An International Analysis of Innovative Practices Supporting Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Collaboration in Cultural Heritage
We are delighted to announce that Imagine Heritage non-profit organization is part of this research project, entitled : Democratizing Cultural Participation: An International Analysis of Innovative Practices Supporting Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Collaboration in Cultural Heritage.
The project was supported by the Strategic Excellence Initiative Programme of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, programme: Competition for Sustainable Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration – 5th Edition
– Coordinator & researcher, Prof. Kinga Anna Gajda, Director of the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Associate Professor in the Department of Society and Cultural Heritage of Europe of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow
– Co-Lead & researcher, MA, MSci Piotr Michalowski, Creative Programme Lead at the MuseoSpace Foundation, Leiden, the Netherlands, Board member of the European Network of Cultural Centres ENCC Brussels.
The main aim is to establish an international, interdisciplinary network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to promoting youth and intergenerational engagement in cultural heritage, while advocating for the democratization of cultural participation.
The initiatives under analysis include the “Time Travel” method by Children’s Culture Network BARK (Österbottens barnkulturnätverk BARK, the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Finland), the “KEF” educational program at the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow (Poland), the MACA Moving Arts Centre Amsterdam (Netherlands), and the Mindspark Room by Imagine Heritage in Athens (Greece). Project seminars and workshops for students and young professionals, focusing on inclusive, participatory approaches to cultural heritage, will enable them to develop model projects centered around intergenerational and youth involvement. The findings will be the basis for scientific articles and further research on the development of local creative and cultural ecosystems. Moreover, involvement as partners of the Association of Children’s Culture in Finland Suomen lastenkulttuuriliitto and the MuseoSpace Foundation in the Netherlands, as them being large and interdisciplinary networks, will support the project’s visibility, dissemination of its findings and further synergies with other transnational organizations. The project will receive a research support from Dr. Marta Pietras-Eichberger (Jagiellonian University in Krakow) and Dr. Olympia Agalianou (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens).
Many thanks to our great international partners, represented by Aleksi Valta, Annina Ylikoski, Maartje Schenkels, Diana Fehr, and Spyridon St. Kogkas.