Interdisciplinary Conversations on Living Heritage and Tourism
Following the avenues opened up for dialogue and collaborations among diverse stakeholders by the web dossier on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism, the ICH NGO Forum Working Group on sustainable ICH Tourism holds a series of conversations looking to expand the scope of our understanding of the relationship between ICH and tourism.
The ICH Tourism Dialogues bring together scholars and ICH practitioners along with people from NGOs, tourism agencies and the tourism industry representing localities, regions and national governments to talk about the benefits and challenges of this relationship from different perspectives.
Dialogue about issues of economic development, tourism studies, cultural resources management, the relationships of historic preservation and the protection of monuments with ICH, environmental sustainability and perspectives from the social sciences can enrich this discussion.
The ICH Tourism Dialogues share the experiences of diverse types of institutions and key actors in the field that have developed successful and sometimes not-so-successful projects for promoting tourism related to cultural traditions and practices. These conversations further enrich and develop the web dossier for its multiple users, and contribute to the ongoing exercise on what to do when ICH and tourism meet.
CALENDAR UPCOMING DIALOGUES:
- 2 September 2.30 pm to 4 p.m. CEST
Dialogue on the ICOMOS Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter
With Dr. Ivan Henares, President of ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC),
Chaired by Ananya Bhattacharya, active in both the ICH NGO Forum and ICTC proceedings
- 5 November 2.30 pm to 4 p.m. CET
Dialogue with Prof. dr. Noël Salazar (link)
reflecting on 21st century key evolutions, challenges and responsive approaches to ICH and tourism
Chaired by Jorijn Neyrinck, active in both the ICH NGO Forum and the Living Heritage Journeys project
ICH Tourism dialogues: Previous conversations
2025 CALENDAR
21 May 2.30 pm to 4 p.m. CEST
ICH Tourism Dialogues – #4 – on action research in tourism and living heritage
with Ruzanna Tsaturyan (My Armenia Program), Ketevan Gurchiani (Georgia), and moderated by Michele McKenzie (international Tourism expert, Canada)
2024 CALENDAR
Monday 18 March 3 pm CET
ICH Tourism Dialogues – #1 – Halle Butvin
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Friday 26 April 3 pm CEST
ICH Tourism Dialogues – #2 – Kaat de Ridder
Tourism researcher and lecturer at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences (Belgium)
Friday 4 October 3 pm CET
ICH Tourism Dialogues – #3 – Constanza Fidelbo
SmartCulTour project – Smart Cultural Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development of European Regions
Associate Programme Specialist at the Culture Unit of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
