HOLISTIC HERITAGE

“Via Transilvanica: Romanian Heritage step by step” is the title of the latest episode of the “Holistic Heritage” podcast! To record it, a microphone alone wasn’t enough – we had to lace up our walking boots and strap a few kilograms of gear onto our backs. The longest hiking trail in Romania deserves to be tackled with proper respect.

We are travelling through the picturesque landscapes of the Beskid Niski mountains, home to the Lemko people for generations. Eager to explore the cultural richness of this ethnic group, we listen to their stories of heritage, culture, and language, building bridges between the past and the future.

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. In fact, you could say that comics are now helping the Ukranian war effort against Russia.

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 Program and Executive Director of Jam Factory.

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.

In this episode, we speak to one of European heritage’s most revered practitioners, Professor Jacek Purchla.