Mingei - Representation and Preservation of Heritage Crafts - MEGHINI (DIT.AD011.054)

Thematic area

Engineering, ICT and technologies for energy and transportation

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Institute of information science and technologies "Alessandro Faedo" (ISTI)

Project manager

CARLO MEGHINI
Phone number: 0506212893
Email: carlo.meghini@isti.cnr.it

Abstract

Mingei will explore the possibilities of representing and making accessible both tangible and intangible aspects of
craft as cultural heritage (CH). Heritage Crafts (HCs) involve craft artefacts, materials, and tools and encompass
craftsmanship as a form of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Intangible HC dimensions include dexterity, know-how, and
skilled use of tools, as well as, tradition, and identity of the communities in which they are, or were, practiced. HCs
are part of the history and have impact upon the economy of the areas in which they flourish. The significance and
urgency to the preservation of HCs is underscored, as several are threatened with extinction.
Despite their cultural significance efforts for HC representation and preservation are scattered geographically and
thematically. Mingei will provide means to establish HC representations based on digital assets, semantics, existing
literature and repositories, as well as, mature digitisation and representation technologies. These representations will
capture and preserve tangible and intangible dimensions of HCs.

Start date of activity

01/12/2018

Keywords

representation, preservation, crafts

Last update: 01/06/2024