11/04/2022
Join our summer school!
In this online training program, Dr. Aris Anagnostopoulos, Dr. Lena Stefanou, and Dr. Vanghelis Kyriakidis will introduce a variety of methods and good practices that have been developed to successfully engage the bewildering variety of communities and publics that heritage institutions address worldwide
Apply by May 1st: https://heritagemanagement.org/training/summer-schools/engaging-communities-in-cultural-heritage-through-festivals/
10/04/2022
28 heritage managers from Africa (Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Rwanda, Egypt, Tunisia, Kenya) and from Asia ( Pakistan, Jordan, Nepal, Iran) have been trained on the principles and objectives of conservation and its methodology on our new “Introduction to the General Principles of Cultural Heritage Conservation” workshop that took place from 18 to 20 March 2022.
Participants developed four projects practicing the principles of cultural heritage conservation. They identified the conservation infrastructure of their projects and recognized the importance of interdisciplinarity for a holistic conservation approach.
Read more about the workshop: https://heritagemanagement.org/cultural-heritage-conservation/
03/04/2022
Great news!
We are very happy to announce the publication of the book “Making Heritage Together: Archaeological Ethnography and Community Engagement with a Rural Community”, co-authored by Aris Anagnostopoulos, Vanghelis Kyriakidis and Lena Stefanou fresh off the press by Routledge Taylor & Francis. The project this book stems from is an archaeological research initiated in 2011 by Vanghelis aiming to investigate and publish the material from three Minoan peak sanctuaries in the wider area.
Make your order: https://bit.ly/3tV52TN
07/02/2022
HerMaP Gambia update 📢
HERITΛGE delved into a Heritage Workforce Mapping exercise on the smiling coast of West Africa, The Gambia, by activating numerous local communities and developing strong relationships with institutional and individual stakeholders. We are proud to announce that the results are more than encouraging, since the engagement of stakeholders is vigorous and productive, and the development and implementation of the training program and curriculum are in progress aiming to create long-standing constructive outcomes for heritage in The Gambia.
Stay tuned!
The program is co-funded by the European Union.
03/12/2021
1ST INTERNATIONAL "DOUBLE SEVEN ART" COMPETITION
Bring out the artist in you!
Participate by uploading your Double Seven artwork to your social networks with the hashtag and you will be entered in the draw to win a... Fantastic premium Smartphone!
Don't forget to tag Double Seven Gambia in the post!
You can participate with your best drawing, sculpture, painting, composition, watercolour, pen drawing or any Double Seven artwork you can think of.
1st prize: a Smartphone Samsung
2nd prize: a year of free D7 (one can per day)
3rd prize: 6 months of free D7 (one can per day)
The competition will run for 4 weeks. The winners will be announced on the 30th of December.
Grab a Double Seven and let your imagination run wild!
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