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 …
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 …
The ICCROM Register of Heritage Samples Archives was officially launched on May 15, 2024. This major initiative, developed as part of the ICCROM Heritage Samples Archives Initiative (HSAI), aims to raise awareness of the importance of heritage sample collections as an invaluable resource for scientific research. The register currently comprises 18 archives from 15 renowned …
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As part of the research activities of the Horizon Europe GreenArt project and inspired by the EU Green Deal, the Heritage Science Lab Ljubljana has formulated and published a set of ”9 principles of green heritage science”, taking into account the complexity of the research challenges as well as environmental and socio-economic sustainability. The principles …
Lana Nastja Anžur, a PhD student at Heritage Science Laboratory, was granted the American Slovenian Foundation Fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship program is to strengthen research and study exchange between Slovenia and other countries; to give talented Slovenian students the ability to realize their potential to the fullest. Fellows are engaged in tutorial program, …
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