RAISING AWARENESS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

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Amaç

Its content:
Despite its precious value, it seems that all these traditional values are gradually disappearing in contemporary life, and the concrete cultural heritage is suffering from the destruction of time.
It has been observed that the level of awareness of children and young people who will carry all elements of the cultural heritage to future generations is very low and that this issue is ignored, although it is very important. It has become a great need to raise awareness about the promotion and protection of these elements, which should be transferred to future generations, to children and youth

The objectives of our Project:
Our project aims to increase the basic skills and competence of young people in the protection, preservation and transfer of cultural heritage to future generations.
Our specific objectives are as follows:
– To Raise awareness of participants about the importance of cultural heritage
– To raise curiosity in the participants for museums
– To raise awareness among local people about the protection of cultural heritage.
– To teach participants how archaeological excavation techniques are used to reveal the historical artifacts, how to record, measure and evaluate them
– To show the participants the attitudes and opinions of the local people living in the ancient city with the difficulties and benefits.
– To inform the participants about the contribution of wooden constructions to the urban aesthetics of the local architectural style, the effects of geographical conditions on urban architecture and how the traditional cultural city architecture is shaped.
– To inform the participants about how the local people's life culture and beliefs are reflected in religious architectural elements.
– To teach participants what to do to protect their cultural heritage
– To disseminate good practices to protect cultural heritage among partner institutions

Uygulama

The cultural night will be organized as 6 nights in order to provide opportunities for intercultural learning among participants and to provide cultural integration.
1st day
Activities for adaptation to the environment.
2nd day
Participants will introduce themselves, will be more integrated with ice breakers, and then provide group dynamism to increase the efficiency of the project week.
There will be presentation on ‘what is the cultural heritage, why it is important’ The contents of the project will be introduced.
In the last session, Erasmus + and YouthPass will be introduced to our participants to increase their knowledge.
3rd day
The activities of the York Conservation Trus will be introduced.
They will then share their experiences, their level of awareness, and what they are doing or not doing to protect cultural heritage.
In the 3rd and 4th sessions, it is aimed to visit the museum first, then with the game ‘Search and discover’ and to increase the skill of concentrating on a historical artifact during the museum visits. They will be asked to show the photo of the exhibited artifact, then to find out in 3 minutes in which display this work is exhibited.
4th day
After touring York Castle Museum, they will explain the expert what they have learned about the cultural heritage previously. They will prepare a song with the music teacher about the topic they are talking about. This (lyric) song will be sung along with the participants.

In the event to be held at York Castle Museum, objects like historical artifacts will be buried in the soil pool beforehand. The buried objects will be found by excavation by archaeological excavation method. It will be explained how the historical artifacts were revealed by archaeological excavation techniques, how to make the steps of recording, measuring and evaluating in practical way.
Participants will research in advance about a historical personality that they identify with their own country. They will present this historical personality in a group drama.
5th day
Studley Royal park including the ruins of fountains Abbey will be introduced on the journey of the ancient city, which aims to give information about the architectural structures and techniques of the past civilizations and on-site definitions of the historical monuments of the cultural heritage.
In the ancient city, a dialogue will be held on the attitude and opinions of the ancient city where the local people live, the difficulties and the benefits of living, and the awareness of the cultural heritage.
6th day
The traces of Roma Architecture and historical Cathedral in York a will be introduced.
With these introductions, it is aimed that the participants will learn about the local culture and how the stone buildings made in the local architectural style contributes to urban aesthetics, the effects of geographical conditions on urban architecture and how they shape traditional cultural city architecture, how local people reflect their life culture and beliefs on religious architectural elements.
7th day
Participants will promote what is being done about the preservation of concrete and intangible cultural heritage in their countries. Examples of good practices in partner countries will be explained.
Participants will make a visual presentation of their work in their country, which is on the list of UNESCO's cultural heritage.
A primary school will be visited and a survey will be conducted. As a result of the survey, a list of activities to be carried out will be prepared in terms of what can be done to promote cultural heritage to children and raise their awareness.
York Museum Trust will be visited and the participants will learn about their activities.
A stand will be opened in the city center for the presentation of the facilities carried out.
Promotional activities of the cultural heritage artifacts will be carried out with visual posters and flyers and brochures.
9th day
Participants in will prepare project plans for future long-term collaboration with new projects. 2nd session, the project presentation will be made and then partnerships will be established.
The first session, the participants will make a plan of dissemination plans and prepare a bulletin.
Oral evaluation will be done before the last session and then the questionnaires will be filled.
The number and the profile of the participants:
The participants are young people and the youth leaders. Each partner will send 5 youngsters and 1 leader. The young participants will be aged between 18-30, for the leaders the minimum age limit is 25. Besides there will be 1 socially and 1 economically disadvantaged participants. Those who want to work in the protection and survival of cultural heritage will be involved in the project.

Sonuçlar

A bried description of foreseen results and the impacts.
The project will improve the basic skills and competencies of young people in terms of preservation, retention and transfer of cultural heritage to future generations. Young people who will raise their level of awareness about the importance of cultural heritage will be more curious about the history and traditions, they will learn how historical artifacts are revealed by archaeological excavation techniques, how they are recorded, how the stages of measurement and evaluation are done, and how to protect cultural heritage. They will learn about the attitudes and ideas of the people living in the ancient city thrıugh the interviews and observations and also the difficulties the people encounter. They will see how wood structures made in the local architectural style contribute to urban aesthetics, the effects of geographical conditions on urban architecture, and how traditional cultures shape urban architecture, They will be informed about how people's life culture and beliefs reflect on religious architectural elements, awareness will be raised in local people about the protection of cultural heritage, the good practices will be more widespread.

Long term benefits:
The participants will increase their competences in this field, they will help prevent great losses which can’t be compensated, protect the cultural heritage better. The project drafts will help develop long term cooperation ideas among the organizations.