Natural Historical Specimens as National Heritage

Virtual Historical Heritage: Yuso Monastery

Due to the maturity acquired by the new technologies, the research work developed within the project of the Virtual Reconstruction of the monastery of San Millan de la Cogolla, is focused on the use of VR techniques in very different environments, such as historical documentation or artistic purposes. This project consists of the development of a VR application with spreading aims. The research...

Exploring historical, social and natural heritage: challenges for tangible interaction design at Sheffield General Cemetery

This paper presents current research on the design, deployment and evaluation of tangible interaction concepts for an outdoor heritage space, the Sheffield General Cemetery. The Cemetery is an area of historical and natural importance managed and maintained by a community group. Following a co-design approach, we have conducted a series of activities at the Cemetery with the goal of developing ...

Historical representations and conflicts about indigenous people as national identities

The relation between history learning processes, in and out of school, and the construction of national identities is nowadays an increasingly important topic, being studied through the appropriation of historical narratives, which are frequently based on the official history of any nation state. In this paper, college students’ historical representations of their nation’s origin are studied. W...

State of Conservation Report on Simien Mountains National Park, World Natural Heritage Site (Ethiopia)

End of the Joint National Committee heritage?