Keyword(s): Communities Heritage, History of art, Image studies

General description of the Research Group

Continuing the strategic plan proposed for 2018-22 but expanding and updating it considering new scientific agendas, the RG will focus on transferring conceptual, theoretical, technical, and methodological knowledge to society and co-creating knowledge with different heritage communities. Given CITCEM’s strategic plan, the theme of which is ‘Encountering (multispecies) communities and scaling dialogues’, this RG is a privileged actor in the development of heritage research-action projects, involving communities and bringing together the institutional and business sectors in the co-creation process.

The RG will adopt a dynamic approach to internationalization, focusing on producing multilingual publications and diverse scientific achievements and seeking broad articulation with international institutions, projects, networks, and experts. The conferences, colloquia and seminars organized within the CITCEM are international and multidisciplinary. To boost inclusion and the “from below” perspectives advocated in CITCEM’s strategic plan, the RG will continue and increase the action-research model with heritage communities, local associations, and NGOs, thus boosting co-creation and the valorisation of local heritage, the close interrelation of the study of tangible and intangible heritage due to the obvious cultural intersections that the two dimensions carry.

One of the priorities for 2025-29 is developing and consolidating innovative research areas in Art History, Image Studies, Digital Humanities, Digital and Digitalization of Heritage, considering and questioning the challenges posed by AI and the digital transition. Considering meeting communities and broadening the dialogues that CITCEM proposes, we prioritize action research with and for communities, valuing perspectives from below and local places in global processes.