In May 2018, The Hilali Network presented:

Building a Living Curriulum for Cultural Heritage and STEM

Organisers

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ABOUT

It is no longer a question of whether intangible cultural heritage should be integrated in university programmes, but rather how

Jyoti Hosagrahar, December 2017, Director of the Division of Creativity at UNESCO.

As communities across the world become increasingly concerned about safeguarding and protecting their heritage, local educational systems, and the people who teach and learn in them, can adapt their existing curricula and create new experiences to address this challenge.

The Hilali Network is a self-organised network which brings people, ideas and projects together across borders and shared interests in intangible cultural heritage, education and digital technology.

The Hilali Network invited policy makers, educators, students, practitioners and researchers to participate in a unique workshop which working towards building a platform for all those with a vested interest in the future of Cultural Heritage and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education. This was a call to arms to gather together with other thought leaders to co-create engaging lifelong learning experiences which can have a genuine impact on education for sustainable development.

This workshop introduced participants through practice-based research approaches to the merging of ideas from intangible cultural heritage and STEM and Education to action the building of Living Curricula in these areas.

A Living Curriculum repositions “learning as a continuous conversation within a dynamic curriculum that is integrated with, and takes advice from, the world our students live in” (Marshall & Scott, 2012).

"Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith - [...], transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity."

(UNESCO, 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage)

The workshop was designed with the aim of providing a cross-disciplinary space for the co-creation of tools, ideas and projects in Cultural Heritage and STEM. The outcomes of the workshop will be integrated into open educational resources in The Hilali Toolkit, which can be used in Higher Education as well as with communities of adult learners in formal and informal learning contexts internationally.

Throughout the day, there was a series of provocations of the areas of intangible cultural heritage, STEM and Education from key contributors in these fields to keep the creative thinking going.

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KEY CONTRIBUTORS(a living list!)

Speakers

Prof Peter Stone OBE

Professor Peter Stone, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace, OBE, was appointed to the University of Newcastle in 1997. His research and teaching focuses on heritage management, interpretation and education. In 2003 he was archaeological advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence prior to the invasion of Iraq and is currently involved in research into the practicalities and ethics of cultural heritage experts working with the military. In 2011 he was awarded an OBE in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to heritage education. In addition to establishing the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace (2015), Peter is Chair of the UK Committee of the Blue Shield, a UNESCO affiliated organisation which coordinates action to protect cultural and natural heritage from wars and natural disasters.

Dr Anne Preston

Anne is Principal Investigator for the Hilali Network and works with educators across Higher Education sector. Anne’s research, teaching and scholarship revolves around the emerging challenges and opportunities inherent in learning with, through and around digital technology, with a particular focus on higher education. Anne is interested in how teachers and students can be better enabled to take the lead in understanding and innovating in how technology can be designed, used and evaluated in their own learning spaces – from online to face-to-face interactions. She collaborates with people interested in technology from a whole range of education fields, from primary, secondary, higher and adult learning to industry leaders. Her practice-led research therefore brings together a range of perspectives merging ideas from psychology to software engineering to arts, design practice and human computer interaction.

Dr Danilo Giglitto

Dr Danilo Giglitto joined the Hilali Network as a Research Associate. He leads the day to day work of the Hilali Network in the UK and works closely with Dr Lazem in Egypt. Prior to coming to Kingston, he was a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen funded by the “Cultural Heritage and Digital Society” scholarship. From 2013 to 2015, he was affiliated with the CURIOS project, a sub-project of the dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub focusing on encouraging grassroots participation in local heritage.

Danilo’s doctoral research explored the use of wiki software for the creation of community-led intangible cultural heritage projects as a way to achieve an affordable and sustainable interactive digital presence for historical communities as well as an empowering tool for local communities.

His research interests include: human-computer interaction, ethnography, intangible cultural heritage, digital heritage, crowdsourcing, community engagement, community empowerment, and bottom-up approaches.

Prof Linda Price

Linda has been researching and promoting pedagogically driven uses of educational technology in a range of contexts in higher education for more than 20 years. Her recent research focuses on investigating and developing models of scholarly practices using technology. It is distinguished by its strong synergistic approach to research and practice, traversing the fields of education and educational technology research and scholarship. It brings together the two research areas of conceptions and perceptions of learning and teaching in higher education and technology enhanced learning. Her research has provided theoretical frameworks illustrating the range of complex factors to be considered in digital interventions in teaching and learning, enabling knowledge transfer that transcends national and disciplinary boundaries. She has led the convergence of the theoretical approaches to teaching and learning in HE with the experiential approaches to educational technology. Her research is leading current approaches to evidence-based practice in both learning design and academic development. She has given keynotes and workshops on these topics, nationally and internationally in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, South Africa, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates

