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AHEAD in Crete: Community Stories, Creative Sparks, and New Visions for Heritage Engagement
In February 2025, Crete became a vibrant hub for cultural dialogue and creative collaboration through two dynamic AHEAD project activities: the AHEAD Talk at the Archaeological Museum of Mesara and the third AHEAD Lab, held as part of our ongoing mission to foster accessible and participatory heritage experiences. HERITΛGE is proud to be an active
Transformational HerMaP Gambia project wraps up with an eye to the future
HERITΛGE has completed its transformational HerMaP Gambia project to upskill and help grow The Gambia’s cultural, tourism and sports industries with funding from the European Union. To celebrate the project’s achievements, take stock of progress and challenges and map out the next steps, a stakeholder event was held on February 24th in Banjul in
First Online Networking Convening of Africa Grantees
“It is important to have capacity building, to have knowledge sharing, to have networks to increase solidarity in what is very challenging work.” Justin Garrett Moore, Director, Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place Program Last month, we held our first Online Networking Convening of the 2024 Africa Grants Programme. The meeting, which was attended by representatives
Qashqai Female Voices
Throughout last year, artists Yalda Yazdani and Christoph Wieland, curated and presented the Qashqai Female Voices project, an exhibition and accompanying programme of events designed to highlight the cultural heritage of Qashqai women in southwest Iran. The project follows on from the HerMaP Iran programme which ran from 2019-2023. Coordinated by HERITΛGE in partnership
Project Management Workshop: 20 participants from 18 countries
In December 2024, 20 participants from 18 countries joined HERITΛGE for the Project Management for Heritage Managers workshop. This 3-day online course aims to equip attendees with essential project management skills, guiding them through the entire project lifecycle. The course instructor, Tim Healing, started day one with a discussion on the concept of a project,
2nd Annual Meeting of the Living Heritage Network
HERITΛGE was happy to participate in the 2nd Meeting of Greece’s Living Heritage Network – of which it is a founding member- that took place from February 21-23 in Athens. The event was co-organized by the Directorate of Modern Cultural and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Culture, Sports &