Culture in Crisis: Practical uses of Digital Reproduction in Heritage Preservation

This conference and workshop event is presented by the V&A's Culture in Crisis Programme, partnered with Yale's Global Cultural Heritage Initiatives.

Over the course of 2017, the V&A’s ReACH (Reproductions of Art and Cultural Heritage) project (In collaboration with Ziyavudin Magomedov Charitable Foundation Peri) has been working with partner institutions around the globe to write a new agreement which promotes and facilitates the dissemination of works of art and culture in the digital sphere.

Following the announcement of the agreement, taking place on Friday 8th December at the museum, this follow-on event will explore how we in the UK can apply this technology in the wider sphere of cultural heritage preservation, registering global impact.

From teachers using the technology as innovative teaching aids supporting their syllabus; instilling the importance of heritage preservation from an early age, to universities using the resource for academic research and to train the practitioners of tomorrow. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, we’ll also explore how this resource can be used to increase access to culture for special needs audiences as well as improving regional collaboration between cultural institutions.

Drawing on a diverse pool of anticipated users, we offer the opportunity to collaborate and contribute ideas on how the 2017 ReACH declaration could be best used in the future, as we continue our efforts to promote, protect and preserve cultural heritage.