Dr Tania Fonseca

Tania Dias Fonseca is a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning at Kingston University. She specialises in digital learning and teaching and youth engagement. She was a secondary teacher, a community project leader, and a Digital Educational Resource Coordinator in Portugal. She designed and led the development of an online educational resource platform for all Azorean Schools and acted as an educational policy adviser for the regional government. Her research has focused on the intersection of education, technology, and participation, and in research methods for investigating social, cultural, and political aspects of youth participation in its relationship to technology

Richard Mackay

Richard is an ambitious and self-motivated individual with a positive and pro-active attitude. His short-term goal is to complete his second year at University and secure employment in the Education field where he can continue to develop his experience working with young people. Longer term goals include; completing his university qualifications at Kingston University, London, in Primary Education. His ambition and ultimate goal is to travel internationally and become an effective contributor to the world by making valuable contributions to his workplace, the education field and wider community. This summer Richard will be travelling to Vancouver, Canada where he will supervise summer overnight-camp activities.

Hanna Bulatova

Hanna was born in Odesa, Ukraine, in 1997. Films have been her passion for as long as she can remember. It all started in 2001 when her father took her to cinema to see ‘The lord of The Rings’. It has been sixteen years now, and despite being told constantly that it is impossible for a female from a third-world country to become a filmmaker, she currently studies films at Kingston University, and never in those years has betrayed her dream. Her biggest dream is to re-build the Ukrainian film industry. Her hobbies include literature, chess and playing the violin.

Anisha Ruparelia

Anisha is a strong operation professional and currently working towards a Bachelor's degree focused in Psychology with Business from Kingston University. She is also currently working as a Human Resources Administrator. She is highly experienced with administrative roles which are demonstrated through her versatile work history within the Higher Education sector. Before her role as an HR Administrator she worked in the Organisational Development department. Anisha is skilled in Negotiation, Microsoft Word, Sales, Communication, and Event Management. In the future Anisha hopes to continue working in Human Resources with a view to specialize in Business Psychology.

Amber Lamonby-Pennie

Amber is a MA Course Leader/Senior Lecturer/Teaching & Learning Fellow at Southampton Solent University and part-time PhD Researcher at Kingston School of Art.

Amber has recently written an interdisciplinary MA course entitled MA Critical Creative Practice which was validated with the support and collaboration of the Institute of Contemporary Art(ICA), Head of Critical Studies & Histories at Kingston University, London and the V&A Museum. Please see the website link for further details: https://www.solent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/critical-creative-practice-ma

Amber is currently the Research Lead for the SLTI Research Funded Project: 'Digital Pedagogy for interdisciplinary Critical Creative Practice: student centred teaching and learning models'. This project is run in collaboration with Dr Mohammed Al-Husban, Senior Lecturer in Computing, School of Media Arts & Technology at Southampton Solent University and Kingston School of Art.

Amber has also recently organised a series of evening talks at the ICA, entitled ‘Capturing the Intangible’ where she lectured on ‘The Relevance of Memory to Creativity and Cultural Development in the Digital Age,’ as part of the affiliation between the ICA and Kingston University’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, and the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy.

She has a MA Distinction in Art & Design History, specialising in Critical Theory and is currently nearing completion of a Theory and Practice based PhD at Kingston School of Art in the School of. Her PhD research entitled, Cultural Production in the Digital Age: Art, Design and Fashion School Narratives, focuses on how digital connectivity is changing Creative HE Education and practice.

Karen Trimarchi

As Head of Online, Karen has a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry, skilled in e-learning, coaching, mentoring, data analysis and lecturing. Her business acumen enables Karen to identify and create innovative opportunities for spearheading the University's Business School Online strategy, utilising collaborative and project management skills in developing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through collaborative partnerships.

Karen possesses a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in Business Administration and Management from the University of Hertfordshire. Her current doctoral study relates to the intrinsic influence of salient Confucian values on Malaysian Chinese women’s ability to achieve work-life balance.

Youssef El Hana

Youssef is a current PGCE student at Kingston University, completing his teacher training in Secondary Science. Having studied BSc. Biomedical Science and MSc. Cancer Biology at Kingston, Youssef is well versed and aware of the implications and benefits associated with learning and digital technology. A serving Student Ambassador at Kingston University since 2013, Youssef has amassed knowledge and understanding in the importance of using digital technology as an asset for learning within outreach communities in and around London.
Youssef is a Gibraltarian student of Moroccan heritage and can fluently speak 4 languages. He is also a freelance translator and interpreter, working closely with minority communities in London and Gibraltar. His research interests are not just limited to cancer biology, but have spread to include: providing platforms to promote opportunities, the critical race theory’s application to ignorance fuelled stereotypes, and the use of communication systems to effectively build international relationships.

