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The methods of preserving cultural heritage are becoming increasingly digital, and with this development it is becoming all the more open to public scrutiny. The field of virtual heritage and their applications, which digitally preserve cultural heritage using virtual reality, are struggling to live up to the expectations of the public. The virtual heritage field has begun to look for solutions to their problems in other fields, such as that of video games. This thesis identifies 17 elements which are sought after for incorporation in virtual heritage applications, by conducting a literature review of recent virtual heritage research and organizing the findings into a matrix. The occurrence of the identified elements in four different modern entertainment video games is further analyzed and described. The resulted element matrix and game reviews could be used in the future development of virtual heritage applications, and of cultural heritage or historical video games.

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The fishing method of trawling, or dragging, has long been shown to be harmful to a plethora of sea life inhabiting the world?s oceans and inland waterways. Fishing nets scour the seabed, disturbing everything in their path, while usually in search of only one type of bottom-dwelling species. Impacts to the seafloor include a removal of topographic features, disturbance of the upper sediment layers, including deep furrows, as well as physical and chemical changes to sediment morphology. While biological organisms and communities can potentially recover from this destruction, archaeological data cannot. Fishermen have been raising important artifacts in their nets for over a century. These finds have helped archaeologists locate significant sites, but they also have the adverse effect of irreparably damaging these sites. This thesis explores the impacts of bottom trawling on underwater cultural heritage. The methods and gear used by trawlers and their documented effects upon the sea floor are identified. Examples of the types of damage shipwreck sites receive after being impacted by trawling are presented. Instances where fishermen have raised prehistoric artifacts from inundated land sites are also introduced. The fishing and archaeological communities must cooperate to limit further damage to underwater cultural heritage around the globe.

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Vi lever i Sverige i en demokrati. På de flesta håll i samhället eftersträvar man jämlikhet mellan grupper såväl som individer av olika kön, sexuell läggning, etnicitet, ekonomisk ställning samt kulturell tillhörighet. Detta gäller framförallt inom den offentliga sektorn och politiken som har en skyldighet att föregå med gott exempel. Hur detta arbete ser ut inom kulturområdet har för mig varit okänt. Under min utbildning har vi inom det Föremålsantikvariska programmet, Högskolan på Gotland, haft ett fåtal föreläsningar och lektioner som tagit upp de kvinnliga respektive manliga representationerna inom museerna i samlingar och utställningar. Vi har haft diskussioner om jämlikhet inom kulturområdet men inte så ingående att jag känner att jag är insatt i arbetet eller att jag kan säga att jag känner till de olika mål man jobbar mot för jämlikhet inom kulturområdet. Detta var något jag ville undersöka närmare. Ett av mina främsta intressen inom kulturområdet ligger i det publika arbetet på museerna. I detta ingår främst utställningar. Detta är det arbete som i huvudsak riktar sig till publiken, det har som syfte att locka till sig och underhålla såväl återkommande som nya besökare. Genom dessa två synsätt kom huvudämnet för min uppsats fram. Hur representeras den etniska och kulturella mångfald som idag präglar vårt samhälle i det publika arbetet på museerna?

OLIVEIRA, Alexsandra Flávia Bezerra de. Feira livre de Bodocó: memória, africanidades e educação. 2013. 151f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2013. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-27T17:46:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-AFBOLIVEIRA.pdf: 3544056 bytes, checksum: 4803eae717524df3e96e12cbf64b1eb0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-02-28T13:49:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-AFBOLIVEIRA.pdf: 3544056 bytes, checksum: 4803eae717524df3e96e12cbf64b1eb0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-28T13:49:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-AFBOLIVEIRA.pdf: 3544056 bytes, checksum: 4803eae717524df3e96e12cbf64b1eb0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Ascertains the artifacts of black culture in the city of Bodocó PE-exposed through the fair free weekly quoted municipality through the memories of those who are guarding the ancestral heritage of producing clay, leather and caroá, but also of people who attended and observed the Friday from childhood to the present day. We describe the settlement of northeastern Brazil and discuss the meaning of hinterland, as well as characterize the municipality of Bodocó and reported briefly your history inextricably linked to the fairs. We report the presence and contributions of historical cultural heritage left by the ancestors of African descent and African lands bodocoenses through the techniques of production of flour, items made of clay, leather and fibers caroá. For this we use the techniques and methods of oral history that took us along with the bibliography to realize the black presence in local history and civilization as a factor of fundamental importance to the teaching of history was also a topic of discussion in this paper where we perceive strong brand Eurocentrism over what is Brazilian, African, African descent. We propose that the heritage bequeathed to our generation by African ancestors in the city of Bodocó and present in weekly markets is subject of local history classes fulfilling what determines the Law 10.639/03 and education leading to a fair and equitable way where we can valuing cultural diversity and include the diversity of students that schools receive for bringing the classroom to their ancestry, historicity and cultural identity. / Averígua os artefatos da cultura negra no município de Bodocó-PE expostos através da feira livre semanal do citado município através das memórias daqueles e daquelas que guardam a herança ancestral da produção em barro, couro e caroá, mas também de pessoas que frequentaram e observaram a feira desde a infância aos nossos dias. Descrevemos o povoamento do interior do Nordeste brasileiro e discutimos o significado da palavra sertão, assim como caracterizamos o município de Bodocó e relatamos de maneira breve o seu histórico intrinsecamente ligado às feiras. Relatamos a presença e as contribuições históricas da herança cultural deixada pelos ancestrais africanos e afrodescendentes em terras bodocoenses através das técnicas de produção da farinha, de artigos feitos em barro, couro e fibras de caroá. Para tanto nos utilizamos das técnicas e métodos da História Oral que nos levou juntamente com a bibliografia consultada a perceber a presença negra na história local como fator civilizatório e de fundamental importância para o ensino de História que também foi tema de discussão neste trabalho onde percebemos a forte marca do eurocentrismo em detrimento daquilo que é brasileiro, africano, afrodescendente. Propomos então que o patrimônio legado a nossa geração pelos ancestrais africanos no município de Bodocó e presente nas feiras semanais seja tema das aulas de História local cumprindo o que determina a Lei 10.639/03 e levando a educação a um caminho mais justo e equitativo onde possamos valorizar a pluralidade cultural e incluir a diversidade de alunos que as escolas recebem trazendo para a sala de aula a sua ancestralidade, historicidade e identidade cultural.

Our thesis discusses the issue of Europeanization in light of Scottish cultural heritage policies since devolution. This sectoral public policy is not the subject of much attention, but this thesis wants to fill the gap. This thesis also raises the questions of identity in the field of cultural heritage. We tend to determine the forces that are involved in the construction of the Scottish identity post-devolution. This work is done by keeping in mind the fact that Scotland is torn between the European and the British influences. In order to operationalize our object of study, we identify six variables that are part of the EU public policies. These variables are the economic and social justifications of cultural public policies, the importance of cultural democracy, the cultural development of regions, the EU policy process and the decision-making process, the emphasis placed on the development of partnerships and the ambivalence of the notion of the EU identity. Our analysis reveals that all of these variables are present in Scottish cultural heritage policies. The omnipresence of all these variables is significant. Nevertheless, because of the limited extent of our work, we consider that it is more appropriate to assert that policy convergence is taking place in Scotland instead of concluding that Scottish cultural heritage policies are openly Europeanized. Our thesis also shows that the presence of these variables in Scottish cultural heritage policies since devolution is an efficient way for Scotland to assert its difference from the UK. Indeed, for almost all of these variables, Scotland’s position tends to differ from the UK.

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