Sensing Heritage Exploring Creative Approaches for Capturing, Experiencing and Safeguarding the Sensorial Aspects of Cultural Heritage Sophia Ppali Marina Pasia Sara Wolf CYENS Centre of Excellence CYENS Centre of Excellence Julius-Maximilians-Universität University of Kent Cyprus University of Technology sara.wolf@uni-wuerzburg.de s.ppali@cyens.org.cy pasiamarina@gmail.com Jihae Han Reese Muntean MinYoung Yoo KU Leuven Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University jihae.han@kuleuven.be reese_muntean@sfu.ca minyoung_yoo@sfu.ca Kasper Rodil Arne Berger Andreas Papallas Aalborg University Anhalt University of Applied Sciences CYENS Centre of Excellence kr@create.aau.dk Arne.Berger@hs-anhalt.de University of Oxford a.papallas@cyens.org.cy Luigina Ciolf John Stevens Alexandra Covaci University College Cork Royal College of Art University of Kent LCiolf@ucc.ie john.stevens@rca.ac.uk a.covaci@kent.ac.uk Figure 1: Sensing heritage: a workshop at DIS 2024 ABSTRACT Whilst there is increasing work investigating the role of digital doc- umentation, interpretation, and augmentation of cultural heritage, such interventions have largely focused on visual and sometimes auditory modalities, neglecting the full spectrum of human senses. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License. DIS Companion ’24, July 01–05, 2024, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark © 2024 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). ACM ISBN 979-8-4007-0632-5/24/07 https://doi.org/10.1145/3656156.3658400 With this workshop we seek to bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers, designers, practitioners and community mem- bers to explore creative approaches for documenting and experi- encing cultural heritage’s rich sensory dimensions extending be- yond visual-based approaches to encompass sound, smell, taste, and touch. The workshop directly aligns with the conference’s exploration of "Why Design?" by utilising design as a powerful, em- pathetic, and participatory tool for safeguarding cultural heritage. Our goal is to extend our understanding of concepts, methods and technologies for capturing and experiencing sensory heritage, ad- vocating for a holistic approach that celebrates and communicates 445