WEAVE virtual exhibition

img. (cropped): Back To The Future! Safe European Home 1938,
Damian Le Bas, Kai Dikhas Foundation / ERIAC, In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted.

The Renaissance of Romani Re-presentation

This exhibition, jointly curated by WEAVE Editorial Team with invaluable contribution by guest author Dr Adrian R Marsh and an afterword by Imogen Bright Moon, follows a discovery path from misrepresentation to renaissance of Romani arts and heritage, also exploring the histories of Roma communities and opening a window to their contemporary artistic expressions.

View the exhibition on Europeana HERE >>>

Read the Europeana post about the Roma representation in the cultural heritage sector HERE >>>

Spanish Presidency Europeana Conference report available
You can find the Executive Summary and the full report on Europeana Pro EUreka3D project was presented at the Spanish Presidency Europeana Conference back in October the 17th 2023, by project coordinator Antonella Fresa. The conference fostered a multidisciplinary dialogue on 3D capacity building for the cultural heritage sector, in order to promote … Continue […]
WEAVE Case Study: 3D digitization of daguerreotypes
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WEAVE presented at conference in Wales about GRT community inclusion
Rosa Cisneros from C-DARE Coventry University presented the work done in WEAVE about Romani cultural heritage in Europeana On 24th October, the Romani Cultural & Arts Company (RCAC) and the Arts Council of Wales (ACW) organized a conference to mark the launch of a new report titled Sites of Inclusion: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Participation […]
WEAVE Project disseminated to AccessCult Erasmus Students
The students engaged with the WEAVE collections, activities and the project’s tools, framed within the context of accessibility and community engagement text and images by Rosa Cisneros, Coventry University. The European Union funded project, AccessCult, aims to make cultural venues more accessible for all. One billion people live with some form of disability (WHO), at […]
WEAVE blogpost: The Paradox of Intangible Heritage
how can tangible artefacts as photographs and other items represent intangible heritage such as traditions, practices, skills and cultural phenomena? img: 1398267: Rugby League Cup final between Bradford Northern , the holders , and Wigan at Wembley Stadium – 29 April 1948. TopFoto, In Copyright, Educational reuse permitted. Looking at photographic collections in particular, it’s […]
WEAVE galleries in Europeana
five curated galleries from the WEAVE editorial team tell some stories of intangible heritage img: Festa de la Mercè a Barcelona di Duran Fígols, Oriol – CRDI / Girona City Council – CC BY-NC-ND. Disappearing trades and occupations As our daily life and routines have changed a lot in past decades thanks to clever … […]
WEAVE goes to Image and Research conference
the important biannual gathering of experts about (digital) imagery and management of photographic heritage collections img: Eiffel bridge in Girona, photo CRDI / Ajuntament de Girona, Public Domain. Under coordination of WEAVE partners KU Leuven and Photoconsortium, a paper was submitted for the upcoming Image and Research conference in Girona (16-18 November 2022), where it […]
The Renaissance of Romani Re-presentation
discover today the beautiful virtual exhibition published by WEAVE team in Europeana img. (cropped): Back To The Future! Safe European Home 1938, Damian Le Bas, Kai Dikhas Foundation / ERIAC, In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted. This exhibition, jointly curated by WEAVE Editorial Team with invaluable contribution by guest author Dr Adrian … Continue reading […]