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CHEurope · Critical Heritage Studies and the Future of Europe_Towards an integrated, interdisciplinary and transnational training model in cultural heritage research and management

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2016-11-01 → 2021-08-31
EU contribution
€3,867,561
Participants
29
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Critical Heritage Studies and the Future of Europe_Towards an integrated, interdisciplinary and transnational training model in cultural heritage research and management

CHEurope focused on developing a new integrated theoretical and methodological framework to enhance the academic and professional training and open future job opportunities in cultural heritage preservation, management and promotion. With an overall duration of 5 years (November 2016 to August 2021), the project supported the research and training of 15 Early Stage Researchers from Europe and other parts of the world. Bringing together a network of key European academic and non-academic organisations from 7 European countries, the project explored the processes by which heritage is ‘assembled’ through practice-based research in partner institutions that connect students to their future job markets and publics. Our aim was to inform more conventional aspects of cultural heritage designation, care and management with a strong focus on present and future consumers. We have proposed an advanced learning strategy based on the emerging field of Critical Heritage Studies, which combined theoretical and instrumental knowledge at a transnational and interdisciplinary level, in a series of research seminars, summer schools and secondments. The program is based on themes where cultural heritage is undergoing profound change, such as Heritage Futures, Curating the City, Digital Heritage, Heritage and Wellbeing and Management and Citizen Participation.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

CHEurope focuses on developing a new integrated theoretical and methodological framework to enhance the academic and professional training and open future job opportunities in cultural heritage preservation, management and promotion. Heritage has commonly been perceived through its contingent relationship to other areas, preventing it to be considered as a ‘legitimate’ scientific discipline. Moreover, research and practice in this field are still too often seen as separate dimensions. Thus, there is an increasing need to address these diverging trends in the expanding heritage industry with a critical approach that situates cultural heritage in its social, economic and political frameworks, as well as in professional practice. Bringing together a network of key European academic and non-academic organisations, the project will explore the processes by which heritage is ‘assembled’ through practice-based research in partner institutions that connect students to their future job markets and publics. Our aim is to inform more conventional aspects of cultural heritage designation, care and management with a strong focus on present and future consumers. We propose an advanced learning strategy based on the emerging field of Critical Heritage Studies, which combines theoretical and instrumental knowledge at a transnational and interdisciplinary level, in a series of research seminars, summer schools and secondments. The program is based on themes where cultural heritage is undergoing profound change, such as Heritage Futures, Curating the City, Digital Heritage, Heritage and Wellbeing and Management and Citizen Participation. In so doing, this research will have a direct impact on future heritage policies and be linked explicitly to new modes of training. These will enable future practitioners to facilitate a more democratic and informed dialogue between and across various heritage industries and their users, promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in this field.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET · GoeteborgCoordinatorSweden
  • AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridSpain
  • Black Cultural Archives · LondonUnknown Region
  • Bohuslän Museum · UddevallaUnknown Region
  • British Library Labs · LondonUnknown Region
  • CULTURE LAB · BoneffeBelgium
  • Göteborgs Stadsmuseum/City Museum · GöteborgUnknown Region
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES ARCHEOLOGIQUES PREVENTIVES · ParisFrance
  • ISTITUTO PER I BENI ARTISTICI CULTURALI E NATURALI DELLA REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA · BolognaItaly
  • Imaxin|Software S.L. · LA CORUÑAUnknown Region
  • Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa · LisboaPortugal
  • KHM-MUSEUMSVERBAND · WienAustria
  • National Museum and Research Center of Altamira · Santillana del MarUnknown Region
  • SOPRINTENDENZA SPECIALE PER IL COLOSSEO IL MUSEO NAZIONALE ROMANO E L'AREA ARCHEOLOGICA DI ROMA · RomaItaly
  • STATENS MUSEER FOR VARLDSKULTUR · GoteborgSweden
  • STICHTING JOODS HISTORISCH MUSEUM · AmsterdamNetherlands
  • STICHTING NATIONAAL MUSEUM VAN WERELDCULTUREN · LEIDENNetherlands
  • STICHTING NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOORBEELD EN GELUID · HilversumNetherlands
  • Social Spaces, Inter-Actions, LUCA School of Arts · BruxellesUnknown Region
  • Stichting Amsterdam Museum · AmsterdamNetherlands
  • Stichting Imagine Identity and Culture · AMSTERDAMUnknown Region
  • Swedish National Heritage Board · FrösönUnknown Region
  • UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE · MILANOItaly
  • UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT · HasseltBelgium
  • UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT · UtrechtNetherlands
  • UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM · AmsterdamNetherlands
  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · LONDONUnknown Region
  • Z33 – Huis voor Actuele Kunst · HasseltUnknown Region

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union