Andrea Nanetti (NTU) - Session 2 - 1st InHeriT International Conference Athens 2016
Channel: InHeriT_ ERASMUS+ KA2 Adult Education
Date: 2016-10-03

Session 2 The Socio-economic Development Potential of Cultural Heritage

Andrea Nanetti, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Athens and Koroni 2009. The Maniatakeion inception of the ‘Historical Memory and Economic Development’ discourse

This paper showcases how starting form one discipline –history– and fully applying its traditional methodologies and tools, humanities can lead the interdisciplinary discourse in the domain of heritage science and engage indigenous stakeholders in the reuse of heritage as a key factor for innovation, in a global context. On 2-5 June 2009, with the support of the Maniatakeion Foundation, an international conference on “Historical Memory and Economic Development”, which took place in Athens and Koroni, commemorated the 8th centenary of the treaty of Sapienza (1209, see A. Nanetti 2009), when Koroni and Methoni from the French crusaders of Geoffroy de Villehardouin passed to the Venetian Republic, establishing the first territory of what would have become the Stato da Mar, the Venetian State of the Sea. It was the occasion to look at the Venetian heritage as a resource for the economic development of the entire area, rather that the monuments of a foreign domination. The event, conceived by Andrea Nanetti, was sponsored and organized by the Maniatakeion Foundation.

CULTURAL HERITAGE AS ECONOMIC VALUE
Economic Benefits, Social Opportunities and Challenges of Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development 
11-13 May 2016, Kastri, Athens