MuseIT: Multisensory, User-centred, Shared cultural Experiences through Interactive Technologies

DURATION: 2022 - 2025

PROGRAMME: Horizon Europe

Aim:

With the broader ambition of equality, democratization and social inclusion, The MuseIT project proposes technologies that facilitate and widen access to cultural assets, and helps preserve and safeguard cultural heritage in an inclusive way.

The MuseIT project aims to co-design, develop, and co-evaluate a multisensory, user-centred platform for enriched engagement with cultural assets with inclusion and equal opportunity for all as core principles. The MuseIT innovation is rooted in multisensory representations of cultural heritage which extend beyond the visual and auditory senses.

Participatory co-design activities will be integral to enable users with disabilities to be involved in decisions and designs that will affect their lives.

Enriched experiences of cultural assets created by MuseIT will not be limited to this group and is likely to enhance the level of participation and enjoyment for all people.

Impacts are likely to include the democratization of cultural asset experiences, and tangible growth in creative and cultural industries.

Activities: The research activities of MuseIT are categorised into four building blocks:

• Multisensory, multi-layered cultural heritage representations (C1)
• User centric design and delivery of immersive and accessible experience to CH for all (C1)
• Co-creation platform services, allowing citizens to collaboratively generate musical content (C2)
• A knowledge repository capable of preserving the multisensory, multi-layered

Partners: 9 partners from EU member countries and 2 associated partners, from the USA and the UK.

• Högskolan i Borås (HB) - Coordinator Sweden
• CataLink Limited (CTL) Cyprus
• Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) Greece
• EXUS Software Monoprosopi Etairi Periorismenis Evthinis (EXUS) Greece
• ShareMusic & Performing Arts (ShMu) Sweden
• Michael Culture Association (MCA) Belgium & France
• Actronika SAS (ACTRO) France
• Ministero Della Cultura, (MIC) ICCU Italy
• Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen/ Ddept. DANS (KNAW-DANS) Netherlands
• Stanford University (SU) -associated partner United States of America
• King's College London (KCL) - associated partner United Kingdom

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