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Congress of Cultural Atlases: The Human Record
May 7-10, 2004
University of California, Berkeley

Schedule | Registration | Logistics
Registration closed May 6, 2004

In an increasingly digital age, scholars and institutions documenting the human record have turned to geographical information, virtual reality, and the Internet to create cultural atlases. Under the sponsorship of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI), the Congress of Cultural Atlases offers an opportunity for those involved in creating digital atlases and digital representations of cultural heritage sites to come together for presentations, demonstrations, discussions, and training.

Delegates will have the opportunity to participate in workshops pertaining to specific issues in atlas development:

• “Digital Gazetteers for Cultural Atlases,” including a case study of database development for Chinese religious geography;
  
• “Beyond GIS: Mindscapes, VR and Cultural Landscapes”;
  
• Training workshop in using GIS and other strategies for building and managing a cultural atlas.
  As of April 1, 2004 all seats for the workshop are full. If you would like to be placed on a wait list, please indicate your interest in the workshop on the registration form. We will contact you if a seat becomes available.

David Rumsey, director of Cartography Associates, will be the keynote speaker. The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, with over 8,800 historical maps on line, is a pioneering effort to use new technologies to envision the geography of the human past.

Other projects presented at the plenary session will include major cultural atlases already under development concerning the history and heritage of Tibet, Ireland, Korea, Italy, and more.

Schedule

A schedule of events is available at: http://ecai.org/activities/congress2004/schedule.html.

Register Online

There is no cost for the Congress, however a registration of USD$100 is required for attending the training session in cultural atlas development. Payment of the training workshop fee can be made by check or cash at the reception, plenary or workshop. We apologize, but credit card payment will not be accepted.

People who wish to present a poster or a demonstration are invited to do so. Please indicate so on the on-line registration form. Registration is closed as of May 6, 2004. If you have any questions, please contact kcarl@berkeley.edu

Lodging, Directions and other information

http://ecai.org/activities/congress2004/logistics.html

This event is sponsored by:

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche