People-Centric Heritage Voices
from Africa-Europe
GLOBINAR SESSION 2 focussed in Africa and Europe, will address what natural and cultural heritage means to civil society. We look for the experiences, in particular:
➜ Learn anecdotes related to community and natural and cultural heritage
➜ Understand what does natural and cultural heritage mean to communities
➜ Explore how to engage community and civil society in sharing responsibilities
➜ The future possibilities for filling the gaps among community, civil society and practitioners.
This session is held online, and hosted from Palazzo Coppini, supported by the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco, Firenze (Italy).
Due to unexpected technical problems we continue with this zoom link:
NEW ZOOM LINK. It will be simple, but interesting!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89975122531?pwd=cUpZZjMxZWJhcXpyVEZ5RTZnd1BQQT09
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Welcome
Tokie Brown, Architect and Entrepreneur at FOPCHEN
Vera Klontza-Jaklova, Assistant Professor, Masaryk University, Czechia
Video screening of OurWorldHeritage #2021debate
Communities caring for heritage - video presentations
Moderated by Maaike Goedkoop, General Secretary at OurWorldHeritage
Vera Klontza-Jaklova
The Euboeia historic landscape (Greece)
Tokie Brown
Premier Building, Hope Waddell Training Institution Calabar (Nigeria)
Arafat Mukasa (Swahilipothub)
Heritage of the Metropolis of Mombasa (Kenya)
Nmadili Okwumabua (CPDI Africa)
Expo and excursion CPDI Africa (Nigeria)
Oluwatoyin Sogbesan (ASA Heritage)
Irefin Palace (Nigeria)
Loes Veldpaus
Stories from Sunderland (United Kingdom)
Joe Kallas
Civil society action for the reconstruction of Beirut (Lebanon)
The Cretan Horse (Greece)
Roundtable
Conclusion & looking ahead
Amy Wilson, Global Outreach Officer at OurWorldHeritage
Maaike Goedkoop, General Secretary at OurWorldHeritage
Arafat Mu is the Coordinator of the Heritage Hub at Swahilipot Hub Foundation where he is leading the efforts of the organization in engaging youths in the promotion and conservation of the cultural heritage of Swahili. As the Deputy Head of Technology Department, he is working alongside the department head to manage activities and partnerships that seek to nurture the talents and skills of youths in technology and entrepreneurship. Additionally, as the Labor Markets Associate of the Global Opportunity Youth Network Mombasa, he’s responsible for developing the labor market information system and conducting comprehensive demand mapping exercise on emerging sectors such as Green Economy to unlock job opportunities for youth at scale. Arafat graduated with a Diploma in Medical Engineering from the Technical University of Mombasa in 2015. He is a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, Class of 2021. (Swahilipot Hub Foundation Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook)
Dr Tokie Brown is a Scientific Member of the Scientific Committee, Graduate Programme in Cultural Heritage Studies at the University of Nova Goricia, Slovenia. Co-Founder, Foundation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Nigeria. An Expert/voting Member of the ISCCL and represents Nigeria on ICOMOS-IFLA. Dr. Tokie also works as a Heritage Architect and Cultural Economist with Merging Ecologies Studio which maintains a bespoke sustainable and heritage infused design development solutions in Africa.
Vera Klontza-Jaklova is an archaeologist, researcher, university teacher, and activist. Her professor and mentor, Jan Bouzek (Charles University, Prague), and her long-term work in the Mediterranean (Crete and Albania) confirmed that archeology must be engaged and must aim to improve today's life through new knowledge about ecosystems (including not only people) of the past. And, it confirmed that there are many problems in the world! Her work in the Mediterranean countryside also allowed to get to know local people who do care about what happens to their regions, landscapes, monuments, and traditions. Under the pressure of significant economic and power interests, their voices are often hardly heard. Her main field of activity is the history of the relationship between humans and horses, people and landscapes, water management, and the archeology of historical cycles.
This event is a joint initiative of OurWorldHeritage, with civil society members and organisations:
Mike Turner, Bezalel Academy of Arts (Israel)
Vera Klontza, Masaryk University (Greece / Czechia)
Maaike Goedkoop, OurWorldHeritage (Netherlands)
Tokie Brown, FOPCHEN (Nigeria)
