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JPICULTURE-Cultural heritage and global change

Co-creating cultural narratives for sustainable rural development

Alternative title: Samskaping av kulturelle fortellinger for bærekraftig utvikling i rurale områder

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

CULTIVATE seeks to understand the role of cultural heritage in shaping sustainable landscapes and communities in the context of societal challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate emergency and transitions required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research will explore how cultural narratives are co-created, contested and negotiated at community, regional and national scales using methods that bring to the fore cultural values, identity and relationships between people and land. During 2023 we have continued working with interview data collected in the autumn of 2022. These have been quantified and summarised for all four biosphere reserves. The project had its second in-person meeting with all partners in the West Estonian Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, where we also worked on comparing the interview data from the different countries. These data are currently being concluded in a scientific paper. Further, the project group are working on mapping in what way cultural heritage is represented in planning and decision-making processes in the different countries. To do so, we invited a focus group of people who work with cultural heritage, agriculture and planning in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to discuss this. We wanted to get the focus group’s view on if and how cultural heritage is included in/considered during planning, which planning processes that affect cultural heritage and cultural landscapes, and relevant conflicts within this topic. Similar focus groups has been held in the other project countries, and we will explore these data further during our next in-person meeting which will be held in Nordhorldand in March 2024. The plan of holding workshops based on the “Seeds of Good Anthropocenes” method during 2023 has had to be delayed, but during the spring of 2024 we are planning on gathering the interviewees from 2024 to such workshops in Nordhordland UNESCO BR. The idea is for the contributors to co-create different scenarios for the future, using the “Seeds of Good Anthropocenes” method, which focuses on using inspiring visions, good initiatives and narratives about the future to achieve transforming actions for a sustainable future. The same methods will be used with students from several of the region’s high schools during the spring.

CULTIVATE seeks to understand the role of cultural heritage in shaping sustainable landscapes and communities in the context of societal challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate emergency and transitions required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research will explore how cultural narratives are co-created, contested and negotiated at community, regional and national scales using methods that bring to the fore cultural values, identity and relationships between people and land. CULTIVATE aims to make conceptual advances by integrating cultural heritage paradigms with socioecological systems (SES) to design a methodology to analyse how cultural narratives emerge in relation to stakeholder dynamics, landscape features and drivers of change. Cultural narratives will be reshaped using the ‘Seeds of a good Anthropocene’ methodology which focuses on using inspirational visions and stories to achieve transformations to sustainability. CULTIVATE will have valuable impact in real world socio-ecological systems by conducting research across 4 Biosphere Reserves which represent a diverse spectrum of rural cultural landscapes with an ethos of scientific-based management and community engagement. Cultural narratives in the BR communities will be contrasted with those at regional and national level to explore how cultural heritage is conceptualised in different parts of SES. Findings will be synthesised for dissemination both regionally/nationally and internationally. A bank of narratives expressed in written and arts-based forms will be produced as a resource and other outcomes will include policy recommendation for the integration of intangible heritage into planning and management. CULTIVATE will have lasting impact on communities through the empowering nature of its co-creation approach.

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JPICULTURE-Cultural heritage and global change

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Bransjer og næringerKjønnsperspektiver i forskningKjønn som perspektiv i problemstillingKlimaKjønnsperspektiver i forskningKulturKunst og kulturKlimaKlimaeffekter og klimatilpasningerLandbrukPolitikk- og forvaltningsområderSkog, landbruk og matLTP3 Styrket konkurransekraft og innovasjonsevneFNs BærekraftsmålMål 11 Bærekraftig byer og samfunnLandbrukSamfunns- og markedsperspektiver landbrukKulturKultur og naturFNs BærekraftsmålFNs BærekraftsmålMål 15 Liv på landPolitikk- og forvaltningsområderKommunal-, distrikt- og regionalforvaltningPortefølje Velferd og utdanningKulturNaturmangfold og miljøTerrestrisk arealbruk og arealendringBransjer og næringerMiljø - NæringsområdeNaturmangfold og miljøLTP3 Tillit og fellesskapInternasjonaliseringInternasjonalt prosjektsamarbeidFNs BærekraftsmålMål 17 Samarbeid for å nå måleneNaturmangfold og miljøKulturminner og kulturmiljøerJoint Programming Initiative (JPI) (ny fra 2014)JPI Cultural HeritageJoint Programming Initiative (JPI) (ny fra 2014)LTP3 Et kunnskapsintensivt næringsliv i hele landetPolitikk- og forvaltningsområderLTP3 Klima, polar og miljøPolitikk- og forvaltningsområderMiljø, klima og naturforvaltningPortefølje InnovasjonPortefølje ForskningssystemetPortefølje Mat og bioressurserPortefølje Klima og miljøNaturmangfold og miljøTerrestrisk naturmangfold, økosystemer og økosystemtjenesterLTP3 Kultur, sivilsamfunn og medienes rolleAnvendt forskningInternasjonaliseringLTP3 Klima, miljø og energi