About IMMERSIUM Heritage Field Schools: Eligible participants are students and young professionals from Europe (18-35 years) in the fields of archaeology, history, art history, museum studies, marketing and management for cultural heritage, design, animation, creative writing and computer technologies to participate in a one-week field school program.*
Field school sessions available:
Field school one week session 1 - Archaeological Site Stobi, Republic of North Macedonia
Dates: 29 August - 04 September 2022
Field school one week session 2 - Archaeological park Emona, Slovenia
Dates: 20-26 September 2022
Field school one week session 3 - Archaeological park Viminacium, Serbia
Dates: 27 September - 03 October 2022
Q&A deadline: Please send your questions in English at [email protected] no later than 27 July 2022.
*Participants coming from the countries of the heritage destination are eligible to participate only by selecting one of the other two heritage destinations. For ex. participant from Slovenia can only apply for HFS in Serbia or North Macedonia.
Application deadline: 12 August 2022
Application process: The online application form will be available on 22 July 2022 (Friday) on this website.
Selection announcement: 18 August 2022
Working language: English
Logistics: International** and local travel, accommodation and meals costs will be covered for the ten (10) selected participants per heritage destination by the project.
**International travel- economy class air transport, train or bus up to 250 Euros.
Each field school is a one week (7 days - 6 nights) intensive academic and practice program led by international experts and professionals from the cultural and creative sectors.
The program is designed as an introduction to the process of applying emerging technologies into digital tools that use immersive storytelling for presentation and exploration of the rich cultural heritage.
It includes different lecturers, workshops, open discussions, field work, mobile app testing, a hackathon, cultural trips and a great social program. The participants will have opportunity to learn, exchange knowledge, gain skills, contribute and reflect on their experience.
These activities are part of the project “Immersive Storytelling Driven Cooperation for Cultural Heritage Dissemination in Western Balkans” funded by the Creative Europe Programme, EACEA 39/2019 Cultural Cooperation Projects in the Western Balkans. The project brings together seven (7) partners from five (5) countries, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece and Bulgaria, to introduce a new cooperation model for the cultural and creative sector in using immersive storytelling to enhance cultural experience. The project offers new perspectives for perceiving cultural heritage, through designing novel tourist attractions and user-centric experiences. Under the acronym IMMERSIUM, this model, guides the cultural and creative sector in designing new forms of narratives and creating new immersive cultural experiences for the visitors at the cultural heritage sites.
During the program the new Immersium App will be presented as self-guided interactive digital tool for unique cultural experiences through exploring, learning and entertaining at the heritage destination. The experiences created on the App intentionally lead to unveiling untold and uncovered historical and cultural stories with interactive content, supported with audio visuals, gamification elements, AR, avatar characters etc. The goal is to gradually replace the outdated audio guide concept with a new and immersive way of location based storytelling on visitors’ mobile devices. The IMMERSIUM App has six (6) immersive experiences for the Archaeological sites Stobi in North Macedonia, Emona in Slovenia and Viminacium in Serbia.
before 7.00 pm - Arrivals
7.00 - 8.00 pm - Registration of the participants – welcome packages
8.00 - 10.00 pm - Traditional welcome dinner
08.30 - 10.00 am - Breakfast
10.00 – 11.30 am - Introduction and orientation panel
11.30 am – 12.00 pm - Coffee break
12.00 – 1.30 pm - Lecture 1. Site History in Roman and Late Roman period
1.30 - 4.00 pm - Lunch break and free time
4.00 - 7.00 pm - Archaeological park/site presentation
8.00 - 9.00 pm - Dinner
07.50 - 09.00 am - Breakfast
09.00 – 11.00 am - Lecture 2: Applying immersive technologies for new cultural experiences at heritage destinations.
11.00 – 11.30 am - Coffee break
11.30 am – 1.30 pm - Lecture 3: Immersive cultural experiences - Best cases from around the world
1.30 – 4.00 pm - Lunch break and free time
4.00 - 5.30 pm - Lecture 4: Branding and Promotion of Cultural Heritage
5:30-6:00 pm - Coffee break
6:00- 7:00 pm - Open discussion
8.00 - 9.00 pm - Dinner
08:30 - 10.00 am - Breakfast
10.00 - 11:30 am - Presentation 1. Immersium app - self-guided interactive digital tool for unique cultural experience trough exploring, learning and entertaining at the heritage destination
11.00- 11.30 am - Coffee break
11.30 am - 1.30 pm - Immersium App testing on site/park
1.30 - 4.00 pm - Lunch break and free time
4.00 - 5.30 pm - Workshop 1. Developing new visitor tours - using Immersium APP
- work in teams
5.30 - 6.00 pm - Coffee break
6.00 - 7.00 pm - Presentation session teams presentation of developed tours
8.00 - 9.00 pm - Dinner
08.30 - 10.00 am - Breakfast
10.00 – 11.30 am - Session 1: Story concept - work in teams
11.30 am - 12.00 pm - Coffee break
12.00- 1.30 pm - Session 2: Story interaction - work in teams
1.30 – 4.00 pm - Lunch break and free time
4.00 - 5.30 pm - Session 3: Story presentation - work in teams
5.30 - 6.00 pm - Coffee break
6.00- 7.00 pm - Presentations - teams presentation
8.00 - 9.00 pm - Dinner
07.00 – 08.00 am - Breakfast
08.15 am - Departure (organized transport)
11.00 am - 1.00 pm - Cultural visit
1.00 - 5.00 pm - Lunch and free time
5.15 pm - Departure (organized transport)
8.00 – 11.00 pm - Farewell Dinner
07.00 - 10.00 am - Breakfast
10.00am - Departures