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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 dear bloggers! As you know, we keep on working tirelessly to bring you every week new profiles of wonderful people interested in cultural heritage. Today, Nancy Rueda has talked to us about her interests in tourism and heritage management. She's currently collaborating at the Tourism Business School of the Universidad Externado (Colombia) as a PhD researcher and using her experience as a young professional. Please, do not miss out more info on her work in her CvLAC Nancy is working on the Colombian site of Mompox, whose historic centre was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1995 as an outstanding example of Spanish colonial town. She would be interested in contacting to ICOMOS and ICOM But, in talking to Nancy, she has shared her with us what motivated her to become a researcher, we would like to include it here for you all: " Curiosity is the key for knowledge. Since my undergrad, Heritage has been a great mystery. Being a researcher gives me the opportunity ...

Hi again WH bloggers! We have been busy these weeks after attending the  3rd Annual Conference of World Heritage UK  at the Coalbrookdale, part of the World Heritage UK Ironbridge George. The conference was organized by two first level teams those created a joint event in two different approaches to the common topic of "Communicating World Heritage": two days of Academic contributions organized by the Ironbridge International Insitute for Cultural Heritage of the University of Birmingham) and two more days of professionals experiences organized by  World Heritage UK and with the support of Historic England, Arts &Humnaities Research Council and the Ironbridge Geroge Museum Trust. To know a bit more about such a special venue, please see the following links: Ironbridge Gorge Unesco details Discover Telford: Ironbridge Ironbridge.  The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution On Tuesday 10th October we were there, speaking about this ...

Hola bloggers! We are back again with news from Peru! We are delighted to share with you all the profile of Luis Adawi, a young professional in Cultural Heritage who has also decided to carry out a PhD. As many of our brilliant researchers, Luis is bilingual and capable of communicating in Spanish (his mother tongue) and English. Please, check his Academia and Linkedin as he has carried out a wide range of enterprises that leave no one indifferent He is currently collaborating with the Public Beneficience (Lima) and Complutense University of Madrid...but some institutions that he is interested in working with are:         Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidad Antonio Ruíz de Montoya, ESAN, ENSABAP,        National Trust of Historic Preservation        Dumbarton Oaks What about his motivation for getting involved in Cultural Heritage?? Let's s...

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...