Author Archives: valentina.bachi

event takes place in Lisbon on 26-27 September 2022

The AQUA final conference is the concluding event of the Horto Aquam Salutarem research project, financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in Portugal (PTDC/HAR-HIS/28627/2017). Prof. Desidério Batista, as researcher in the project and member of the scientific … Continue reading →

Scope of the work is preserving elements of the material cultural heritage of the Vlachs community and also recording and promoting their lost traditions

Reconstruction of Vlach’s dwelling ‘kalive’ in Upper Vjosa valley (Albania)

text and images by Egla Serjani, CeRPHAAL During the second half of July 2022, CeRPHAAL team was engaged in the reconstruction of a Vlach’s historical dwelling, the ‘kalive‘. The Vlachs, which are known to themselves as Arāmān/Rāmān, are an ethnolinguistic … Continue reading →

Walking through the Vlachs historic transhumance route from Dhëmbel mountain pass (Përmet) to Mt Gramoz (Kolonja)

Hicking trail on the historical route of transhumance in Vjosa valley

text and images by Egla Serjani, CeRPHAAL During end of June to early July 2022, members of CeRPHAAL, along with volunteers from the town of Përmet in the Upper Vjosa valley, walked along and recorded one of the historical routes, … Continue reading →

prof. Batista from University of Algarve presented the INCULTUM pilot and the research of the project in fostering cultural and creative tourism

Landscape of norias pots of Campina in the ‘Uses and Memories of Water’ course

Professor Desidério Batista participated in the Course of the History of Algarve on Uses and Memories of Water running from 5 to 28 July, delivering presentations about INCULTUM and the Portuguese pilot, talking about the landscape of norias pots of … Continue reading →

the two projects are both focused on researching ways to enable innovation and sustainable tourism in local and regional areas in Europe

INCULTUM and Be.CULTOUR meet to discuss synergies

The network and communication teams of INCULTUM and Be.CULTOUR met on 29th July for a talk to know better each other. In facts the two projects are funded from the same EC call and have many things in common, among … Continue reading →

presenting INCULTUM's research to foster positive impacts of cultural tourism, and to demonstrate the potential of the marginal and peripheral places, cultural heritage and resources when managed by local communities and stakeholders.

Cultural tourism workshop organized at EUROMED 2022 – 9th Nov. h.16 EET

The event is organized in the framework of EUROMED (7-11 November 2022) by H2020 project INCULTUM, to discuss about the role of community engagement and citizen participation in enhancing and promoting sustainable tourism in peripheral areas that are not often … Continue reading →

A case study of eight Dutch art museums aims to understand whether a diverse scope of exhibitions has an effect on the visitor numbers

Do diverse exhibitions make the Dutch art museum more popular?

Research project of MA students in the Museums in Context course at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, MA Cultural Economics led by professor Trilce Navarrete. Authors: Ilse Romeijn, Willemijn de Wit and Lotte van den Bergh All images courtesy of the … Continue reading →

2 hours workshop to discuss about citizen science in (digital) cultural heritage and education, also including a special co-creation activity

CitizenHeritage goes to Cyprus at EUROMED 2022 – 8th Nov. h.16 EET

CitizenHeritage, funded within the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission, is a project about the involvement of citizens in cultural heritage as a booster for sustainable university research and higher education. On the occasion of the important EUROMED 2022 conference … Continue reading →

an introduction to the Sheffield-based partnership delivering inclusive heritage strategy and policy

Roots and Futures, a community heritage project

Text and images by The Roots and Futures project team, Sheffield Follow our work on project blog or via our Twitter hashtag #RootsandFutures Roots and Futures is a Sheffield-based community heritage project that brings University of Sheffield academics from Archaeology … Continue reading →

the discussion was focused on social economy and development of Mountain Communities

INCULTUM pilot set in Greece participates in Vovousa festival

text and photos courtesy of The High Mountains cooperative. Monday, July 18 The High Mountains Social Cooperative participated in the Vovousa Festival, a mountain festival dedicated to environmental protection, which has been organising events since 2015 that enhance sustainability and … Continue reading →