The South Eastern Europe (SEE) and the South Mediterranean countries, such as Slovenia and Egypt, are particularly rich in cultural heritage (CH), creative talent and enormous tourism potential. Both countries reaffirm their commitment to deepening their cultural, political, economic, and social relations on the basis of their close cooperation and strategic partnership with priorities on sustainability …
The Heritage Science Laboratory (HSLL) was recently featured on Radio Val 202 show Frekvenca X, in a special episode titled “Xkurzija: Laboratorij dediščinske znanosti“. Hosted by Dr. Tjaša Rijavec, Emma Paolin and Dr. Matija Strlič, this interview offered listeners an insight into the daily research activities of the HSLL. The team talked about the relevance …
Heritage Science Lab Ljubljana was pleased to welcome Prof Dr Tom Fearn giving an advanced training course in mutivariate data analysis. Focussing specifically on examples of heritage science data, Prof Fearn focused on data analysis methods that enable researchers to visualise data, explore patterns, develop and test hypotheses, working with typical spectral and chromatographic data …
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Colleagues at the Heritage Science Laboratory at the University of Ljubljana have made an important contribution to the understanding of structural changes in silk fibres caused by the 19th-century practice of ‘tin-weighting’. Using this process, textile manufacturers altered the weight and thus the draping properties of silk, as well as increased its weight, which was …
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As part of the project “Smell and Intangible Cultural Heritage” (ARIS, J7-50233), two books by Prof. Dr. Mojca Ramšak were published in 2024: Antropologija vonja (Ljubljana: Alma Mater Europaea – ISH) and The Anthropology of Smell (Springer). Both books offer important insights into smell from a socio-cultural perspective and open up important reflections on smell that …
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The scientific monography Od blizu / Izbliza / Up Close: Preservation, Protection, and Conservation-Restoration of Modern and Contemporary Works of Art, was published in May 2024, in connection with the exhibitions of the same name at the Modern Gallery in Ljubljana (22. 12. 2022–15. 4. 2023) and at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (28. 5.–25. …
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The three-year project explores smell as a cultural phenomenon and the possibilities of its use in the museums in Slovenia. Smell does not exist on its own, but is always linked to olfactory habits, practices, beliefs, prejudices, and the smell socialisation. Smell is neither sociocultural nor temporally universal, but it is crucial to social relations …
Figure 1: Through interdisciplinary method development (involving the entire analytical pipeline from question framing, sampling, calibration, metrology, validation, interpretation), NextGenHS will develop four new analytical infrastructure facilities (LABs) offered for international access through E-RIHS. In heritage science, analytical tools play a key enabling role. Understanding the extreme compositional and structural complexity of historic objects, specifically …
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The project BArCH-Wood, carried out as part of Eutopia network and University of Ljubljana student research initiatives, brings together 8 students and 5 mentors, representing five different departments and three Schools at University of Ljubljana. The interdisciplinary team consists of archaeological, chemical, wood science and pedological researchers. Their aim is to study the impact of environmental …
The project BArCH-Wood, carried out as part of Eutopia network and University of Ljubljana student research initiatives, brings together 8 students and 5 mentors, representing five different departments and three Schools at University of Ljubljana. The interdisciplinary team consists of archaeological, chemical, wood science and pedological researchers. Their aim is to study the impact of …
