Blue Shield Georgia spoke at a key event in the Hague on 28 September, Making the Case: Observing Heritage as a Humanitarian Issue.
“How can culture help people in crisis? And can we see the protection of culture as a humanitarian issue?” How culture can help people in crisis situations?
The event was organised by Cultural Emergency Response (CER) at the Humanity Hub on September 28th with a panel talk on the impact of heritage loss and the protection of people, as part of the launch of CER’s Making the Case – a new programme dedicated to advocating and campaigning for the urgency of heritage protection in times of crisis.
Central to the event was a film screening of CER’s pilot project on the safeguarding of intangible heritage from displaced communities in Georgia. Tamar Sopromadze, of Blue Shield Georgia, spoke about the people-centered nature of cultural heritage and how it impacts the well-being of individuals and communities. Based on her experience together with panelists from the cultural and humanitarian field, they discussed ways in which the sectors can work better together.
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