Commission for Cultural Heritage after the government allowed a waste disposal site right near UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Villa near Tivoli (Rome). He commented : ...
  4 days ago

• When Foreign Currency is Best

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 116
  There are some people who try to stick with the currency of their home country when coin collecting . They want the coins that they are looking for to be somewhat easy to find, and are proud of their country and cultural heritage. While this is commendable and can provide a strong collection, it is not the only type ...
  5 days ago

• Rock-art-lollapalooza part 2: the Fossum site

  
  — Authority:
  Next stop on my Rock art lollapalooza in the UNESCO world Herritage site Tanum is Fossum. The rock art in Tanum is dated to the Bronze Age, ca 1500-1000 BC. Among the pictures are hunting scenes, people holding axes, people playing horns and of course lots of ships, animals, foot soles and cup marks etc. ...
  5 days ago

• Laurie Baymarrwangga – An Amazing Senior Australian

  
  — Authority:
  95 year old great, great grandmother Laurie Baymarrwangga, from the Crocodile Islands east of Darwin, is Senior Australian of 2012. Laurie has played a crucial role – often in the face of hardship – in protecting her culture and her country and in passing down local ecological knowledge to different age groups. ...
  5 days ago

• Revisit traditional Punjabi music at capital fest

  
  — Authority:
  New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) A ‘Festival of Traditional Music of Punjab’, which kicked off here Tuesday, is set to treat music fanatics to the cultural heritage of the state.The two-day event is being held at the India International Centre here.Inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Social Welfare, ...
  6 days ago

• Revitalization of “Su Nuraxi” Archaeological Finds, Italy

  
  — Authority:
  FB.Event.subscribe(edge.create, function(response) { _gaq.push([_trackEvent,SocialSharing,Facebook - like button,unescape(String(response).replace(/\+/g, " "))]); }); (function() { var po =... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, and more!
  6 days ago

• Politics Still Has The Power To Influence Positive Change

  
  — Authority:
  By Tarun Cherukuri: YES, you read that right. ‘Politics’ can go together with the word ‘positive’ instead of its infamous cousin ‘partisan’. Politics can after all be and must be a noble endeavor. It is not an argument based on bubble headed idealism. It is also not an argument based on a few ...
  6 days ago

• Euromed 2012 – International Conference on Cultural Heritage and Digital Libraries

  
  — Authority:
  FB.Event.subscribe(edge.create, function(response) { _gaq.push([_trackEvent,SocialSharing,Facebook - like button,unescape(String(response).replace(/\+/g, " "))]); }); (function() { var po =... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, and more!
  6 days ago

• Sustainable Preservation Initiative (Part one)

  
  ARCAblog — Authority: 111
  Incallajta, the ancient Incan site in central Bolivia by Rebekah Junkermeier, Guest contributor Looting, growing crops, grazing cattle, and playing soccer.What do all these things have in common? They’re all destructive forcescontributing to the decay of ancient cultural heritage sites (yes, evensoccer). ...
  6 days ago

• All Shook Up! Protecting Art in an Earthquake

  
  — Authority:
  All Shook Up! Protecting Art in an Earthquake : oh-theplacesyoullgo : “When you look at sculpture in the Getty Museum’s galleries, you wouldn’t guess that some of the pedestals are somewhat unusual. Under their polished veneer, they’re engineered to protect art from the movements caused by earthquakes. ...
  1 week ago

• Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

  
  — Authority:
  On a whim, Sylvia and I decided we needed to get out of the house. "Where can we go for a drive?" Sylvia asked. "How about the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village?" I suggested. Ive heard of the place, but never visited, and it turns out their season starts on the May long weekend. So off we went. This young ...
  1 week ago

• 100-year-old woman killed in Italian quake (Lead)

  
  — Authority:
  Rome, May 20 (IANS) A 100-year-old woman was among five people who died Sunday after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake rocked northern Italy, destroying several historic sites. At least 50 others were injured.The earthquake struck just after 4 a.m., BBC reported.The epicentre was between the cities of Ferrara and Modena at ...
  1 week ago

• Strong quake hits Italy, at least three dead

  
  — Authority:
  A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage.
  1 week ago

• African American Cultural Heritage on Online Video

  
  — Authority:
  A Review of Studying African American Cultural Heritage Using Educational Video Using these online subtitled videos to study and learn about the Cultural Heritage of the African American, you’ll survey the contributions of African Americans to literature, art, and music from the 18th century to the present day and ...
  1 week ago

• Protected: Stolen Ka Nefer Nefer mask in Saint Louis Art Museum – Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire: Motion to Reconsider Urges Court to Resurrect Art Museum Mummy Mask Case

  
  — Authority:
  There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
  2 weeks ago

• Italian Court Confirms Seizure of "Getty Bronze"

  
  — Authority:
  The Getty received some very bad news Thursday. Jason Felch reports on a ruling by an Italian regional magistrate in Pesaro upholding an earlier ruling to seize the bronze statue. The ruling Thursday by a regional magistrate in Pesaro will likely prolong the legal battle over the statue, a signature piece of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• #529 – Peeling Away the Mystery of Cultural Creativity

  
  — Authority:
  X-post from Issues in Digital History : on pretending to sit at john peel’s desk. The website of the John Peel Center (oops, we’re in England, so Centre) for Creative Arts makes me think about the strange intersection of private and public in efforts at creating spaces for culture. First, it’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Conservation of Tunisia’s Mosaics in Situ

  
  — Authority:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5jIW8jrSZk Conservation and management of ancient mosaic pavements in archaeological sites in Tunisia are the focus of the GCI’s Conservation of Mosaics project . The objective of the Mosaics in Situ project is to enhance the capacity of national authorities and ...
  3 weeks ago

• 34+ ways to celebrate historic preservation during National Historic Preservation Month

  
  — Authority:
  Moving a house instead of demolishing it. The Lowell Mason House, which had been scheduled for demolition, was slowly hauled to a new site in Medfield so it could be preserved. (George Rizer for The Boston Globe) Every May is National Preservation Month . This post is updated and expanded annually, to encourage ...
  3 weeks ago

• Madan Mohan Malaviya: As secular as Gandhi (IANS Book Review)

  
  — Authority:
  Book: “Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: A Valiant Visionary”; Author: Madhuker Upadhyay; Publisher: All India Congress Committee; Pages: 180, Price: Rs.300The best testimony that the Congress had virtually disowned Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya came when the author realised he was the only one who missing from the ...
  3 weeks ago

Comments about cultural heritage