A Practical Approach to Ascertaining the Accuracy and Resolution of Post Rendered 3D Models Acquired Originally via 3D Digitization

Author(s): Feng Zhao,Soo Choon Loy / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

3D digitization is becoming the norm in the preservation of tangible cultural properties be it movable or immovable. In the case of mobile cultural objects, 3D models are normally acquired through non-destructive methods such as photogrammetry or 3D scanning using structured light or laser. The continuing improvements in scanning equipment which result in higher accuracy and resolution can be translated to mean higher level of 3D data acquired. At times, the quantity of 3D data of a single model can get too large and beyond what a normal work-station can process. This is where optimization comes in. However, the level of optimization will vary to suit the final purpose or usage of the 3D model. During optimization, the resulting optimized 3D model is bound to suffer from some level of data loss when compared to the original 3D model acquired directly from laser scanning. This paper discusses a practical method devised by Amber Digital Solutions in maintaining a high level of accuracy of the final optimized model for national archival purposes which requires the highest form of quality.

А. Е. Викторов „Идеалист“ 40-х годов XIX века

Author(s): Tatiana Strokovskaya / Language(s): Russian Issue: 5-6/2015

Aleksei Egorovich Viktorov deserves an honourable position in the circle of Russian bibliographers, archaeologists and Slavists in the second half of the 19th century. Like many of his contemporaries and colleagues of that time, called the “idealists of the 1840s”, he was alien to political passions and chose a field that satisfied his intellectual needs and civic feelings - reaching impressive success he gained authority in the scientific community as an archaeographer, a researcher and a connoisseur of the ancient-Russian written monuments. This article focuses on the activities of A. E. Viktorov in the manuscript department of the Moscow Public Museum and The Rumyantsevski Museum.

The First Information Day: Innovation Ecosystems of Digital Cultural Assets

Author(s): Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Radoslav Pavlov,Peter L. Stanchev / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

The first information day on innovation ecosystems of digital cultural assets will present current results of the research project Concepts and Models for Innovation Ecosystems of Digital Cultural Assets. The project aims at the search for and creation of new scientific knowledge and the achievement of fundamental results in the areas of big data, massive data mining, data management, data processing, data analytics, data visualization, etc. in the digital cultural heritage domain.

The First Information Day: Serious Games as Contemporary Tools for New Educational Applications

Author(s): Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Radoslav Pavlov,Detelin Luchev,Malvina Rousseva,Boyan Bontchev / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

In technology-enhanced education, the “serious games” method is accepted as a research, pedagogic, and evaluative tool. The method helps instructors to motivate student learning, curiosity, creative and logical thought, as well as develop a variety of skills and competencies. Serious educational games aim to cultivate better comprehension strategies, creative thinking, learning-by-doing (production, authorship), and students’ engagement in their own cognition and learning processes. The first information day will present the scholarly and scholarly-practical outcomes of the Serious Education Games as Contemporary Tools for New Educational Applications project, Contract DSD-2/05.04.2017, between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, activity Introduction of Contemporary Methods in Educating and Fostering Young Talent (PMC №347).

Международна конференция „Зографската библиотека и архив: Изследователски подходи при дигитализацията, описанието и изданието на изворите“

Author(s): Margaret Dimitrova,Maria Kiprovska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 35/2017

REVIEWS

Author(s): Zsuzsanna Muntag-Tabajdi,Anikó Báti,László Mód,Krisztina Frauhammer,Lehel Peti,László Lukács,Julianna Örsi / Language(s): English,German Issue: 1/2012

