TRANSNATIONAL SEMINAR ON TANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGEEvent 2

Linkoping (Sweden), September 30th - October 3rd 2019

ArcheoVEA Impresa Culturale and the «Qui prima e poi» project:• development of the project at a conceptual level together with the Municipality of Parma and

Dr Mario Turci, professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Perugia and Director of the Ettore Guatelli Museum (Parma)

• engagement of the public

→ encourage ALL citizens to be involved in the project ←

Faro ConventionIt is stated that “everyone, alone or collectively, has the right

to benefit from the cultural heritage and to contribute towards its enrichment” (art. 4)

The Parties undertake to “encourage everyone to participate in the process of identification, study,

interpretation, protection, conservation and presentation of the cultural heritage”, as well as in a “public reflection and

debate on the opportunities and challenges which the cultural heritage represents” (art. 12)

STAKEHOLDERS

Local administrations (municipalities), cultural institutions (museums, libraries, etc.)

and research bodies (e.g. Ettore GuatelliFoundation)

Local organizations (notexclusively focussing on c.h.)

and active citizenship

Citizens

approximately 450,000 people living in the Province of Parma

Network

Dialoguewith

stakeholders

Facilitators

• 4 official presentations in Parma’s City Hall• 37 local meetings in 31 municipalities• 76% of the Province involved

• to present the project as a whole, its goals and itsoperating procedures

• to explain the project’s innovative towards culturalheritage

• to answer questions and receive feedback fromcitizens

AIMS

What doestangible

and intangible

mean?

Can weenter

historicaldocuments

in the inventory?

Most recurringquestions during local

meetings

How doesthis allwork in

practice?

public meetings

activeinvolvement

dialoguewith participants

participantsmade suggestionsand raised issues

SHARED PROJECT

• widespread covering of the Province’s territory and localpopulation

• extremely positive feedback• active participation of citizens in the development of the

project• early identification of possibly critical aspects

OUTCOMES

main

CRITICAL ASPECTSemerged from the meetings

• how to achieve a thorough engagement of most citizens(especially those who are not usually interested in cultural activities)

• how to involve those citizens (esp. elderlies) who are notfamiliar with PCs/internet

• how to make entries on the online platform as simple aspossible, especially as far as identifying the correctcategory is concerned

SOLUTIONS

• how to achieve a thorough engagement of most citizens (especiallythose who are not usually interested in cultural activities) >identification, in accordance with the stakeholders, of local «hubs» to promote participation (e.g. libraries, city halls, special events)

• how to involve those citizens (esp. elderlies) who are not familiar with PCs/internet > paper forms that citizens can find in the local «hubs»

• how to make entries on the online platform as simple as possible, especially as far as identifying the correct category is concerned >simplification of categories (e.g. no tangible/intangible), leaving citizens to describe items more freely + constantsupport in the local «hubs»

• new local meetings to promote citizens’ involvement and to offer them feedback on the data collected so far

• active involvement of local Museums • involvement of schools• specific training for teachers and poeople

working in the field of cultural heritage

PHASE 2 of the disseminationprocess

New local meetings

Keeping in touch with the network and fosteringconnections between itsmembers

Continuingdialogue with citizens to spot problems

Updates on the developments of the project and sharedplanning of furtherlocal initiativesand/or events

Active involvementof local Museums

Museums as the project’s local«lighthouses»

Strengtheninglocal «hubs» in order to provideand collectusefulinformation

HelpingMuseums plan specific events to promote the project

Schools not onlyas «targets» but as«multipliers/amplifiers» of the project

Promoting inter-generationaldialogue by stimulatingstudents

Labs and othereducational activities to put the project’s principlesinto practice

Sustainabilityof the project

Involvement of schools

Cycles of meetings and activities to «imprint» the project

Creating and training new facilitators

Widestpossibledisseminationof the project

Training for teachers and people working in the field of cultural heritage

Sustainabilityof the project

Accessible archive of cultural heritage

Strengthening community ties

Useful tool for local administrations

Material for furthersociological/anthropoligical

research