International projects
CULTUral heritage in RurAL remote areas for creative tourism and sustainabilITY
Researchers (5)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The main objective of the project is to contribute to the promotion of cultural and creative tourism activities, considering the different
capacities, resources, and specificities (material, creative, human...) of the territories, as a mean to help with the sustainable
development of peripheral rural areas, favoring job creation and population settlement. For this, the potential of its cultural heritage
will be researched, taking into account both the artisan material culture (techniques, materials, patterns and decorative elements), as
well as the intangible culture (music, oral knowledge and culinary traditions) as a resource.
To promote non-seasonal tourism as a form of sustainable development with a stable population settlement we are going to research
the crafts linked to the territory and their implications, but we will also carry out a documentation of the productive processes. First
and foremost, we are going to cater to the necessities of the local communities and pay attention to aspects related to societal groups
at risk of exclusion, such as women, the elderly and the youth.
All this will be developed from a multidisciplinary perspective, for which we will count on the various teams —most of them linked to
different countries— that will be part of the consortium. Each of these partners will contribute to the development, as well as to the
final result of the project through input directly related to their area of ��expertise: for example, among the collaborators we have
intellectual teams specialized in the digitalization of heritage, research, or communication and dissemination, as well as as various
institutions that will act as a testing ground for the more practical parts of the proposal. However, if something will characterize our
work, it will be the constant collaboration between all parties, as well as the exchange of advice and experiences that will help to
enrich collective knowledge and guarantee optimal results.
