Buenas Prácticas en Patrimonio Mundial

Welcome again to the blog for Young Researchers in World Heritage! This time we want to introduce you  GoUNESCO , an awarded international platform for Cultural and Natural Heritage managed by young professionals whose objective is literally “To Make Heritage Fun!” Started in India in January 2012, this UNESCO supported umbrella of initiatives includes now a multitude of global travel challenges and student programs, as well as Go Heritage Runs and 'Make Heritage Fun!' events: GoUNESCO Challenges GoUNESCO Challenges  promote heritage tourism and understanding. Participants in country challenges are challenged to visit any World Heritage Sites in one calendar year and upload their pictures there. Once the moderators approve that it is tagged with the name of the correct WHS and country, they are awarded points. There also are lifetime challenges where the goal is to visit all WHS: The Epic Challenge, to travel all the 962 WHS in 158 cou...

Hi again bloggers!! This week we want to introduce you one international association which is becoming more interesting each day, YOunth in COnservation of Cultural Heritage. YOCOCU was born in Rome in 2008 with the aim to realize a network among young professionals and researchers, working in Cultural Heritage, in three different ways: Promoting the conservation and valorization of cultural heritage Giving a voice to young professionals, to provide them with tools and opportunities to show their participation in the development of the sector. Matching senior conservators with junior professionals YOCOCU´s international vocation made it grown quickly and in few years new headquarters have been created in Belgium, Turkey, Croatia, Rumania, Germany, Azerbaijan and Spain. Please, follow the links to read more about the history and projects here below: YOCOCU YOCOCU Spain One of the main activities of YOCOCU is the organization of an international meeting focu...

Hi bloggers! This week we are happy to introduce you to Guadalupe Espinosa! She's a Mexican PhD researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)...She is also a external consultative of the Council of Archaeology in Mexico. She can speak Spanish, English and read French texts. Guadalupe currently lives in Mexico. Let's find a little bit more about her You should check her online profiles: Linkedin Academia   Researchgate Facebook   Guadalupe works on archaeological heritage, she's specialist in operating costs for archaeological zones and its protection. She has an extensive work on sound and light shows on archaeological areas. Check Guadalupe's video of her current project!