The ELAICH Project will host a special workshop for public officials from European and Mediterranean countries at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy from 7–9 November.
Experts working with ELAICH will present the principal components of the ELAICH Toolkit which is particularly aimed at providing tools for educators to introduce the values of cultural heritage to the general public and in particular to high school students.
Senior officials from the European Union (EU), Israel, Greece, Italy and Malta, among other countries, have already confirmed their participation. Participants include decision makers and experts in the areas of education and cultural heritage conservation, including high school managers, educators in science, arts and history, representatives from authorities and NGOs related to cultural heritage conservation as well as relevant local, regional and national government institutions from the entire Mediterranean Sea Basin and the EU.
“The special workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for us to share ELAICH’s achievements and knowledge with public officials,” said Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, coordinator of ELAICH. “At the workshop we would like to explore together how to apply the ELAICH methodology and toolkit to educate people to preserve their cultural heritage.”
The toolkit provides traditional workshop materials integrated with modern e-learning activities through a specially developed e-learning system (eLAICH).
The toolkit, which is based upon a scientifically validated and tested educational methodology, will enable teachers to manage the toolkit’s educational modules in order to allow them to better guide their students through the process of learning the worth of cultural heritage.
The workshop for public officials will demonstrate the values of the toolkit and the importance of including it in programs aimed at the general public and youth in particular.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Israel mulls adding cultural heritage to national curriculum
The Israeli Ministry of Education is considering making conservation and renovation of heritage sites part of the national curriculum, based on the learning module prepared by the ELAICH (Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage).
In an article published in The Jerusalem Post, Dr. Michael Grunzveig, the Education Ministry’s inspector of the study of Israel and archeology, said the ministry was exploring the possibility of introducing such a course.
“We have already had one meeting with educators about this idea, and we are planning to promote this option and integrate it into the learning program over the next few years. Hopefully, it will eventually become a separate unit where students can create projects and assignments on the subject,” Grunzveig said.
The article in the Post featured the recent one-week course in Amman organized by ELAICH, with the participation of some 20 high school students from Jordan and Malta.
The report describes the EU-funded ELAICH as a "far-reaching, multifaceted project, that pulled together some of the region’s most renowned conservationists, archeologists, historical architects and other experts to share their detailed knowledge with young people from Israel, Turkey and Greece, as well as Malta and Jordan.”
Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, ELAICH coordinator from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, told the Post that while the knowledge and tools used to preserve cultural heritage had greatly improved in recent years, public awareness of the importance of historical sites was still very low.
“We do not expect students to become professionals in the fields of preservation, conservation, archeology or architecture, but we hope this course will give them basic theoretical knowledge so they can understand and appreciate what exactly cultural heritage is,” Dr. Lobovikov-Katz said.
Roberta De Angelis, a trained conservationist based at the University of Malta, who worked with Maltese students earlier this year to study a local parish church in Valletta as part of the ELAICH course there told the Post that “History is very fragile. As conservationists, we are very frustrated. People do not understand that we need to preserve these sites for future generations, and they think that because they cannot always see the erosion, there is nothing to worry about.”
In an article published in The Jerusalem Post, Dr. Michael Grunzveig, the Education Ministry’s inspector of the study of Israel and archeology, said the ministry was exploring the possibility of introducing such a course.
“We have already had one meeting with educators about this idea, and we are planning to promote this option and integrate it into the learning program over the next few years. Hopefully, it will eventually become a separate unit where students can create projects and assignments on the subject,” Grunzveig said.
The article in the Post featured the recent one-week course in Amman organized by ELAICH, with the participation of some 20 high school students from Jordan and Malta.
The report describes the EU-funded ELAICH as a "far-reaching, multifaceted project, that pulled together some of the region’s most renowned conservationists, archeologists, historical architects and other experts to share their detailed knowledge with young people from Israel, Turkey and Greece, as well as Malta and Jordan.”
Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, ELAICH coordinator from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, told the Post that while the knowledge and tools used to preserve cultural heritage had greatly improved in recent years, public awareness of the importance of historical sites was still very low.
“We do not expect students to become professionals in the fields of preservation, conservation, archeology or architecture, but we hope this course will give them basic theoretical knowledge so they can understand and appreciate what exactly cultural heritage is,” Dr. Lobovikov-Katz said.
