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Carsten Skjoldborg, National ASP Coordinator, Denmark The following is an extract from the Members' Handbook on comfu.org where pupils from the Middle East and Denmark are working on a project called Reviving World Heritage. In week 10, 2011, delegations from the participating countries will meet and work together at a youth conference in Denmark. You can follow the work on comfu.org. Welcome to the Reviving World Herítage (RWH) Project where you can start on an expedition to go in quest of and revive your heritage and predict the future. Become a Member When you are registered as a member, you have access to your personal profile from where you can: • make friends • publish blogs, videos and photos and, VERY IMPORTANT: • communicate! Create Your Personal Profile • Upload a picture of yourself • Answer the basic questions about your school, hometown, country and yourself. • Answer some questions about your favorite: Book, Movie, Music, Food, Website • Describe your favorite sites (buildings, squares, parks, landscapes, views etc.) and what they mean to you. Make Friends Make friends with three members from three different countries and comment on or ask questions about their personal profiles. Share a Favorite Thing • Upload a picture of one of your favorite things - a thing that means a lot to you • Write a blog or make an audio-/video recording, where you explain what the thing is, and why it is important to you. Basic Knowledge To make sure that you and your classmates have some basic knowledge about the topic, you need to visit the info center to: • Read the texts: What is World Heritage? and What is Intangible Heritage? • Watch the videos: Top UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Falconry : Our Intangible Cultural Heritage • Discuss in your class what kinds of heritage there are and why heritage is important Select World Heritage Sites Browse the World Heritage List. Select five interesting sites from five different continents. Browse the Intangible Heritage List. Select five interesting examples of Intangible Heritage from five different continents. Make a short description of the sites you have chosen, and why you have chosen them, and publish it in a blog in the category Reviving World Heritage Blog. Remember you can add photos and videos to your blog.  Present your National Sites This task you can solve in groups. Each group can for instance present one national World Heritage site. a. Publish a short blog where you present your national sites b. Publish a photo album with pictures from sites in your country c. Share videos about your country's World Heritage Sites You are very welcome to use other sources as well. Revive one National Site
Present Intangible Cultural Heritage If you look at the Intangible Heritage List, you will notice that it is not nearly as complete as the World Heritage List. In fact, out of the countries participating in Reviving World Heritage only Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Palestine have one example each on the list, whereas Syria, Lebanon, Oman and Denmark are not even on the list. So this is your chance to find and present such interesting examples of Intangible Cultural Heritage in your country that we can pass them on to UNESCO and try to get them on the Intangible Heritage List. You can either: Nominate New Sites Visit the local area/city/town/village in groups equipped with a camera. Take pictures of potential world heritage sites and find arguments for the nomination. |
