PART HER is a project that aims at reframing the valorization of cultural heritage as a bottom-up process starting from citizens. Although the role of the Institutions in the valorization and conservation of cultural heritage is essential, it should not be forgotten that cultural heritage is, as its core, a social construction resulting directly from the perceptions, values and sensitivities of the people belonging to a given community, whether it be small or wide.
From such crucial assumption, contained in the Council of Europe Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (or Faro Convention) and in the European Landscape Convention, stems the need to promote the role of citizens in the identification of the tangible and intangible elements that shape cultural heritage at the local as well as at the European level. PART HER answers to such need.
The general objective pursued by PART HER is to contribute to the development at European level of a participated approach to cultural heritage as a crucial factor for a shared identity. The specific objectives can be expressed as follows:
In order to achieve the objectives of PART HER, a set of actions have been planned. These include:
Are you a citizen or an organization? Do you know any places, piece of arts, songs, feasts, words, stories, jobs, etc. that, according to you and to your perceptions, form your cultural heritage? Would you like to share it with other people of your community? Then click on the link below!