Cities And Architecture Contrasts: When The New Meets The Old
One of the most interesting and creatively inspiring challenges for historic cities worldwide, especially UNESCO World Heritage Sites like Kraków, is building bridges and meaningful connections between the legacy of the past and the needs and expectations of today’s societies. It is fair to say that…
Greenery Extraordinaire And The Power of City Branding
In the entire urban-greenery discussion today, there are only two questions, perhaps, that really matter: (a) How green is your city? (b) Why, whatever it is you’re doing to preserve and promote greenery, it is probably not enough? Like many historic cities worldwide, Kraków is undergoing a…
The Packaging of Public Inconvenience: Repairs, Development And City Aesthetics!
Cities usually put their construction and repairs at full throttle during the summer season. There are obvious reasons, of course: reduced car traffic and good weather conditions are only a few. For those who stay in town, as well as those who come to visit,…
Sekretarz Generalny OWHC o Kongresie: 2 lata pracy i 8 minut podsumowania
Dziedzictwo kulturowe miasta to jeden z tych czynników, które – choć zakorzenione w najstarszej historii, niezliczonych opowieściach i legendach – w ogromnym stopniu wpływają również na perspektywy rozwojowe i wizerunkową siłę marki miasta w skali globalnej. O ile, oczywiście, zarządza się tym zagadnieniem w sposób…
The 15th OWHC World Congress in Kraków Explained in 8 Minutes
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. This is why it’s going to be one of the shorter posts in the (equally short) history of the Kraków Heritage Blog. To reach this stage, however, to be able to publish this 8-minute interview (having gathered…
“Miasta są jak elektrownie – produkują energię!”
W erze globalizacji, komercjalizacji i standaryzacji – zjawisk, które wywierają olbrzymi wpływ na jednostki i całe kultury, nawet te, których korzenie historycy opisują w kategoriach tysiącleci, kwestia tożsamości – jakkolwiek wymykająca się uproszczeniom i jednoznacznym klasyfikacjom – pozostaje niezwykle istotna. Już za 10 dni rozpocznie się w Krakowie…
What is Cultural Heritage…to You?
If you ask a random group of people about their understanding of the phrase “cultural heritage”, chances are they will come back to you with a wild variety of “definitions” and responses. Their answers will largely depend on the level of interest in the matter,…
ABOUT THIS SITE
The World’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism: new perspectives, challenges, views and opinions, ahead of the 2019 OWHC Congress in Kraków (2-5 June 2019)Curated by the host city of Kraków: #owhckrakow2019