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Citizen curation of cultural heritage

SPICE (Social cohesion, Participation, and Inclusion through Cultural Engagement) is an EU Horizon 2020 funded dedicated to citizen curation of cultural heritage. We are developing technologies that help communities select paintings, artefacts and other museum objects and share their interpretations with others. Through this, citizens can learn more about themselves and develop a better understanding of, and empathy for, other communities. We call this Citizen Curation.

We design methods to allow citizens to share their interpretations

We use state-of-the-art technologies to develop tools that allow users to create and annotate their own interpretations of cultural heritage. Citizens can use our tools to share their opinions and engage with a diverse range of perspectives.

We foster diverse participation

We work with five different communities of citizens whose voices are often unheard when it comes to their interpretation of cultural heritage. We promote a platform of inclusion in which every voice matters. We design every aspect of the project towards this goal, in collaboration with our communities, making sure that new perspectives on cultural heritage are shared and valued.

Read about our communities!

DESIGN MUSEUM HELSINKI

Finland

Connect senior citizens and families living far from the museum with the Finnish culture.

IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Ireland

Support asylum seekers, children, and others that cannot access the museum phisically, to share their view.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Spain

Engage with children, including those from lower socio-economic groups, and support them in appreciating science.

GALLERY OF MODERN ART

Italy

Enable deaf people and other visitors to share their views on art via storytelling and social media platforms.

HECHT MUSEUM

Israel

Support members of religious and secular communities to share and appreciate the variety of opinion in their communities.

SPICE UPDATE: Autumn Edition

Laseca, Guillermo
01 Dec 2022
recommentation

Dear SPICEr

We have welcomed Fall 🍂 with an array of very interesting updates we are sure you are going to love. For example, a new museum definition aligned very closely with the objectives in the SPICE Project: developing of tools and methods of citizen curation that support accessibility, inclusivity, diversity, and community participation.

SPICE UPDATE: Museum Week special

Laseca, Guillermo
01 Dec 2022
museumweek

Hello!

Welcome to our monthly update of SPICE Project news and recommendations. Before you head off for vacation, check out these highlights from #MuseumWeek2022.