Events

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