Hi Gemma Welcome to the Arches community forum! I believe we in part addressed your questions during our Arches webinar yesterday, but I’m writing to follow up with a few more details here on the forum.
First, being open source software, the Arches software code is openly available to anyone to take, install, and configure or customize to meet your particular requirements, so there is no need to qualify or seek approval for its use. You asked in particular about the application of Arches for museum objects and intangible heritage (oral histories) to be mapped around Niger. Although to date the majority of implementations of the Arches platform that we’re aware of have been applied to recording heritage places, sites, or urban areas, we are aware of some that have recorded moveable heritage objects, as well as the locations where such objects have been found. I would recommend that you take a look on the Arches Implementations page (which features some selected Arches projects): https://www.archesproject.org/implementations-of-arches/ and in particular looking at Global Digital Heritage, Maldives Heritage Survey, and Early Watercraft to look at how they have recorded moveable heritage. Regarding the ability to use Arches to record intangible heritage, we’re aware of a few projects that have already done work in this area or are in the midst of applying Arches to record intangible heritage now. For instance, I’ll direct you to the following previous thread on this forum discussing recording intangible heritage through current Arches projects in the Caribbean (and have copied in Angela Labrador who has been involved in that work) https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/archesproject/intangible|sort:date/archesproject/eC3p-_aQLxk/6UJQmF_8BQAJ Allison Lee also wrote a master’s thesis on applying Arches to record intangible heritage in Hong Kong through Hong Kong University’s Arches implementation focused on that city (and I copy her) http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/241327 Hoping this is helpful in pointing you in the right direction. David Myers For the Arches team From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gemma Echevarria Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 4:59 AM To: Arches Project <[email protected]> Subject: [Arches] Query: new possible project but not necessarily related to sites Hi there, I couldn't find a contact email address so that's why I'm writing on this Forum. I would love to implement a heritage project on Arches in 2020 (it looks like such a great tool!!) but I'm concerned that our project doesn't meet the requirements as it's not necessarily to do with archeological or architectural sites but rather tangible (museum objects) and intangible cultural heritage (oral histories) geolocalised around the country of Niger (mapped). In some cases some of the oral histories may be recorded near a UNESCO saite. Would this project qualify? Is there a set of basic project requirements or some sort of process that we would need to go throught to get our project approved? Thanks in advance for your help! Gemma Echevarria -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/0d1f5325-75ac-4072-874b-592564b7e558%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/0d1f5325-75ac-4072-874b-592564b7e558%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Getty. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. -- -- 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/BYAPR05MB555707491752F28422E41474CF550%40BYAPR05MB5557.namprd05.prod.outlook.com.
