85513 - Workshop and Internships on Projects for Inventoryng, Preserving and Disseminating Innovative Traditional Knowledge

Learning outcomes

The workshop aims at introducing students to the activities and projects of ITKI – International Traditional Knowledge Institute: mainly the creation of a data bank of traditional techniques and sustainable technologies that will become a prime source of visibility and certification for ideas, practices, and businesses committed to the preservation of landscapes, ecosystems and cultural heritage. Through ITKI, traditional solutions and innovative proposals are being disseminated by the 800+ UNESCO sites worldwide and by an international network of foundations, study centers, experts and practitioners. By the end of the workshop, students will be able to join the building and implementation of the ITKI DataBase, available to governors, local authorities, and citizens, and participate in projects concerning the application of innovative traditional knowledge to the sustainable development and management of natural and cultural heritage. In this regard, students’ internships could be carried out within projects currently run by the Institute.

Course contents

The course has two modes of development, through lectures every day, followed by collaborative workshops, individual and collective. The topics addressed are:

• What are traditional knowledge, what is culture, cultural heritage and its tangible and intangible components;
• Bodies and organizations that deal with the safeguarding of heritage and traditional knowledge, such as UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS, Councils of Europe, IUCN, WMF and others.
• The tools for safeguarding traditions and heritage, such as the WHL, the list of intangible heritage, labels, etc.
• Principles of conservation theory, from history to doctrine with different declinations and examples.
• Common goods and cultural and environmental heritage. From the theories of the 20th century to today, with examples and applications;
• Heritage and the economy, especially insisting on the combination of heritage and the circular economy.
• Heritage, landscape and natural solutions for a new European green deal.
• The new European Bauhaus. From design to manufacturing with respect for history and genius loci.

Readings/Bibliography

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Acri, M., Dobričić, S., & Jokilehto, J. (2019). The Circular Economy in Adaptive Reuse: Respecting Authenticity and Integrity. Il Patrimonio Culturale in Mutamento Le Sfide Dell’uso, 319–330. Venezia: Arcadia ricerche. Retrieved from http://www.arcadiaricerche.it/editoria/2019.htm

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Dobričić, S., & Acri, M. (Eds.). (2018). Creative cities: Which (historic) urban landscape. Milano: Mimesis.

Dobričić, S., Jokilehto, J., & Acri, M. (2019). The Circular Character of Building Tradition: Which Challenges for the HUL Approach. In G. Getzinger (Ed.), Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2019. Graz: TU Graz. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-668-0-05

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Teaching methods

The course has two modes of development, through lectures every day, followed by collaborative workshops, individual and collective.

Frontal Lessons: 2/3 hours per day

Individual Workshops: research and presentation of selected themes

Collective Workshops: city visits, World Cafe, Collective presentations

Assessment methods

Presentations and participation in workshops and small assignements to be carried out individually

Teaching tools

Power point, Pdf, Video, Miro

Office hours

See the website of Marco Acri