International Round Table

Traditions as a Resource for the Future

21 September 09:30−11:00

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Selenga

The main message of the dialogue about "living cities" is how to organize the interaction of socially active citizens and representatives of creative professions aimed at the development of the territory? The dialogue will include discussions about the revitalization of locations through the rise of folk arts and crafts, about partnerships between local communities, about the system of exchange of experience and best practices in the preservation and development of cultural heritage.

Organizers

World Peoples Assembly

Center for Social Technologies "Dealing with Meaning"

Participants

Representatives of non-governmental organizations, amateurs and masters of folk-art crafts and decorative and applied arts, leaders and activists of urban and rural communities

Main issues
of discussion

Crafts as a living heritage connecting the past, present and future
How to organize the interaction of socially active citizens, representatives of creative professions, aimed at the development of the territory?
How do folk arts and crafts enliven territories?
Scaling of approaches and methods of implementation of socio-cultural practices of territories
Building a system of interaction between territories and their activists to share experiences and best practices
Expanding the potential of partnerships between local communities in the preservation and development of cultural heritage
Promotion of creative communities, popularization and presentation of their creativity, products and projects
Presentation of the International Creative Action "Peace Belt"

Moderators

Elena Didenko

Project marketer at the Center for Social Technologies "Dealing with Meaning", Head of the educational program and the Heritage Leaders Club, Head of the Production Center for the Development of Territories of the ASO, value moderator.

Galina Tsyschuk

Head of the Happy City Territorial Development Program at the Center for Social Technologies "Dealing with Meaning" and the Academy of Modern Education, expert at the School of Mayors of Living Cities, coach of urban teams, value moderator

Program and speakers

09:00 – 09:35

Вступительное слово модераторов

09:35 – 10:40

Presentations by participants

Murray Kevin, Vice President of the World Crafts Union (Australia)
Khojaniyazov Bakhtiyar, Honored Artist of Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan)
Chipata Mabuto, Trustee of "Her Voice" Foundation (Zambia)
Carolina Gaspar, Director of the Mexico-Russia Cultural Center (Mexico)
Asif Shaikh, Founder of the Craft Design Society Art Foundation, Embroiderer (India)
Izden Anar, Chairman of the Association of Legal Entities "Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations of Kyzylorda region" (Kazakhstan)
Samokhina Elmira Gennadievna, Head of the Representative Office of the World Peoples Assembly in the Sverdlovsk Region (Russia)