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YODA – Youth for Open Digital Acquisitions: About the Training in 3D Heritage and Best Practices

YODA investigates how 3D heritage is currently taught, practiced, and coordinated across CIVIS universities and partner institutions. Digital heritage is expanding rapidly, yet training practices, vocabularies, and data standards remain fragmented across Europe. Rather than creating new courses, YODA maps existing teaching activities related to 3D acquisition, documentation, processing, and data governance at ULB, UNIL, and AMU.

The project compares academic programmes with the needs of institutional partners such as the Direction du Patrimoine numérique (Belgium) and CIPA Heritage Documentation (ICOMOS–ISPRS). Through collaborative workshops, cross-analysis, and a final international event, YODA will produce a synthetic report and an open-access toolkit to help universities and public institutions align training approaches, strengthen capacity, and build a shared European culture of digital heritage education.

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Main Beneficiaries & Social Impact

Main Beneficiaries

Students, researchers, engineers, museum staff, archivists, and public authorities involved in digital heritage. Around 20–30 participants will engage through workshops, interviews, co-analysis sessions, and dissemination events.

 Social Impact

YODA contributes to building a shared European framework for digital heritage education. The project supports sustainable data governance, strengthens interdisciplinary networks, enhances civic engagement, and fosters a democratic approach to cultural heritage through open, interoperable methodologies.

Core Methodology

Comparative mapping, participatory workshops, co-analysis, and co-creation of an open-access toolkit.

Events in the Project

Event Name

Date(s)

Location

Workshop 1

3-4/3/ 2026

UNIL, Switzerland

Workshop 2

5-6/5/ 2026

ULB, Belgium

Final Workshop

2-3/6/ 2026

AMU, France

Presentation at DH Benelux 2026

 

Maastricht University

Partners

Partner Name

Type

Bio

University libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - PANORAMA

Academic

Coordinating institution with expertise in architecture, archaeology, engineering, and digital heritage.

University of Lausanne (UNIL) - NUCLEUS

Academic

Strong experience in digital humanities and 3D documentation.

Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) - LAMPEA

Academic

Expertise in archaeological documentation and digital archiving.

Direction du Patrimoine numérique

Non-academic

Belgian authority for digital heritage governance.

CIPA Heritage Documentation

Non-academic

Global reference for documentation standards and education.

Project Coordinator

  • Sébastien Clerbois
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