Culture heritage - image of a country
The main workshop’s topic: the importance of a cultural heritage like a symbol(s) of the country.
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Often though, what is considered cultural heritage by one generation may be rejected by the next generation, only to be revived by a succeeding generation.
Physical or “tangible cultural heritage” includes buildings and historic places, monuments, artifacts, etc., that are considered worthy of preservation for the future. These include objects significant to the archaeology, architecture, science or technology of a specific culture. This kind of heritage sites often serve as an important component in a country's tourist industry, attracting many visitors from abroad as well as locally. Could that be harmful? The heritage that survives from the past is often unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Smaller objects such as artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art galleries. Cultural heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural heritage is irreplaceable source of life and inspiration. World cultural heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. But also some of the sites are deeply in local people mind like the symbols of the past, war, freedom, religion, high culture and originality, etc.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seek to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Some of the cultural sites are inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger.
In our workshop we are going to discuss about the importance of the cultural objects like a symbols of the country in the world. Is it very important to become a member of the UNESCO to have possibility to protect cultural objects and sites? UNESCO cultural objects and tentative sites (they lay claim to become on the UNESCO list). How did the local government could take care about that? What kind of threats is for the objects and sites (tourism, urbanization, etc.)? The main subject’s we discuss is:
-- Cultural objects and sites like symbols of the country (region or city);
-- Possibilities and measures of protection;
-- Threat’s for the sites and objects;
-- Importance of the UNESCO;
-- Culture in the advertisement.
Workshop leaders:
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Tomas Bedulskis (EGEA Vilnius) |
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Gintas Misiūnas (EGEA Vilnius) |
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