In this episode of the podcast “Ukraine Heritage Spotlight,” we visit Lviv, home to the Jam Factory Art Center, new multidisciplinary art center. John Beauchamp, a radio journalist and sound producer, and Katarzyna Jagodzińska PhD, head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow, meet with Bozhena Pelenska, the Executive Director of Jam Factory.
We’re in the centre of Lviv to visit UA Comix – a comic book store, as you might have guessed from the name. But it’s so much more than that. W rzeczywistości bowiem znajdujące się tam komiksy są bronią w walce i istotnym wsparciem ukraińskiego wysiłku wojennego przeciwko rosyjskiemu najeźdźcy.
On 19 June, the Kraków Heritage Forum met for the last time before the summer break. Over 40 representatives from Kraków’s NGOs, informal groups, institutions, and the City Council gathered at the Guild of Food Crafts to continue their work on protecting and promoting Kraków’s culinary heritage by developing a set of recommendations for the city authorities and the Provincial Marshal’s Office.
The European Heritage Hub, a pilot project co-funded by the EU connecting heritage stakeholders across Europe, has selected 14 heritage projects across 11 EU neighbouring countries for its Small Grants Scheme
The European Heritage Hub pilot project has launched a Social Forum designed for heritage professionals and enthusiasts. This online community offers a dedicated space for users to connect with peers, expand their networks, and collaborate on topics central to culture and cultural heritage
December 2022 marked the reopening of the Slovak National Gallery after major reconstruction. Our guide to the newly opened building is Alexandra Kusá PhD, its general director and a specialist in 20th century art.
“Redefining heritage” – listen to the next episode of the “Holistic Heritage” series. In this episode, we speak to one of European heritage’s most revered practitioners, Professor Jacek Purchla.
One of the most important activities in heritage research is not just looking at the past, but recording the present for future generations of citizens and scholars. This is exactly what Dr Iryna Sklokina is doing from the Center for Urban History in Lviv. One of the centre’s projects is „Un-archiving Post-industry”, which digitally preserves endangered industrial heritage collections in Ukraine’s East.