Tag: MEMOLab

fieldwork continues in the Altiplano de Granada with the collaboration of the town councils and the irrigation communities of the municipalities

INCULTUM Pilot: Trail mapping work for digitisation of irrigation ditch networks

text and images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez (University of Granada). Another participative activity was organised in the framework of INCULTUM Pilot by the Biocultural Archaeology Laboratory (MEMOLab), coordinated by Professor Dr. José María Martín Civantos, from the Department of … Continue reading →

the presentation illustrated various participatory activities carried out in the Altiplano de Granada

Presenting INCULTUM in scientific conference on sustainable education

images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez. On 27 April, the project coordinator’s team at University of Granada presented the paper: “From the School to the balate: Education as a tool for the recovery of cultural landscapes” at the Scientific Conference … Continue reading →

fieldwork continues to restore and valorize rural areas in the Altiplano de Granada

INCULTUM Pilot: Annual cleaning of the Acequia del Barranco de Poqueira

text and images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez (University of Granada). On the 2nd and 3rd of April INCULTUM Pilot 1 Atiplano de Granada organized and carried out the annual cleaning of the Acequia del Barranco de Poqueira. There was … Continue reading →

title of the presentation was 'INCULTUM Project: sustainable cultural tourism based on historical irrigation systems in the Altiplano of Granada'

Presenting INCULTUM in international congress Habitat Excavado

image courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez. The Geopark of Granada hosted the Congress «Excavated Habitat and Cultural Landscape: International Colloquium Culture of Deserts», which took place in March 2022, with the organization of the University of Granada and the associations … Continue reading →

fieldwork continues to recover abandoned spaces of rural and landscape heritage in the INCULTUM Pilot set in Spain

Irrigation channel cleaning in Jérez del Marquesado and Cáñar at Altiplano de Granada

text and images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez (University of Granada). Following the work for recovering the area that was initiated on Pilot site in January and February, on the 5th of March another fieldwork activity was done in the … Continue reading →

Students and other participants were involved in hands-on activities to plant typical trees and to recover part of the productive and landscape space

Recovering abandoned spaces in the rural area near Granada

text and images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez (University of Granada). Following the work for recovering the area that was initiated on Pilot site in January, the students of the Rural Public School “SENED” of Jérez del Marquesado were involved … Continue reading →

in the framework of the INCULTUM Pilot located in the Altiplano of Granada, students and other participants were involved in hands-on laboratories and recovering activities

Recovering abandoned spaces at the Dry Stone Balates School, Jérez del Marquesado (Granada)

text and images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez (University of Granada). On the 29th and 30th of January 2022, the “Escuela de Balates” (dry-stone balates school) took place in the municipality of Jérez del Marquesado, Granada. More than 70 people … Continue reading →

involving communities and other stakeholders for awareness-raising on the importance of active participation in natural and cultural heritage

Presenting INCULTUM in Environmental Volunteering Meeting

images courtesy of Elena Correa Jiménez. A conference entitled “Encuentro de Voluntariado Ambiental” was organized on 18-19 December in the Sierra de Huétor Natural Park, where the multiple possibilities and scenarios that this natural space offers for volunteering were highlighted … Continue reading →

involving communities in the restoration and reconstruction of cultivation terraces once delimited by drystone walls

Fieldwork for INCULTUM Pilot 1 on Altiplano de Granada

One of the Pilots of project INCULTUM is set in the stunning landscape of the Altiplano de Granada. It is a flat semi-arid area with poor soils and an extreme climate due to its altitude, continental influence and the presence … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Historical Irrigation Systems Management

The 28th of June, was held in the Castillejar (Granada) a full day workshop focus on the management of historical irrigation systems. The event was addressed to Municipalities, irrigator communities, Associations, water users and all these interested in technique of … Continue reading →