Apply here to be an Ambassador of Living Heritage!

How visible are your culture and heritage in Finland? Do you want to make them more visible for the public and make some change? Are you a practitioner of heritage, an NGO worker, an artist, a researcher, an educator, an activist, or an enthusiast? If yes, do come along!

PROJECT

In autumn 2022, a new project welcomes seven people from culturally diverse backgrounds to act as Ambassadors of Living Heritage. They will be selected among the applicants to this open call. The project is arranged bythe Finnish Heritage Agency in cooperation with Arts Promotion Centre Taike, Culture for All and Globe Art Point. The selection will be made by a team consisting of experts from these organisations. The aim of the project is to bring more visibility to culturally diverse living heritage in Finland, to inspire discussion on how various groups participate in the safeguarding of living heritage in Finland and what measures could be developed.

The selected people will participate participate in a workshop by the Finnish Heritage Agency to learn more about living heritage. These ambassadors will then select a community, with whom they will work and organise 1-2 workshops to discuss their living heritage, identify some key elements in it and prepare an article (2-3 pages) of the one element to the Wiki-inventory of Living Heritage by the end of 2022. The Finnish Heritage Agency will provide technical support for the publishing of the articles. The ambassadors will be paid a 700 euro fee for the whole process.

The language of the first workshop is English, but in the process it is possible to use other languages. In the Wiki the articles need to be in Finnish or Swedish, but it is encouraged to use other languages as well. Budget for translations is also reserved. The workshops can be organised either in physical or virtual form. Support in planning and realizing the workshops in as accessible way as possible is offered.

LIVING HERITAGE

Living heritage or intangible cultural heritage (ICH) means practices, expressions, knowledge and skills that communities recognize as part of their cultural heritage. It can include for example performing arts, crafts, oral traditions, social practices and festivities or knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe. The project is related to the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Read here more about the work under the Convention in Finland: https://www.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/en/

The aim of the project is to bring new examples to the Wiki-inventory for Living Heritage representing various cultural groups in Finland. The Wiki was opened in 2016 to bring visibility to living heritage in Finland. It has now over 200 articles from 250 communities all around Finland. Among existing examples are the Singing tradition of Finnish Roma people and African Music and dance in Finland, but there are gaps and cultural diversity is not very well represented in the inventory. The Wiki was visited by over 100 000 people from 150 countries in 2021. You can find the Wiki in this link: https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/

Please reply to the questions on the form below by 5th September the latest.

I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have!

Leena Marsio
Senior advisor, Finnish Heritage Agency
leena.marsio@museovirasto.fi
+358 29533 6017

Information on the processing of personal data in the Finnish Heritage Agency
https://www.museovirasto.fi/uploads/Meista/Data_Protection_FHA.pdf

1. Personal details

First name

Last name

Phone

2. Tell about your interest and experience in in the fields of culture and heritage?

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3. What kind of experience do you have on working with communities or associations?

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4. How would you describe your social skills? Have you been facilitating/ coordinating workshops or events in the past?

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5. What kind of living heritage should be made more visible in the Finnish heritage field? What kind of examples of living heritage would you wish to be included in the Wiki-inventory of Living Heritage? E.g. performing arts, crafts, oral traditions, social practices and festivities or knowledge and practices concerning nature. https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/

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6. Do you have any community / group in mind which you would like to work with in this context?

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7. Do you have wishes or needs considering the accessibility of the process from your point of view (i.e. technical support or translating / interpreting)?

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