Programme
Thursday, 21 March 2024
8:30
Departure from Ljubljana
Exit main bus station in Ljubljana, Trg Osvobodilne fronte 4, 1000 Ljubljana
9:30 – 11:00 Stop in Cerknica
12:00 Arrival of the pre-conference tour in Koper
13:30 IE trainers meeting
15:00 General assembly – Lecture room Burja 1
18:00
Lecture hall Tramontana
18:00 Traditional Istrian music performance
18:05 Welcome addresses:
- Prof. Irena Lazar, Dean, Faculty of Humanities UP, and Head of the Unesco Chair
- Gašper Hrastelj, Secretary General of the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO
- Prof. Klavdija Kutnar, Rector, University of Primorska
- Vesna Pajić, Advisor to the Mayor for culture and international projects, Municipality of Koper
18:20 Keynote speech by Špela Spanžel, Director-General, Cultural Heritage Directorate, Ministry of Culture RS
18.35 Music break
18.40 Helena Vičič, Director, Interpret Europe
19.00 Opening of the exhibition “The Beauty of Stone Poetry, Istria” (Romana Kačič, Barbara Škarja and Sara Mušič Žetko)
19.10 Music break
19:20 – 20:30
Armeria Hall, University of Primorska
Friday, 22 March 2024
8:30 – 9:15
Keynote by David Uzzell, University of Surrey (UK) – How we make the heritage meaningful in ways that speak to the existential crises we face
9:30 – 10:25
Vivid language has a powerful grip on your audience
55 min WS –Arpad Bőczén, Zsuzsa Tolnay (Hungary)
Using SWOT–analysis to start the flame of interpretation
55 min – Lars Wohlers (Germany)
Towards European Heritage Interpretation Curriculum (TEHIC)
25 min – Darko Babić (Croatia)
10:00 – 10:25
Interpret Europe training programme
25 min – Michal Medek (Czech Republic)
10:30 – 10:55 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:55
Language as a powerful tool – how to use it ethically?
1h 25 min WS – Julia Janowska (Poland)
11:00 – 11:25
Interpreting landscape of democracy. Front gardens in Polish garden cities
25 min – Beata J. Gawryszewska (Poland)
11:30 – 11:55
The small politics of heritage-led regeneration: the impact of investment on volunteer-led groups
25 min – Magnus Copps (United Kingdom)
12:00 – 12:25
Transforming Mindsets through engagement: community-led interpretation of sensitive heritage in the (non-existent) Hindle region
25 min – Kristýna Pinkrová (Czech Republic)
Coworking with villagers in a conflictual context in a small village in Northewest Crete
25 min – Pinelopi Gkini (Greece)
11:30 – 11:55
Yours, mine, or ours? Dissonant heritage and new narratives for sustainability
25 min – Katia Dianina (USA)
12:00 – 12:25
Heritage without heirs? Czech–German borderscape, its dissonant legacy & the way to socio-cultural sustainability
25 min – Veronika Kupková (Czech Republic)
Implementing value–based heritage interpretation in training practice
1h 25min WS – Thorsten Ludwig (Germany)
Max Dubravko Fijačko,
Ivana Jagić Boljat (Croatia)
13:00 – 13:55 Lunch break
14:00 Departure for study visits
14:00 National panel discussion: Challenges of heritage interpretation in Slovenia
14:00 –14:20
Jana Babšek, ICOM Slovenia, Chair, Tržič Museum
Interpretation of sustainable development goals in Slovenian museums.
Case studies and new approaches.
