The Cacela Heritage Research and Information Centre/CMVRSA opened its doors to the public in 2005 in the village of Santa Rita (Vila Real de Santo António municipality) and has been developing its activity around 5 fundamental axes: identifying and researching; informing, interpreting and enjoying; educating for heritage; defining a quality cultural programme for Cacela; and involving the local community in joint projects. The rich and diverse heritage that identifies the territory of Cacela has been the starting point for the design of projects and activities capable of unleashing dynamics of interpretation, learning, enjoyment and creative intervention. Alongside an effort to broaden and diversify audiences, bringing them closer to the region's heritage, the involvement of the local community, where the CIIPC is located, has been a central purpose of the work carried out: an intervention rooted in the community, with its active participation, which has fostered a sense of belonging and relevant, lasting relationships.

In this workshop, we will look at some of the strategies found by the CIIPC to ensure the involvement and active participation of the local population in the processes of research, interpretation, and valorisation of heritage. We will highlight the involvement of members of the local population in actions to enhance and publicise the heritage (workshops, interpretive routes, heritage preservation actions and exhibitions); in festive celebrations (the Maios and traditions associated with the cult of the dead); and in “Tomilho”, a newspaper with and for the local community.

Programme

15h30 - Opening
15:45 - Working on heritage with and for the community: CIIPC's collaborative experiences with the population in Cacela, Catarina Oliveira (CIIPC/CMVRSA)
16h15 - Collaborative roundtable of experiences (moderated by Catarina Almeida Marado and Lorena Sancho Querol)
17h00 - Closing

Bio note

Catarina Oliveira (CIIPC/ CMVRSA) | Degree in History - Archaeology (1994) and Master's in Regional and Local History (1999) from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. She has been a Senior Cultural Heritage Technician in local authorities since 1998 and is currently in charge of the Cacela Heritage Research and Information Centre at Vila Real de Santo António Municipality (CIIPC/CMVRSA). Since 2005, she has worked at the Centre in scientific research, communication, interpretation and enhancement of heritage, heritage education, community involvement and cultural programming. She has been the CIIPC/CMVRSA representative on the Algarve Museums Network (since 2008), working in close partnership with the region's museums. In recent years, she has been a member of the RMA's coordinating group. She has published books, various articles, and scripts on archaeology, history, and ethnography. As a researcher, she has developed and collaborated on various projects in the field of cultural heritage, history and archaeology.

Partner institutions: FCHS/UALG; CIIPC/ CMVRSA

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