CHIMER IN BRIEF
CHIMER is one of the Heritage for All projects from the Sixth Call, funded by the European Commission's Information Society Technology R&D programme(see more at Digicult site).It sets out to capitalise on the natural enthusiasm and interest of children in developing new approaches to the use of evolving technologies for documenting items of cultural interest in their local communities. Twelve-year-olds in different parts of Europe will follow the guidance of museologists and teachers in building digital maps combining geographical coordinates defined by using GPS devices with the creative use of mobile technology and digital cameras. In this way, children from Bohemia to A Coruña and from the Netherlands to Vilnius, will combine drawings and photographic images with their own comments on items of interest. In this way, little by little, they will participate solidly in creating a digital archive of their own towns, villages and surrounding communities which should enhance interest in these regions, not only for children but for other age groups.
The CHIMER methodology for working with children is based on cognitive principles and will be developed specifically for the project by the Dutch organisation Groene Poolster. The methodology used encourages children to learn how to obtain information, how to pass this information on to other children and how to process it in a way which will be both useable and appealing to others, i.e. processing this data in a digital format.
CHIMER hopes to offer a model which can later be replicated in other networks, not only in the area of culture but also, for example, for public sector information, health, tourism, based on the use of digital cartography linked to multimedia data.
Work on the project began in March 2002 and is expected to be completed by late 2004. Some aspects of the project will emerge as early operational prototypes over the next few months.
The partners in the project are:
CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
• Scientific and administrativeco-ordinator:
Stichting Bedrijfsregio Kop van Noord-Holland
Marsdiepstraat 621, 1784 AM Den Helder, Netherlands
directie@bedrijfsregio.nl
• Technical coordinator:
CIBERESPACIO SL
Penarredonda 50, 15170 A Coruna, Spain
dweiss@wanadoo.es
• Contractors:
Mgr. Romana Krizova - Cross Czech
Korunni 73, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic
romana@crossczech.cz
Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung e.V.
Joachim-Jungius Str. 11, 18059 Rostock, Germany
hasinger@rostock.zgdv.de
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
A. Gostauto 12, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania
nerute@ktl.mii.lt
Okresni Muzeum v Klatovech
Hostasova 1, 339 01 Klatovy IV., Czech Republic
muzeum.klatovy@tiscali.cz
Zakladni skola v Chanovicich
Chanovice 1, 341 01 Horazdovice, Czech Republic
chanovice@ms1.ipnet.cz
Institute for Environment & Nature Education and Communication "Groene Poolster"
Pasteurstraat 6, 1782 JD Den Helder, Netherlands
groenepoolster@planet.nl
Ayuntamiento de Mazaricos
Avenida 13 de Abril 59, 15256 A Picota/ A Coruna, Spain
mdm@mudima.org
CRA Nosa Senora do Faro
Rua do Concello 14, 15110 Ponteceso, Spain
cra@craescuela.net
Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research IAMSR
Lemminkainengatan 14 B, 20520 Abo, Finland
christer.carlsson@abo.fi
Friderico Francisceum Gymnasium Bad Doberan
Alexandrinenplatz 11, 18209 Bad Doberan, Germany
w.basedow@mitrax.de
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Joachim-Jungius-Str. 11, 18059 Rostock, Germany
bodo.urban@rostock.igd.fhg.de
Vilnius Minties Gymnasia
Erfurto 23, 2049 Vilnius, Lithuania
rastine@delfi.lt
IST-2001-32695 Children's heritage: Interactive models for evolving repositories
