The MAP laboratory is a Proprietary Research Unit (UPR) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Humanities and Social Sciences, created in 2024 and a descendant of a Joint Research Unit of the same name, UMR CNRS/MC 3495 MAP. Its activities intersect two emerging interdisciplinary fields, heritage sciences and data sciences, and focus on the design and development of ‘highly digital’ methods for exploring and analysing heritage assets. One of the distinctive traits of the laboratory’s approach is a recurrent to-and-fro between theoretical, methodological and technological research and the implementation of concrete solutions in the form of research prototypes open to academic and societal partnerships.
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Laura Willot’s thesis defense
On 26 March 2026, Laura Willot will defend her thesis entitled: Structuring, enriching, and exploring photographic collections for the spatio-temporal monitoring of heritage restoration sites 📅Thursday 26 March 2026 – 2.00 pm📍 Salle G. Morin – building N’ – Campus CNRS Joseph Aiguier – 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier – 13009 Marseille How can I attend?&he…
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A collaborative workshop in the frame of the European ECHOES project on 9 and 10 December in Marseille
On 9 and 10 December, a collaborative research workshop was held in Marseille as part of the European ECHOES EU project coordinated by Xavier Rodier (CNRS) and co-hosted by the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine and the CNR ISPC – Institute of Heritage Science. This workshop brought together professionals and researchers from the MAP laboratory,&…
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Kick-off meeting for PlaceMUS XR project
On 18 and 19 November, the PlaceMUS XR kick-off meeting took place at the Violin Museum in Cremona, Italy.This was the sixth launch among the ten new partner projects in the second wave of ECCCH calls under the Horizon Europe programme. The next four launches will take place in January. The ECHOES EU family will… Read More »Home E…
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VR tour of the prisons of the Citadel of Marseille for the European Heritage Days 2025
For the second consecutive year, the MAP laboratory will be participating to the European Heritage Days 2025 at the Citadel of Marseille. This event will take place on Saturday 20 September from 12 pm to 7 pm. A virtual tour of the cells used to hold military prisoners will immerse participants in these spaces, which… Read More »H…
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Participation in the CIPA 2025 international conference
The 30th edition of the CIPA International Symposium will take place from 25 to 29 August 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. CIPA is one of the oldest International Scientific Committees of ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites), jointly founded in 1968 with ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensi…
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