Online workshop: The Wheel Chart of Sustainability and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Thursday 5th November 2020

14:00-16:00 Helsinki time

Register below 29th October the latest. We will send the link to registered participants. 

What does sustainable development mean in practice? How can it be better taken into account while working with living traditions? What can I and my organization do more for a better world?

Intangible cultural heritage can effectively contribute to sustainable development. In Finland, a concrete tool has been developed to discuss and analyze the different dimensions of sustainable development in relation to living heritage in a practical way. In the Wheel chart of sustainability and intangible cultural heritage the four dimensions (ecological, economical, social and cultural) have been divided into eight categories of interconnected questions to help analyze and develop the current situation.

Do join us for an interactive workshop on the 5th of November! Learn more about the relation of sustainable development and living heritage. You will also learn how to use the wheel chart in your own work.

The workshop is free and open for all. It is intended for anyone working in the field of culture, for NGOs, museums, researchers, educators, government organisations, entrepreneurs…

Learn more and print out your own Wheel Chart
https://www.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/en/article/kestavan-kehityksen-kompassi-ja-aineeton-kulttuuriperinto

Programme (Helsinki time)

14:00 Welcome, Leena Marsio, Finnish Heritage Agency

14:10 Sustainable development and intangible cultural heritage, Katriina Siivonen, PhD Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)

14:30 Comment speech, Aura Seikkula, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

           Questions

14:40 NGOs and the role of Sustainable Development, Matti Hakamäki, Finnish Folkmusic Institute

14:45 Presentation and demonstration of the Wheel chart, Antti Huntus, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and Leena Marsio, Finnish Heritage agency                         

           Questions

15:00 Working in pairs with the Wheel chart (either with an original or a self-printed one)

15:30 Conclusion: summing up of the workshop and questions   

16:00 End of the workshop

The Wheel chart has been spread around the world and is now available in 13 languages: English, Finnish, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Luxembourgish. If you are interested in translating and using the Wheel chart in some other language, do contact us!

The Wheel chart has been developed as a part of the project of the Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture: “Creating new practises of sustainability - Cross-sectorial creativity in the era of climate change”. Team members were from the Finnish Heritage Agency (Leena Marsio), the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Antti Huntus, Aura Seikkula), Future Research Centre / University of Turku (Katriina Siivonen), The Association for Cultural Heritage Education (Ira Vihreälehto and Hanna Lämsä), Finnish Folk Music Institute (Matti Hakamäki) and Humap (Vesa Purokuru).

More information

Leena Marsio, Finnish Heritage Agency, leena.marsio(at)museovirasto.fi

Antti Huntus, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, antti.huntus(at)taike.fi