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October 7th, 2009: Heritage Day Brazil Wednesday 7 October the Heritage Day Brazil took place at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. This was already the fifth Heritage Day the Centre for International Heritage activities (CIE) organised. The Day was organised in cooperation with the Atlantic World and the Dutch (AWAD) and the Netherlands Institute for Heritage (Erfgoed Nederland). The CIE tries to organise every Heritage Day at a different location that has a special relation with the priority country. The Municipality of Rotterdam included an internationalisation theme in their 2009-2012 cultural policy. Brazil Rotterdam is the first big event in the Internationalisation Program of the Arts and Culture Service of the Municipality of Rotterdam (DKC Rotterdam). Museum Boijmans van Beuningen was involved in this programme with an exhibition of contemporary Brazilian Art.
Aim of this Heritage Day was to create more coherence between the various cultural heritage projects and to discuss coordination between Dutch partners and cooperation with Brazil. This event gave the participants the opportunity to meet each other and become inspired by each other’s initiatives. Twelve projects were represented on posters.
During the morning session, a very international public from all types of institutions and from various backgrounds was present in Rotterdam where they listened to presentations given by Stef Oosterloo (Art and Culture Service Rotterdam), Carlos Alberto Asfora (Brazilian Embassy) and Mariëlle van Miltenburg (Nederland’s Embassy Brazil).
The introductions in the morning where followed by panel discussions with points of view from the heritage fields: Academic cooperation and Archives, Tangible heritage and Intangible Heritage. These panels were the introduction to the workshops during the afternoon program. An extra workshop on Mutuality of Mutual Cultural Heritage was also held. Panel 1 Intangible Heritage
Input for the workshops Panel 2 Tangible Heritage
Input for the workshops This discussion focuses on Tangible Heritage which is part of the cultural heritage. One must not only focus on the built heritage but also on historical aspects in present day society and what attracts the present day population. Not only built heritage but also traditions should be studied. Multicultural relations are necessary and as an issue/item must be studied by both sides to achieve a realistic research result. Panel 3 Academic Cooperation and Archives
Input for the workshops Workshop 1 Academic cooperation and Archives
Academic knowledge is a fundament for many heritage projects. However, in the executive phase of projects, it often plays a minor role while the connection between the heritage and university fields strengthens both the practical input as well as the academic output. Therefore, attention should be paid to cooperation between heritage and academic institutions. Cooperation is a necessary ingredient for capacity building, and in the future, better academic cooperation is needed in order to succeed. Workshop 2 Intangible Heritage
Over the years the awareness for intangible heritage has grown. In the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 cultural heritage as been defined as “a set of cultural assets, material and intangible in nature, referring to the action, the memory and the identity of the different groups that form the Brazilian society”. Questions to be discussed during this workshop: What does intangible heritage mean in The Netherlands in comparison to Brazil. What role does the arts play, are the arts considered heritage in Brazil? In The Netherlands there is a thick line between the arts and heritage, how does this differ from Brazil? How is intangible heritage integrated in the heritage projects today? How do you preserve something that is not tangible? Workshop 3 Tangible Heritage
The tangible heritage field is very broad with disciplines like archaeology, architecture and collection management. In this session we would like to focus on the question how mutual cultural heritage can serve as a motive for creating cooperation. How can cultural heritage be reinterpreted and build bridges with the present. Key issues will be: technical cooperation, knowledge exchange, integrated heritage management, tangible heritage management in present and future, multilateral- and multi-sectoral cooperation and public awareness. Workshop 4 The mutuality of mutual heritage
Dual parentage, shared, mutual, colonial, common, European, Brazilian heritage? Mutual Cultural Heritage is a loaded term; it defines the cultural heritage between the Netherlands and Brazil. But which heritage is labelled with this definition, how does Brazil experience common cultural heritage and how do we share this heritage? Discuss the responsibilities for this type of heritage for the Netherlands and for Brazil and specify the definition of mutual cultural heritage. The outcomes of the workshops and the lectures presented during the morning will be send to our Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This will help our policy makers to develop a view on knowledge exchange on cultural heritage, with results directly from the field itself. In November Robert Parthesius (director CIE) and Annemarie Willems (staff member heritage) will travel to Brazil to identify and meet several stakeholders in the Brazilian heritage field to determine whether a basis exists for a similar meeting on the Brazilian-Dutch heritage cooperation next year in Brazil. We are positive that this day contributed to the preservation of important tangible and intangible heritage in Brazil and The Netherlands.
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