Review of: 1. Dániel BÁRTH: Benedikció és exorcizmus a kora újkori Magyarországon [Benediktion und Exorzismus im frühneuzeitlichen Ungarn]. Fontes Ethnologiae Hungaricae IX. Budapest: L’Harmattan–Pécsi Tudományegyetem Néprajz – Kulturális Antropológia Tanszék 2010, 452 Seiten. by: Zsuzsanna Muntag-Tabajdi 2. Balázs BORSOS – Zoltán MAGYAR: A magyar népi kultúra régiói 1–2. [Regions of Hungarian Folk Culture 1–2]. Budapest: Mérték Kiadó 2011, 402 pp., 421 pp. by: Anikó Báti 3. Miklós CSERI: Néprajz és muzeológia. Tanulmányok a népi építészet és a múzeumi etnográfi a köréből [Ethnology and Museology. Studies on Peasant Architecture and Museum Ethnography]. Debrecen: Debreceni Egyetem 2009. 412 pp. by: László Mód 4. Miklós CSERI – Zsolt SÁRI (eds.): Vidéki életmódváltozások a 20. században [Changes in the Rural Way of Life in the 20th Century]. Szentendre: Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum 2009, 400 pp. by: Anikó Báti 5. Anna FARMATI: Más régi ének. A XVII. századi katolikus népköltészet szövegtípusai és motívumrendszere [Ein anderes altes Lied. Die Texttypen und das Motivsystem der katholischen Volkslieddichtung des 17. Jahrhunderts.] Kolozsvár: Verbum Kiadó 2009, 260 Seiten. by: Krisztina Frauhammer 6. Hermann KURZKE: Kirchenlied und Kultur. Mainzer Hymnologische Studien Band 24. Tübingen: Francke Verlag 2010. 261 Seiten. by: Krisztina Frauhammer 7. Tamás MOHAY: A csíksomlyói pünkösdi búcsújárás. Történet, eredet, hagyomány. [The Whitsun Pilgrimage Feast of Csíksomlyó. History, Origin, Tradition]. Budapest: L’Harmattan 2009, 388 pp. by: Lehel Peti 8. Attila PALÁDI-KOVÁCS: Ipari táj. Gyárak, bányák, műhelyek népe a 19–20. században [Industriegegend. Das Volk der Fabriken, Bergwerke und Werkstätten im 19.–20. Jahrhundert]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó 2007, 327 Seiten, zahlreiche schwarzweiße und farbige Abb., Karten. by: László Lukács 9. Zsuzsa SZARVAS (ed.): Milyennek a finnek? Finnország magyar szemmel. Kiállítás a Néprajzi Múzeumban. 2009. június 28–2010. szeptember 28. [How We See the Finns? Finland: A Hungarian Perspective. Exhibition in the Museum of Ethnography. 28 June 2009–28 September 2010]. Budapest: Néprajzi Múzeum 2009, 315 pp. by: László Mód 10. Eszter SZENDREI: Törésvonalak. A rendszerváltás hatása Túrkeve társadalmára [Fracture Lines. The Effect of the Change of System on the Society of Túrkeve].Túrkeve: Túrkeve Kulturális Egyesület 2011, 272 pp. by: Julianna Örsi

Local Communities and the Social Involvement of the Ethnographic Museums

Author(s): Nikolay Nenov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

This text describes and problematizes examples of Bulgarian and foreign museums focusing on mechanisms of social involvement. Examples are united by an anthropological discourse which gives Bulgarian ethnographic museums an opportunity to expand the thematic issues of their exhibits and activities. Alternative ways to develop and use the museum as an instrument for social criticism are part of the quest of today’s ethnographic museums. At the same time, the author makes his bias towards the Ecomuseum format clear in the search for an ethnographic reading, showing that the establishment of these museums creates a connection between local communities and the museum, which makes it possible to share local identity with various audiences.

Национална научна конференция „Традицията в народната култура“

Author(s): Bilyana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

Events

Войната и музеят – пресрещания в романите на Дубравка Угрешич и Блага Димитрова

Author(s): Veselina Beleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

This article examines how women writers in the Balkans from the second half of the 20th century narrate war. The focus of the study is on the museum's classifying function to include narrative forms such as the album and the diary, in the genre of the novel. In order to narrate a major theme like the war, Dubravka Ugrešić (Croatia) and Blaga Dimitrova (Bulgaria) use these two forms, traditionally thought to be representative of the female voice. The study traces the literary and museum representations of the album and the diary in which memory plays the major role.

От съставителя. Етнографският архив – между терен и интерпретации

Author(s): Anni Kirilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

Ръкописни архивни сбирки с нотирани фолклорни песни – културни факти и контексти от музикалното минало

Author(s): Natalia Rashkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

The article examines notated musical folklore collections with records from the first four decades of the 20th century kept in the Ethnographic Archive of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the BAS. The archival musical folklore collections are a documentary testimony of a folklore repertoire which existed in a certain period of time as well as of the development of the process of documentation of folklore musical materials. Two archival documents, the only ones in the musical biographies of the people who recorded them, Neno Dimov and Tsanko Tsankov, are presented and analyzed.The first document is a valuable description of the richness of the folklore repertoire of urban/rural musical environment and represents a stage of the development of the musical and folklore research and analytical work of the time. The identification of the author of the second archival collection reveals a remarkable figure of the Bulgarian musical past together with the precise and critical reading of the musical theoretician and composer Dobri Hristov in his hand-written review.The significance of this documentary material refers to the broad context of the cultural musical history and the rationalization of the processes in the development of the musical folklore studies.

Албум 3618 – семейна история на половин столетие

Author(s): Elka Mincheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

In the centre of this study is an album kept in the archive of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum – BAS. Its inventory number is 3618. The album contains eighty family photographs. The aim of the research is to reconstruct a family history by studying the memory of a Bulgarian kin in the period between 1870 and the 1930s. The fashion tendencies in clothing which stand out,the hair-styles and the studio accessories used for the photographs give information about the type of communication between relatives and friends. By summarizing the results of the analysis, the article attempts to define the social status of the individuals photographed. The aspiration of the author is by means of the photographs to look for and mark the changes which occurred in the family in the concrete period. The topic is examined in two aspects: technical – the technology of making studio and reportage photographs in this period (the paper, the photographic processes etc.); and ethnological – as a family history in certain space, time, family relations etc. Because of the limited size of the article, the emphasis is laid on the ethnographic aspect of the topic.

