Cultural Heritage in the Framework of European Research Projects

Francisco Javier Abarca-Álvarez, Barbara Staniscia, Armando Montanari (2016). Cultural Heritage in the Framework of European Research Projects
Cultural Heritage Research

Francisco Javier Abarca-Álvarez, Barbara Staniscia, Armando Montanari (2016). Cultural Heritage in the Framework of European Research Projects
Cultural Heritage Research

The concept of Cultural Heritage has a wide presence over time in European Projects and the HORIZON2020 CULT-COOP-07-2017 CALL entitled "Cultural Heritage of European Coastal and Maritime Regions" consolidates this path, unlike other Calls, focusing specifically on issues affecting coastal areas. There are currently more than 680 projects profiled in CORDIS that respond directly to the Cultural Heritage concept. In order to properly refine this assessment of the Cultural Heritage concept, only projects initiated within the last 10 years have been considered. The methodology is detailed in the Quantitative Analysis Appendix.

The Cultural Heritage has been addressed in a routine manner, particularly fragmented and separately, considering the nature of the Tangible or Intangible Cultural Heritage under study. The quantitative assesment (see Appendix of Quantitative Analysis) reveals an early form of a trend change around the year 2010. This year coincides approximately with the effective and generalized beginning of the protection of intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

It is shown that this division between Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage does not seem to have been applied specifically in most of the call, as both approaches tend to co-exist in the funded projects, even co-existing with a certain frequency within the projects themselves from a mixed approach. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the projects financed by the EU is presented, which revolve around the Cultural Heritage. Its aim is the understanding of the state of the art and the possible gaps to allow the adoption of the legitimat theme of the proposal.

The concept of Cultural Heritage has a wide presence over time in European Projects and the HORIZON2020 CULT-COOP-07-2017 CALL entitled "Cultural Heritage of European Coastal and Maritime Regions" consolidates this path, unlike other Calls, focusing specifically on issues affecting coastal areas. There are currently more than 680 projects profiled in CORDIS that respond directly to the Cultural Heritage concept. In order to properly refine this assessment of the Cultural Heritage concept, only projects initiated within the last 10 years have been considered. The methodology is detailed in the Quantitative Analysis Appendix.

The Cultural Heritage has been addressed in a routine manner, particularly fragmented and separately, considering the nature of the Tangible or Intangible Cultural Heritage under study. The quantitative assesment (see Appendix of Quantitative Analysis) reveals an early form of a trend change around the year 2010. This year coincides approximately with the effective and generalized beginning of the protection of intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

It is shown that this division between Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage does not seem to have been applied specifically in most of the call, as both approaches tend to co-exist in the funded projects, even co-existing with a certain frequency within the projects themselves from a mixed approach. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the projects financed by the EU is presented, which revolve around the Cultural Heritage. Its aim is the understanding of the state of the art and the possible gaps to allow the adoption of the legitimat theme of the proposal.

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