Events

Within the framework of Germany’s presidency of the Council of the European Union, NEMO and the German Museums Association are co-organising the online conference Museums and Social Responsibility – Values revisited from 17-18 September 2020.

The conference will focus on what social responsibility means for museums. Through their daily work, museums make a significant contribution to social responsibility by dealing with questions that are connected to social cohesion, social inclusion and social diversity. From 17-18 September, we will discuss what museums can do, what is needed, and what still is missing to make an impact on our European society. We want to redefine and clarify the field for the museum landscape.

Website and registration: https://www.ne-mo.org/about-us/eu-presidency-museum-conference.html

In the frame of the European Heritage Days, the NETCHER project will organize a public conference on Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage.

European renowned experts will speak to youngsters and adults with the mediation of a famous expert Youtuber. The event will take place in the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels) or on the web, depending on upcoming developments regarding COVID-19.

For more information click here.

The OpenHeritage team has investigated and mapped adaptive heritage reuse policies in fifteen European countries. Join the first OH Dialogue to learn more about these results and discuss the future of heritage reuse policies in Europe!

What are the current regulations regarding heritage reuse? What are the overlaps and differences between reuse policies in various countries? Who are the most relevant actors and decision-makers? And finally, what are the best heritage reuse practices and how can European stakeholders learn from them?

During the first Dialogue we will present an overview of current heritage reuse policies based on the results delivered by the OpenHeritage researchers, and discuss them in the context of urban planning, cultural heritage, participation and sustainability issues. Together with our partners from CLIC and RURITAGE, we will look at the current regulations from both urban and rural perspective and dive deeper into differences between tangible and intangible heritage. Our guests from the European Commission will reflect on current and future actions in the EU, as well as supportive measures regarding heritage reuse.

The OH Dialogues are interactive workshops full of interesting conversations and exchange. We believe that your active participation is necessary for its success.

Panellists:

• Hanna Szemzö, Managing Director at the Metropolitan Research Institute, OpenHeritage Coordinator
• Loes Veldpaus, Senior Research Associate at the Newcastle University, co-lead of the OpenHeritage Collaborative Heritage Lab (Sunderland)
• Simona Tondelli, Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, RURITAGE Coordinator
• Ugo Guarnacci, Policy Adviser at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), European Commission
• Maciej Hofman, Policy Officer at DG for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
• Speaker tbd, CLIC project

The webinar will be facilitated by Jasmin Miah, Governance and Social Innovation Officer at ICLEI Europe.

This Dialogue is a part of the OpenHeritage Dialogue Series which aims to bring relevant stakeholders and multipliers together to discuss key aspects of adaptive heritage policies in Europe, such as stakeholders engagement and governance or financing and economic sustainability. The series consists of three interactive workshops, each co-organised by one of the OH Cooperative Heritage Labs.

Click here to register today, and join the conversation on adaptive heritage reuse!

Do you have any questions about the OH Dialogues? Contact us at: [email protected]

For more information on the OH Dialogues and a draft programme go here.

This webinar will focus on explaining best practices for choosing rights statements when submitting digital objects to Europeana

In this webinar, Ariadna Matas and Maša Škrinjar will focus on explaining best practices for choosing rights statements when submitting digital objects to Europeana.

• They will explain how the copyright status of a collection item relates to the process of choosing a rights statement, license or tool;
• present the standardised tools that Europeana works with;
• walk the audience through the accurate use of these tools and important aspects to note;
• showcase these processes through relevant examples.

Ariadna Matas is a Junior Policy Advisor at Europeana Foundation. She contributes to the management and development of Europeana’s policies and frameworks with a strong focus on copyright, and supports the implementation of them through the Europeana Network. Ariadna studied Law in Spain and Germany and has a Masters’s degree in Intellectual property Law.

Maša Škrinjar is a Data Ingestion Specialist at Europeana Foundation. After completing her degree in Art History and Sociology of Culture, and before joining Europeana, Maša worked for various cultural organisations, such as the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Art UK. She is passionate about democratising access to art through digitisation.

Registration

Click here to register.

The Best in Heritage is an annual conference on which award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects present their success stories. Representatives of over forty laureates elaborate on their achievements, which have been recognised by professional juries over the past year for their outstanding quality. Aim of the conference is to promote these exceptional projects which demonstrate innovation and excellence concerning the care and communication of heritage.

The Best in Heritage is taking place in Dubrovnik every year at the end of September in the charming ambience of neo-baroque Theatre “Marin Držić” and surrounding venues featuring 42 handpicked laureates from all over the world accompanied by rich cultural and social programmes provided by the host which all make this conference an unique opportunity to meet the best amongst us.

