[SIGCIS-Members] Digital culture accepted first time as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

[Andreas Lange]

Dear all,

for all of you, who are interested in the cultural recognition of 
programming culture, this recent decision of the Finnish UNESCO surely 
represents a milestone:

As announced at April 9th, 2020 the Finnish Ministry of Education and 
Culture listed the Demoscene on proposals from the National Board of 
Antiquities and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Expert Group as 
national cultural heritage of humanity.

And that is only the start. Since the Demoscene is an international 
culture, similar applications has been initiated or already submitted in 
other countries.

Further reading: 
https://efgamp.eu/2020/04/15/digital-culture-accepted-first-time-as-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity

In spite the umbrella campaign 'Art of Coding' was launched before 
COVID19 it is shedding additional attention on this groundbreaking 
decision in Finland.


Andreas


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Andreas Lange
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EFGAMP e.V. (European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and 
Preservation Projects)
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