EXARC Journal - Latest Articles

A Hall fit for a King; a Meeting fit for All

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Roeland Paardekooper 1
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Denmark has a long tradition in educational activities in reconstructed environments. Lejre, Sjælland is one of the oldest examples, but by now the country has over 25 smaller and larger education centres where school children learn about the archaeological past. A number of these sites are also open to the public. You will be able to find most of them via https://exarc.net/venues.

RETOLD: Documenting Houses, Sharing the Story with the Visitors

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Magdalena Zielińska 1
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Open-air museums host much cultural heritage data. You can find them in archival records, photos, video, and the minds of people. These data are at risk of being lost. This is where RETOLD comes in, a European Project (Creative Europe Program) with six partners working together on a solution.

Discussion: Heritage in Times of War - part 2

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Oleksandr Didyk 1 ✉,
Iryna Stasiuk 2,
Evgeny Sinytsia 3, 4,
Maryan Ivanochko 5
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The difficulties I face in my work are the same that all people in Ukraine live with: interruptions to the supply of electricity and communications and complicated logistics. This affects both education and causes difficulties in planning and holding public events. The biggest problem in terms of professional activity at the moment is the impossibility of ...

Conference Review: Europeana “Making Digital Culture Count” 2022

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Caroline Jeffra 1
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The Europeana 2022 conference on the theme “Making Digital Culture Count” was held 28-30 September 2022 in the Hague (NL) and online. The three day conference was filled with presentations and lively discussions on current initiatives, planned projects, and contemplating the future direction for Europeana and those using or contributing to it...

Exploring the Potential of Shared Authority Projects in Open-Air Museums

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Kate Shear 1
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As our societies become more diverse and the demographics of heritage visitors change, many open-air museums are concerned about how to remain relevant. Making a shift to an activist approach is one way museums can evolve to better serve their visitors and community. Many traditional museums have adopted this approach, but relatively few open-air museums have done so...

Peat Burns: The Methods and Implications of Peat Charcoaling

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Paul M. Jack 1
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The Northern Isles of Scotland offer a fascinating case study for understanding past economies and resource management due to the comparative lack of trees found elsewhere in the British Isles. Archaeological evidence proves that this environment did not prevent the development of industrial pursuits in this region during the Iron Age and local accounts dating to ...