Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Cultural heritage

  1. AI supports museum curation for wayang golek collections
    Examining AI application in museum and archival practice through wayang golek preservation, addressing automated cataloguing, metadata enrichment, and cultural heritage challenges.
  2. Animal culture may merit conservation because it matters to animals
    Examining how animal cultures reshape conservation goals and why protecting them requires centering animals' own interests in agency and cultural self-determination.
  3. Timkat (Epiphany) as Living Faith: The Intersection of Religion, Culture, and Tourism in Gondar, World Heritage Site, Ethiopia
    Explore how Timkat (Epiphany) celebration in Gondar, Ethiopia blends ancient religious tradition with indigenous cultural practices and tourism potential at this UNESCO World Heritage site.
  4. AI improved descriptive metadata for digitized photographs
    Case study of integrating generative AI into archival metadata creation for digitized photographs, demonstrating workflow improvements and standards compatibility within academic libraries.