Beware the generic, or: That’s what significance assessments are for

I recently had a very interesting chat with a colleague who is working on educational programmes. They covered a whole range of topics that may be of interest to teachers and so encourage them to bring pupils on site. I admired their ideas for a broad variety of possible projects, and yet one thing remained … Continue reading Beware the generic, or: That’s what significance assessments are for →

Are you an interpretive tyrant?

Interpreters tend to be passionate folk. In fact, the first time I heard someone say 'I've turned my passion into my profession' was at an interpreters' conference. Interpreters are not the only ones involved in heritage who are passionate about a site or an object, of course, but their passion goes beyond the resource - … Continue reading Are you an interpretive tyrant? →

The Heritage of the People – ICH

Recently, a wiki website was launched to inventory the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Scotland. This is a response to the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage which defined ICH as 'practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills' and the objects and cultural spaces associated with these [1]. The convention called for all … Continue reading The Heritage of the People – ICH →