
Welcome
CIE is an internationally orientated organization which strives to inspire and foster co-creative heritage activities and research across the globe. Our work is focused on creating platforms for discussing the multi-layered nature of heritage, and on practical and academic approaches towards community involvement in their heritage. Our Mission is to facilitate multidisciplinary cultural heritage projects, to encourage and develop skills and capacities, and to move beyond the Eurocentric origins of the heritage industry. We aim to serve as a catalyst for cultural heritage development worldwide.
CIE Events
Summer 2022
CIE's team members are going to Zanzibar, Tanzania to reactivate the global network of partners post-Covid 19. Stay tuned for more project details.
Spring 2022
Director Robert Parthesius represented CIE in the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network meeting, held in Kemer, Turkey. The discussion was on Mobilizing Civil Society and the Scientific Community for the Cultural Heritage of the Oceans and UN-SDG 14.
Winter 2021
Our World Heritage - CIE is leading the theme "Opening Up to Civil Society" by organizing numerous workshops, discussions and outreach activities. This theme revisits the old and new meanings of civil society, and its participation in heritage governance.
24 Nov. Workshop Global Oceans - Mapping Maritime Connections.
Launch of OurWorldHeritage Podcast - a project that stems from the ambition to portray heritage in the most intangible way: via sounds and words. In partnership with radiomakers Jesper Buursink and Eli Guerrero.
Summer 2020
The Golden Harvest - a feature film highlighting the importance of food to our heritage and identity, in this case olive oil.
We are delighted to announce that the film will be in competition at Food Film Fest in August in beautiful Bergamo, Italy. Stay tuned for specific dates and times on the new food and heritage blog.
Spring 2020
Jonathan Sharfman and Robert Parthesius finalized the NAS II training for a group of New York University Abu Dhabi Students at part of their class 'Shipwreckes and Seascapes' .
Fall 2020
Upcoming Screenings, The Golden Harvest:
Toronto Food Film Festival (Canada), Official Selection, 2020: 16-25 October
Boston Palestine Film Festival (USA), Official Selection, 2020: October
Upcoming Publication: The Development of Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage on the Historic and Arabian Trade Routes. edited by Robert Parthesius and Jonathan Sharfman (Springer Publishers)