14:20–14:40
Alenka Černelič Krošelj, Slovenian Museum Association Chair, RA ICOM SEE Chair, Posavje Regional Museum, Brežice
Climate Action and Sustainability – inclusion, interpretation in Slovenian and SEE Museums – some insights
14:40–15:00
Zrinka Mileusnić and Neža Čebron Lipovec, UP Faculty of Humanities & Unesco Chair
Challenges in the developing of a Heritage Living Lab
15:00–15:30
Discussion
15:30–16:00
Coffee break
16:00–16:20
Marija Fajdiga, Ranger, Information and Guidance Service, Škocjan Caves Park Public Service Agency
Provoke, Relate, Reveal at the UNESCO Site: The current situation and future challenges of interpretation in the
Škocjan Caves Park, Slovenia
16:20–16:40
Nataša Ülen, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Zrinka Mileusnić, Faculty of Humanities UP &
Unesco Chair, Petra Primc Marko, Ivan Grohar Primary School Škofja Loka
Interpreting heritage for teachers
16:40–17:00
Ana Plestenjak, Arhej d.o.o., Katja Hrobat Virloget, Faculty of Humanities UP & Unesco Chair, Valerija Pučko, Mitski park
Challenges of creating an interpretation centre – from the idea to the realisation of Mitski Park Rodik
17:00–17:20
Vesna Pajić, Municipality of Koper
Libertas: The future in the history of the historical built environment
17:20–18:00
Discussion
Saturday, 23 March 2024
8:30 – 9:15
Keynote by Sujeong Lee, UNESCO WHIPIC (South Korea) – Heritage Interpretation as a meaning-making process
9:30 – 10:25
The house of the world tree: ancestral secrets embedded in the landscape and their relevance today
25 min – Mirna Draženović, Riccardo Staraj (Croatia)
10:00 – 10:25
Sustainable exhibition on sustainability
25 min – Zsuzsa Tolnay, Erika Szmoradné Tóth (Hungary)
Employing action research to link theories and practice of nature interpretation
55 min WS – Jasmine Zhang, Eva Sandberg (Sweden)
Border’s heritage:
migration, memory, (in)visibility
55 min WS – Roberta Altin (Italy), Katja Hrobat Virloget (Slovenia)
Sustainability in interpretive guiding
55 min WS – Ondrej Vitek (Czech Republic)
10:30 – 10:55 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:55
Towards sustainability in the heritage protection through interpretive planning
25 min – Ana Radovanac Živanov (Serbia)
11:30 – 11:55
What’s your time like?
My time is crawling, and so am I.
25 min – Arpad Bőczén, Zsuzsa Berecz (Hungary)
12:00 – 12:25
Ecomuseums – vital allies of heritage and communities still, 50 years after
25 min – Dragana Ratković Aydemir (Croatia)
12:30 – 12:55
Dajak, a traditional river boat and window to the past becomes a link to the future
25 min – Aleksandra Drinic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Changing mindsets in nature conservation: Czech experience
25 min – Ladislav Ptáček, (Czech Republic)
11:30 – 11:55
Eurovikings? Presenting Viking heritage in a sustainable European mindset
25 min – Eleonora Narvselius (Sweden)
12:00 – 12:25
Community engagement and sustainable cultural tourism: mediating role of heritage interpretation
25 min – Nasim Abedi Dadizadeh (Italy), Evinc Dogan (Turkey)
12:30 – 12:55
Sustainability is more than just a buzzword for Slovenian beekeeping heritage
25 min – Alenka Selčan Božič (Slovenia)
The forgotten half of history? An interpreter in search of the female voice
1h 25 min WS – Barbara Gołębiowska (Poland)
How to deal with the group? Managing the group process in interpratation – facilitated workshop
1h 25 min WS – Piotr Idziak (Poland)
12:30 – 12:55
Shorter format, but reaching out to more – new one-day workshops to answer practicioners’ needs
25 min – Árpád Bőczén (Hungary)
13:00 – 13:55 Lunch break
14:00 – National panel discussion: Challenges of heritage interpretation in Slovenia
14:00 Departure for study visits
Sunday, 24 March 2024
8:30 – 9:15
Keynote by Lluis Bonet, University of Barcelona (Spain) – CHARTER – European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance
9:30 – 10:25
Vernacular architecture: an open book on sustainability
25 min – Marija Dragišić (Serbia)
10:00 – 10:25
Karavanke Unesco global Geopark as a tool for sustainable development
25 min – Mojca Bedjanič,
Darja Komar, Lenka Stermecki (Slovenia),
Gerald Hartmann (Germany)
Forest of immortal stories
55 min WS – Iulia Astafanei (Romania)
Targeted provocations: it’s our duty to challenge people’s mindsets
55 min – Patrick Lehnes (Germany)
10:30 – 10:55 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:55
We need to talk about audio description. Between art of description, meaning making, universal planning, and multi-sensory museum experience.
55 min – Malgorzata Hordyniec (Poland)
Sustainability applied to guiding in natural environments: some lessons from experience in the field
55 min – Evarist March Sarlat (Spain-Catalonia)
The ethics of changing others’ minds
55 min – Philipp P. Thapa (Germany)
12:30 – 12:55 Conference closing
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Departure for the post-conference tour to Venice