Marketing PRojects has been asked to help with a number of policies for organisations on heritage and the ‘Best PRactice’ for story telling relating to how heritage can play a role in inter-cultural exchange, addressing prejudice, and fostering interconnectedness. How it can improve social cohesion and community empowerment and how inclusive governance supports the integration of post-colonial heritage into broader cultural, social and educational policies.
So I was keen to listen to how Bristol and Bordeaux in France approach ‘memory’ and how they reconcile new thinking in relation to their post-colonial heritage and legacies, with interesting discussions after.
130 participants listened in to today’s webinar run by Eurocities and Europa Nostra as part of a European Heritage Hub EU-funded pilot project, Sharing Local Stories.
We shared experiences and useful resources like Bristol Museum’s textbook on teaching history on transatlantic slavery. We spoke about the parallels of the past to the now, with human trafficking. We also discussed how ‘Heritage is memory, negotiated’, or ‘curated by the decision makers at the time’ and how we need to turn words into actions. Many cities are ahead on providing spaces and ”telling stories’ to balance the past for new thinking.
The topic is deep.
