Samstag 7. September 2024 (Anreisetag) bis Samstag 14. September 2024 (Abreisetag)
One aim of the Summer School will be to identify how digital media can help to address the issue of so-called “overtourism” in heritage places, hence discussing the different layers of sustainability, namely environmental, economic, social and cultural ones. The summer school will also discuss the very concept of Heritage, in particular as articulated and embodied by the relevant UNESCO Conventions: the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). Moreover, it will also explore it from the perspective of the Council of Europe, and its Cultural Routes’ program.
The following visits are envisaged:
– the two world Heritage Sites in Tessin:
Monte San Giorgio https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1090)
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/884)
– the area where the Holy Week processions in Mendrisio take place:
https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/holy-week-processions-in-mendrisio-01460
Lead:
Lorenzo Cantoni, director USI – Università della Svizzera italiana, UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
https://search.usi.ch/en/people/c3153bd11a31b6f96024b89b182d629f/cantoni-lorenzo
Co-Lead:
Silvia De Ascaniis, coordinator USI – Università della Svizzera italiana, UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
https://search.usi.ch/en/people/e1e26d36fcfcff6f0a9f128cb91622be/De-Ascaniis-Silvia
Guest speakers:
Peter Fornaro, UniBas, Digital Humanities Lab
https://dhlab.philhist.unibas.ch/en/persons/peter-fornaro/
Nadia Fontana Lupi, WHES – World Heritage Experience Switzerland
http://www.whes.ch/en/about-us/1255/1258/board/?oid=1866&lang=en
Adine Gavazzi, Università di Genova (Italy)
https://cattedraunesco.unige.it/adinegavazzi
Marinos Ioannides, UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus University of Technology
https://www.cut.ac.cy/university/administration/senate/senate/electedstaff/marinos.ioannides/?languageId=1
Anna Picco-Schwendener, UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
https://search.usi.ch/en/people/9fd3744cedf324e92e975988ae7e6d58/picco-schwendener-anna
several other experts/stakeholders, linked to the various site-visits
Participants: Interested students from all fields of study
Language: English
Literature:
As reference text the open content materials of the following book can be used:
De Ascaniis, S., & Cantoni, L. (Eds.). (2022). Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970082
Reader: A reader will be available electronically before start
general information: -> PDF
