The International Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage includes several domains grouping individual past or present cultural assets inherent in that particular cultural heritage: oral traditions, languages, performing arts, social and ritual practices, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe, traditional craftsmanship and spaces acknowledged by communities, groups and individuals as part of their cultural heritage. This Intangible Cultural Heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment and their history. It allows the communities, groups and individuals to develop a sense of social and cultural identity. It thus promotes respect for cultural diversity and human creativity and spreads respect for human rights and sustainable development in every country.
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New Fruition Possibilities for the Historical Archive of Architectural Drawings in Rome
Emanuela Chiavoni (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Alekos Diacodimitri (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), and Paolo Di Pietro Martinelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6936-7.ch016
Abstract
The historical archive of architectural drawings of the former department of survey, analysis and drawing of the environment and architecture (Radaar) of the Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, contains the drawings produced during the following courses: Survey of Monuments, Elements of Architecture and Survey of Monuments, and On-location Drawing held in the period 1940-1980. So far about 70% of this patrimony has now been digitalized and it is still work in progress. We have taken these digitalized original drawings and given, through a special QR code on each, the possibility for the researcher to also access the photo-history of the same view, its geometrical reconstruction and to compare it to how it is today. Features of special cultural interest have also been taken from the drawings and given their own QR codes. This whole process also permits the understanding of both the tangible and intangible heritage of each location.