Blogs
July, 2021, New European Bauhaus - an interview with Susan Hazan
The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. Like its namesake, the New European Bauhaus seeks to find new solutions for a new era. Through conversations with cultural professionals, we are exploring the key role that cultural heritage can play. Susan Hazan, Chair of the Europeana Network Association, explores the continued relevance of crafts and the importance of cultural heritage networks to the initiative.
February, 2021, Introducing mindful boundaries: a welcome from our new Europeana Network Association Chair
We are pleased to introduce Susan Hazan as the new Chair of the Europeana Network Association! In her first post in the role, she shares her thoughts on working boundaries and how we can all make efforts to set them, whether a Members Board Councillor or individual member of the Europeana Network Association.
August, 2020, Unlocking the Europeana Network Association’s potential
Since the launch of our membership campaign, over the past few months we’ve seen an increasing number of people with rich perspectives joining the Europeana Network Association (ENA). In this post, we explore what motivates people to join the ENA, and outline how we aim to build on and harness their experience to engage them in new ways.
August, 2020, Opening doors at EPIC and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
In July, Europeana held its first ‘Lunch Café’ on the theme of ‘Opening Doors’, encouraging discussion around the re-opening of cultural heritage institutions. In this post, Nathan Mannion and Susan Hazan, who led the Café, reflect on re-opening at their own institutions.
July, 2020, Culture from home – Connecting through webinars during the lockdown
From March to June 2020, Europeana Communicators held a series of webinars on the theme ‘Culture from home’, in which specialists from museums, libraries, archives and educational settings shared their solutions for reaching audiences while their doors were closed. Here, co-chair and webinar moderator Susan Hazan reflects on the series.
March 2020, Through the looking glass: cultural heritage custodians to populate the Mirrorworld
The advent of 3D technology is bringing new opportunities for the cultural heritage sector, offering innovative ways to provide access to heritage for education, tourism, research and enjoyment. In this post, Susan Hazan takes us into the ‘Mirrorworld’ to discuss the potential of 3D and 4D experiences in the cultural heritage sector.
February 2020, TA través del espejo. Patrimonio cultural para enriquecer el Mirrorworld
Mirrorworld es un sistema de representación del mundo real en forma digital, también conocido como realidad aumentada. Se trata de un sistema automático de reconocimiento para identificar objetos en el mundo real y, a través de la descarga de las apps apropiadas y de una cámara de móvil, obtener datos enriquecidos.
March 2020, Take a Virtual Tour of 30 World-Class #Museums and safely visit 2 million works of #FineArt bluesyemre, Library Director @ Atılım University Kadriye Zaim Library Since the first stirrings of the internet, artists and curators have puzzled over what the fluidity of online space would do to the experience of viewing works of art. At a conference on the subject in 2001, Susan Hazan of the Israel Museum wondered whether there is “space for enchantment in a technological world?” She referred to Walter Benjamin’s ruminations on the “potentially liberating phenomenon” of technologically reproduced art, yet also noted that “what was forfeited in this process were the ‘aura’ and the authority of the object containing within it the values of cultural heritage and tradition.”
November 2019, Paper processes: tips for achieving a paperless office
Is a paperless office possible? In this blog discover tips about workflows and processes helping to stop wasting paper while encouraging productivity and mindfulness.
January 2017, Meet the Members Council: Susan Hazan
Jill Cousins introducing speakers to the rules of the Oxford style debate on Cultural Commons - Europeana Plenary - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, June 13-15 2012.