Prometheus – Promoting Universal Values through Digital Epigraphy and Cultural Heritage
Partners
Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia Skopje
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski
Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Project Management and Coordination
Slavica Babamova, PhD, Director of the Archaeological Museum of Republic of Macedonia, project coordinator
Dimitar Iliev, PhD, associate professor, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski
Vojin Nedeljković, PhD, full professor at the Department of Classics, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy
Dragana Nikolić, PhD, senior research fellow, Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Elena Džukeska, PhD, full professor at the Department of Classics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Philosophy
Researchers
Nikolay Sharankov, PhD, associate professor, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski
Valerij Sofronievski, PhD, full professor, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Philosophy
Filip Markovski, MA, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Philosophy
Danilo Savić, MA, research assistant, Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Jelena Vukojević, MA, research assistant,
Elina Boeva, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski
Kristiyan Simeonov, research assistant, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski
Ralitsa Ivanova research assistant,
Dobromir Dobrev, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski
About the Project
Epigraphic monuments are an important part of cultural heritage and a valuable source of information about the past. They testify to all aspects of human civilization and are a helpful tool for the recognition and promotion of universal human values. In the last decades, epigraphy has significantly evolved as a digital domain. Various digital corpora and initiatives exist that promote the use of digital technology in bringing the content of the inscriptions closer to the wider audience. The Southeastern European and Balkan countries have a significant Greek and Roman epigraphic heritage, nevertheless their digital epigraphy resources are underdeveloped and museums are in need of new models for audience development.
The aim of this cooperation is to bring together the existing successful practices of digital epigraphy, and the use of epigraphy for education in order to create digital collection of inscriptions from the regions of North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia accompanied with other digital resources that will serve as a tool for active engagement of the audience in appreciating the stories of epigraphic monuments and the universal values they share. This project will enhance the transnational cooperation in the area of digital epigraphy and cultural heritage between cultural, educational and research institutions in Southeastern European, Balkan and other countries. It will build up their capacities to create digital epigraphic corpora and to implement the existing and develop new resources and models that will engage the audience in a way in which everyone will be able to recognize the universal values as a link between the past, the present and the future. The digital content created as a result of this project will be open access and thus the local epigraphic monuments will become available to diverse audiences from around the world to be studied as a historical source, used for education and appreciated as a European cultural heritage.
Funding
The project is co-funded by the European Commission under the Creative Europe programme, Culture strand (CREA-CULT-2023-COOP). Duration of the project is two years (2023-2024).