the sacred spaces in bulgarian part of strandja mountain – an interactive multimedia product

Oleg Konstantinov, Valeria FolUniversity of Library Studiesand Information Technologies

The Sacred Spaces in Bulgarian Part of

Strandja Mountain – an Interactive Multimedia

Product

QED’16: Technology Advanced Quality Learning for ALL June 13-15, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria

Cultural heritage education in most European countries was based for a long time on traditional teaching methods; this meant that it usually relied on * face-to-face classroom lessons, * on the study of printed materials (texts and images), * and very seldom on watching videos.

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Cultural Heritage Education

QED’16: Technology Advanced Quality Learning for ALLJune 13-15, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria

In some cases the study of cultural heritage artifacts was accompanied by on-site visits where students could come directly in touch with the artifacts. On the other hand, in the field of cultural heritage, knowledge sharing is one of the most essential aspects for communication activities between museum institutions that conserve and take care of cultural collections, and the public. These activities include education, research and study as well as entertainment.

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Cultural Heritage Education


Nowadays ICT, while being increasingly employed in the field of Cultural Heritage to produce large archives of materials, to support scientific research and to foster the maintenance/preservation of Cultural Heritage artifacts, has not yet affected the approaches to teaching and learning in Cultural Heritage Education enough.

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ICT - support and enhance Cultural

Heritage Education


*The graphic information handled by people working in the cultural heritage sector usually is presented using several different approaches – bidimensional images (scanned documents or photographs), video (e.g. documentaries) and 3D virtual models*Implementation of different sources in multimedia applications for PC/Mobile

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Multimedia Applications for Cultural Heritage

Education


Letnitsa Thracian Treasure


A Thracian treasure found in Letnitsa, Lovech. The treasure was discovered accidentally in 1963 in the courtyard of the farm village of Letnitsa. The workers stumbled upon a large bronze vessel lid in the ground upside down. When they turned it, they saw that the court is full of small silver objects with images.

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Besides bronze vessel the treasure contains bridle ornament and trims horse trappings. Treasure is interpreted as a symbolic sacrifice of a horse.

Combining 2D and 3D objects

QED’16June 13-15, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria

*3D object allows students to examine fully the presumable original location of all artifacts from the treasure. *On a separate screen there is given an opportunity to examine details and individual close-ups, accompanied by appropriate descriptions.

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The Odrysian Kingdom


*The kingdom of the Odrysae emerged on the political scene of ancient Europe at the end of the 6th or the beginning of the 5th century BC *From Herodotus onwards, their name was used to denote the Thracians inhabiting the territory along the Tonzos (present-day Tundzha) and Hebros (present-day Maritsa) rivers to the Aegean Sea *Athenian historian Thucydides reports that their kingdom was the biggest and the most powerful one in Europe between the Adriatic and the Black Seas

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*Detailed list of all known kings of Odryssae dynasty as a main menu - each name is a link leading to an internal page dedicated to the respective king *Detailed information for the specific ruler - text, combined with the available visual material associated with the period of his reign, for example preserved coins, treasures, armor etc.

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The Sacred Space in Strandja Mountain

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*Geotagging of sacred places in the Bulgarian part of Strandja Mountain*Each place of faith is presented with text, pictures and video, GPS data*34 main locations accessible through the main menu*At a inner level – another 55 locations*40 completely original videos*Over 1,500 original photos*Over 80 texts/ annotations to objects


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*Interactivity*Structure*Design*Pictures

A model for cultural heritage presentation

*Videos*3D visualizations*GPS data*Dictionary

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Conclusions


Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer an easier access to and a multi-perspective view of cultural heritage artifacts and may also enrich and improve cultural heritage education through the adoption of innovative learning/teaching methods.The positive feedback from students is full of enthusiasm and desire to meet more such projects and methods.

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Thank you for your attention!

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