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| Students from Jordan and Malta in ELAICh course in Amman |
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
ELAICH concludes joint Jordanian-Maltese Amman cultural heritage course
The ELAICH Project has concluded a one-week course in Amman with the participation of some 20 high school students from Jordan and Malta.
Participants noted that the students cooperated extremely well with each other, learning about topics relating to preservation of cultural heritages. The course included on-site lectures from conservation, archaeology, architecture and history experts.
Hani Hazaimeh, a reporter from The Jordan Times, who accompanied the group on its visit to the ancient city of Petra, noted that the course had given the teenage students valuable insight into the 2,000-year-old capital of Nabataean civilization.
“It is important for us to know about the history of other nations… I am not so interested in archaeology, but this should not prevent me from learning about ancient civilizations,” Martina Bugelli, a Maltese student told The Jordan Times. “History does not belong to a certain country; it is a world heritage and I think that everyone should learn how past generations lived.”
Bugelli noted that her visit and meeting with Jordanian students broadened her perception of other nations along the Mediterranean coast.
Following a session held at the Amman Citadel, Jordanian student Taleen Oghlanian said that before the course, she had no interest whatsoever in archaeology.
“Now I have much to tell my friends at school and I will encourage everyone to come and learn more about the historical sites that Jordan has no shortage of,” the16-year-old told The Jordan Times.
“This is my first visit to the Citadel although I have lived in Amman all my life,” added Kristy Dabies, one of 15 Jordanian students participating in the course.
She said that the ELAICH program was an excellent opportunity to meet students from other countries and to exchange views and ideas about their interests and cultural heritages.
Christophe Graz, assigned by the EU to monitor the project’s progress and implementation, told the English daily that the project managers had already approached government officials about incorporating the project into the education systems of these countries.
“The main challenges we are facing are how to make it sustainable and get governments interested,” Graz told The Jordan Times.
“This is a unique opportunity to encourage international intercultural dialogue among course participants in the field of cultural heritage protection,” said Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and coordinator of ELAICH.
“By bringing together high school students from Jordan and Malta for five full days, we can demonstrate the effectiveness of the special educational tool kit developed by ELAICH.”
Participants noted that the students cooperated extremely well with each other, learning about topics relating to preservation of cultural heritages. The course included on-site lectures from conservation, archaeology, architecture and history experts.
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| ELAICH course in Amman |
“It is important for us to know about the history of other nations… I am not so interested in archaeology, but this should not prevent me from learning about ancient civilizations,” Martina Bugelli, a Maltese student told The Jordan Times. “History does not belong to a certain country; it is a world heritage and I think that everyone should learn how past generations lived.”
Bugelli noted that her visit and meeting with Jordanian students broadened her perception of other nations along the Mediterranean coast.
Following a session held at the Amman Citadel, Jordanian student Taleen Oghlanian said that before the course, she had no interest whatsoever in archaeology.
“Now I have much to tell my friends at school and I will encourage everyone to come and learn more about the historical sites that Jordan has no shortage of,” the16-year-old told The Jordan Times.
“This is my first visit to the Citadel although I have lived in Amman all my life,” added Kristy Dabies, one of 15 Jordanian students participating in the course.
She said that the ELAICH program was an excellent opportunity to meet students from other countries and to exchange views and ideas about their interests and cultural heritages.
Christophe Graz, assigned by the EU to monitor the project’s progress and implementation, told the English daily that the project managers had already approached government officials about incorporating the project into the education systems of these countries.
“The main challenges we are facing are how to make it sustainable and get governments interested,” Graz told The Jordan Times.
“This is a unique opportunity to encourage international intercultural dialogue among course participants in the field of cultural heritage protection,” said Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and coordinator of ELAICH.
“By bringing together high school students from Jordan and Malta for five full days, we can demonstrate the effectiveness of the special educational tool kit developed by ELAICH.”
Thursday, July 7, 2011
New Euromed cultural heritage photography competition
Euromed Heritage 4, which is funding the ELAICH Project, will be holding a special digital photography competition in attempt to promote Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage.
