Português
Over the centuries, religious built heritage played and essential role in Europe, shaping social, economic, environmental and cultural values. It defined communities and left a deep imprint on territorial development and their silhouettes, still visible in present-day city landscape. In Portugal, as well as in Norway, at present, the dominant religions face common challenges, socially, in terms of dwindling communities, environmentaly and economically, due to the reduction of the number of parishes and the territorial change that result from this. this often leads to a low utilization rate or even redundancy of religious buildings. The transHERITAGE iniciative aims to establish a first cooperation among Portuguese and Norwegian partners, aimed at knowledge sharing and creating access to innovative solutions using the transformative role of religious heritage: its potential to cause importante and enduring changes in the territories of northern and southern Europe.
This iniciative concerns an interdisciplinary and international collaboration on the sustainability of religious heritage, scarcely approached in Portugal and in Norway. The novelty consists in finding innovative and sustainable approaches to protect historic places of worship, to avoid demolition or abandonment, and strengthening social cohesion in local communities. This way, it will help to reverse the current typical conversion of religious buildings into touristic accomodations (as is common in Portugal) and vacancy and abandonment (in Norway).
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DINAMIA'CET-Iscte | Cities and Territories | Leader | 2023-12-28 | 2023-12-28 |
| Institution | Country | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bergen (UiB) | Norway | Partner | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Chuch of Norwat (CN) | Norway | Partner | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Civil Parish of Torrão (MT) | Portugal | Partner | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Associação para a Resiliência e Sustentabilidade da Terra (TARS) | Portugal | Partner | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolando Volzone | Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Global Coordinator | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Cláudia Antunes | -- | Researcher | 2023-10-01 | 2024-02-11 |
| Sofia Costa Macedo | Professora Auxiliar Convidada (DH); Integrated Researcher (CIES-Iscte); | Researcher | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Carla Duarte | Research Assistant (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Research Assistant | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Laura Pomesano | Research Assistant (ISTAR-Iscte); | Research Assistant | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEA Grants | -- | Contract | Unidade Nacional de Gestão do Mecanismo de Financiamento do Espaço Económico Europeu 2014-2021 - EEA Grants | 16400.26 | 16400.26 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
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