Inclusion, Sustainability & Innovation in Culture

DATE & TIME
Saturday 18 May 2024 | 11:00 - 14:00
LOCATION
AGORA Amphitheatre & Future Learning Lab
ADMISSION
FREE
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DESCRIPTION

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established 18 May as International Museum Day in 1977 to highlight museums’ role in modern society. This year’s International Museum Day aims to highlight museums as places of convergence for education and research, covering, according to ICOM, “… a broad field, from art and history to science and technology, where innovation meets tradition”.

At the core of this convergence between education and research are the concepts of inclusion, sustainability and innovation. In the context of International Museum Day, JOIST Innovation Park, VRARA (VR/AR Association), and the Smooth Music Theatre Workshop are co-organizing an open event. Through a set of interactive activities and informative presentations, the aim is to highlight the importance of the concepts of inclusion and innovation in culture for a more sustainable world. In this process, new technologies play a crucial role, both in education and culture, in shaping an inclusive world.

Everyone, young and old, is welcome to celebrate International Museum Day by participating in various activities in which immersive technologies play a leading role. Supporting everyone to create an inclusive world in which culture and education innovate is everyone’s business!

This event is addressed to:

  • Organizations, bodies, culture workshops
  • Startups and culture enterprises
  • Primary and Secondary Education Schools
  • Workers in education and the arts
  • People with mobility and sensory impairments
  • Health facilities for people with reduced mobility and public hospitals
  • General public
  • Children 12+ years old

CO-ORGANIZATION

AGENDA
11:00 – 11:15

| Arrival

11:15 – 12:00

| Part A - JOIST Amphitheatre & Exhibition Space
"Citizen Activation and the Contribution of Technology to the Transfer of Intangible Cultural Heritage"

– “The Intangible Cultural Heritage”, Klairi Bakoura, Theatrologist, Curator of Exhibitions, Yannis Davaros, Philologist, JOIST New Technologies Trainer

– “The Contribution of Immersive Technologies to the Transfer of Intangible Cultural Heritage”, Tom Kolokithas, President of the Greek Chapter of the VR/AR Association

– “A Case Study for the Creation of a Digital Twin of the Avgouleas-Linardatou Schools on the ThingLink Platform and its Viewing through ClassVR,” Dionysis Karibidis, Electrical and Computer Engineer, Professor of Computer Science and Educational Robotics, Avgouleas-Linardatou Schools

At the end of the presentations, the participants will be moved to the JOIST exhibition space, where they will have the opportunity to use the VR masks to navigate the digital twin of the Avgoleas – Linardatou schools.

12:00 – 13:30

| Part B - AGORA
Creative Familiarization Workshop with the Principles of Accessibility and "Aesthetics of Access," SMouTh (Music Theatre Workshop)

The workshop aims to introduce those involved to the basic principles of creating a universally accessible activity and to provide valuable tools and ideas on how we can offer as equal and rich an educational or artistic experience as possible to people with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments.

They coordinate: Kostas Lamproulis, Despina Bounitsi

Interpreting in Greek Sign Language: Evi Orfanidou

11:00 - 14:00

| Part C - Co-working Space & Amphitheatre
Parallel Event

11:00 - 13:30

| Co-working Space
The participants of the event will have the opportunity to experience a virtual part of the life of the composer Nikos Skalkotas through the use of immersive technology (VR masks). Maximum experience time: 20 minutes. The virtual tour carries the theme: " In Berlin of Nikos Skalkotas. Recollections of a composer ."

13:30 - 14:00

| Amphitheatre
" Interactive storytelling and participation in cultural heritage ", Katerina Servi, content creator, Narralive team, Athena Research Center, University of Athens, Greece

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