Footprints and Routes of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Erasmus Project

Project Title

Footprints and Routes of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Open and distance learning; Social dialogue

Project Summary

The coordinator of our project called “Footprints and Routes of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” is France, partners are Hungary, Greece, Turkey and Spain.The duration of our project is 24 months, communication language among partners is English. Totally 55 students of 9-13 aged and 32 staff will participate Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils LTTA, and 15 staff will participate short-term joint staff training events LTTA.Cultural heritage hold mirror for cultural, social, economic and political development of humanity, it gives us the feeling of belonging and identity, it combines the past, present and future to each other, helps the intercultural dialogue develop, increases social harmony, makes us feel as a part of the society.The role of education and international cooperation is too important in transferring abstract cultural heritage elements from one generation to the other.This project will make an awareness of our own heritage and also partner EU countries’ abstract heritage, prove the economical and social dimension of the heritage, it will help the cultural heritage get into our curriculum with innovative approaches and more effective transnational practices.Our objectives are; knowing about and introducing intangible cultural heritage of countries with effective and innovative methods; preventing the danger of the extinction of cultural heritage; bringing the social, cultural and economical value of cultural heritage, cooperating with stakeholders about this subject, organising educative, enhancing sensitivity programmes that aiming especially students including the public; increasing the consciousness about the importance and sustainability of heritage in local/national/EU levels with LTTA.Developing some approaches that are activity-based and including learning/teaching; increasing the capacity of teachers and institutions in order to provide of transition the knowledge from one generation to another; developing e-learning platform and taking more attention to cultural heritage with new materials that appeal more to new generations. Encouraging education that is value-based by combining cultural heritage with curriculum; Organising activities to find out the value of cultural heritage and its contribution to creating work, economical growth and social integrity.The activities we planned to achieve are; intangible cultural heritage rituals of partner countries, marbling art workshop, performing storytelling in museums/kindergartens, cultural heritage days, Kahoot knowledge contest, experiments that can be done in class about the fragility of cultural heritage, innovative courses focused on Rebetiko, percussion workshop, drawing Gwoka costumes, organising online course, online meetings with students on eTwinning, organising a flash mob, sharing best practices focused on cultural heritage, photo/video contest…The French school is responsible for the project management of all partner schools.Contact people organise their own team about fulfilling all steps of the project from the beginning till the end of the project and also after it, and inform the coordinator about the project.The project teams of the schools have a usual monthly meeting among themselves.We develop new materials appealing to new generations more by developing ourselves in education fields and discover how to take attention to intangible cultural heritage.Elements of cultural heritage give the feeling of identity, help correlating among the past/present/future, develop an understanding for different cultures and encourage dialogue among cultures.LTTA and local activities help students gain awareness of cultural richness in national and EU level, gain knowledge and sensitivity in order to save and survive them.The project supports students’ gainings of curriculum, develops their skills of critical thinking, creavity, entrepreneurship, improves skills with extracurricular activities.We take over cultural elements as economical earning elements and create public opinion; and create an awareness on public.By the way of exchange of practices; we discover that in which classes and levels cultural heritage takes place in different EU countries, and their methods of teaching and evaluation, we gain professional experience in EU level.With this project; participants discover the diversity and richness of intangible cultural heritage and know about different aspects of the culture.Students gain skills of creativity, cooperation, entrepreneurship with curriculum and extracurriculum activities.Activities will help participants develop tolerance for different cultures and strenghten their foreign language skills. Participant staff learn some pedagogic approaches about transferring cultural heritage elements to the next generation.The project develops intercultures dialogue among partners.Communities and stakeholders who participate activities understand the importance of cultural heritage better and gain awareness.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 157322 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ecole primaire du bourg & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Inonu Ilkokulu
• Dimotiko Sxoleio Agias Marinas Neas Makris
• Colegio Salesianos “San Juan Bosco”
• Hajdúböszörményi Eötvös József Magyar-Angol Két Tanítási Nyelvu Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Muvészeti Iskola