PASCAL joins with European Museum Academy to debate issues affecting impact of cultural heritage

The Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment (SoPHIA project) has hosted a virtual stakeholders conference 21-22 April to debate issues around measuring heritage and its impact in Europe. SoPHIA is an EU research and innovation Horizon 2020 funded project of which PASCAL  is a  member.

SoPHIA invited researchers, practitioners and, policymakers from Europe and beyond to the two-day event which consisted of presentations, discussions, and a virtual world café to provide feedback and input on issues that relate to the concrete findings. Altogether 260 people attended from 53 countries.

A range of themes was discussed and included heritage and education, sustainability, use of public spaces, dissonant heritage, cultural heritage narratives, and over-tourism and the city. The heritage and education panel focussed on the role lifelong learning can play in cities and regions and in contributing to the development of heritage and culture. 

A range of important cross-cutting themes familiar to the PASCAL city networks was explored in the world café. These included social capital and cultural heritage, climate, resource management, and green economy in cultural heritage as well as the quality of life and cultural heritage assessment. 

The PASCAL Learning Cities Networks initiative, in cooperation with the European Museum Academy and the SoPHIA project, will host a workshop on a cultural heritage model for improving services on 28 April and 19 May.  Further details can be found on the PASCAL website. http://pobs.cc/1uhlq

Rob Mark and Henrik Zipsane

Further information:  https://sophiaplatform.eu