Buenas Prácticas en Patrimonio Mundial

Hi bloggers! Next week we will be enjoying the 3rd International Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage: Integral Actions but now we want to introduce you to Elena Molina, a post-doc researcher working on cultural heritage, archaeological heritage particularly and education. For more info, please do not miss out her site After completing her PhD at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in Bioarchaeology, she has been working on sampling and analysing Organic Residues on archaeological artefacts and their context. Yet, she has also started a new research line combining education and cultural heritage. This line aimed at promoting education for sustainable development, paying particular attention to the role of cultural heritage in this endeavour. Her case study is the city of Barcelona, where we can find the fine works of Antoni Gaudí designated as World Heritage. In Molina's view, the future of heritage research goes through investing in sustainable edu...

Hi bloggers! Our researcher of the week is Richard Bigambo,  a young researcher from Tanzania doing his Ph.D. in the United Kingdom.  Richard´s background is in Archaeology and he speaks Swahili and English .  Thank you, Richard, for sharing your profile... we keep on looking for new researchers and professionals in World heritage! Department/Institution:  Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham   Archaeology and Heritage Department, University of Dar Es Salaam Online profiles: LinkedIn Research Gate Richard´s  Projects & Interests Intangible Cultural Heritage is currently treated by different challenges including globalization and modernization. This, in turn, has led to the creation of different safeguarding practices by governments and non-governmental organization. However, the proposed safeguarding practices have been contested due to their overall impacts o...