Courses Blended Intensive Programme (BIP)

An innovative course with a highly practical approach directed to students and professionals in the field of cultural heritage and/or digital humanities to gain introductory and specialized knowledge on technologies, tools and techniques from digital humanities to analyze, understand, safeguard and enhance cultural heritage. Modern heritage studies (archaeology, history, cultural heritage management, museology, etc.) involve more and more working with digital media. Research techniques, such as remote sensing, GIS, geophysical prospection, physicochemical analysis of finds (archaeometry), combined with digital documentation applications and methods, such as 3D and 2D scanning, digital databases, big data, drone photography, etc., allow for a far more diverse way of documenting cultural heritage. On the other hand, heritage interpretation is enhanced through simple, easy-to-use digital tools, starting from digital photography, social media and internet sites and going up to more complicated apps, games and interactive representations. Modern heritage specialists can choose from a vast array of tools, selecting the ones that are most suitable for their goals or budget. The exigency for a more open, democratic and bottom-up approach to heritage understanding and interpretation has changed -forever perhaps- how archaeologists, historians, museum specialists, perceive their role and their profession.