Innovative format of education and training of the..
Innovative format of education and training of the integrated archaeological and natural heritage
Start date: Sep 1, 2014,
End date: Aug 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
The problematic separation of nature and culture in Western ontologies has contributed to instrumental relationships to the natural and culture world alike. The nature-culture divide has narrowed the scope of landscapes to the technical management of either natural or cultural sites. Within heritage policy, this binary is reproduced in the separation of “natural” and “cultural” landscapes in national and international legal and administrative frameworks resulting in the problematic separation of natural and cultural resources in the practice of planning and development. More recent developments aim to broaden discussions of sustainability to encompass human and non-human actors and environments.
As archaeological heritage comprises a distinct part of culture heritage and the nature is an intrinsic element of the past shared culture heritage conforming the local identity, the project intends to focus on the integration of both types of heritage. Accordingly, the preservation, management, and conservation of such integrated heritage is an indispensable element of international and national policies as well as every conservation activity. As these two types of heritage operate in two largely impenetrable organizational frameworks, common concerns of both cultural and natural heritage have hardly been systematically defined, not to mention transferred into coherent training materials directed to both sectors. Hence, the project objectives involve production of a range of innovative didactic materials aimed at integrating archaeological and natural heritage. Understanding the environmental impact of archaeological heritage and significance of natural heritage for regulations and practices in the domain of archaeological heritage is to be mainstreamed into education and vocational training systems.
A need of developing and upgrading vocational skills in the sector of protection and management of archaeological and natural heritage is a must taking into account dynamic changes over the past couple of years in both fields in Europe. Doubtless to say, these are not sufficiently known among people professionally responsible for the protection and management of both archaeological and natural heritage across Europe. As both heritage domains need to be systematically integrated, the project intends to identify their nature along with its constituent elements. This will then be used for the production of training materials and methodology of content preparation and delivery to meet the needs of rapidly changing modes of protection and management of archaeological and natural heritage sectors in the Partners’ countries as well as a significance of this integrated heritage in spatial planning and regional development policies.
The project is directly inter-sectoral in scope by providing didactic materials and training for archaeological and natural heritage professionals aimed at increasing synergy between these sectors. It will also foster the assessment of transversal skills and promote the take-up of practical entrepreneurial experiences in education and training. In order make the changing character of archaeological and natural heritage understood, the project intends to elaborate and prepare a range of didactic material aimed at address the most pertaining issues in the process of integration of natural and archaeological resources in the practice of their protection and management as well in the spatial planning and regional development. Finally, in order to make the delivery of this new content sustainable, the project intends to establish Centers of Integrated Heritage Teaching Excellence. They will provide an organizational structure to educational activities in the domain of integrated heritage. They shall be able to effectively use different methods of distance learning in the domain of the integrated heritage dedicated to different job markets. The Centers will run trainings of a group of ca. 100 people representing all target groups. The final outcome of the project comprises the production of innovative methodology of vocational training in the domain of integrated archaeological-natural heritage. The project shall also explicitly attempt to integrate an offer of the CIHTE with the VET systems in participating countries.
The CIHTEs will be intrinsically integrated with the activities carried out by participating institutions. This will secure its existence beyond the project duration. By offering a coherent and significant didactic content that well meet the demands of the heritage policies in contemporary Europe, becoming a valuable asset to the training offers of these institutions. The stability of the project results are also secured by a well established Content Repository, of which local version will be made available in each participating country. These make it possible to maintain and use these produced training materials beyond the consortium forming the project.
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