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Dr.m Klaus-Christian Zehbe<\/p><\/div>\n
Dr. Klaus-Christian Zehbe Dr. Klaus-Christian Zehbe is a researcher in the fields of culture, heritage, and education. He worked at the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus. Further stations include TU Dortmund University and Leipzig University. He researched forms of traditional theatre in Italy as well as Japan. He is member of the German Educational Research Association (GERA \/ DGfE), the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS), and member as well as board member of the International Association of World Heritage Professionals (IAWHP e. V.). He is currently working with the Institute Heritage Studies, Berlin, on the theoretical conceptualization and practical implementation of heritage education in Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Tamara \u0110oki\u0107<\/p><\/div>\n Tamara \u0110oki\u0107 Tamara \u0110oki\u0107 holds an MA in Modern Philology from University of Padua, Italy and is pursuing an MA at the UNESCO chair Cultural Policy and Management at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia, with two-semesters placement in World Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg.<\/p>\n Her interest in the politics of documentary heritage has led to her current research on the role of post-Yugoslav archives in connecting literary and film heritage with identity. She has supported the founding of the Documentary Heritage Network within the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, where she intends to explore further the conceptual framework of UNESCO\u2019s Memory of the World programme and its connection to documentary heritage.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Anna Grigoreva<\/p><\/div>\n Anna\u00a0Grigoreva\u00a0holds\u00a0a\u00a0Bachelor's degree in Tourism from the\u00a0Ufa State Petroleum Technological University\/Russia\u00a0and a Master's degree in World Heritage Studies from the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus\/Germany. She wrote her\u00a0Master's thesis on the subject \"Storytelling in the context of heritage tourism and destination marketing: Narratology-based framework\".<\/p>\n Based on her experiences in using storytelling for sustainable tourism her main interest lies in the sphere of heritage storytelling, heritage interpretation, developing communication strategies and further tools to transfer the values and significance of heritage including heritage education.\u00a0Anna joined the European Heritage Times newspaper as an author\/ Social Media Team member and furthered the cooperation with European Heritage Volunteers through group coordination and support of partner meetings. She has also worked in the Cold War Museum and as a city guide in Berlin.<\/p>\n Anna\u00a0Grigoreva\u00a0and the IHS have already worked together several times and therefore know each other well. Worth highlighting are her participation as a speaker at the conference\u00a0\u201cWorld Heritage Education for a climate-conscious and sustainable development\u201d at the trade fair Denkmal in Leipzig and her great job as a volunteer supporter of the conference \"50 Years UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Times of Peace, Conflict and War\" in 2022. She currently supports the IHS and specifically the \u201cYoung Climate Action for World Heritage\u201d project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Sandra Nasser<\/p><\/div>\n Sandra Nasser<\/strong> holds a Master\u2019s degree in World Heritage Studies from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. After finishing her Masters, she worked within the world heritage field, in which she gained 3 years working experience in drafting tentative list entries within Germany as well as in the UAE. This included tasks such as conducting feasibility studies and comparative analysis. Sandra Nasser has also conducted studies for attribute identification and mapping, for which she used GIS programmes (ArcGIS and QGIS) to document and map attributes that contribute to the Outstanding Universal Value of a World Heritage Site. The results were often used as a basis to develop improved management plans for the protection of the site, for example the World Heritage Site of the Monastic Island of Reichenau, Germany. Due to her previous studies, Sandra Nasser acquired additional skills such as graphic design and event management skills. Coming from Lebanese and Italian origin, and having grown up in Germany, Sandra Nasser has particular interest in the world of heritage and how culture is formed within and throughout societies.<\/p>\n Topics: Documenting Heritage\/GIS\/Heritage and identity\/Capacity Building<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Shane Thomas Cullen<\/p><\/div>\n Shane Thomas Cullen<\/strong> completed his bachelor degree in Heritage Studies at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, in Galway city on the west coast of Ireland. In recognition of his accomplishments he received the GMIT Academic Achievement Award 2016. He has completed his master degree in World Heritage Studies at Brandenburg Technical University, and his master thesis \u201cSustainability as a common thread through disparate strands of Heritage Studies\u201d. Shane is mainly interested in the theoretical exploration of heritage concepts, and making these concepts practically applicable. However, Shane Cullen is not only qualified for reflecting and discussing basic theoretical questions within the field of heritage studies, he is also interested and qualified for reflecting the diversity of intercultural perceptions of heritage. Based on this knowledge and interest, he copyedited the recent Marie-Theres Albert, Francesco Bandarin and Ana Pereira Roders edited publication Going Beyond- Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No.2<\/a>. which for the first time published visions and critical perceptions of the subject heritage and sustainability from Africa, Asia and Latin America. His theoretical and intercultural know how qualify him for editing the publications of Heritage Studies in general and for the current publication specifically. This publication aims again at voices from Africa, and is the result of the International Summer School \u2018African Heritage and the Pillars of Sustainability<\/a>\u2019 in Iringa 2016\u201d.<\/p>\n Topics: Sustainability\/ Sustainable Development\/ Heritage Narratives\/ Local Heritage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Klaus-Christian Zehbe academic employee Dr. Klaus-Christian Zehbe is a researcher in the fields of culture, heritage, and education. He worked at the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus. Further stations include TU Dortmund University and Leipzig University. He researched forms of traditional theatre in Italy as well as Japan. 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