2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (700+ words) The AI is fed with the same information that curators and art historians use when working with these artworks," explains Xue Bai, who developed the idea for such an AI-supported museum guide as part of the course. It's as if…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (92+ words) The most frequently visited news websites were those of commuter tabloid 20 Minuten, followed by srf. ch. Only around 2 percent of young adults spent 30 minutes or more per day consuming news produced by professional journalists." See also the interview with UZH…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (713+ words) Karin St'ber stands at the window of her fifth-floor office in Schlieren, gazing down at the sleek machines parked on display, outdoors and in the showroom, like exhibits in a museum. Shimmering in silver, blue and anthracite, and boasting up…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (343+ words) The stones tell stories about people and bring the ancient city to life. "In historiography, major events are described. In epigraphy, however, you're right there with the people from that time," says Walser, enthusiastically, "inscriptions allow you to dive right…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (205+ words) The investigation shows that Pompeii was not just a Roman city near Mount Vesuvius " but part of a global trade network whose traces can even be found in the aromas of their household altars. Literature Johannes Eber, Shira Gur-Arieh, Robert…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (102+ words) Today, Zurich is more diverse than it was when the ethnographic collection was founded. According to Hertzog, this fundamentally changes the role of the museum as well. The museum is "a place where issues of decolonization must be discussed," precisely…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (276+ words) In March 2024, Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) filed a formal restitution claim on behalf of the Nigerian government for 14 Benin artifacts held by the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich (UZH). The University of Zurich has…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (629+ words) It's hardly surprising, then, that food has played a significant role on screen since the dawn of film. As Volker Pantenburg points out, food often represents a social space that is about more than the act of eating, and it…...