Discover the Algarve’s Immaterial and Rural Heritage

Subject area: Algarve’s Natural and Cultural Heritage

Topic: Cultural Heritage

Date and schedule: 22/02/19 | 14h15 – 16h45

Workshop objectives: Recognize the Algarve’s Immaterial and Rural Heritage as important elements of its identity; Adjust this knowledge to tourism and promote the preservation of heritage and cultural identity of a place, as a tourism resource.

Contents to be covered:

⦁ What is the Cultural Heritage?;
⦁ Cultural and Immaterial Heritage, a living heritage;
⦁ Algarve’s immaterial cultural heritage: traditions and oral expressions; artistic expressions; social practices, rituals and festive occasions; knowledge and practices related to nature and the universe; procedures and traditional techniques.
⦁ Built Rural Heritage, techniques and know-how.
⦁ Cultural Landscapes
⦁ Cultural Heritage as tourism resource: opportunities, cautions and challenges.