eCulture Impact and Innovation: Exploring Digital Content Technologies

1. eCulture Workshop 20th APAN Meetings Room F 11:00-17:30 24 August 2005 Taipei, Taiwan Mie University

2. Session 1 - Technology oriented–Chair: Takaharu Kameoka ( Mie University) • The Technologies for Digital Content that Activate Local CommunityOno, Hiroshi (Contents, Inc., JAPAN)Sato, Yoshinori (Mie University, JAPAN) • E-Museum Development Progress in Thailand: - Case Study of Wat Makutkasattriyaram – Chularat Tanprasert, Rachabodin Suwannacunti, Piyawut SrichaikulComputing Research and Development Division (RDC)National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), THAILAND • Near Infrared Digital Images of Historical Resources of the Nara RegionKatsuya Watari & Saori Donkai (The Nara Women's University Library, Nara Women's University, JAPAN) • A Polymorphic Data Visualization for Spatiotemporal DatabaseMakoto Hanashima (Institute for Areal Studies, Foundation, JAPAN) • Communication in eCultureShih-Chieh Li (Executive Secretary of National Digital Archives Program, Taiwan, Program Office, TAIWAN) Mie University

3. Session 2 - Social Science/ Humanity oriented–Chair: Prof. Y. Sato ( Mie University) • Research on Digital Heritage Exchange (DHX)Yong-Moo Kwon, Heedong Ko, Jinwook Kim (Imaging Media Research Center, Korea Institute of Science & Technology,Seoul, Korea) • Loess Plateau Project in China (Remote Presentation from The University of Tokyo)Ayumu Yasutomi (Tokyo University, JAPAN)Yoko Fukao (Osaka University of Foreign Studies, JAPAN)Juncai Ma, Shoji Hatano (Chinese Academy of Sciences , CHINA)Kazunari Yokoyama (Hokkaido Agriculture Research Center, JAPAN) • Indian Traditional Dance: A Virtual PrototpeFaridah Noor Mohd Noor & Selvanathan Narainasamy (University of Malaya)Suhaimi Napis (University Putra Malaysia) • With the Aim of Forming the Education Network for Children in the World using Squeak and FieldserverHaruhiko Okumura, T. Shimomura, M. Matsuoka & T. Kameoka (Mie Univrsity, JAPAN)H. Shimamura (Elab-experience, Ltd., JAPAN) Mie University

4. BoF meeting: Extra discussion- For Research Collaboration -Chair: Takaharu Kameoka ( Mie University) Presentation for the Discussion: • Prospects of e-culture from a Standpoint of Human Science- A case of Disaster Relief and Prevention –NAGATA, Motohiko (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Mie University, JAPAN) Mie University

5. eCulture in APAN Takaharu Kameoka Executive Vice-President Mie University Mie University

6. Why eCulture in APAN ? • APAN is a network infrastructure • APAN has powerful groups in e-Science and Natural resource • APAN is powerful in agricultural collaboration eCulture BOF Meeting in Cairns, AustraliaJuly 2-7, 2004 Mie University

7. Reviewing eCulture Activity in EU • eEurope • http://europa.eu.int/information-society/eeurope/index_en.htm • IST(Information Society Technologies)in the Framework Programme • http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fp6/fp6.htm • Cultural Heritage in IST(eCulture Newsletter) • http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka3/digicult • Culture in the EU • http://europa.eu.int/culture/index_en.htm • DigiCULT • http://www.digicult.info/pages/info.php

8. DigiCULT (http://www.digicult.info/pages/info.php) • Mission • Benefiting the Cultural Heritage sector, through monitoring and assessing existing and emerging technologies that provide opportunities to optimise the development, access to, and preservation of Europe's rich cultural and scientific heritage, within the emerging digital cultural economy. • Description • Digital Culture (DigiCULT) is an IST Support Measure (IST-2001-34898) to establish a regular technology watch for cultural and scientific heritage over the period of 30 months (03/2002-08/2004). • This study covers several areas of interest, (national policies & initiatives, organisational change, exploitation, and ICT) and formulates a series of recommendations. In particular, it provides a roadmap of how cultural heritage technologies will or could develop in the near future (until 2006) • Building on the knowledge and expertise of over 50 cultural heritage experts, DigiCULT will discuss and analyse current and future trends in several technology domains, that have been identified as key areas during the DigiCULT study. DigiCULT will also function as a stimulus for future R&D in/for the cultural heritage sector. • Steering CommitteePhilippe Avenier, Ministère de la culture et de la communication, France Paolo Buonora, Archivio di Stato di Roma, Italy Costis Dallas, Critical Publics SA, Greece Bert Degenhart-Drenth, ADLIB Information Systems BV, TheNetherlands Paul Fiander, BBC Information & Archives, United Kingdom Peter Holm Lindgaard, Library Manager for the Library & Archives Department of TV2, Denmark Erich J. Neuhold, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany Bruce Royan, Concurrent Computing, United Kingdom Mie University

