SOI Asia Project

On 9 April 2026, Brawijaya University, Indonesia (UB) and Keio University, Japan (Keio) convened at UB for a joint academic exchange on digital cultural heritage preservation under the SOI Asia DHASH (Digital Humanities Asia/And Science Hub) Project, an Open Science initiative across the APAC region.

Project members critically assessed a digital documentation platform, shared field-based insights, and identified key challenges, all guided by a shared vision of safeguarding cultural knowledge for future generations.

A key focus was placed on the Candi temple structures in the Malang region, as institutions across APAC take concrete steps toward preserving and sharing cultural heritage through sustainable documentation, digital reconstruction, and active data utilization.

UB - Setiabudi Agung, Setiawan, Amron, Setya Perdana, Priyambadha, and Abazh Basuki
Keio - Goki Miyakita, Eliko Akashi

For full details, please visit:
SOI Asia : https://www.soi.asia/soi-asia-dhash-project-keio-andf-ub-team-meeting-to-strengthen-open-science-for-cultural-heritage-preservation/

DHASH: https://dhash.space/

In mid-January, a SOI Asia : 大川 恵子, Marcos Sadao Maekawa, Eliko Akashi, 鈴木 莉保, held a kick-off meeting with colleagues from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to begin working together toward a shared vision for the Pacific — one that connects people, education, research, and technology in support of long-term regional resilience.

These conversations in Honolulu build on the commitment agreed by the SOI Asia community at the 60th SOI Asia Meeting in Bangkok, and were informed by ongoing regional connectivity initiatives, including collaboration with ARENA-PAC.

Both teams shared some reflections from the meetings, along with priority areas and what will be explored next, in a new blog post on the SOI Asia website:
https://www.soi.asia/2026/01/27/soi-asia-and-uh-commit-to-designing-a-connected-and-resilient-pacific/

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