Heritage, environments and time

A deep understanding of the contexts of heritage and environments, a critical approach that questions and deconstructs normative meanings, and new theoretical, conceptual and methodological openings are central to research in this area.

The interconnected themes of cultural heritage, cultural and natural environments and temporality are examined from perspectives that combine different research traditions. The research will cover the multiple meanings of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and environments, their formation and changes, the values and experiences of heritage and environments, and their communal, social and political dimensions. A deep understanding of the contexts of heritage and environments, a critical approach that questions and deconstructs normative meanings, and new theoretical, conceptual and methodological openings are essential.

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Projects and research groups in the research area

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Establishing a Laboratory of Cultural Heritage in Central Romania (ELABCHROM)

ELABCHROM will increase capacity to achieve excellence in research and develop a laboratory of cultural heritage within the FORTHEM Alliance..
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EU Heritage Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Inter-Heritage Dialogue (HERIDI)

HERIDI will scrutinize EU foreign policy and initiatives for external cultural relations that deal with cultural heritage.
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Spontaneous Finnish Humanitarian Aid as Catalyst for Independent Estonia: From a Personal Touch to the Success of a Nation (Fin-Est Connection; MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship)

The last five years of Soviet rule marked by perestroika and glasnost enabled Estonians not only to communicate their dissent but also to build relationships with people on the other side of the Iron curtain.