Prof. Dr. Marie-Theres Albert
IHS Research and Science Centre
The tangible and intangible heritage of people, the cultures of the world and their diversity, as well as the documents of people in memory of their heritage, are the results of human creativity and creative power, which should be used for sustainable development processes. The heritage of humanity also includes natural heritage.
The protection of the heritage of humanity is therefore a challenge to civil society, including its institutions, which must be posed by the international community. The IHS has made the sustainable protection and use of the heritage of humanity its mission, conducting research and teaching in the field of World Heritage, intangible heritage, and documentary heritage.
In November 1972, the General Assembly of the UNESCO adopted the World Heritage Convention for the protection and conservation of natural and cultural property of all types and of all times.
The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was adopted in 2003 as an instrument particularly for the identity building of people.
The Heritage Studies research of documentary heritage lies at the intersection of culture, humanities and information science.
Background: European transboundary UNESCO World Heritage sites uniquely portray how the peoples of Europe have shaped their cultures and societies and what measures they have taken to preserve their heritage. Hence, these World Heritage sites have great purpose in representing more …
The volume “The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments” responds to the growing interest in the scientific study of the Memory of the World Programme (MoW) and its core concept of documentary heritage, which have more …
Projekt des Instituts für Industriearchäologie, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte (IWTG) der TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Förderverein Montanregion Erzgebirge e. V., dem Institut Heritage Studies sowie den weiteren Tschechischen Partnern Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem (Universität), Národní památkový ústav, ú. o. p. Ústí nad Labem (Denkmalamt), Montanregion Krušné hory – Erzgebirge, o.p.s. (Trägerverein). more …
Proceedings of the Summer School: “African Heritage and the Pillars of Sustainability” conducted in July 2016 by the Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies BTU Cottbus, Prof. Dr. Marie-Theres Albert, the team of the fahari yetu project and more …