Hi Selene, It's Angela (from the recent crafts workshop in Barbados!). I have done some experimentation in this vein (actually preparing a paper on it now, so good timing!).
The OAS cultural heritage project, of which Belize is a participating member state, is using Arches for tangible heritage inventories, and we published a guide, which includes a section on databases that would still be relevant -- you can download the pdf here: http://coherit.com/projectfiles/Output3ImplementationGuide.pdf. Feel free to have NICH contact Celia Toppin at the OAS if they're interested in implementing this -- the project and donor would be very excited to hear. As for ICH, I have found the theoretical work that has been done in the Columbia Caribbean region to be really helpful in thinking through the entities (many of them place-based) that would be modeled in a system such as Arches. Their approach is translated as "An Eco-Technological Approach," and while it focuses mainly on handcrafts, I think it is just as viable for the other four domains of ICH. http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0122-14502013000100006 Arches is primed to work with the CIDOC-CRM ontology. Although it was born out of more of a tangible heritage context, it does include immaterial things within its standard now. Also, if you consider that ICH is mediated through tangible things (i.e. knowledge/skill through a person or information resource, performance at a location through a person), you will find that you can map the ICH world using CIDOC. So, my practical suggestion would be to start by modeling your ICH inventory using CIDOC on paper/whiteboard/whatever first. Test to see if it will be a good fit for Belize -- I think it would be and that Arches can work very well for then managing these data digitally. I think the more we can break down the silos between tangible and intangible, and to recognize how both are place-based, the better our inventory and management systems will be. Plus, if NICH takes up Arches for tangible, then that would create a pool of colleagues and experts using the same system in your agency -- always good for sustainability. All best, Angela Angela Labrador, PhD. Coherit Associates LLC www.coherit.com On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 4:08 PM Selene Solis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I'm from Belize and new to Arches. I'm only now beginning to explore it as > an option to facilitate the development of an inventory / registry of > places of historical importance, and to assist in the development of our > inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. > > Has anybody in the group used Arches to compile / reflect / ICH - related > inventories? If so, in what way and how was the experience. > > Any insight anyone is able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Keep > in mind, I'm just starting out with exploring the software as an option. > > Thanks in advance for any responses, > > Selene Solis > > -- > -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, > send email to [email protected]. For more > information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Arches Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/ed09930d-299d-4ef0-9f2b-ce0bf8a73226%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/ed09930d-299d-4ef0-9f2b-ce0bf8a73226%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/CAJ1rqug2EjOotvkWyPBbyp8ZS5ov92b_Pia0TorhgSni-9wu%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com.
