Prof. Kristin Kuutma and junior research fellow Siarhiej Makarevich presenting the results of work on work package 2, led by the University of Tartu.
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Saša Poljak Istenič
UNESCO Chair: Fieldwork is well underway in the CULTURALITY project
Cultural heritage and sustainable rural tourism are at the core of the CULTURALITY project funded by Horizon Europe in 2024-2028. Fieldwork is now carried out following the guidelines developed at the University of Tartu.
In the long run the fieldwork will result in a Virtual European Rural Artisans Platform (VERA). Thus, the aim for the moment is to map and inventory intangible cultural heritage, with particular attention to craftsmanship in remote rural areas across the project regions around Europe.
In addition to fieldwork and desk research, an analysis of the relations between tradition and modernity in documented cultural practices will start shortly.
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In CULTURALITY the University of Tartu leads one of the eight work packages, namely work package 2 “Fieldwork and Data Collection for Roadmap Development”. The Estonian team is composed of the UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Viljandi Culture Academy.
See project webpage for details.
Recent consortium meeting in Ljubljana
All these activities were discussed during the consortium meeting held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on March 25-27.
The meeting was organised by the Slovenian project team based at the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
The University of Tartu was represented by Professor Kristin Kuutma and Junior Research Fellow Siarhiej Makarevich.
Besides discussing project activities, the meeting provided a solid overview of the rich crafts scene in Slovenia. Participants visited Center Rog in Ljubljana, Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Škofja Loka Arts & Crafts Centre, contemporary textile hub “Kreativnice”, and Jože Krmelj’s smithy.
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