September 12, 2022, 9:30 AM – Cultural Heritage Workshop
Dr. Xenophon Zabulis – Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory, of the Institute of Computer Science, at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH).
Title : Digitization and preservation of traditional crafts
Abstract : In Mingei, we explore the possibilities of representing and making accessible the tangible and intangible aspects of craft as living and developing Cultural Heritage, as a source of income, and as the expression of mind in making useful and beautiful things. Several crafts today are threatened with extinction, due to declining numbers of practitioners. Despite the wide digitization and recording of other forms of tangible and intangible heritage, the digitization, digitalization, and knowledge representation of traditional crafts have not been systematized. The difficulty in doing so is that crafts involve an extremely wide heterogeneity of concepts and artefacts, materials, tools, dexterity, tool use, know-how, recipes, and skills and, at the same time, they are part of history, they have an impact upon the economy of the places in which they flourish, and carry the identity of the communities in which they are, or were, practised. Mingei stands on Anthropology, Advanced Digitisation, Knowledge Representation, and Visual Intelligence to preserve and transmit craft knowledge for posterity and prosperity, through experiential presentations, storytelling, as well as educational applications based on AR, VR, MR, and the Internet. Engaging cultural experiences have a positive impact on interest growth and tourism, supporting communities and institutions that foster CH sustainability and preservation.
Mingei stands on Anthropology, Advanced Digitisation, Knowledge Representation, and Visual Intelligence to preserve and transmit craft knowledge for posterity and prosperity, through experiential presentations, storytelling, as well as educational applications based on AR, VR, MR, and the Internet. Engaging cultural experiences have a positive impact on interest growth and tourism, supporting communities and institutions that foster CH sustainability and preservation.
The talk presents step by step the application of the Mingei craft representation protocol in three uses crafts that of silk textile manufacturing, glassblowing, and mastic cultivation, demonstrating results from each step. The talk will introduce the Mingei Protocol Handbook, an Open Access digital edition that shows stakeholders the way to access and apply the Mingei technologies. REFERENCES https://www.mingei-project.eu/
Bio : Xenophon Zabulis is a Researcher at the Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory, of the Institute of Computer Science, at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). He has a PhD, an MSc, and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Crete, Greece. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science and the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Laboratory. He has co-authored over 150 academic papers and participated in over 30 EU, NSF, ESA, and national funded projects. Currently coordinates the Mingei H2020 IA, the DigiTraining Creative Europe project, the Transparent3D Marie Curie project and the CONNEXIONs H2020 RIA. Participates in the Reference Multiscale Boiling Investigation of ESA. Coordinates Metartum, Branding Heritage, and MyHealthWatcher and participates in Proteas national projects. His research interests are 3D vision and applications of Computational Vision, Image Analysis, Cultural Heritage and Intelligent Environments.