Late applications are still possible. The Master prepares professionals for the sustainable future of tourism and is run with the UNESCO Chair. A double degree with the MSc in Food Industry Management of UNISG – University of Gastronomic Science (Pollenzo, Italy) will be available to the new cohort.
On display in Castel Grande in Bellinzona until 3.11, the exhibition calls visitors to wear researchers' clothes, showing the results of a scientific project that studied hundreds of mortar fragments, making incredible revelations on the way Medieval craftsmen worked to build timeless works of art.
A digital exhibition on the Sudanese town of Al-Khandaq, aimed at revealing its rich development through time that marked its architecture. Realized in collaboration with prof. Ahmed Hussein Adam, visiting fellow at the Chair from the University of Kartoum in Sudan .
Realized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Peru and the UNESCO Chair of Genoa, it displays stunning photographs of the walled settlement of Kuélap taken by Heinz Plenge, which allow us to travel in time and appreciate the legacy of the Chachapoyas culture (VI c. AD). Open until 31.12.
SECreTour drives sustainable cultural tourism by empowering local communities, shaping a fair, creative, and sustainable tourism approach, and testing diverse European pilot cases to foster fair development, community engagement, and policy insights. The Chair is partner with 10 other institutions.
Thanks to the collaboration with the Peruvian photographer Heinz Plenge, a digital booklet has been created by Mendrisiotto Turismo on the Holy Week Processions, to document the richness of this heritage inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2019.
Organised by USI MA in Tourism & Locarno regional tourism office, the course is opened to professionals, who are interested in developing their skills.To be held in Muralto/Locarno on 21-22.10 & 14-16.11, it will have Robert Davidson as main instructor and combine classes, visits and case-studies.
Done in collaboration with the Swiss Study Foundation, it will guide smart university students to reflect on the many dimensions that link Heritage, Digital Media and Sustainable Tourism.
Dr. Anna Picco participated in the annual meeting, which aimed at exchanging on activities of Swiss UNESCO Chairs and getting to know each other. Talks were given by Sobhi Tawil, dir. of Future of Learning & Innovation at UNESCO, and Bernhard Fuhrer, dir. of the Swiss Network for Int. Studies.
De Ascaniis, S., and Cantoni, L. (2023). Governing narrative and representational creativity to communicate heritage sites. In: Florence Grazer Bideau & Peter Bille Larsen (eds.), Governing heritage and creativity: frictions, avenues and questions. Lettera Ventidue publishing, pp. 34-53. ISBN: 9788862428941.
de Oliveira, R.A., Baracho, R.M.A. and Cantoni, L. (2024). The perception of UNESCO World Heritage Sites’ managers about concepts and elements of cultural sustainability in tourism, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 297-311.
Garbani-Nerini, E., Marchiori, E., Sabatini, N. & Cantoni, L. (2024). Creating private and public value in data-related management projects: a cross-border case study from Switzerland and Italy. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 269–277.
Gravari-Barbas, M., and Sabatini, N. (eds.) (2023). Fashion and Tourism: Parallel Stories. Emerald Publishing Limited. Leeds, pp. 1-392.
Permatasari, P. A., Ningrum, F. U., Uriawan, W., & Cantoni, L. (2023). More Than Words: Evaluating iWareBatik Digital Technologies in the Perspective of Heritage Tourism. In L. Bassa (Ed.), Combining Modern Communication Methods With Heritage Education (pp. 47-68). IGI Global.
Stachel, C., Cantoni, L. (2024). Creating an Online Exhibition About Shoe Heritage. In: Marcus, A., Rosenzweig, E., Soares, M.M. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. HCII 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14713. Springer, Cham.
Stüben, J.M., and Cantoni, L. (2024). Sustainability Nudges While Booking a Flight on an OTA Website. In: Berezina, K., Nixon, L., Tuomi, A. (eds), Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2024. ENTER 2024. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham.
