ARCADE Seminar Heritage preservation and local development, Poland, May 29-30th 2008
The Seminar will bring together actors of culture and social development from various backgrounds (including representatives of local authorities, NGOs, foundations, research centers, universities, international organisations as well as artists and cultural practitioners.) The objective is to exchange the latest ideas and practices on culture and heritage preservation as it relates to community development in both developed/developing environments.
The sessions will be hold in the Polish cities of Stalowa Wola and Krakow (session hosted by the Jagiellonian University).
Key Themes
Based on analysis and case studies (cultural projects related to heritage preservation and local community development in Europe and in developing countries), presentations and discussions will notably address the following topics:
- Community Development through Cultural Resources
- Tangible and intangible heritage: policies and practices
- Ethnographies of Development: “Good Practices”
- The impact of cultural projects on development
- Usable Pasts: History and Ritual
- Loss and Recovery: Memory, Amnesia, Nostalgia
Each topic will be should be tackled according to complementary perspectives, combining theory with practice, as indicated in the following detailed program.
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ARCADE Seminar Preservation of cultural heritage and local community development - Poland May 29-30th 2008
Seminar
“Preservation of cultural heritage
and local community development:
History, identity and memory”
May 29/30, Stalowa Wola / Krakow, Poland
Project Overview
The ARCADE Project is coordinated by the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) in partnership with ENTP, the European New Towns Platform and the CIR, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences. Funded in part by the European Commission (EuropeAid Co-operation Office), this project aims to raise awareness in Europe about culture and development among European development actors (local authorities, NGOs, Foundations, international organisations). By highlighting the role that culture can play in development strategies and programs, ARCADE will promote the respect of cultural diversity as a prerequisite for successful and sustainable development projects.
Seminar Overview
The Seminar will bring together actors of culture and social development from various backgrounds (including representatives of local authorities, NGOs, foundations, research centers, universities, international organisations as well as artists and cultural practitioners.) The objective is to exchange the latest ideas and practices on culture and heritage preservation as it relates to community development in both developed/developing environments.
The sessions will be hold in the Polish cities of Stalowa Wola and Krakow (session hosted by the Jagiellonian University).
Key Themes
Based on analysis and case studies (cultural projects related to heritage preservation and local community development in Europe and in developing countries), presentations and discussions will notably address the following topics:
- Community Development through Cultural Resources
- Tangible and intangible heritage: policies and practices
- Ethnographies of Development: “Good Practices”
- The impact of cultural projects on development
- Usable Pasts: History and Ritual
- Loss and Recovery: Memory, Amnesia, Nostalgia
Each topic will be should be tackled according to complementary perspectives, combining theory with practice, as indicated in the following detailed program.
PROGRAMME
Thursday, May 29th, Stalowa Wola
8:00 - 8:30: Registration of participants
8:30 - 09:30: Introduction and Welcome
- Bartosz Kopyto, Stalowa Wola, Poland: The 70th Anniversary of the Central Industrial Region Project as a Tool for the Recreation City’s Identity.
- Florent Le Duc, ARCADE France - Introduction to the ARCADE Project
- Keynote Lecture: Elise Féron, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille, France : Title to be confirmed
09:30 - 10:45: Community Development through Cultural Resources
- Elzbieta Okraska, Krakow Institute of Urban Development, Poland: Kazimierz, A District of Krakow and a new image as a result of the activity of local people
- Grazyna Kubica, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland: Cultural heritage as an important factor in local development: the case of Ustron in Cieszyn Silesia, Poland
- Georgy Mamedov, ACTED, Bactria Cultural Center, Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Cultural Heritage: preservation or local development?
10:45 - 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30: Tangible and intangible heritage: policies and practices
- Gábor SOÓS, National Office for Cultural Heritage, Hungary: Communities in a New Heritage Paradigm? The Case of/for UNESCO’s “Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage”
- Laurent Lévi-Strauss, UNESCO, Paris, France: Culture and development: the Example of the Dogon community- based museum in Soroly
- Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, International Cultural Centre, Krakow, Poland: Using heritage as a vehicle for local development: the perspective of “small towns”
12:30 - 13:00: Coffee break
13:00 - 14:30: Ethnographies of Development: “Good Practices”
- Annie Tubadji, Osteuropa Institute, Regensburg, Germany: Sustainability criteria as a constraint for the optimization of the production function of culture: the case of Regensburg
- Mrs. Lucyna Mizera, Director of Stalowa Wola Museum, Poland: Stalowa Wola: Cultural Heritage as an Inspiration for Making Innovative Events in Tourism
- Burcu Yilmaz, Anadolu Kültür, Istanbul, Turkey: Heritage valuation for sustainability: perceptions of the other’s’ heritage in Kars, Turkey and its reflection on conservation and interpretation policies
14:30 - 16:00: Lunch time
16:00 - 17:30: Measuring the impact of cultural projects on development - Round-table
- Special case study: Dr. Tomke Lask, Liverpool - European Capital of Culture: Measuring the impact of Cultural Policy on local cultural habitus
17:30: End of session in Stalowa Wola
Friday May 30th, Krakow
13:30-14:00: Registration for the session in Krakow - Jagiellonian University (ul.Bracka 12)
4:00 - 15:30: Usable Pasts: History and Ritual
- John Crowley, CIR Paris, France: Introduction and Summary of Previous Day’s Events
- Krzysztof Czyżewski, Borderlands Foundation, Sejny, Poland: The pedagogical province of bridgebuilders. remembering-building-envisioning
- Leonora Boneva-Trayanova, National Museum of History, Sofia, Bulgaria: Searching out a local cultural identity: Ecstatic rituals - tradition, innovation and modern constructions
- Paula Mejia, CIR-Paris, France: Collective amnesia and nation building: the importance of forgetting in transitions to democracy in South America.
15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30: Loss and Recovery: Memory, Amnesia, Nostalgia
- Romi Mukherjee, CIR-Paris, France: Memory and the Sacred: on Halbwachs, Bergson, and Benjamin
- Katarzyna Sztop-Rutkowska, Białystok, Poland: “Can “Their” past become “Our” History? Rediscovering the Jewish past of Podlasie”
- Rebecca Simons, Aleksandra Kononiuk, Leiden University, the Netherlands: “Nostalgia”
- Jacek Nowak, Department of Social Anthropology in The Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland : “Universalization of collective memory.”
17:30 - 18:00: Brief Discussion and Closing Statements
SEMINAR LOCATIONS:
- Stalowa Wola, May 29, 2008, from 8:00 to 17:30, in the City Hall
- Krakow, May 30, 2008, from 13:30 to 18:00 in the Law Faculty, ul. Bracka 12
REGISTRATION FOR THE PUBLIC
All sessions are opened to the public. Registration is free of charge.
>> Please confirm participation with the organisers by contacting Adrien Tomarchio at arcade@acted.org : please provide name, contact, affiliation and indicate which session(s) you plan to attend.
>> For any additional information, please contact us at arcade@acted.org