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...

Good Monday bloggers! For the introduction of the Young Researcher in World Heritage of the week, this time we have gone to South Corea, where Hee Joo Kim is doing her fieldwork right now. She is an international researcher graduated in the US (MSc Historic Preservation ) and currently doing the Ph.D. in the UK at the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (UK). Amongst others, she has collaborated with the following departments and institutions: The Getty Conservation Institute , US World Monument Fund, US Tribeca Trust, New York, US Hee Joo´s  Projects & Interests Origin of motivation Like many Asian countries, South Korea has experienced unprecedented rapid economic development and urbani s ation processes that have led to the destruction of many urban heritage sites in the past fifty years. Above: Seoul (c.1960) Below: Seoul (c. 1980) The pictures show the  urbani s ati...

Hi bloggers,  We are pleased to introduce you all our researcher of the week, Coralie Acheson from the UK and working as Ph.D. in the Ironbridge Institute, University of Birmingham. To know a bit more about Coralie's current work, please, watch the video: Coralie Acheson, PhD IIICH  Coralie´s Projects & Interests Origin of motivation I wanted to do a PhD as I absolutely love research. I was working as a heritage consultant in the UK Planning system, something which I really enjoyed because of the investigative element of it. However, the more I progressed in my career, the less actual research I got to do, which was when I realised that it was the research I was particularly interested in. I had developed a real interest in the origin and nature of heritage value, which is so often assumed to be implicit, so was really excited to get the opportunity to work on the Communicating World Heritage values pro...

Hi again bloggers!! On this occasion, we are pleased to introduce you an extraordinary PhD researcher based in the UK and originally from Thailand, Bhadravarna Bongsalip, who is specialized in archeology and religious heritage of her country. She speaks tree languages, English, Thai and Lao, but please, check her  LinkedIn  site for a list of her works! She is interested in collaborating with Unesco World Heritage Centre , ICCROM , ICOMOS , English Heritage , and World Heritage UK , although she is currently working with the following Departments, organizations, and institutes: Unesco Bangkok SEAMEO SPAFA The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University Silpakorn University To know a bit more about Bhadravarna´s work, please, keep reading! Bhadravarna´s  Projects & Interests Origin of  motivation I have worked as an archaeologist for the Office of Ar...

Hello bloggers!! This week we have gone to Italy to introduce you an amazing researcher specialized in archaeological heritage and urban centres: Giorgio Faraci.  He can speak Italian, Spanish and English. For a list of his works, please do not miss out his Academia site! Although he works at the Department of Architecture of the Università degli Studi di Palermo, he also collaborates with the Centro Regionale per la Progettazione e per il Restauro e per le Scienze Naturali ed Applicate ai Beni Culturali, Regione Siciliana ; the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (Delegazione Sicilia) and the Club UNESCO di Enna. Considering this extensive experience, maybe further research could involve the University College of London, as he is interested in collaborating with them in the future! We think that the best way to present Giorgio is through his own nice words:

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...