The 4th edition of the International Digital Photography Award - “Crossing Viewpoints” - is aimed at increasing public awareness to national and regional cultural legacy and encourages the appropriation of this rich heritage.
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This year’s theme is: “Mediterranean cities as space of socialisation” and the competition is open to the general public. Deadline for the reception of photographs and accompanying material is 15th September 2011.
“The towns and cities in the Mediterranean are dynamic, living places that bring together different cultures, generations and types of people,” Euromed Heritage 4 declared in a statement.
“Their meeting spaces are many and varied: traditional city spaces like the rooftops of dwellings and the hammams; religious spaces, like mosques, churches or cemeteries; leisure spaces such as sports venues and gardens; commercial spaces like markets and souks; spaces of passage such as porches, spaces for family celebration like the courtyards of houses, and spaces for religious or cultural celebrations such as public squares, etc."
“To socialize is to celebrate life, and this act is set in a specific physical space, recreating the intangibility of the event,” the statement added.
Euromed said that some 30 photographs would be selected by a jury comprised of professional photographers and specialists in the field of cultural heritage. The winner will be invited to attend the final conference of the Euromed Heritage program.
The 4th edition of the International Digital Photography Award - “Crossing Viewpoints” - is aimed at increasing public awareness to national and regional cultural legacy and encourages the appropriation of this rich heritage.
This year’s theme is: “Mediterranean cities as space of socialisation” and the competition is open to the general public. Deadline for the reception of photographs and accompanying material is 15th September 2011.
“The towns and cities in the Mediterranean are dynamic, living places that bring together different cultures, generations and types of people,” Euromed Heritage 4 declared in a statement.
“Their meeting spaces are many and varied: traditional city spaces like the rooftops of dwellings and the hammams; religious spaces, like mosques, churches or cemeteries; leisure spaces such as sports venues and gardens; commercial spaces like markets and souks; spaces of passage such as porches, spaces for family celebration like the courtyards of houses, and spaces for religious or cultural celebrations such as public squares, etc."
“To socialize is to celebrate life, and this act is set in a specific physical space, recreating the intangibility of the event,” the statement added.
Euromed said that some 30 photographs would be selected by a jury comprised of professional photographers and specialists in the field of cultural heritage. The winner will be invited to attend the final conference of the Euromed Heritage program.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Students from Jordan and Malta will jointly participate in a special ELAICH course on cultural preservation in Amman
The ELAICH (Educational linkage approach in cultural heritage) Project will hold a special course in Amman, Jordan, July 10–15, 2011. The course will bring together high school students from Jordan and Malta, who will study together in a unique cultural preservation project.
Participants in course in Amman will include groups of Jordanian and Maltese students, who participated in a similar ELAICH course in Malta earlier this year.
Together, the students will learn about topics relating to preservation of cultural heritages, visit conservation sites and will participate in an in-situ session in the Amman Citadel.
Students will learn about:
“This is a unique opportunity to encourage international intercultural dialogue among course participants in the field of cultural heritage protection,” said Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, coordinator of ELAICH. “By bringing together high-school students from Jordan and Malta for five full days we can demonstrate the effectiveness of the special educational tool kit developed by ELAICH.”
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| Temple of Hercules, Citadel, Amman, Jordan |
Together, the students will learn about topics relating to preservation of cultural heritages, visit conservation sites and will participate in an in-situ session in the Amman Citadel.
Students will learn about:
- Air pollution and preventive conservation
- Conservation processes, materials and techniques
- Historical building materials
- Deterioration
“This is a unique opportunity to encourage international intercultural dialogue among course participants in the field of cultural heritage protection,” said Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz, coordinator of ELAICH. “By bringing together high-school students from Jordan and Malta for five full days we can demonstrate the effectiveness of the special educational tool kit developed by ELAICH.”
Sunday, May 8, 2011
ELAICH holds cultural heritage course for students in Malta
The ELAICH (Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage) Consortium completed a special course for teenage students at the Junior College of Malta earlier this year.
The main focus of the course was on creating awareness of the rich cultural heritage of Malta. It was organized by ELAICH partnering with the University of Malta.
The course, which was originally meant to take 15 participants, received more than 80 applications and, in the end, had to be redesigned to take 30 “very interested and motivated” students.
