Students and experienced cultural heritage specialists from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland will soon address the following issues: influence of successful protection of the intangible cultural heritage to our daily lives, correlation between human rights and sustainable development. The 2nd Summer School in Cultural Heritage Cultural Landscapes will take place and will be open to public at Nida Art Colony on 4-11th August 2018.

The goal of this yearly educational event occurring for the second time is to raise the qualifications of students of heritage and related disciplines and already practicing specialists in the fields of conservation and sustainable use of the cultural landscapes possessing the UNESCO World Heritage status, highlighting the importance of the intangible cultural heritage.

According to the project coordinator Rugilė Balkaitė "We expect to raise awareness of the participants of the Summer School on international heritage processes, to facilitate interlinking of different disciplines (architecture, sculpture, design, history, ethnography) and address the challenges of the UNESCO World Heritage, especially the cultural landscapes."

Intangible cultural heritage is a very complex domain of the UNESCO World Heritage. Therefore during the lectures of the Summer School a deep insight into the UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and its implementation on international and national levels will be given. The analysis of examples from Europe and Asia will address the links between cultural heritage and human rights, heritage interpretation and communication, as well as cultural landscapes and heritage policies.

International experts and lecturers giving the specialized lectures, seminars and workshops are:

Clara Arokiasamy, vice-president of the International Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICOMOS); Anita Vaivade, PhD, assistant professor, researcher of the Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia; Amund Sinding-Larsen, PhD, architect, international expert and member of the UNESCO Advisory Body (ICOMOS Norway), Norway; James Carter, international expert of heritage interpretation and communication, member of the European Heritage Interpretation Association, United Kingdom; Emiel Martens, PhD, media specialist, researcher, consultant and producer (field of media studies and human geography), the Netherlands.

Lectures of the Summer School Cultural Landscapes are open to the public. Everyone interested in this topic is invited. The language of lectures, workshops and excursions is English.

P R O G R A M 

Saturday, 4 August

-             Arrival of participants at the Nida Art Colony (E. Jonušo St. 3, Nida)

Sunday, 5 August (guest speaker: Clara Arokiasamy, UK)

9:15-9:45      1st lecture What is Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)?(2003 UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (Definitions andDomains))

9:45-10:30    2nd lecture Intangible Cultural Heritage in a culturally diverse setting - the UKexperience

Lessons to share

10:30-10:45 Q&A

11:00-12:00 Breakout groups/workshop 1

13:00-13:45 3rd lecture Intangible Culture/living heritage and World Heritage Sites

13:45-14.00 Q&A

14:00-15:15 Breakout Groups/workshop 2

15:30-16:15 4th lecture Exploring Intangible Cultural Heritage in Museum Contexts (ICOMOS-UK developmental project for Arts Council England. An innovative catalyst project for museums to unlock ICH associated with collections and develops new audiences))

16:15-16:30 Q&A

16:30-17:00 A way forward – Personal/group Action points

Monday, 6 August (guest speaker: Anita Vaivade, LV)

9:00-10:30    1st lecture UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and National Policies

10:45-12:00 2nd lecture, continuation

13:00-14:30 Workshop (Overall Results Framework for the 2003 Convention)

14:45-16:00 3rd lecture Intangible Cultural Heritage (National Legislation, Osmose)

16:00-17:00 Excursion 1

Tuesday, 7 August (guest speaker: Amund Sinding-Larsen, NO)

9:00-10:30  1st lecture Heritage, Human Rights and DevelopmentCollaboration

10:45-12:00 Cases: Røros, WHS in Norway; in Palestine/Israel or in Nepal

13:00-14:30 Case: Lhasa, Tibet – and summary/discussion on World Heritage

14:30-15:30 Workshop

15:30-17:00 Excursion 2       

Wednesday, 8 August (guest speaker: James Carter, UK)

9:00-10:30   1st lecture What is heritage interpretation, and what makes itwork?

10:45-12:00 2nd lecture People and ideas – the heart of interpretation

12:00-13:00 Lunch at the Nida Art Colony

13:00-14:30 3rd lecture Interpretation on the doorstep – Visitors’ experience of the Curonian Spit

15:30-17:00 Media for interpretation and workshop

Thursday, 9 August (guest speaker: Emiel Martens, NL)

9:00-10:30   1st lecture The Politics of Cultural Landscapes andHeritages

10:45-12:00 2nd lecture, continuation

12:00-13:00 Lunch at the Nida Art Colony

13:00-14:30 Screening and discussion

15:00-17:00 Workshop

Friday, 10 August

9:00-10:30    Presentations of the results of the workshops (facilitator: Giedrė Godienė,LT)

10:30-12:00 Workshop

14:00-15:30  Summarize and evaluation of the Summer School (certificates)

Saturday, 11 August

-  Departure of participants

G U E S T  S P E A K E R S

Ms. Clara Arokiasamy (UK), Organisation Development and Intangible Cultural Heritage Chair, Committee for Intangible Heritage ICOMOS-UK, Vice President, Committee for Intangible Heritage, ICOMOS International.

Ms. Anita Vaivade (LV), Assistant Professor, Researcher, Latvian Academy of Culture, conceptualisation of intangible cultural heritage, international and national legal regulations on intangible cultural heritage, legal history of heritage protection, legal theory and philosophy.

Mr. Amund Sinding-Larsen (NO), Dr., Consultant Architect, Heritage Advisor, ICOMOS-Norway member, ICOMOS Focal Point for Rights-Based Approaches in Heritage Management.

Mr. James Carter (UK), international specialist in communication and training for environmental, heritage and tourism projects, a fellow of the Association for Heritage Interpretation, the United Kingdom’s professional body for interpreters

Mr. Emiel Martens (NL), Dr., media lecturer, researcher, consultant, and producer (Media Studies and Human Geography)

Facilitator Ms. Giedrė Godienė (LT), Dr., landscape geographer, visual thinker, graphic recorder

Contacts:
Rugilė Puodžiūnienė (Balkaitė) el. p.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , tel.: +370 61832758
Julija Navarskaitė el. p.: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , tel.: +370 60789222

The project is being implemented by the Vilnius Academy of Arts in collaboration with the Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park, Vilnius University Faculty of History, NGO “Archfondas”.

The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture