Culture.si

Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place, in full shape from Autumn 2010. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage.

Content

Culture.si offers an up to date Address book that can be searched by the region, discipline or type; as well as image and logo banks for download and use according to their specific licences.

The main content on Culture.si portal represents some 2,400 original and restructured articles on Slovene culture. They are tagged with over 400 different categories so that many useful lists can be obtained, for example: Brass band music, Comic art exhibition organisers, Cultural management web resources, Dance residencies, Embassies and consulates in Slovenia, Film periodicals, Literature venues, Museum libraries, Music festival organisers, New media art festivals, Recording studios, Theatre research, Visual arts awards, etc.

Culture.si publishes a calendar of previously unavailable announcements of cultural events from Slovenia happening around the world and offers information on the main international events in Slovenia with links to relevant articles and selected external links on programmes. The events are displayed selectively on thematic portal pages.

Photos

The photos on Culture.si have been obtained from Slovene producers and institutions, from Slovene photographers via Slovenia Press Photo Festival, while some were found on the Internet (free licences).

Background

Culture.si portal is based on the experience with the Cultural Profiles databases project managed by Visiting Arts. From 2002 till 2008 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia in partnership with the British Council Slovenia actively supported the establishment and maintenance of the Slovenia Cultural Profile, a comprehensive English-language guide to culture in Slovenia, aimed at both cultural professionals and the general public.

Mission

Culture.si hopes to broaden and promote international cultural cooperation, as well as knowledge and recognition of Slovene culture.

User groups

There are several different groups which can benefit from the information offered by Culture.si. Although primarily designed to meet the needs of culture professionals, Culture.si also caters to researchers, students, artists, tourists and anyone looking for information on Slovene cultural institutions, organisations, producers, venues, festivals, heritage, funding, education, support services, etc. Culture professionals may benefit from thorough and regularly updated address books, timeline charts prepared for research purposes, and image and logo banks for easy incorporation into publications. Students of culture may benefit from lists of educational possibilities in Slovenia. Any material found on this portal may be used based on the specified terms.

Semantic MediaWiki cultural portal

In 2009 the Ministry of Culture initiated its own cultural portal for international co-operation with Slovenia called Culture.si. A flexible public database for the needs of cultural sphere built with semantic web principles, using open source and open formats, has been developed by Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab team.

Enhance Wikipedia!

Wikipedia in English has over 3 million articles but not many of them are related to culture in/from Slovenia. Please, contribute! You can copy and adapt facts or texts from Culture.si by simply acknowledging the source (Culture.si, Ministry of Culture).

External links

Culture.si portal
Slovenia Cultural Profile (2002–2007)

On semantic MediaWiki:

Impressum

Editors: Helena Pivec, Alenka Pirman
Programming & realisation: Luka Frelih, Žiga Kranjec, Zoran Obradović

Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab at KUD France Prešeren Arts and Culture Association

Design: Atelje.Balant
Language editor: Jana Renee Wilcoxen
Photo editor: Žiga Kranjec
Photo agency: SPP Institute for Promotion of Photography
Writers: Irena Duša Draž (copywriter), Katja Kosi (theatre & dance), Andreja Musar (literature), Alenka Pirman (Admin), Ivan Pirnat (museums), Helena Pivec (Editor), Janez Premk (archives & museums), Tea Pristolič (architecture & design), Maja Škerbot (visual arts & new media arts), Denis Valič (film), Ičo Vidmar (music), Jana Renee Wilcoxen, Miha Zadnikar (music)
Founded and managed by Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia.