MEMEX. MEMories and EXperiences for inclusive digital storytelling

MEMEX is a EU-funded project that aims to promote social cohesion through collaborative, heritage-related storytelling tools, providing access to both tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage (CH) for communities at risk of exclusion. Through a multi-sector partnership, the project co-designs interfaces to meet the specific needs of these communities, fostering social inclusion. MEMEX enhances engagement with CH using innovative ICT tools, including Augmented Reality (AR) experiences that link memories—expressed through videos, images, and text—with physical locations and objects. The project connects these images to a Knowledge Graph (KG), which facilitates assisted storytelling via Natural Language Processing (NLP) and clustering, linking user data to tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage assets. These stories are then visualized on smartphones through AR, creating an interactive narrative that connects users to their heritage.