Within the RURITAGE H2020 European research project and in collaboration with UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, the intensive international summer school program will equip participants with skills to build collaborative digital projects in heritage knowledge co-shaping for regional development with the aim of engaging local stakeholders. 

The research training has a focus on large-scale and composite cultural natural heritage sites in rural territories with the diversity of heritage resources including archaeological sites, cultural landscapes, cultural routes, geoparks, rural landscapes. 

Participants will explore how to shape and co-build information, data formats and digital tools for cultural natural heritage conceptualization, characterization, representation and management. In addition they will discuss the role of local communities and multiple stakeholders in determining the value of heritage and will develop projects for co-building heritage-led knowledge on local areas. 

Methodologies and Digital tools will be used to experience user engagement processes in European regions and beyond.

Developing a critical approach to digital tools: Cultural Natural Heritage CNH knowledge building of multi-scale composite contexts (creating links among heritage types, contextualising relations, conceptualising and characterising heritage assets, creating narratives, building information)

Experiencing collaborative and participatory processes for engaging local stakeholders with digital tools to enhance CNH as a driver of empowerment and resilience

Applying collaborative digital tools for heritage knowledge and management: RRE (Ruritage Resource Ecosystem) presentation and its tools for CNH-led knowledge building and management (co-mapping and co-building methodologies, digital surveying, gamification..)

To learn more about how to sign up, please contact summerschool.digitalcitiesculturalheritage@polito.it