Workshop brief. Workshop focus on the relationship between creative industries in the cultural heritage domain and rural communities of multi-ethnical areas and on the issues involving the methods of connecting rural communities to creative industries in order to safeguard the local creative heritage. Several case-studies from the Banat area were presented and discussed. Workshop questions: - How to engage citizens in the communication and contextualization of CH by sharing own content, images, recordings and stories, e.g. through participative Web 2.0 applications? - How to ensure inclusiveness of the interpretation and presentation of CH by establishing a meaningful collaboration between communities (e.g. minority cultures), heritage organizations and other stakeholders? - How to promote an open intercultural dialogue and valorize cultural diversity as a major source of inspiration, creativity and mutual understanding? - How to overcome a simplistic rhetoric of “diversity as richness” and also address tensions and frictions, which should be dealt with in order to change attitudes and behaviours? Workshop context: The workshop was organized within the context of celebrations of 70 years of activity of the West University of Timisoara, during which several events took place in parallel, among them the open days of the university, exhibitions and public lectures.
Workshop brief. Workshop focus: The workshop addressed city and regional development strategies that are focused on cultural heritage assets and creative industries. A specific focus was on the sustainability of such development.
Workshop brief. Workshop focus: The workshop focused on the opportunities and challenges in the revitalization and communication of industrial heritage sites. Revitalization involves adapted new uses of such sites often in the form of facilities for cultural organisations (museums, galleries, etc.) or work spaces for creative industry businesses. The workshop presented and discussed approaches of creative cooperation of site developers, creative businesses, S&T and cultural heritage organisations for communicating industrial heritage to new and young audiences.
