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Presentation of MuseIT project
MuseIT is a European project,
gathering academic researchers,
cultural and tech professionals,
from different countries in Europe.
MuseIT project wants
to make culture accessible
and enjoyable for everyone,
including those with disabilities.
Because we noticed that
it is difficult for people with disabilities
to participate in cultural actions
on a equal basis.
With our MuseIT project
we are on a mission to fix this!
MuseIT does research
and creates methods,
technologies and tools
to facilitate access to art works,
heritage, literature and music-making.
It also helps to preserve cultural heritage
in an inclusive way.
We like to involve users
including those with disabilities
in participatory workshops and activities,
so we can create technologies
that will improve their experience
with culture.
If you are interested
to know more about MuseIT
or participate in a workshop
you can write us
on this email address:
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MuseIT’s challenges:
First challenge:
We want to make
cultural objects
more accessible to people
with functional or sensory impairments,
such as paintings, photography
and heritage sites.
In our virtual exhibition,
you will be able to experience
cultural objects
in a multisensory way,
which means through several senses:
By sight
with images, videos and texts
By hearing
with sounds, music
and audio descriptions.
By touch and body sensations
with haptic technologies.
Second challenge:
We want to allow people
with different physical
or perceptual abilities,
to create music,
thanks to new technologies.
Regardless of disabilities,
people could use
different instruments,
with different body members,
such as eyes, fingers or mouth.
They could create music
alone or with a group,
at home or on site.
Third challenge :
We want to create
an inclusive repository
in which we can store
cultural heritage and assets
transformed in an inclusive form,
such as multisensory objects.
Such a database does not yet exist.
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Final goal
of the MuseIT project:
We want to build a web platform,
which will gather
everything we have developed
during the project.
This platform could be accessed
by cultural organizations
and researchers.
They can re-use our work
and offer our services
to all people interested in culture,
regardless of disabilities.
Methods:
a way, plan, or procedure
for doing something
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Technologies:
new scientific devices or tools
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Cultural heritage:
a collection of important assets
of a culture
that are preserved
through societal memory,
such as songs, ancient buildings,
paintings, pictures,
but also traditions and food
Impairments:
An impairment prevents someone
from doing something,
it gives a loss
of function or ability
Multisensory:
Something can be experienced
through several senses
such as touch, sight, hearing, taste, or smell