Hume Intercultural Project – Heritage for All

The Hume Global Learning Village is undertaking a three year project during 2011-2013 which is directed at fostering intercultural understanding and recognition of Hume City’s diverse cultural heritage. The project titled, ‘Heritage for All’, will rely on partnership with many community organisations and education institutions such as schools.

The municipality of Hume City, in the urban-rural fringe of north-west Melbourne, has long been home to many immigrants from all parts of the world, and has a rich intercultural heritage. The Heritage for All project aims to build on this heritage and celebrate it through a range of special events, most of which will be held in 2012. A planning group has been established to oversee the coordination of these events throughout the duration of this project. .Events will vary and cover a diverse range areas including the arts, food, entertainment, literature, and history. Long-term outcomes expected as a result of this project  include: the strengthening of heritage museum resources in Hume; the enhancement of intercultural knowledge; and recognition of Hume as a progressive intercultural city which aims to enhance wellbeing and learning throughout life for all.

The Hume Global Learning Village is interested in the exchange of ideas and experiences with any other cities participating in PIE that also have similar interests. Such exchanges might include linking arrangements between schools (primary and secondary), exchanges of relevant documents and visual materials (for example posters and photos), and person to person exchanges using relevant technologies. Such interest could be brought forward on the PIE web space, notified to the PIE co-ordinator by email, or passed directly to the Hume Global Learning Village.