Accessible and digitized archeological and cultural heritage - study report from the AD HOC Erasmus+ project

Nowadays, the management and protection of cultural archaeological heritage is unthinkable without an active participation of the general public. The days when archaeology was a discipline and technique comprehensible to a narrow academic circle, sponsored exclusively by national or international funding bodies are over. Archaeology and archaeological cultural heritage should be reachable and accessible to different profiles including to persons with special needs: people with impaired vision or hearing and intellectual disabilities. These categories have been largely denied access to their archaeological heritage and they have been deprived of the possibility to fully experience their past. The aim of the AD HOC project (Erasmus+ KA203 project)1 is to create a strategic partnership in the field of higher education with the purpose to create and share innovative practices in the digitalization of the cultural heritage and its accessibility for persons with disabilities. The general goal of this project is to bring archaeological cultural heritage closer to the public, including different categories of the population, preferably through on-line courses. Through the project activities the awareness of the value and importance of archaeological heritage among the general public is raised and the field of archaeology and conservation science is popularized.