Topic: cultural tourism

event takes place in Lisbon on 26-27 September 2022

The AQUA final conference is the concluding event of the Horto Aquam Salutarem research project, financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in Portugal (PTDC/HAR-HIS/28627/2017). Prof. Desidério Batista, as researcher in the project and member of the scientific … Continue reading →

Scope of the work is preserving elements of the material cultural heritage of the Vlachs community and also recording and promoting their lost traditions

Reconstruction of Vlach’s dwelling ‘kalive’ in Upper Vjosa valley (Albania)

text and images by Egla Serjani, CeRPHAAL During the second half of July 2022, CeRPHAAL team was engaged in the reconstruction of a Vlach’s historical dwelling, the ‘kalive‘. The Vlachs, which are known to themselves as Arāmān/Rāmān, are an ethnolinguistic … Continue reading →

Walking through the Vlachs historic transhumance route from Dhëmbel mountain pass (Përmet) to Mt Gramoz (Kolonja)

Hicking trail on the historical route of transhumance in Vjosa valley

text and images by Egla Serjani, CeRPHAAL During end of June to early July 2022, members of CeRPHAAL, along with volunteers from the town of Përmet in the Upper Vjosa valley, walked along and recorded one of the historical routes, … Continue reading →

prof. Batista from University of Algarve presented the INCULTUM pilot and the research of the project in fostering cultural and creative tourism

Landscape of norias pots of Campina in the ‘Uses and Memories of Water’ course

Professor Desidério Batista participated in the Course of the History of Algarve on Uses and Memories of Water running from 5 to 28 July, delivering presentations about INCULTUM and the Portuguese pilot, talking about the landscape of norias pots of … Continue reading →

the two projects are both focused on researching ways to enable innovation and sustainable tourism in local and regional areas in Europe

INCULTUM and Be.CULTOUR meet to discuss synergies

The network and communication teams of INCULTUM and Be.CULTOUR met on 29th July for a talk to know better each other. In facts the two projects are funded from the same EC call and have many things in common, among … Continue reading →

presenting INCULTUM's research to foster positive impacts of cultural tourism, and to demonstrate the potential of the marginal and peripheral places, cultural heritage and resources when managed by local communities and stakeholders.

Cultural tourism workshop organized at EUROMED 2022 – 9th Nov. h.16 EET

The event is organized in the framework of EUROMED (7-11 November 2022) by H2020 project INCULTUM, to discuss about the role of community engagement and citizen participation in enhancing and promoting sustainable tourism in peripheral areas that are not often … Continue reading →

A case study of eight Dutch art museums aims to understand whether a diverse scope of exhibitions has an effect on the visitor numbers

Do diverse exhibitions make the Dutch art museum more popular?

Research project of MA students in the Museums in Context course at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, MA Cultural Economics led by professor Trilce Navarrete. Authors: Ilse Romeijn, Willemijn de Wit and Lotte van den Bergh All images courtesy of the … Continue reading →

the discussion was focused on social economy and development of Mountain Communities

INCULTUM pilot set in Greece participates in Vovousa festival

text and photos courtesy of The High Mountains cooperative. Monday, July 18 The High Mountains Social Cooperative participated in the Vovousa Festival, a mountain festival dedicated to environmental protection, which has been organising events since 2015 that enhance sustainability and … Continue reading →

the formal kick-off is organized in October by the coordinator Centre for Social Studies (CES), Portugal

IN SITU new project to research cultural and creative industries specific needs, and potential

The project “IN SITU – Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas” was launched on July 1, 2022, with a 48-month duration. Coordinated by the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, the €4 … Continue reading →

proposed by an expert environmental guide, one-day field trip on 21 August 2022 which will conclude with the theatrical performance 'Un prete, due santi, un confine e 4000 pezzi unici'

Guided field trip to discover the area of the INCULTUM Pilot set in Tuscany

all photos courtesy of Promoter. Scope of the INCULTUM Pilots, which are all set in peripheral and remote areas, is to unveil the cultural and natural richness of under-rated territories while, at the same time, avoiding the negative impacts of … Continue reading →