9. Reviewing the study scope (key concepts) in DigiCULT Mie University

10. Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies(Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo) Cultural Dynamics Interdisciplinary Research on Creation of Culture with Dynamics and Complexity Media and Technology Intercultural Communication Cultural Structure Crosscultural Exchange Cultural Symbol Cultural Anthropology Global Culture Comparative Literature Comparative Culture Image Set Comparative Ethnic Journal Multidimensional Culture Nation and Society Cultural Complexity Mie University

11. What are eCulture Components ? • From the global point of view • Common Understanding on Environmental Issue • Definition of Culture • Learned behavior of people, which includes their belief systems and languages, their social relationships, their institutions and organizations, and their material goods - food, clothing, buildings, tools, and machines. • As a Mirror ｗhich Reflects Cultural Dynamics • Food Culture, Cooking Mie University

12. Importance of Chronology (Timeline) • Arrangement ｏｆ　Politics, Economics, Social issues, Culture and International Events • Construction of Each Chronology for Bird’s-eye View of Each Period Mie University

13. GIS in eCulture(Spatial Layer) e-Science Natural Resource Earth Monitoring Information Science Bioinformatics etc e-Culture Economics Politics Education Humanities Art etc • GIService • GIScience • GISystem Mie University

14. Food in eCulture As a Mirror which Reflects Cultural Dynamics • Food Culture • Food Material • Cooking Mie University

15. Electronic transitions • low information content • Vibrational transitions • high information content Database for Food Material Proposal of Optical Tongue Bernhard Lendl Institute of Analytical Chemistry Vienna University of Technology, Austria

16. Tasting robot, Optical-tongue robot(EXPO 2005, Aichi, Japan) Name:Health and Food Advisor Robot Feature: The world’s first partner robot with a sense of taste Height: 40 cm Weight: 6 kg

17. Prototype Robot Exhibition by New Energy and IndustrialDevelopment Organization (NEDO), and Report by Various Media (EXPO 2005, Aichi, Japan) • 6/18-6/23 Newspaper：5, Magazine：2, Web（Local）：16, Web（World）：14 Demonstration ＭＳＮＢＣ ＣＮＮ 　“ This is surprisingly (for me, anyway) accurate “

18. eCulture should • be Connected to Natural Science • be Connected Each Other • be an Interdisciplinary Research • have its DBMS Mie University

19. Review of eCulture in Bangkok Summary: • Two sessions of presentations in: • Virtual museums (Buddha/Historical sites) • Maps (Thailand, Japan) • Aborigines/Indigenous groups (Australia) • Language in advanced network • Very diverse topics (technology and culture): • Still need to focus on what exactly is meant by e-culture • Agreed to continue discussion prior to APAN (TW) • Discussion time not enough • Request for more discussion in next APAN meeting Mie University

20. Discussion on eCulture • Application Technologies Area Committee Meeting will be held on 25th's 17:00-18:00. • Should eCulture be a working group? Mie University

21. Discussion on eCulture Chair of eCulture WG • Takaharu KameokaVice PresidentMie Univeristy, JAPAN • Piyawut SrichaikulComputing Research and Development Division (RDC)National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), THAILAND • Prof. Dae Young KIM InfoCom Eng. Dept. Chungnam Nat'l Univ. South KOREA Mie University

22. Discussion on eCulture WG • What is the mission ? • What is covered by eCulture ? • What is the relationship between eScience and eCulture ? • How to steer eCulture WG? • Plan in Next APAN Meeting Mie University