HATA Hub is a platform for digitalization and promotion of the cultural heritage of Ukraine. The platform provides participants with access to the necessary resources, knowledge and mentorship, encourages quality networking, so that they can successfully develop their ideas and turn them into effective tools for the preservation and promotion of Ukrainian cultural heritage.
What is the Acceleration Program?
The Hata Hub Acceleration Program is an intensive educational program and, at the same time, an opportunity to develop your idea, get technological tools for its development, learn creative entrepreneurship, turn an idea into a successful project in a short time with the help of experts from various fields.
On June 13, the public launch of the program took place in the format Heritage Tech Meetup, where the organizers gathered three experts in the preservation of cultural heritage.
"The launch of the Acceleration Program for Khataton projects is something that our team has been working hard on. We are grateful to the partners who supported us. We believe that this program will help launch inspired projects that have great potential for preserving and popularizing Ukrainian cultural heritage. We plan to show the results of the program and the progress of the projects already at the beginning of September." - Anastasia Sleptsova, responsible for strategy and partnerships at Hata Hub.
Now 15 teams within the Acceleration Program will undergo 6 training modules, group and individual mentoring and present the results of their work at the Demo Day in September.
Training modules will cover the topics of cultural product concept, audience, presentation, storytelling, budgeting, legal regulation, PR and others. It is assumed that the teams will exchange experience and expertise with each other, because the participants are powerful professionals in their fields.
"In three months, the acceleration program will be able to give the projects the knowledge that they would not have received in three days of the Hatathon. We have invited the best experts who are ready to share their knowledge and experience. This will help the participants to look at their projects as independent products. As a result, we expect strengthened projects, with an understanding of the impact of the component, business model and development plan for at least the next year. We will pay special attention to the pitching of projects, because this is an integral component for promotion, attracting investors and partners." - says Anastasia Silenok, responsible for Hata Hub's methodology and operational activities.
Here are 15 unique and innovative projects that were selected for the program. All of them combine the idea of preserving cultural heritage and using the most modern technologies - XR, AI, Blockchain, Metaverse, LLM, Gamedev and others.
Greeks of Ukraine
A digital platform designed to combat the consequences of the cultural genocide of the Greeks by Russia in the cultural sphere. On the platform in time space (from the beginning to the present) you will be able to learn about the history of the Greeks of Ukraine, supplemented by "living stories", get acquainted with prominent cultural and public figures, and get free access to modern Greek and dialect courses.
3D Khortytsia
Creation of an interactive 3D model of the Hortytsky megalithic cultural monument "Stonehenge" for its preservation and popularization.
History
Fixation and updating of digital archives of museums and foundations in edutainment format, namely, an interactive solution for interaction with collection elements.
Objects from these collections become game elements, with which viewers can draw their own emotions and impressions of the exhibition. The game format increases the motivation of the player to learn more about the objects - what did they draw, what knowledge do they keep in themselves.
Metaculture
An interdisciplinary team that organizes exhibitions and transports museums to Metaverses, and plans to rebuild destroyed cultural objects with the money earned
An interdisciplinary team that organizes exhibitions and moves museums to Metaverses, and plans to rebuild destroyed cultural objects with the money earned.
NEW TRADITION
The game for high school students is designed to promote endangered cultural heritage
The game for high school students is designed to promote endangered cultural heritage.
Dovzhenko Center with digitized collection "Mediateka"
The digital collection of the Film Archive of the Dovzhenko Center will combine physical and virtual spaces, contribute to the study of cinematography, become a place for communication and an intersection of artistic media.
Vasylyna Polyanska: "I want to make the archive a place where you want to return. I am very grateful that there were lectures on digitalization and project promotion during the Hatathon. Promotion is not really my thing, but I understand that there is no other choice. Getting to the finals and participating in the Acceleration Program give me the inspiration to change something and confirm that I am moving in the right direction."
"Crimean Tatar National Corpus" with the "Crimean Tatar Language Online Service" project
The project consists in creating a new digital Crimean Tatar-Ukrainian dictionary, which will include:
- "alive" butts use of words from links on sources;
- original base data and management system for scientific and educational use;
- universal access to dictionaries via API and improvement of artificial intelligence translation models.
Yavir Art
The project is in cooperation with the Osip Makovey manor museum.
The concept of a museum-service aimed at preserving and updating the ethnographic heritage of Yavoriv region, in particular Yavoriv embroidery, with the help of AI reconstructions, digitization of stencils, etc.
"Zaporozhka Sich" team with the inclusive project "Hear with the eyes, see with the heart"
The goal of the project is to adapt the museum expositions of the Historical and Cultural Complex "Zaporozka Sich" of the National Reserve "Khortytsia" to the needs of people with visual and hearing impairments.
Ukrainian Architectural Library
A reference site where all examples of unique Ukrainian architecture are collected and systematized, which will become a convenient tool in projects for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art of Ukraine
Creation of the content presentation module "E-library of the Archive-Museum", adding the module to the online resource "Comprehensive informatization system of the CDAMLM of Ukraine" and accelerating the pace of digitization and filling the module with content by purchasing a book scanner.
Space4CC
A crowdsourcing platform for monitoring the destruction and preservation of cultural heritage in war zones using space data, Earth observation satellite data and citizen engagement.
Katya Boychenko, leader of the Ukrainian Space4CC team: "This is our second Hatathon. And we were very drawn to the topic of cultural heritage. We entered the Hatathon with one idea and left with another - this is evidence that we have improved thanks to mentors, lectures and teamwork. We are very happy to get into the Acceleration Program. We look forward to networking and, of course, results in the project."
Anima.Skil
The creation of an entertainment and educational space based on the paintings of Russian-born Ukrainian artists, which will allow to change Russian narratives for a wide audience both in Ukraine and abroad.
Museum boots
A site with math problems in a historical, cultural and literary context that can be used by museums for their educational programs, teachers for lessons.
City Marketing and Tourism Department of Vinnytsia City Council
Cultural and educational route from Vinnytsia to Kamianets-Podilskyi according to the model of the Ways of St. Jacob
Development and presentation on the website of the Camino Podolico VR tour. Camino Podolico is a cultural and educational route from Vinnytsia to Kamianets-Podilskyi (250 km) modeled on the Ways of St. Jacob.
The HATA Hub platform is implemented by the NGO Civic.Space within the framework of the "Join!" Public Activity Promotion Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. The content of this event is the sole responsibility of Pact and its partners and does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the US government.
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