Leonor Silva de Mattos

Leonor Silva de Mattos is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of Hertfordshire. For the last 8 years she has also been a Programme Leader, Collaborative Partnership Leader and an Admissions Tutor for a Supported Distance Learning programme delivered by the Hertfordshire Business School in partnership with some of the school’s international partners. She manages and supports the operational and academic aspects of the programme with remarkable results and extremely positive feedback across all sectors and key players of the programme. With a solid expertise in alternative modes of delivery (supported distance learning, blended learning and online learning), Leonor has developed an interest in tools and research that focus primarily on the use of social media (and technologies alike), the role it plays in the enhancement of students' reflective learning, and how much it may facilitate a multi-dimensional learning experience. She is also very passionate about collaborative teaching practice, quality assurance (International), programme development/management, and student experience.

Dimitra Kizlari

Dimitra Kizlari is a final year doctoral researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Heritage, University College London. Her thesis ‘Foreign cultural policy through the work of the National Institutes for Culture’ explores how instrumentalism operates at the micro-level in cultural diplomacy. Dimitra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology and Art History and holds a Master’s degree in Museum Studies, both awarded from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She has been awarded an Associate Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy and works as an academic tutor at the UCL Writing Lab.

Mark Passera

I am a senior lecturer in the Department of Creative & Cultural Industries. Originally from Canada where I graduated with a Medial Honours degree in Political Theory & Philosophy at Queen's University before completing a Masters at Sussex University on Middle East politics. My PhD investigated the impact of new media technology on identity, political mobilisation and the public sphere.

My interests include strategic digital communication, big data and creativity. At present my research focus on the intersection of design thinking, social media – algorithm devised strategy and behavioural economics

Eirini Gallou

Eirini Gallou, is an achitect with a Diploma from AUTH University, (2009, Thessaloniki, Greece), an Msc in Architecture, Urbanism and Building sciences (2012, TUDelft, Netherlands), with double graduation on Sustainable development.
She is currently undertaking her PHD in UCL, Institute for Sustainable Heritage on the impacts of community engagement on sustainable heritage management approaches.
She has worked as an architect and museographer in the Archaeological Museum in Samothrace and the Ephorate of Newer monuments and Technical works in Crete, under the auspices of the Greek ministry of Culture.
In 2014 she worked as an intern for ICCROM, in Rome in the organisation of educational courses delivered by the Sites department.
She is currently a teaching assistant for the MSc Sustainable Heritage, UCL and in 2017 she has been awarded the Associate Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy.

Anna Woodham

Anna is a Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London. Her research focuses on exploring the role of museums and heritage in a changing world including research around heritage and climate change and co-curation and co-management practices. Before working at KCL, Anna was based at the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (IIICH) at the University of Birmingham lecturing in Cultural Heritage Management. She comes from a Policy and museum practice background, and has worked at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Kalliopi Fouseki

Kalliopi Fouseki holds a Bachelor of Archaeology and Art History from the National Capodistrian University of Athens (Greece), a MA in Cultural Heritage Studies and a PhD in Heritage Management both awarded from UCL. Prior joining the Institute for Sustainable Heritage at University College London as the course director for the MSc Sustainable Heritage, she worked at the Acropolis Museum, the archaeological museum of Ancient Olympia and the Science Museum. At UCL she is leading the research strand of Heritage Risk and Resilience and supervises 10 PhD students doing work in this area with particular emphasis on community participation and urban ‘regeneration’.

Dr Shaimaa Lazem

Shaimaa Lazem is an Egyptian computer scientist. She earned her PhD from the Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, USA in 2012. She then returned to Egypt to play a role, as a citizen and a researcher, in facing the societal challenges after the January revolution 2011. She holds an academic position at the City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA-City). She focuses on the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and education. Her research program aims to develop a robust critique for the current agenda of integrating ICT in formal education, identify research gaps, and explore critical alternatives. Her research interests include educational technologies, game-based learning, and the design of innovative socio-technical learning environments for teaching computer science and HCI.

Asiq Mohamed Ali

Asiq is a final year undergraduate student reading aerospace engineering at Kingston University London. Asiq wants to capitalize on his work experience, expand his knowledge and offer opportunities for personal and professional growth. Asiq has assets such as critical thinking and project management skills which he has gained from the study of his course. In the future he would ideally want to create a startup enterprise around renewable energy.

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