Heritage Voices

What are the most pressing issues in the heritage sector today? Who are the key players in this field? Which concerns are causing the greatest worries? In our new series ”Heritage Voices”, we discuss hot topics on the heritage map with influential figures from this discipline — practitioners and theorists alike! In the inaugural interview, Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, head of Europe Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, talks with Dr Joanna Ślaga, Deputy Director for Research and Strategy at the Jagiellonian University Museum – Collegium Maius in Kraków, about academic heritage — a field that is only now beginning to gain proper recognition in heritage studies.

A conversation about the challenges faced today by heritage, people, non-governmental organisations and local government in the field of protection and management from the perspective of Krakow. The catalogue of these challenges is long. Some of them we know well, they have been with us for years, others have appeared recently, caused by the pandemic and geopolitical situation.

This panel introduces participants to European Heritage Hub project and its concept of Triple Transformation and explores the Hub’s aims to raise the capacity of Europe’s heritage ecosystem to serve as a vector for inclusive and just transition as well as a sustainable digital transition, and also to adapt and thrive in the face of the impacts of climate change and of these transitions.

Conversation with Lesia Voroniuk, creator of World Vyshyvanka Day, followed by a panel discussion with Ewa Klekot, Monika Nęcka.

The specific nature of Central Europe follows from a unique historical experience of this part of the continent. This became obvious in the 20th century. It has to be noted that in the 20th century political borders in Central and Eastern Europe have changed faster than cultural borders. Central Europe has never found itself outside the European civilisation. But it retained its distinctiveness – which today is a value.

Heritage Opportunities/threats within Mega-Events in Europe (HOMEE) project realised jointly by partners from Italy, Cyprus, Poland and the United Kingdom, was awarded with the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2022 in the category of Research.