The Intangibles of Heritage:
Concept, Recording, Safeguarding
Marc Jacobs (University of Antwerp & Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Marc Jacobs is full time professor in heritage studies and head of the Heritage Department in the Faculty of Design Sciences in the University of Antwerp since 2019. He is also holder of the UNESCO Chair on Critical Heritage Studies and the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Between 1998 and 2019 he worked as a director, first in the NGO Flemish Centre for Popular Culture and then, from 2008 onwards in FARO, Flemish Interface for cultural heritage.
He published on many topics, but the last few years heritage studies, policy and practice are the main focus.
Darko Babic (University of Zagreb)
Darko Babic holds PhD in Museology/Heritage Studies. He acts as Chair of Museology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia), as Chair of Croatian National Committee of ICOM and as vice-chair of ICOM’s IC for the Training of Personnel (ICTOP). In addition, he is a board member (vice-chair for policy) of ICOMOS-ICIP. Darko is a member of editorial boards of “HER & MUS” journal (Ediciones Trea & University of Barcelona, Spain), “Museologica Brunensia” (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) and “Museum - Monument - Heritage” (Sankt - Petersburg State University, Russia) and regular reviewer of many journals, including the International Journal of Heritage Studies (Routledge, UK). He is appointed co-editor of ICOM’s forthcoming book on Museum Management.
Darko has significant experience in implementation EU-funded heritage/museum projects, as well he acts as author and regular adviser of numerous museum and heritage projects. His prime research interests are interplay of heritage & development, heritage interpretation and heritage management.
As graduated ethnologist, beside museology intangible heritage is and will always be important part of his professional and private life.
Filomena Sousa ("Memória Imaterial")
Filomena Sousa is the Principal Investigator of the project DCHPII - Digital Cultural Heritage: Platforms and Inventories of the Intangible and coordinates the Digital ICH Observatory. She is an IF researcher (of the FCT Investigator Programme - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) at Memória Imaterial, a Portuguese NGO accredited by the UNESCO to provide advisory services to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
She has a Postdoc in Anthropology (2010-2016, NOVA FCSH) and a PhD in Sociology (2009, ISCTE-IUL). She is member of the Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT - NOVA FCSH).
She has skills and experience on participatory methodologies and, since 2006, develops research projects in the context of digital platforms, policies and instruments for identifying, documenting and safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. She directed several documentaries about Portuguese cultural expressions.
Filipe Themudo Barata (CIDEHUS, University of Évora)
Filipe Themudo Barata is UNESCO Chairholder in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know – How: Linking Heritage and a full Professor at the University of Évora since 2004, where he teaches several disciplines and seminars connected with History (especially Medieval), Heritage and Museology.
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Former member of the Steering Committee of the Master of Museology, member of the Scientific and Pedagogic Committee of the Erasmus Mundus Master TPTI (“Techniques, Patrimoine, Territoires de l’Industrie”), member of the Steering Committee of HERIMED Association (Palermo), member and Vice-Director of the CIDEHUS Research Centre at the University of Évora, Visiting Professor at Cape Verde University and associated member of the Centre d'Histoire des Techniques (Paris Sorbonne - Panthéon).
Pro bono manager of the Fondation Orient-Occident (Rabat - Morocco).
Ana Carvalho (CIDEHUS, University of Évora)
Ana Carvalho is a postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Cultures and Societies (CIDEHUS) of the University of Évora (Portugal) with a fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
Team member of the UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage of the same University. Her research focuses on the implications of the UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) in Portuguese national public policies. Member of the Task Group "Museums of the Future", under the Portuguese Ministry of Culture (2019-2020), a Group created to propose recommendations for public policy considering museums sustainability, accessibility, innovation and relevance in society.
She is co-founder of the Portuguese scientific journal MIDAS, "Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares", and is currently co-editor. Author of the books: "Museus e Diversidade Cultural: Da Representação aos Públicos" (2016), "Participação: Partilhando a Responsabilidade" (ed.) (2016) and "Os Museus e o Património Cultural Imaterial" (2011). She collaborated as senior researcher in the Mu.SA project - Museum Sector Alliance (2016-2020), a project concerning museums and digital technologies. Editor of ICOM Portugal bulletin (2014-2018).
She holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Museology from the University of Évora.
Monalisa Maharjan ( CIDEHUS, University of Évora)
Monalisa Maharjan is a researcher at UNESCO Chair in Intangible Cultural Heritage and traditional know-how (Portugal).
She has a PhD in Art History and Heritage Studies form University of Évora, Portugal. Her PhD dissertation was on the Linking Tangible and Intangible Heritage with the case study of Yenya Punhi festival and its continuity through traditional practice.
Her research interests are on Intangible Cultural Heritage, Indigenous Knowledge, Community Participation and UNESCO Conventions. She is also involved with various international organizations working in Cultural Heritage. Currently she is working on research projects “Authenticity in reconstruction of monuments post 2015 earthquake of Kathmandu Valley” and “Kathmandu Valley Urban History Project”.
Sara Albino ( CIDEHUS, University of Évora)
Sara Albino is an Integrated Researcher at CIDEHUS and Invited Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja. She is an associate researcher at CIEBA, Center for Research and Fine Arts Studies (University of Lisbon).
Develops research in the areas of Intangible Heritage, Cultural Mapping and Educational Tourism. She is the co-founder of Buinho Creative Hub, the rural Fablab of Baixo Alentejo, promoting an International Artistic Residency Program and a Citizen Science program for primary and secondary schools, which incorporates the teaching of new technologies and programming, with traditional know-how and societal challenges that affect local identity. She has an initial training in European Studies.
Sara Albino has a master's degree in European Policies and a PhD in Tourism from the University of Lisbon and in Management from the University of Exeter’s Business School.