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The CrAFt Cookbook – First Edition

14 February 2024

This Cookbook acts as CrAFt’s contribution towards climate-positive cities and communities – less greenhouse gas emissions, better quality, for more people – with local collaboration at the core. It serves as a valuable guide for professionals and enthusiasts passionate about European heritage. This is the first edition of the CrAFt Cookbook. A second, extended edition is planned for June 2024, and a third edition for April 2025. The document highlights the importance of adopting a holistic approach to heritage preservation, emphasising the need for sustainable strategies that balance conservation with

Communication and Collaboration in Museums and Heritage Sites

8 February 2024

This comprehensive handbook, designed as a resource for professionals, addresses the critical issues surrounding communication and collaboration within the cultural heritage sector. Outlining key definitions, challenges, and opportunities, the handbook recommends fostering sustainable partnerships, digitalization, and continuous professional development in this dynamic sector. The handbook offers an insightful and practical guide to address the key issues in the cultural heritage sector. Through the adoption of the guidelines provided, professionals and stakeholders have the opportunity to fortify the sector’s resilience, safeguard cultural heritage, and elevate the visitors’ experience, securing thus a

7 February 2024

This paper is written by the NEMO Working Group on Digital Transformation. It focuses inititally on the integrated online-offline audience measurement approach. It also lists eight sparkling cases of museums from different EU countries that are implementing and using an integrated measurement approach in order to evaluate projects undertaken and better understand their audiences. This includes understanding what drives individuals to engage online and how an online presence can (or does not) interfere with in-person visits. To inspire further innovation in the museum sector, the paper contains information about new

Holistic Heritage Podcasts: Inside the Innovation Manor

6 February 2024

‘Holistic Heritage’ brings conversations, opinions and thoughts on heritage from Central and Eastern Europe. Join Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, Head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow, and John Beauchamp from Free Range Productions as they interview heritage leaders and discover the most inspiring projects from across the region. What can civil society do for heritage? Basically there is no limit. In this episode we speak to Natalia Gnoińska, president of Fundacja 8Marca, who has initiated a concept of the Innovation Manor in Rokietnica, south-east Poland. The Innovation Manor addresses

Statement: No Future Without Culture

2 February 2024

This Culture2030Goal campaign reaffirms the role of culture as an enabler of sustainable development. Delving into the essence of European cultural legacy, the document sheds light on key aspects that define and preserve the continent’s historical and artistic wealth. It navigates through the intricate web of traditions, architecture, art, and customs that form the foundation of Europe’s diverse heritage landscape. The narrative unfolds with a deep dive into the significance of heritage conservation and the challenges faced in safeguarding Europe’s cultural identity. It highlights the importance of sustainable practices and

Handbook of Best Practice ‘Heritage Interpretation: a look from Europe’

1 February 2024

This publication introduces interpretation and its evolution, insights into EU training approaches, and criteria for assessing best practice in heritage interpretation, alongside case studies. The Handbook of Good Practice in Heritage Interpretation in the European context offers an innovative approach to interpreter training and career development. It also delves into the future of the sector, which is experiencing growth thanks to increased global awareness of the importance of engagement with heritage. Developed under the scope of the TEHIC project, “Towards a European Heritage Interpretation Curriculum”, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme

Colonial statues in post-colonial Africa: a multidimensional heritage

1 February 2024

The paper adopts the concept of multidimensional heritage as a lens through which to investigate colonial statues in Africa, tracing their significance and evolution since the era of independence. Through transnational, diachronic, and multi-thematical perspectives, the study sheds light on the complex dynamics surrounding these statues within the African context, particularly in relation to their connections with former colonial powers in Europe. By conceptualising colonial statues as transnational phenomena, the paper underscores their broader implications and enduring legacies across borders, highlighting the intricate interplay between Africa and its colonial past.

Social Landscape Characterisation: a people-centred, place-based approach to inclusive and transparent heritage and landscape management

1 February 2024

The paper introduces a novel approach aimed at effectively integrating insider or individual knowledge into the framework of local planning and decision-making processes, all the while acknowledging and accommodating the nuanced and dynamic nature of such personal perspectives. Central to this approach is the people and place-centred method of Social Landscape Characterisation. This innovative methodology operates on the premise of collecting, analysing, and visualising the often invisible or hidden values held by communities, with a focus on shared meanings or categories (category value) and shared locations (place value) across broader

Interreg Balkan-Mediterrrannean IRC- Hermes. Πρακτικά Επιστημονικών συναντήσεων και Συμπεράσματα

1 February 2024

This publication presents the presentations presented at the two scientific meetings held for the presentation of the IRC – HERMES programme and the relevant conclusions that emerged. IRC – HERMES is a colaboration of 4 cities in three Balkan countries aiming to digitaly record and evaluate buildings that constitute those cities’ Architectural Heritage, in order to explore a common strategy for the preservation and promotion of their cultural heritage. The cities that participated in the programme were Corfu, Argyrokastro and Ohrid and Vathi in Samos. IRC-HERMeS has developed a single

IMPULSE – IMmersive digitisation: uPcycling cULtural heritage towards new reviving StratEgies

1 February 2024

Digital technologies are also playing a key role in the sustainability transformation; therefore, IMPULSE applies a comprehensive approach to tackling some of the major pressing gaps in the European cultural heritage digitization processes. In doing so, IMPULSE will develop ground-breaking, comprehensive solutions and methods for digitization processes and accessibility of digital cultural heritage collections, that will enable their innovative (re)use, solve challenges related to the interoperability of platforms and facilitate the availability of existing digitized cultural heritage content in novel contexts like the Metaverse while creating innovative standardization procedures and

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