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Workshop on: Maintaining the Balance: Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Tourism in Rural and Remote areas A case study of the Cyprus heartland | 26-30 June 2023
The workshop on “Maintaining the Balance: Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Tourism in Rural and Remote Areas” will be held from 26th to 30th June 2023 in the heartland of Cyprus. The workshop is funded and organized by UNITWIN/UNESCO, with co-organization from the heartland of Cyprus.
The heartland of Cyprus, specifically the Troodos Mountain Range, holds significant geological, cultural, and historical importance. It is home to the Troodos World Geopark, which combines geological heritage with cultural and historical sites. The region boasts ancient ruins, traditional villages, religious sites, and Byzantine churches that are recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites.
The workshop aims to address the challenges of balancing heritage preservation and sustainable tourism in rural and remote areas, focusing on the case study of the Cyprus heartland. It aims to analyze the current state of heritage tourism development in the region, identify opportunities and challenges for sustainable tourism, and share best practices from around the world. The workshop also aims to raise awareness among stakeholders about the importance of sustainable heritage tourism and develop an action plan for promoting sustainable tourism in the heartland of Cyprus.
Expected outcomes of the workshop include film production, publication of working papers, a presentation day/symposium, and the development of an action plan with concrete steps and timelines. The workshop will bring together 30 experts, including local government officials, community groups, environmental organizations, tourism practitioners, and academics. Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism will be cohosting the workshop.
The workshop will commence in Limassol with presentations and meetings with key stakeholders, followed by a visit to the Troodos Mountains. Participants will explore painted churches, engage in workshops on Byzantine hagiography and dry stone walling, visit museums and wineries, and have opportunities for outdoor activities. The workshop will conclude with a presentation of the results and a round table discussion with the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism and other key stakeholders.
Prof Dr Amareswar Galla will be attending the workshop as part of the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network member.
Additional Documentation
Heritage Matters Webinar 26 | Woodfordia: Ecomuseology, Design & Cultural Landscapes
Title – Woodfordia: Ecomuseology, Design & Cultural Landscapes
Date – 5th June 2023, Monday
Time – 1130-1300 Indian Standard Time (11:30 AM – 01:00 PM)
Recording Link – Click Here
The transformation of the international cultural landscapes requires re-envisioning new paradigms that consolidate all elements of the natural/cultural; moveable/immovable; tangible and intangible. Beyond binaries and borders it is One Health and One Environment – building on the four pillars of cultural, economic, social and environmental sustainability and SDGs to address the climate crisis. Two things are of urgent necessity. Harmonisation of International Hard Law and Soft Law instruments – treaties, conventions, charters, declarations and recommendations. We also need demonstration projects at the local level through active citizenship such as Woodfordia (woodfordfolkfestival.com/) building on living cultures and living traditions in the total environment. In this Webinar, we interrogate the making of Woodfordia as an integrated and holistic landscape, a microcosm of Australia and beyond.
Guest – Mr. William Hauritz AM, Founding Director of Woodfordia and Woodford Folk Festival, and a designated Queensland Great in Australia (Bio – Bill Hauritz).
Host – Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla, UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development at Anant National University, Ahmedabad. He also holds the position of Emeritus Faculty at the Australian National University, Canberra, and serves as the Chairperson of the International Research Network on the Inclusive Museum (onmuseums.com).
Heritage Matters Webinar 25 | World Heritage 50 Years on: Transformations, Tourism and Interpretation
Title – World Heritage 50 Years on: Transformations, Tourism and Interpretation
Date – Wednesday, 22nd March 2023
Time – 7:30-9:00 PM Indian Standard Time
Recording Link – Click Here
The past five decades have seen considerable progress in the discourse of World Heritage. More recently, the pandemic and post pandemic realities have provided an opportunity to the relevant stakeholders to reflect and progress furthering the location of SDGs in World Heritage. What are the transformations and new learnings? To what extent are these contextually dealing with the climate crisis? How are they addressing the disruptions of the pandemic that impeded progress on poverty alleviation? In many ways, tourism is rebounding around World Heritage. Has this posed new challenges? What are the new opportunities? Who interprets and presents whose heritage have been questions over the past five decades. What is the progress in recent years? These and many other questions will be addressed in the Heritage Matters Webinar 25.
Woodford Folk Festival
STRANGER IS PRESENT
Can the cultural establishment minimise the anxiety of losing its “whiteness” and decolonise by rethinking the raison d’être of the stranger, bringing together diverse stakeholders and their tangible and intangible heritage into an inclusive fabric? This talk is a brief interrogation of that existential dilemma and understanding the stranger.
Seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
The seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat (Sofitel Rabat Jardin des Roses) from 28 November to 3 December 2022.
H.E. Mr Samir Addahre, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Kingdom of Morocco to UNESCO, chaired this annual gathering attended by representatives of 129 States Parties, 111 non-governmental organizations, cultural institutions and other stakeholders from across the globe.
30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme: Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures
Addressed the
30th anniversary of the UNITWIN / UNESCO Chairs Programme: Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures
inDivisible: Museums as Sites for Safeguarding Intangible & Tangible Heritage
Delivered a Public Lecture at University in Jeonju on ‘inDivisible: Museums as Sites for Safeguarding Intangible & Tangible Heritage’. The department of Intangible Heritage organised the lecture.
Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH) | South Korea
Jury member and Speaker at the Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (JIAPICH)
Heritage Matters Webinar 24 | Safeguarding Textile Heritage | 6 October 2022 | 7:30-9:00 PM IST
Title – Safeguarding Textile Heritage
Date – Thursday, 6th October 2022
Time – 7:30 – 9:00 PM Indian Standard Time
Recording Link – Click Here
Layers of significance inform the rich diversity of textiles. It is critical to tease out, understand, assess and contextualise the associated values to safeguard them. Textiles are as fluid as the looms on which there were/are woven. What are the significant pathways in conserving them? How do we collect and establish a representative list as we endeavour to facilitate intergenerational transmission of textile knowledge? How can we associate the folk life and design of textiles bridging the gulf between the tangible and intangible? In what ways can the continuity of textile heritage inform contemporary fashion? Is fashion a means for safeguarding the intangible heritage of textiles? These and many other questions will be addressed in the Heritage Matters Webinar 24.
Context: COVID 19 has opened up opportunities to: address inequities in the system to embed sustainable in SDGs/BLM; transform education and workplaces to rebuild the way we do things; rethink leadership as transformative, inclusive and collaborative; scope with immediacy new approaches to climate crisis; and address culture as an integral part of UN Agenda 2030.
Guest Panel: Ms Julia Brennan, Founding President, Caring for Textiles, Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation and Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), and a Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation (IIC). Dr Skye Morrison, Canadian educator, researcher and designer in traditional crafts including collaborative design and folk life. Ms Risha Roy, Faculty and Lead | Sustainable Fashion and Textile Design, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India
Host: Professor Dr Amareswar Galla, UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development, AnantU, Ahmedabad; Emeritus Faculty at the Australian National University, Canberra; and Chairperson, International Research Network on the Inclusive Museum. (https://onmuseums.com)
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