Project description
Regenerative heritage tourism
Heritage and tourism face urgent challenges, often framed exclusively through economic growth. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the HERITOUR project proposes a paradigm shift by adopting a regenerative framework that interrelates social, cultural, political, ecological and economic processes. Ten doctoral candidates will undertake research at six universities across Europe, Aruba, and Türkiye, in collaboration with 10 international partners. Their work will highlight overlooked and marginalised perspectives, including underrepresented communities, engaging with governance at local, national and European levels. Training will equip candidates to integrate diverse viewpoints, collaborate with communities and advance sustainable practices. By fostering interdisciplinary expertise and collaboration, the project will help shape a more hybrid, resilient, sustainable and democratic future for heritage tourism.
Objective
Enhancing collaborative synergies between Cultural HERItage and TOURism - HERITOUR
HERITOUR addresses some of the most pressing challenges in the heritage and tourism sectors today: hybridisation, resilience, sustainability, and democratisation. Challenges that, until now, have mostly been understood and addressed from a perspective of economic growth. Instead, HERITOUR advocates for a radical paradigm shift by tackling these challenges through a regenerative framework, where social, cultural, political, ecological, and economic processes are interrelated. Investigating these challenges under this framework, we will significantly advance our understanding of heritage tourism and generate novel insights and contribute empirical evidence. To achieve this, 10 DCs will conduct cutting-edge research at six universities across Europe, Aruba, and Turkey. A central aim of the research is to incorporate overlooked and marginalised perspectives, including those of underrepresented communities, whose voices are nevertheless essential in the understanding and development of regenerative heritage tourism. DCs will conduct their research across governance levels - local, national, and European. Therefore, the training programme, delivered in partnership with 10 international partners across seven countries, will focus on equipping DCs with the skills to integrate overlooked perspectives, involve local communities, develop sustainable practices, and become future leaders and specialists on European heritage tourism. HERITOUR is deeply committed to cultivating a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers and professionals able to address these challenges, and transform them into workable actions. By creating synergies across these sectors, disciplines, regions, and governance levels, HERITOUR will be a transformative network, setting the way for a hybrid, resilient, sustainable, and democratic future for regenerative heritage tourism.
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Programme(s)
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Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01
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3062 PA Rotterdam
Netherlands
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