LoGaCulture was recently invited to contribute to the Master’s Programme in History and Heritage at the Department of History, Arts and Humanities of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL). The seminar, delivered by LoGaCulture researcher Dr Pedro Ferreira within the course Digital Humanities, introduced students to the core goals, methodologies and ongoing developments in the LoGaCulture project.
The UAL Master’s in History and Heritage positions itself as a pragmatic and forward-looking response to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Its curriculum brings together contemporary issues, traditional themes, conventional methods and innovative approaches, perfectly aligning with LoGaCulture’s emphasis on developing forward-looking, sustainable, and research-driven locative game experiences that reveal cultural heritage in new ways while bridging digital innovation with real-world sites.
In this context, LoGaCulture’s contribution highlighted how Digital Humanities can be mobilised to rethink cultural heritage practices through participatory methodologies, speculative design, and more-than-human perspectives. The seminar discussed ongoing developments in LoGaCulture’s various deployments and invited students to critically examine the role of digital technologies in expanding public engagement, fostering situated knowledge, and imagining future museum ecologies.
By revealing hidden layers of place, fostering situated interpretation, and encouraging embodied, playful engagement, LoGaCulture advances a form of digital scholarship that is both experiential and participatory. At the same time, LoGaCulture’s research addresses key challenges in the field: the fragmentation of design knowledge across disciplines, the experimental and often short-lived nature of locative heritage deployments, and the need for sustainable, long-term integration within cultural institutions. Through collaborative research, methodological development, and partnerships with European heritage sites, LoGaCulture contributes to a Digital Humanities that is outward-facing, practice-led, and deeply attuned to the cultural, social, and technological complexities of contemporary heritage work.
We are grateful to the faculty and students of UAL for the warm welcome and stimulating discussion!