Listen to our brand new series of podcasts. ‘Holistic Heritage’ brings conversations, opinions and thoughts on heritage from Central and Eastern Europe. Join Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, Head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Krakow, and John Beauchamp from Free Range Productions as they interview heritage leaders and discover the most inspiring projects from across the region.
The project is co-financed by the European Union and the City of Krakow.
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What are the current challenges related to the protection of cultural heritage in Hungary? In the 11th episode of the Holistic Heritage podcast Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska, head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, speaks with Dr Tamás Fejérdy, an architect and lecturer at several Hungarian universities, as well as an expert in heritage protection and conservation. Fejérdy is the president of the ICOMOS Hungarian National Committee.
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How does Estonia protect its tangible cultural treasures? In the latest episode of our podcast, Holistic Heritage, we turn our attention to Estonia. In the tenth episode of the Holistic Heritage podcast, John Beauchamp and Katarzyna Jagodzińska speak with Riin Alatalu, Vice-President of ICOMOS who holds the UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage Studies at the Estonian Academy of Fine Arts.
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What is it like to run a museum that is in sight of Russian missiles? In the latest episode of the podcast Ukraine Heritage Spotlight, Oleksandra Kovalchuk, deputy director of the Fine Arts Museum in Odesa as well as the co-founder of the Museum For Change NGO, shares her experiences in supporting Ukrainian cultural institutions.
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The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards have been recognising the cultural wealth of our continent for over two decades. In the latest podcast from the “Holistic Heritage” series, John Beauchamp participates in the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2024 in Bucharest, where he inquires about the significance and impact of these prestigious awards on the activities of organisations and institutions in the field of heritage.
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We’re diving into the cultural heritage of Ukrainians in Poland! The first of three podcasts in this series, focused on this topic, is now available – titled “Nadsanie”. In the 13th episode of the “Ukraine Heritage Spotlight” podcast, we’re at the Ukrainian House in Przemyśl, run by the Association of Ukrainians in Poland. In the podcast, members of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, John Beauchamp and Dr. Katarzyna Jagodzińska, speak with several Ukrainian activists.
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In the latest episode of our “Holistic Heritage” podcast series we take you to Kaunas! This second-largest city in Lithuania has charmed all of Europe, earning the title of European Capital of Culture 2022. Proof that good fortune often comes in pairs is Kaunas’s recent inscription onto the UNESCO World Heritage List under the title “Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939”!
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