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. 

Temple of Hercules, Citadel, Amman, Jordan

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:

• Air pollution and preventive conservation
• Conservation processes, materials and techniques
• Historical building materials
• Deterioration

Participants in the project, which is part of the Euromed Heritage 4 Programme, will hear lectures given by ELAICH’s scientific staff, including some of the leading experts in the cultural heritage field such as Prof. Rene Van Grieken (University of Antwerp), Prof. Antonia Moropoulou (National Technical University of Athens), Prof. JoAnn Cassar (University of Malta) and Prof. Guido Biscontin (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).

“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.”