What is NEXT ROUTES
A project to enhance cultural heritage through the improvement of digital skills of cultural operators and active engagement of the public
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Main Objectives | Expected Results | Target Groups |
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Enhancing Digital Skills: Provide Cultural Routes staff with the necessary digital and creative skills to innovate and enhance the attractiveness of the routes. Development of Innovative Tools: Create and distribute an innovative tool that includes gamification elements, thereby improving visitor interaction and engagement. Promotion and Outreach: Increase the visibility of the Cultural Routes at local, national, and transnational levels, attract a broader and more diverse audience, and strengthen the network of stakeholders. | Training Methodology: Development of a training program to transfer digital and creative skills to the route staff, for the enhancement of the Cultural Routes. Toolkit: An interactive platform that delivers tailored training pathways specifically designed for upskilling the digital competencies of Cultural Routes staff. This toolkit also incorporates embedded gamification apps to enhance user engagement, providing a dynamic and effective learning environment. User Manual: A comprehensive step-by-step guide to assist in the utilization of the toolkit for training purposes and for the creation of customized game-based solutions. This manual aims to ensure that Cultural Route operators can effectively implement and benefit from the innovative digital and gamification tools developed by the project. | The primary target includes the operational staff of the Cultural Routes involved in the project. Secondary target groups include: - Staff of cultural routes not directly involved as project partners. - Universities and VET institutes specializing in digital innovation and cultural production. - Public entities and bodies related to the EU Cultural Routes. - International institutions such as the Council of Europe, UNWTO, ICOMOS, UNESCO, and ICOM. - The general public, invited to participate in gamification events and use the developed apps. |
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The Phoenicians’ Route refers to the connection of the major nautical routes used by the Phoenicians, since the 12th century BC, as essential routes for trade and cultural communication in the Mediterranean. Through these routes, the Phoenicians - genial sailors and merchants - and other great Mediterranean civilizations contributed to the creation of a "koiné", a Mediterranean cultural community, producing an intense exchange of manufactured articles, people and ideas.
The Jewish people are an integral part of European civilisation, having made a unique and lasting contribution to its development through the millennia right up to today. The Cultural Routes programme is an innovative and exciting way of bringing this remarkable story to the attention of a wider audience.
Archaeological heritage is, in its modern understanding, combining both natural and cultural heritage, and therefore represents the best way to reflect the ever-lasting relationship of humans with their environment. If properly managed, heritage can also greatly contribute to sustainable development and benefit society on local and transregional levels. The majority of the last millennium BC (about 800 BC - 0) is regarded as the Iron Age. This is a period of important technological and social changes, which also influenced the landscapes in an unprecedented manner. The Iron Age Danube Route connects the most significant monuments of that period in the Danube region.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the most influential figures in the history of music and of Western culture as a whole. For most of his life he travelled throughout Europe to enhance his education, learn about other styles and establish contacts with other performers and composers. Although he died at the early age of 35, Mozart was on tour for over 10 years. In essence, he spent one third of his life on journeys and can be described as the first truly European personality, in and beyond the field of music.
The totalitarian regimes which characterised much of Europe during the central decades of the twentieth century had a major impact on the urban landscape. These regimes founded and rebuilt cities often drawing on the most advanced architectural and urban design projects that existed at the time. While, today, democratic Europe firmly opposes these totalitarian regimes, their built heritage remains on our streets as an uncomfortable heritage.
The presence of the olive tree has marked not only the landscape but also the everyday lives of the Mediterranean peoples. As a mythical and sacred tree, it is associated with their rites and customs and has influenced their lifestyles, creating a specific ancient civilisation, the "Olive Tree Civilisation": the Routes of the Olive Tree follow in the footsteps of this civilisation, from Greece towards the Euro-Mediterranean countries.
Mobile Idea works in the tertiary sector, designing, developing and creating platforms that use gamification and video games. Formed by two partners, Fabio Viola and Gianfelice Boncristiano, it makes use of collaborators chosen for each type of project.
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin”
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