By Eunice Hilda A. Mensah
Accra, May 14, GNA – The Ramdom, Bibliomuseum Center of Lecce, and Artlife Matters have invited institutions and professionals to contribute to their “Unfolding Cultural Heritage” project’s collaborative vision and cultural programming.
The Unfolding Cultural Heritage is an international cooperation project funded by Apulia Region and connecting the Salento region (Italy) with Greater Accra (Ghana) through art residencies, cultural exchanges, training programmes, and collaborative workshops aimed at uncovering and reimagining intangible heritage through the arts.
According to a statement from the Ramdom, copied to the Ghana News Agency, the project, which runs from May to October this year in Accra and Tutu in the Eastern Region would promote dialogue between cultural professionals, artists, institutions, and local communities.
It would emphasise the role of contemporary arts as tools for intercultural exchange, community engagement, and sustainable development, in alignment with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
The initiative, it said aimed to build capacities in the cultural and creative sectors, support the emergence and re-interpretation of oral and intangible heritage, promote social impact initiatives, particularly for youth and families, and encourage the use of digital technologies in storytelling and knowledge transfer.
The first step of the project is an online training and co-design programme, with four thematic workshops open to freelancers and public and private organisations from Europe and Africa.
The virtual training would focus on topics like ‘Museums and Libraries in the 2030 Agenda’; ‘Arts and New Languages for the Emergence and Enhancement of Intangible Heritage’; ‘Community Engagement’; and ‘New Technologies and New Narratives’.
The Artistic residencies and field research, the statement said would involve two Italian and two Ghanaian artists, working across disciplines to explore and re-interpret traditional practices.
Their work would result in a children’s illustrated book, a digital archive of audiovisual materials, and a collective mural inspired by Ghanaian “talking drums” and oral storytelling.
The residency in Ghana would also bring the artistic collective to the village of Tutu (Eastern Region) for a six-day cultural immersion and activities would include workshops in schools and community spaces, creative labs focused on folklore and performance and co-creation sessions to design future collaborations.
The project is also supported by the National Folklore Board and the Centre for National Culture, Greater Accra.
The statement called on interested persons to register via https://forms.gle/9M7uYaYHJav5zYL4A.
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