The Sacred Spaces in Bulgarian Part of Strandja Mountain – an Interactive Multimedia Product

Oleg Konstantinov, Valeria Fol
QED’16: Technology Advanced Quality Learning for ALL
June 13-15, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria

Cultural heritage education in most European countries
was based for a long time on traditional teaching methods;
this meant that it usually relied on
* face-to-face classroom lessons,
* on the study of printed materials (texts and images),
* and very seldom on watching videos.
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In some cases the study of cultural heritage artifacts was
accompanied by on-site visits where students could come
directly in touch with the artifacts.
On the other hand, in the field of cultural heritage,
knowledge sharing is one of the most essential aspects for
communication activities between museum institutions
that conserve and take care of cultural collections, and the
public.
These activities include education, research and study as
well as entertainment.
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Nowadays ICT, while being increasingly employed in the
field of Cultural Heritage to produce large archives of
materials, to support scientific research and to foster the
maintenance/preservation of Cultural Heritage artifacts,
has not yet affected the approaches to teaching and
learning in Cultural Heritage Education enough.
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*The graphic information handled by people working in the
cultural heritage sector usually is presented using several
different approaches – bidimensional images (scanned
documents or photographs), video (e.g. documentaries)
and 3D virtual models
*Implementation of different sources in multimedia
applications for PC/Mobile
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Letnitsa Thracian Treasure
A Thracian treasure found in Letnitsa, Lovech.
The treasure was discovered accidentally in 1963 in
the courtyard of the farm village of Letnitsa.
The workers stumbled upon a large
bronze vessel lid in the ground
upside down. When they turned it,
they saw that the court is
full of small silver objects
with images.

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Besides bronze
vessel the
treasure contains
bridle ornament
and trims horse
trappings.
Treasure is
interpreted as a
symbolic sacrifice
of a horse.

QED’16
*3D object allows students to
examine fully the presumable
original location of all artifacts
from the treasure.
*On a separate screen there is
given an opportunity to examine
details and individual close-ups,
accompanied by appropriate
descriptions.

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The Odrysian Kingdom
*The kingdom of the Odrysae emerged on the political
scene of ancient Europe at the end of the 6th or the
beginning of the 5th century BC
*From Herodotus onwards, their name was used to denote
the Thracians inhabiting the territory along the Tonzos
(present-day Tundzha) and Hebros (present-day Maritsa)
rivers to the Aegean Sea
*Athenian historian Thucydides reports that their
kingdom was the biggest and the most powerful one
in Europe between the Adriatic and the Black Seas

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*Detailed list of all known kings of Odryssae dynasty as a
main menu - each name is a link leading to an internal
page dedicated to the respective king
*Detailed information for the specific ruler - text,
combined with the available visual material associated
with the period of his reign, for example preserved
coins, treasures, armor etc.

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*Geotagging of sacred places in the Bulgarian part of
Strandja Mountain
*Each place of faith is presented with text, pictures and
video, GPS data
*34 main locations accessible through the main menu
*At a inner level – another 55 locations
*40 completely original videos
*Over 1,500 original photos
*Over 80 texts/ annotations to objects

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*Interactivity
*Structure
*Design
*Pictures
*Videos
*3D visualizations
*GPS data
*Dictionary

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Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer
an easier access to and a multi-perspective view of
cultural heritage artifacts and may also enrich and
improve cultural heritage education through the adoption
of innovative learning/teaching methods.
The positive feedback from students is full of enthusiasm
and desire to meet more such projects and methods.

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o.konstantinov@unibit.bg
v.fol@unibit.bg

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