9th Edition
dubrovnik, croatia, 23 – 25 september 2020
In partnership with International Council of Museums (ICOM) & Europa Nostra with support of Creative Europe programme

Read more at: https://www.thebestinheritage.com/

The mid-term conference of Innocastle will take place on 24 September 2020 between 14.00 tot 16.00 CET as a webinar on the adaptation of European country houses in times of COVID-19. 

We all experience the consequences and impact of COVID-19. Social distancing and lockdown measures have greatly influenced the work of heritage institutions and owners. Together we shall explore and reflect on the impact of COVID-19 for the heritage sector, specifically country houses and rural estates. What challenges and adaptations do we see in Europe?

We need a new way of working, of presenting our heritage, of welcoming our visitors. In this, we can learn a lot from each other. The Mid Term Conference has been organised by the Province of Gelderland, Gelders Genootschap and Eurodite in collaboration with all the Innocastle partners. The language of the conference is English.

Key-note speaker is dr. Ben Cowell, director general of Historic Houses Association (UK), who will look at various ways of adaptation by country house owners in difficult times, in the past and now. Subsequently, the five Innocastle partners will pitch five relevant topics:

1. Digitisation of heritage (Province of Badajoz)
2. Democratisation of heritage (National Trust)
3. The value of green heritage (Province of Gelderland/ Gelders Genootschap)
4. The potential for staycations (Ghent University College)
5. Rebuilding rural communities (National Institute for Heritage). 

We look forward to exploring and discussing these topics with you. You can sign up for this conference at the end of this page.

Programme 

Chair: dr. Elyze Storms-Smeets, Innocastle – team Gelderland

14.00: Introduction by chair Elyze Storms-Smeets 

14.05: Welcome Peter Drenth, deputy of the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands

14.15: ‘The Innocastle baseline survey’, by Bert de Roo (Ghent University College, Belgium)

14.25: Short video ‘The adaptation of European country houses in times of COVID-19’

14.30: ‘Country house survival’ by Ben Cowell, director general of Historic Houses Association (United Kingdom)

14.45: Live Q & A with Ben Cowell

15.00 Pitch 1: digitisation of heritage (Province of Badajoz, Spain)

15.05 Pitch 2: democratisation of heritage (National Trust, United Kingdom)

15.10 Pitch 3: the value of green heritage (Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands)

15.15 Pitch 4: potential for staycations (Ghent University College, Belgium)

15.20 Pitch 5: rebuilding rural communities (National Institute for Heritage, Romania)

15.25 Discussion about heritage in times of COVID-19

15.50 Closing speech by dr. Paul Thissen, Province of Gelderland (the Netherlands)

16.00 End

Queries? Or would you like to contribute to the discussion? Contact Elyze Storms-Smeets [email protected] or Alina Tomescu [email protected]

More information and sign-up

Civil society organisation DRAGODID and International scientific society for dry stone interdisciplinary study S.D.S – Société ScientifiqueInternationale pour l’Etude la Pierre Sèche S.P.S. wish to announce the be held on October 2nd-4th 2020 in Croatia the host of the Congress. Save the date!

Congress aims to bring together dry stone practitioners, researchers, professionals and enthusiasts in order to spread knowledge and techniques, discuss topicalities and widen the cooperation network between countries. All interested can participate as listeners, speakers and/or poster exhibitors.

It will consist of:
Sep 27th Arrival of participants
Sep 28th – Oct 1stInternational d
Oct 1st evening Welcome to Congress!
Oct 2nd-3rd Congress papers + S.P.S. General Assembly
Oct 4th Thematic visit to dry stone localities in Konavle
Oct 5th Departure of participants

For more information click here.

The Common Culture project is organising a webinar in cooperation with Europeana, focused on the use of social media as an engagement instrument for cultural heritage institutions. Registration is open.

To better address the needs and interests of our audience, we’ve prepared a short survey to identify what should be the main topics to be addressed in the webinar.

Please register for the webinar here. 

We’re excited to announce our 4th webinar ! Some team members at Wageningen University, The Netherlands will discuss ethnographic documentary techniques & intangible #culturalheritage. As the creators of ‘The Whaler’s House’, it’s going to be fascinating! (Also available in French, Dutch and German)

“Ethnographic documentary: a tool for the enhancement of intangible cultural heritage”

Presenters: Dr Loes Witteveen & Pauline van Tuyll, Uni. of Wageningen

30th September 2020 @ 13:00-14:00 CET