How can universities rethink their role in cultural heritage and civic identity?
first episode of the Cascade webinar: “Open Labs in the Spotlight"
About the Event
How can universities rethink their role in cultural heritage and civic identity?
Cultural heritage is not only about monuments or archives. It is also about the languages, memories, and everyday practices that shape how communities understand themselves. The Faro Convention highlights this social dimension of heritage, calling for broader participation and a more democratic approach to how cultural identities are built and shared.
Our March webinar will explore how universities can contribute to this vision. Academic institutions can serve as platforms where researchers and citizens work together to uncover stories, document intangible heritage, and question how collective identities are formed. These collaborations raise essential questions about representation, trust, and the balance between expert knowledge and lived experience.
Drawing on experiences from across the alliance, the webinar will show how participatory methods and open, community-centered approaches can support more inclusive, reflective, and culturally sensitive understandings of heritage and civic identity.
Speakers
3x10 min talk + 30 min discussion
Pedro Javier Salido Dominguez (UAM) - Coordinator of the Open Lab Project "ArcheOpenLab"
Nadia Cannata (SUR) - Coordinator of the Open Lab project "EUROTALES- Building a Museum Laboratory of the Voices of Europe"
Maria Chiara Verducci (SUR) - Researcher for the Third mission Office "Building community through FARO convention - FARO Project"
Pratical informations
between 13:00 - 14:00 CET ONLINE. No previous application is required.
Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35533983606377?p=3JcSdQmID1P4kXKwih
Contact
If any quiries, don't hesitate to address them to fanny.sbaraglia@ulb.be and christele.aubry@unil.ch