Tag: #societalvalueofculture

An artistic approach to solve the environmental challenges of cities

Always more frequently, many cities within and beyond Europe, are approaching the issue of pollution in a creative way. Street art becomes not only a decorative element, but also a tool to raise awareness on issues related to environmental sustainability … Continue reading


New results of UNCHARTED are available on the website

The latest outputs produced by the scientific work packages of UNCHARTED, WP2 Identifying the Emergence of Values of Culture” and WP3 “Measuring and Imagining, are available on the site for free download. The Work Package 2, led by the University … Continue reading


How can cultural heritage, tourism activities and local communities be integrated in a sustainable way to improve deprived areas in Europe?

The EU-funded project TexTOUR, Social Innovation and TEchnologies for sustainable growth through participative cultural TOURism, aims to co-design sustainable cultural tourism strategies and policies with the goal of producing social and economic benefits in deprived areas in Europe and beyond … Continue reading


Craft in the context of cultural heritage

Craft Hub – the craft library, is a 3 years European project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme. The project focuses on craft in the context of cultural heritage and its continuing relevance in contemporary practice. The project activities involve … Continue reading


Annual Policy Conversation: A Cultural Deal for Europe!

Organized by Culture Action Europe, European Cultural Foundation, Europa Nostra also in its capacity as coordinator of the European Heritage Alliance, and in partnership with the Rebuilding Europe with Culture Campaign, the Policy Conversation ‘A Cultural Deal for Europe! ‘ … Continue reading


New report on ‘Culture in the localization of the SDGs: an analysis of the Voluntary Local Reviews’

The campaign #culture2030goal, formed by global cultural networks united to advocate for the role of culture in sustainable developmen, in April 2020 started the elaboration of a strategic framework within the context of the UN Decade of Action. Its main … Continue reading


New EU partnership to promote culture and health

A new European partnership has just started to carry out a study on the importance of cultural activities and arts in ensuring mental health and well-being both on an individual and collective level. This project, called “CultureForHealth”, consists of major … Continue reading


UNCHARTED joins the Heritage Research Hub!

The Heritage Research Hub is a free and collaborative platform on and for the cultural heritage research community, created and managed by the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH) which is a EU Member-State-driven initiative … Continue reading


Culture in the EU’s National Recovery and Resilience Plans

A new document was recently published by Culture Action Europe as part of the #CulturalDealEU campaign, which demands the full inclusion of culture in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the European Green Deal, calling on the EU Member States … Continue reading


SoPHIA Final Conference: Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment

News from the UNCHARTED community! The SoPHIA project (Social Platform for Holistic Impact Heritage Assessment ) is drawing to an end and has announced that its Final Conference, to discuss the results achieved, will be held on 16-17 December 2021 … Continue reading