Exploring the Past in Peace
Principal investigator: Mgr. Ľubica Voľanská, PhD.
Researchers in IESA SAS: Mgr. et Mgr. Art. Barbora Morongová, PhD., Mgr. Katarína Baračková, PhDr. Dušan Damián Brezány, Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Project manager in IESA SAS: Mgr. Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, PhD.
Financial manager in IESA SAS: Mgr. Branislava Kolesárová
Duration of the project: 9/2022 – 9/2024
Grant scheme: Erasmus+
The project will concentrate on developing a digital tool in the form of a gamified application focusinf on the cultural heritage present in the partner countries. In terms of content, the application will cover parts of the elementary and high school curricula in the project partner countries. More specifically, however, it will tackle this curriculum from the perspective of cultural heritage listed in the tools of the UNESCO Conventions 1972 and 2003. The project will strongly build on the global peaceful narrative of UNESCO and on the narrative of the European Union, especially its common values. Project follows the research line within the Research conception of IESA SAS (2021-2025) focused on current forms of cultural heritage.
The Lead partner is the Impact Games (SK), cooperating partners are CRHACK LAB FOLIGNO (IT), Enabler Ltd. (HU) and Art Rebel 9 d.o.o. (SL). The project brings together a core partnership composed of two education sector NGOs (Impact Games and CRHACK LAB) and two companies, where Enabler works directly in the field of education and Artrebel9 in the area of interactive digital solutions. The lead partner is Impact Games (SK), with collaborating partners including, in addition to the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IESA SAS), CRHACK LAB FOLIGNO (IT), Enabler Ltd. (HU), and Art Rebel 9 d. o. o. (SL). The partnership consists of two non-governmental organizations working in the field of education (Impact Games and CRHACK LAB) and two companies, with Enabler directly involved in education and Art Rebel 9 specializing in interactive digital solutions. The education methodology for the project is provided by PhDr. Dušan Damián Brezány from the Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava.
The IESA SAS will be responsible for the content/information used and storytelling related to cultural heritage connected to tangible cultural heritage and ICH inscribed in the Representative List of ICH of Humanity. The setup of this group being composed of companies as well as NGOs and a research institute dealing with cultural heritage in the broadest sense creates a large pool of opportunities to learn from each other most of all in relation to business models used in each of the organizations. The gamified application incorporating augmented reality will be a state of the art digital innovation brought to the formal education market for free.
Information about the project and its progress
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences co-organized on June 6, 2024 international online conference ‘Quest: How to make digital work for, not against learning’ which explored and discussed the pivotal role of digital tools, educational applications and gamification in shaping the learning experiences of students of various ages. The conference was associated with a public presentation of a new educational mobile application called Heritage Quest AR and held under the auspices of the SK UNESCO Commission and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.
The conference aimed to provide educators, methodologists, experts, innovators, and other individuals passionate about education with an opportunity to discuss the role of digital tools, educational applications, and gamification in shaping the knowledge and experiences of students of various ages and was intended for educators, methodologists, experts, innovators, and others enthusiastic about education.
Read about the conference HERE.
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences published a Book of Abstracts (Voľanská et al., 2024) from the international conference, which you can download HERE.
In connection with the project, the “Intangible Cultural Heritage in Education” event was held on June 12, 2024, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The event focused on educational strategies, curriculum design, teaching methods, game applications, digital technologies, and online tools for transmitting knowledge related to ICH (Intangible Cultural Heritage) in schools.
The workshop highlighted strategies, approaches, and projects from the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, and Slovakia, and it was dedicated to exploring methods used to support the transmission of knowledge related to ICH within formal educational settings.
The seminar was organized by Jana Ambrózová (delegated NSS member for communication with UNESCO) in collaboration with Ľubica Voľanská (IESA SAS; NSS member), Ambassador Anna Plassat Muríňová (Permanent Delegation of Slovakia to UNESCO), and Katarína Lomnická (Permanent Delegation of Slovakia to UNESCO).
Read more about the event HERE.
