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Showing 1 to 20 of 559 for “"cultural heritage"”.
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Raman spectroscopy of layered cultural heritage materials
“Raman Spectroscopy of Layered Cultural Heritage Materials” is a dedicated PhD thesis on Raman spectroscopy and its applications with a special focus on the non-invasive and non‑destructive analysis of layered structures in works of art. It combines the concepts of direct and stratigraphic …
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Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage in International Waters
Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) sites are unique in how their artifacts and archaeological contexts differ from terrestrial heritage sites, but UNESCO notes that UCH sites in less-actively regulated areas, like international waters, are at a high risk of having their material culture remains …
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Saudi Aramco and the Politics of Cultural Heritage
<p>Culture Heritage in recent decades has become a catch word within world discourse. It is increasingly receiving generous attention in both money and time form private and public sectors on preservation policy. The application of so-called preservation and restoration projects, the alleged care …
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Application of FTIR microscopy to cultural heritage materials
… contribution to the conservation-restoration of cultural heritage artefacts. In fact, only through a profound knowledge about the nature and conditions of constituent materials, suitable decisions on the conservation and restoration measures can thus be adopted and preservation practices …
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International law and the preservation of underwater cultural heritage
… the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) directed the Secretary-General of that organisation to prepare the first draft of a convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage. At the submission of this thesis the draft is still under …
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Spatial and Thematic Ontology in Cultural Heritage Information Systems
This project investigated the design and implementation of a knowledge-based system for thematic and spatial access to information about archaeological artefacts. The project explored the use of an integrated spatial and thematic ontology to address many problems related to the search and retrieval …
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Legal Frameworks for Protecting Cultural Heritage in Conflict Zones
<p>Cultural heritage has always been at risk during times of war. UNESCO first endeavored to address the issue shortly after World War II, in 1954, when it passed the first of three signature conventions to protect against the damage, destruction, and pillage of cultural property in times of armed …
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Designing Cultural Heritage Experiences for Head-Worn Augmented Reality
… as it provides context for current events today. Cultural heritage sites, such as historic buildings, ruins, or archaeological digs can provide a glimpse into the past. The use of different technologies, including augmented and virtual reality, to teach history has expanded. Augmented reality (AR) …
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Development of a structural model for quality cultural heritage tourism
… develop and test a theoretical model of quality cultural heritage tourism. It offers an integrated approach to understanding cultural heritage development and management of tourist destinations, and attempts to extend the theoretical and empirical evidence regarding causal relationships including …
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Geomatic techniques for the documentation of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Intangible Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict: An International Law Perspective
… investigates the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (‘ICH’) under international law in armed conflict, addressing the seeming gap in existing legal frameworks. In general usage within international law, the term ‘cultural heritage’ is understood to comprise tangible as well as …
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Being San' in Platfontein: Poverty, landscape, development and cultural heritage
… that underlie the work of social development and cultural heritage that are the mandates of SASI (South African San Institute) in Platfontein. It is essential that projects initiated by NGOs like SASI give cognizance to the complexities of people's lives, histories and story lines. Without this, …
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Tourist Satisfaction with Cultural / Heritage Sites: The Virginia Historic Triangle
Cultural/heritage tourism is the fastest growing segment of the tourism industry because there is a trend toward an increased specialization among tourists. This trend is evident in the rise in the volume of tourists who seek adventure, culture, history, archaeology and interaction with local …
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The Efficacy of International Cultural Heritage Law: A Critical Examination of its Application to the Terrorist-led Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East.
… will be examining the efficacy of international cultural heritage law and its application to the terrorist-led destruction of cultural heritage. Over the past two decades, there has been a sharp increase in the terrorist-led destructions of cultural heritage, specifically in the Middle East. Such …
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Sustainable development of maritime cultural heritage in the Gulf of Maine
… to develop a conservation policy for maritime cultural heritage in the Gulf of Maine. This dissertation first examines the effectiveness of existing laws, policies and preservation programs available for the protection and conservation of maritime historical and archaeological resources in the …
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Violence Against Architecture: The Lost Cultural Heritage of Syria and Iraq
… sectarian divisions, but the significance of cultural heritage is also under attack in both Syria and Iraq. Buildings and monuments have political and symbolic meanings, and I will argue that violence against architecture in Syria and Iraq by Da’esh is part of its effort to erase history and …
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Database Assemblages: Understanding Cultural Heritage Collections Infrastructures as Techno-Social Actors
… and narratives within digitised and born-digital cultural heritage collections. A collections database is an infrastructure made up of object records, which contain structured and unstructured metadata descriptions of objects in a museum or archival collection. The study of these infrastructures …
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