VoiceInteraction | PICCH Project

PICCH Project

This International Research Project aims to use language technologies to aid Archives and Researchers to better approach colonial audio-visual heritage and understanding of language shifts for an improved keyword search.

Description:
This project aims to identify key instances of colonial audio-visual heritage across the three archives involved, draw a common map of shared racialized representations connected with their respective imperial contexts, identify problematic visualization and language and open up a dialogue between the archives and a variety of users, including archivists, researchers, filmmakers, and grassroots organizations.

Grants:
Project title: PICCH - Polyvocal Interpretations of Contested Colonial Heritage

Project code: Grant agreement ID 699523

Intervention region: Europe

Beneficiary entity: VOICEINTERACTION - SPEECH PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES S.A.

Start Date: 01-03-2021

Completion Date: 31-10-2023

Total eligible cost: €1.267.185,00

Financial support from the European Union: € 107.187,50 to be funded by JPICH P&P (in Euros) // € 107.187,50 - to be funded from own /additional funds** (in Euros)

VoiceInteraction: 214,375.00 € - (Funding is requested for 50% of eligible costs, as prescribed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) regulation. The remaining 50% is given in kind.)

"This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement No. 699523. The publication contents in this document are the sole responsibility of the publishers and do not necessarily represent the views expressed by the European Commission or its Services."