Музеят и „културата на участие“ – проекции в български образователен контекст

Author(s): Vasya Delibaltova,Sonya Penkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

The authors accept the thesis that the conception of ‘museum of participation’ is well-grounded and perspective by the standards of the building of modern museums. The main arguments are sought in the direction of social change and its reflection on the modern museum and pedagogical theory. The ideas of N.Simon are extensively represented and the points of intersection between them and the general perspective they give have been sought. Arguments are advanced regarding the need for: Change in the roles of museum workers and the audience; Change in the conception of museum educational content and the ways of its creation; Change in the methods applied in the different programs; Change in the forms in which the programs are implemented; Change in the conception, creation, contents and implementation of museum educational programs; Change in the concept about the results from the study in a museum environment and its assessment. The described characteristics are taken as landmarks for the design of modern and effective museum educational programs. On this basis a concretization of the work of the National Museum of Military History has been extensively presented in terms of main directions of work as well as concrete programs.

Interactive Game Development to Assist Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Zsolt László Márkus,Gábor Kaposi,Miklós Veres,Zsolt Weisz,György Szántó,Tibor Szkaliczki,Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Radoslav Pavlov,Detelin Luchev,Maxim Goynov,Lilia Pavlova / Language(s): English Issue: VIII/2018

Serious educational games provide a novel way to transfer knowledge on cultural heritage, which can especially attract young people by using interactive multimedia technology. The paper presents a new flexible tool for developing, managing and presenting games. This server-based solution can facilitate the game development by applying game templates, layout styles and question pools. It also supports the development of game packages for multiple languages and multiple platforms (Web and mobile). The games can easily be customised for various learning domains. Complex games can be composed from several so-called minigames (e.g. puzzle, multiple choice, memory game, crossword etc.) and the tool also supports the evaluation of the user answers and organising competitions. The games were applied to deepen knowledge on various topics related to our cultural heritage. The latest game development is represented by the serious educational game “The Thracians” running in a virtual 360º panorama environment, which presents the life, beliefs and traditions of the ancient tribes.

Дискусия – Архив в музея

Author(s): Daniela Koleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

Музей за литература и изкуства „Егише Черенц“ в Ереван. Добрата практика за достъп до архива на един музей

Author(s): Mariyana Piskova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

Музейният архив

Author(s): Iveta Pirgova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

Една група извън и в музея – възможен прочит

Author(s): Iva Kyurkchieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The study presents the interactions between the amateur art atelier SedyankaTA and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum. Thereby, I propose a possible perspective onto the topic of exhibiting in the Ethnographic museum nowadays. Atelier SedyankaTA is an informal group who aim to preserve and pass on to younger generations the traditional techniques of bobbin lace tatting, kene needle lace, frivolite and embroidery. Such informal groups are important for the sustainability of the museum’s space as a place for communication together with its role as a public institution. The dialogue with museums’ publics changes in the function of the Ethnographic museum as a contemporary center for research and education.

III Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa „Człowiek – Informacja. Książka. Media”, Toruń, 15–16 marca 2018 r.

Author(s): Mariusz Balcerek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

Aim: The aim of the text is a brief presentation of the conference that took place on March 15-16, 2018. At that time, the 3rd National Scientific Conference entitled: “Man – Information. Book. Media “ took place at the Collegium Humanisticum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (hereinafter: UMK) Its organizer was the PhD Student Scientific Circle ePRINT, operating at the Institute of Information Science and Bibliology of Nicolaus Copernicus University. Research method: The author participated in the symposium sessions, listening to all speeches, additionally asking questions during the discussion. Results/Conclusions: The conference is a great initiative for young scientists, who thanks to it can test their skills in this type of activity; it was the fourth edition of this congress. Unfortunately, the overall positive impression was spoilt by a few speeches of low quality that should not have been allowed to be delivered.

Хранители и власти: охрана и реставрация имперской столицы в сталинский период

Author(s): O. Yu. Malinova-Tziafeta / Language(s): Russian Issue: 27/2019

The article analyzes the book Saving Stalin’s Imperial City: preservation Restoration in Leningrad, 1930–1950 by S. M. Maddox. The — Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2014. — XII, 284 p. Since the 1930s the architectural heritage of the former capital of the Russian Empire was actively used for ideological and mobilization purposes: — to fight fascism, to rebuild the city after the blockade, and to create the memory of the Great Patriotic War and the Blockade. The case of preserving monuments as such was first delivered only in Stalin’s time. Before the Revolution, the state did not invest in restoration, and there was no legal framework obliging owners to do so. The work of city defenders on the evacuation and preservation of historical monuments during the war is also discussed; post-war cooperation of authorities and “guardians” in the restoration of Leningrad; mobilization of the population by using the idea of complete restoration of the pre-war urban landscape; the possible fate of the monuments of Leningrad in the case of the capture of the city by the fascist troops; the establishment of official memory of the Blockade, captured in the urban landscape (monuments, memorial plaques, etc.) and the so-called “Leningrad text”; and finally, the disintegration of the alliance between creating a memory of the Blockade and the restoration of old imperial Petersburg as a result of tightening political course in the late 1940s and the start of the cold war.