Heritage Center Georgia

Center for Study and Promotion of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Georgia supports the protection and exploration of Georgia's natural and cultural resources.

[The Culture in Crisis Programme @CultureinCrisis]

🇬🇪 Manana Tevzadze, Chair of @blueshieldgeo gives the 1st of 2 Key Note Speeches rounding off our conference 🎤

In this exploration of the diversity and wealth of Georgian heritage, she lists the major threats the country faces, and how people are working to mitigate these risks

[The Culture in Crisis Programme @CultureinCrisis]

In the final Key Note Speech of the conference Prof. David Lordkipanidze, Director General, The Georgian National Museum talks about “Crisis as an Opportunity”

He notes that Museums can be the birth places of future multidisciplinary networks of collaboration 🌎

@MuseumGNM

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Prof. Amr Al-Azm, Director of @ATHARProject & @TDA_SY 🇺🇸 🇸🇾

Talks about the Role of Non-State Actors in Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict, presenting Syria a case study.

The work ‘provides a framework & supports local people acting for themselves’

@alazmamr

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Dr. Laurie W. Rush, US Army Archaeologist Cultural Resources Manager Native American Liaison, USA 🇺🇸

Her presentation covers ‘interest convergence’ and the inside story on working with the Heritage Sector & the Military; divulging key requirements of a Successful Partnership 🤝

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Daryna Nedzelska, Head of the Sector for Cooperation with @UNESCO in the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, Ukraine 🇺🇦

The presentation explores how partnership is fostering resilience in the Ukrainian Cultural Sector

‘Small steps lead to a big victory’

@MKIPUkraine

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Dr. Isber Sabrine, President of @heritage4peace 🇪🇸 🇸🇾

Explains their mission to empower & support Syrians of all religions to protect and safeguard cultural heritage, and how this work has developed since the Turkiye-Syria Earthquake

@1985Esper
@ANSCH_1

[Stefan Simon 🇪🇺🇺🇸 @318 ppm CO2 @mcsts]

Another type of crisis by vacuum of institutional collapse along the @UNESCO Silk Road in Central Asia @Elena_Paskaleva @UniLeidenNews #CultureInCrisis Tbilisi @HeritageGeo @BundesKultur @kulturSPK @CultureinCrisis @V_and_A @MuseumGNM kk

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Piotr Rypson @ICOM Poland on political interference: “Using museums as a tool to change the narrative to somebody’s liking is an increasing threat to their sustainability” #MuseumsAreNotNeutral @HeritageGeo @BundesKultur @kulturSPK @CultureinCrisis @V_and_A @MuseumGNM

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International conference “Collaboration in Times of Crisis: Preserving Natural and Cultural Heritage”
27.05.2023
@CultureinCrisis @ALIPHFoundation @mcsts @MaidanMuseum @icomdrmc @IcomOfficiel @DLSUManila @IndianAffairs @FredaNkirote1 @icomgeorgia @mfnberlin @kulturSPK

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Kicking off our afternoon is Dr. Ihor Poshyvailo, Director General of the @MaidanMuseum, Vice-Chair of @icomdrmc and Co-founder of Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (#HERI), Ukraine 🇺🇦

His presentation is on "Identity War in Ukraine: the Power of Cultural Collaboration"

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In our second panel, we bring together representative from 4 continents 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇭

We discuss risk preparedness, understanding environment through indigenous knowledge systems and legislating for cultural protection

@IcomOfficiel
@DLSUManila
@IndianAffairs
@FredaNkirote1

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Alexandra Fiebig, Project Manager, International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH), Switzerland 🇨🇭

Collaboration, Training and Working Locally. We hear all about @ALIPHFoundation’s work supporting Networks for Resilience and Peace 👥

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Dr. Mariko Makino, Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University, Japan 🇯🇵

We hear about their projects working to support local people safeguarding cultural heritage during and after crisis 🇸🇾

[The Culture in Crisis Programme @CultureinCrisis]

Today begins with an update from Ukraine, given by Dr. Anastasiia Cherednychenko, Chair of #ICOMUkraine 🇺🇦

We hear about how heritage sits in the crossfire of conflict, and the work taking place inside and outside of the country to protect it.

@IcomOfficiel

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Dr. Freda Nkirote M’Mbogori, National Museums of Kenya 🇰🇪

Climate Change and the Drought Crisis in northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia 💦

When talking about External Actors and Cultural Heritage Management
- “It starts and ends with community networks”.

[The Culture in Crisis Programme @CultureinCrisis]

🚨 Join us next week (27-28 April), for our latest international conference "Collaboration in Times of Crisis: Preserving Natural and Cultural Heritage", in Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪

Click below for more info and to sign up to attend online 👇
https://t.co/B3vT86jVlM