The course ran from February to May and covered practical and theoretical lessons over 35 hours. The lessons ranged from interactive sessions in class to site visits and hands-on conservation sessions. Lecturers included both local and foreign specialists from Israel, Italy, Belgium and Greece.
The 600-year-old parish church of Siġġiewi, itself a recent winner of the annual Din l-Art Ħelwa Award for Architectural Heritage, was used as the site at which practical analysis and research of the conservation process could be studied first hand.
Overall, the course developed students’ practical life skills of teamwork, respect for other persons’ opinions and how best to present reports or results.
The main focus of the course was on creating awareness of the rich cultural heritage of Malta. It was organized by ELAICH partnering with the University of Malta.
The course, which was originally meant to take 15 participants, received more than 80 applications and, in the end, had to be redesigned to take 30 “very interested and motivated” students.
The course ran from February to May and covered practical and theoretical lessons over 35 hours. The lessons ranged from interactive sessions in class to site visits and hands-on conservation sessions. Lecturers included both local and foreign specialists from Israel, Italy, Belgium and Greece.
The 600-year-old parish church of Siġġiewi, itself a recent winner of the annual Din l-Art Ħelwa Award for Architectural Heritage, was used as the site at which practical analysis and research of the conservation process could be studied first hand.
Overall, the course developed students’ practical life skills of teamwork, respect for other persons’ opinions and how best to present reports or results.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
ELAICH conducts educational dissemination workshop in Israel
The ELAICH (Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage) Consortium held a special educational dissemination workshop in Haifa, Israel in January 2011.
The main objective of the workshop was to explore ways of implementing the ELAICH project and turn it into educational reality in Mediterranean countries.
Some 70 participants took part in the workshop in which ELAICH coordinator Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz and partners presented the results of laboratory testing of the samples of stone and mortar collected on the site of the final project in Tiberias.
The workshop was opened by official representatives, including: Prof. Yehuda Kalay, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Raanan Kislev, Arch. Cons., Director of the Conservation Department, Israel Antiquities Authority and Arch. Naama Neeman-Mizrahi, Northern District – the Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites.
As part of the workshop, four teams of students from participating schools presented the results of their work on study and mapping of the historic site in Tiberias.
The round table discussion included ELAICH partners and members of the Technion including Dr. Lobovikov-Katz, Prof. Antonia Moropoulou, Prof. Pilar Ortiz, Prof. JoAnn Cassar, Roberta De Angelis, Prof. Guido Biscontin, Dr. Francesca Izzo, Dr. Racheli Levin-Peled, Ornit Sagy, Dr. Susannah Worth, Arch. Aysa Natapov and Luba Katzav.
In addition, some leading representatives of the educational and conservation community in Israel attended, including Dr. Michael Grunzweig, chief inspector of the Study of Israel and Archeology, Ministry of Education.
The main objective of the workshop was to explore ways of implementing the ELAICH project and turn it into educational reality in Mediterranean countries.
Some 70 participants took part in the workshop in which ELAICH coordinator Dr. Anna Lobovikov-Katz and partners presented the results of laboratory testing of the samples of stone and mortar collected on the site of the final project in Tiberias.
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| Dr. Lobovikov-Katz presenting at Haifa Dissemination event |
The workshop was opened by official representatives, including: Prof. Yehuda Kalay, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Raanan Kislev, Arch. Cons., Director of the Conservation Department, Israel Antiquities Authority and Arch. Naama Neeman-Mizrahi, Northern District – the Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites.
As part of the workshop, four teams of students from participating schools presented the results of their work on study and mapping of the historic site in Tiberias.
The round table discussion included ELAICH partners and members of the Technion including Dr. Lobovikov-Katz, Prof. Antonia Moropoulou, Prof. Pilar Ortiz, Prof. JoAnn Cassar, Roberta De Angelis, Prof. Guido Biscontin, Dr. Francesca Izzo, Dr. Racheli Levin-Peled, Ornit Sagy, Dr. Susannah Worth, Arch. Aysa Natapov and Luba Katzav.
In addition, some leading representatives of the educational and conservation community in Israel attended, including Dr. Michael Grunzweig, chief inspector of the Study of Israel and Archeology, Ministry of Education.
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