On line: 27th January 2021
09:00 – 09:30
Institutional presentation. European strategic documents
09:00: 09:10
Presentation of the forum and welcome from the County Deputy for Basque language, Culture and Sport, Lorea Bilbao Ibarra
09:10-09:20
The work of the Council of Europe for Gender Equality. Carolina Lasén Díaz. Division for Gender Equality of the Council of Europe
09:20-09:30
Estrategy 21. Ana Schoebel Orbea. European Heritage Days National Coordinator for Spain (2014-2020)
09:30 – 10:30
Women’s Storytelling, or how to communicate cultural heritage in terms of gender
This block groups the co-ordination experiences of the European Heritage Days, organised to date from a gender perspective. Examples have been chosen for local, regional and national levels likewise the initiatives of public administrations, civil associations and private sponsorships:
Emakumeen Emaria
Aintzane Eguilior – Amaia Apraiz – European Heritage Day 2018 Bizkaia. Bizkaia Provincial Council
Extraordinary Women
Sarah Holloway – UK. European Heritage Days 2018
Journées de Matrimoine
2015-2020 Emmanuelle Cordoliani – Île-de-France. Association HF Île-de- France
L’Eredità delle Donne
Florencia. Fondazione FR Firenze 2018-2019. (not confirmed)
10:30 – 11:15
With a woman’s name, female figures who inspire
Cultural heritage outreach projects have been chosen for this block whose central core refers to relevant women albeit for their historical, artistic, political, professional importance, etc.. The experiences chosen range from cross-border approaches involving several States to local initiatives, as well as national and regional activities, and include approaches as varied as guided visits, conferences on botany, exhibitions or itineraries:
Marija Auersperg Attems Project
Mateja Racevski – Slovenia
Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement
Alessandra Renzulli – Italy.
Basque Movement for the Visibilisation of Women in Wikipedia
Sonia Francisco – Bizkaia
11:15 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:15
Women’s memory: socialisation of women’s heritage
The last block includes highly diverse programmes with a common goal, i.e. educate, train, convey and communicate: in other words socialising women’s cultural heritage. Museums, libraries and other local, national and regional cultural setups driving virtual exhibitions, specific visits, reading sessions, theatrical performances not to mention many other activities where gender perspective plays an important role:
Re-interpretations. Museum Itineraries from a Gender Perspective
Liliane I. Cuesta – Valencia
Cultural Programme in Feminine
María Castejón Leorza – Navarre
Gender Objective in the Museum Programme. La Encartada Case
María José Torrecilla Gorbea – Bizkaia
12:15 – 12:30
Break
12:30 – 13:30
Discussion
The debate will deal with the following topics:
Resistance and difficulties in dealing with these kinds of experiences.
How the participants (volunteers, guides, interpreters, speakers / lecturers, teachers, etc.) were trained in a specific field from a gender perspective.
What can each experience bring to a global European project tackling the interpretation of heritage from a gender perspective.
13:30 – 13:55
Reading conclusions
13:55 – 14:00
Forum Closure
Begoña de Ibarra Zuazo. Director of Culture of the Bizkaia Provincial Council.
