"Digitalized! And then? Paths and experiences in Heritage and Tourism": today (13 June) at 17.00, prof. Lorenzo Cantoni will give a public keynote at the Digital Humanities Workshop organized by the University of Basel at Instituto Svizzero in Rome. The keynote can be followed online.
Together with The LifeStyle-Tech Competence Center and Dagorà, USI UNESCO Chair is excited to welcome you in person for the Erasmus+ event "Travel, Sustainability and Technology". After a round of expert talks, a networking Apèro will follow. Registrations are still open.
The Summer School in Indonesia (16 - 24 August) will provide learning experiences about tangible Indonesian UNESCO World Heritage Sites and intangible Cultural Heritage in the cities of Jakarta, Solo and Yogyakarta. A special focus is put on ICT. Applications are still open.
The introduction of the newly published book "Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media", as well as the five chapters that introduce the five sections discussing the main elements of the ABCDE framework, are freely available and downloadable online.
Congratulations to Puspita Ayu Permatasari, who defended her doctoral thesis titled "iWareBatik: Digital Information System for Enhancing Batik Learning in the Framework of Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Tourism", on May 25th!
USI offers a Master in International Tourism, run by the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics. The Master has several collaborations with the UNESCO Chair. Applications for the coming academic year are open.
The project "The convent, the mortar piece and the building site: An incredible adventure among geology, history and archaeology " designed by USI UNESCO Chair in collaboration with the Foundation Pro Kloster St. Johann in Müstair, has been approved by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
The 7th Unesco Unitwin Conference 2022 held in Portorož, Slovenia, at the UP Fakulteta za turistične študije Turistica from 15th to 20th May, was a great opportunity for the Chair's team for scientific exchange and networking, as well as for experiencing sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites!
