3rd Cultural Heritage Summer School in Nida is to take off
- Published on Saturday, 03 August 2019 14:06
| The annual one-week event focusing on cultural heritage issues - Summer School Cultural Landscapes - begins at VAA Nida Art Colony on the 4th of August, and will run for one week. We announce the full programme and have some good news - all lectures are open to the public and free of charge. |
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This capacity-building event will bring together students, young and experienced professionals from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland who are particularly interested in cultural heritage issues related to UNESCO World Heritage. The topic of 2019 is the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL). Lectures, seminars and workshops will address international documents such as the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscape, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, New Urban Agenda, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), World Bank initiatives and their practical application. Knowledge and insights will be shared by the most prominent international experts: prof. Alessandra Capuano (Italy), Dennis Rodwell (United Kingdom), prof. Michael Turner (Israel), and prof. Yonca Erkan (Turkey). You can download the programme here (PDF) Target group: students, young and experienced professionals in architecture, urban planning, cultural heritage, history and related disciplines. Contact: Rugilė Puodžiūnienė (Balkaitė) Project partners: Nida Art Colony, Lithuanian Chamber of Architects, NGO 'Architecture Fund', Vilnius Academy of Arts (Department of Restoration), Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park, Cultural Heritage Center under the Department of Cultural Heritage (Urban Areas Subdivision). |