Training Modules

These modules are designed to be taken sequentially and will guide you through how to carry out projects in rural areas that highlight intangible cultural heritage as a means to create sustainable development in the community, focusing on tourism as one such pathway.

Module 1.

Identification and Cataloging of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rural Areas

What will you learn?

  • Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Types of Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Techniques for Identification and Cataloguing
  • Ethics, Cultural Rights, and Intellectual Property
  • Valuing ICH and Contemporary Challenges
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Module 2.

Collaborative Management and Community Engagement

What will you learn?

  • Together We Thrive: Community engagement strategies
  • Participatory Heritage Management for Sustainable Tourism and Local Development
  • Challenges and Solutions in Community-Led Management
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Module 3.

Promoting a Culture of Innovation and Creativity

What will you learn?

  • Culture of Innovation and Creativity
  • Organizing an Innovative Space in the Community
  • Methods to Stimulate Collective Innovation
  • Digital Tools and Innovation Platforms
  • Sustainability, Collaboration, and Practical Application
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Module 4.

The Construction of Digital Narratives about Intangible Cultural Heritage

What will you learn?

  • Finding the story
  • Constructing the story
  • From storyboard to digital story
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Module 5.

Bringing Stories Online: Hosting and Sharing Digital Narratives

What will you learn?

  • Where Do Stories Live Today?: Models of platforms for story sharing
  • Heritage in Resilience: Design and development of a community digital storytelling platform
  • Stories to Remember: Online content management
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Module 6.

Promotion of ICH Through Digital Platforms to Foster Cultural tourism and Rural Development

What will you learn?

  • Preserving Living Traditions through Sustainable Tourism
  • Culture in Action: Shaping sustainable projects with purpose
  • The Creative Pulse of the Countryside: Innovation in rural contexts
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Additional resources

Good Practices Handbook

A Good Practices Handbook on identification, participatory management, digital storytelling, and promotion of intangible cultural heritage

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Framework methodology

A framework methodology for digital storytelling of intangible cultural heritage and training pathway design

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