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REBIRTH OF THE SILK INDUSTRY: KICK-OFF OF THE HORIZON PROJECT \u201cARACNE\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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In March, the University of Maribor started the implementation of the European Horizon project in the field of revival of European cultural heritage under the coordination of CREA Agriculture and Environment (Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria), Italy.<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s the acronym ARACNE stands for \"Advocating the Role of silk Art and Cultural heritage at National and European scale\", whose name is inspired by the weaver transformed into a spider by the goddess Athena in Greek mythology, aims to exploit silk as the common element of the pan-European culture and history.<\/p>\n

Under the auspices of the University of Maribor, 3 faculties are interdisciplinarily involved in the project (Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Informatics and Computer Science), which involves the research of old mulberry trees (natural heritage) and the establishment of new plantations, the exploration of silk products in museums and their reinterpretation in contemporary design, the study of the use of silk as a source for new materials and advanced applications, and the promotion of the intangible and technical heritage of sericulture.<\/p>\n

ARACNE is one of the three projects funded by the European Commission that emerged victorious over a fierce competition with 55 projects in the framework of the call \"Research and innovation on cultural heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries\" (HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-02); it has the ambition to contribute to the creation of a broad and connected innovation ecosystem related to silk in Europe, including the industrial sector, and intended as a tool for expressing cultural and landscape heritage, thus, connecting culture, tradition, and new industrial production within an ideal network of exchanges and visions. ARACNE has a duration of 36 months and involves 11 partners and 3 associated partners from 7 European and non-European countries.<\/p>\n

With an overall budget of approximately 3 million euros, the project aims to achieve the following specific objectives:<\/p>\n