2nd FORTHEM Annual Conference - Connecting Worlds of Science and Society"

Session

Preserving Cultural Heritage - Balancing Tradition and Modernity

30 Jan 2025, 11:00

ONLINE

15. Non-invasive analysis of Cultural Heritage samples through digital imaging

Prof. Roberto Sáez-Hernández (University of Valencia)

30/01/2025, 11:00

Preserving cultural heritage - balancing tradition and modernity

Oral presentation

The analysis of Cultural Heritage samples imposes some requirements during the development of the analytical methods that would be applied to investigate them. In this regard, non-invasiveness is often key to ensure the conservation of the sample, or at least to imply minimal alteration. This contribution presents a digital image-based method to distinguish among different inorganic pigments...

22. Time-Mapping the National Past: The Temporal Structure of Romania’s Public Memory

Mihai S. Rusu (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu)

30/01/2025, 11:30

Preserving cultural heritage - balancing tradition and modernity

Oral presentation

Social memory scholars have compellingly argued that a socially constructed past plays a paramount role in the articulation of national identities. Constructed by developing a historical master narrative that spells out a socially meaningful story of a people’s becoming, national memory is inscribed in various places (monuments, place names, memorial plaques) and is disseminated through...

67. Between heritage and future: The contemporary challenges of cultural preservation

Meryem Baba (PhD student)

30/01/2025, 12:00

Preserving cultural heritage - balancing tradition and modernity

Oral presentation

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH), comprising practices, skills, oral expressions, rituals, and living traditions, is an essential pillar of cultural identity and diversity. However, it is particularly vulnerable to globalization, cultural homogenization, and socio-economic transformation. The central question is: how can we preserve and transmit this intangible heritage without freezing it,...