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Centre for Secure, Intelligent and Usable Systems
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EPOCH

The European Research Network of Excellence in Open Cultural Heritage (EPOCH) was part of a €7m European Union 6th Framework programme. The project involved a network of more than 90 European cultural institutions dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Cultural Heritage (CH) between 2004 and 2008.

Project objective

The overall objective of this network was to provide a clear organisational and disciplinary framework, for increasing the effectiveness of work, at the interface between technology and the cultural heritage of human experience represented in monuments, sites and museums. The broad aim of the project was to have a lasting effect on the Cultural Heritage (CH) domain and to establish structures that continue the work started with EU financial support under the EPOCH project.

A key objective was to create a community of CH and IT experts who could share knowledge, experience and best practices and focus on improving the quality of services and creating standards for the cultural heritage domain. The consortium endeavoured to create a structure to support, encourage and train SMEs involved in the cultural heritage sector in order to improve the workings of the labour market with a view to growth, employment and the competitiveness of companies.

Project findings

Learning networks use an integrated method which combines action learning techniques with a network approach and were seen to be key to progress. CENTRIM were integral in the design and implementation of a Network of Expertise Centres (NoECs). For the first time, the methodology enabled a multi-national network of stakeholders to deliver expertise and knowledge, implement pilot projects and intervene in strategic decision making processes of major cultural heritage organisations.

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There has been considerable knowledge transfer through the Network of Expertise Centres and the development of a Research Agenda for the Application of ICT to Cultural Heritage…These legacies of EPOCH will benefit the cultural heritage community for many years to come.” Final Activity Report, EPOCH Network of Excellence

Project impact

The goal for the Network of Expertise Centres (NoECs) was for each one to become a centre of shared competences in the use of digital and new communication technologies for cultural heritage content and on ways to access and preserve assets. The centres have successfully:

  • incorporated and leveraged stakeholder knowledge
  • stimulated cooperation among partners
  • created a community of practice that evaluates and validates different approaches and technologies and makes findings available and
  • contributed to a knowledge bank.

Following a successful pilot scheme across a distinguished international grouping, CENTRIM was awarded extra funding of €280,000 to pursue further research in this area.

Research team

Dr Andrew Grantham

Despina Kanellou

Dr George Tsekouras

Other University of Brighton researchers

Professor David Arnold

Dr Jaime Kaminski

Dr Karina Rodriguez Echavarria

Dr Roger Evans

Jim McLoughlin

Babak Sodagar

Partners

Participants included university departments, research centres, heritage institutions, such as museums or national heritage agencies, and commercial enterprises, including:

World Heritage Centre UNESCO Paris

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

PIN scrl – Servizi didattici e scientifici per l’Università di Firenze, Italy

CULTNAT, Egypt

Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies, UK,

NV Axell Communication, Belgium

Virtual Heritage Centre Rome, Italy

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

The Interactive Institute, Sweden

PIN scrl – Servizi didattici e scientifici per l’Università di Firenze, Italy

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung, Germany

E.V INTRACOM SA Hellenic Telecommunications and Electronics Industry, Greece

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Université de Genève, Switzerland

MIRALab, University of East Anglia, UK

University of Warwick, UK

University of Bristol, UK

University of York, UK

Visual Acuity Limited, UK

European Association of Historic Towns and Regions, UK

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