by USI UNESCO Chair | Jul 31, 2019 | Events, Home
In July, Prof. Cantoni visited the Fête des Vignerons in Vevey (CH) to present Ticino’s nomination to the list of Swiss intangible heritage at an official press conference. “Mendrisio’s Holy Week Processions have been put forward for Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
by USI UNESCO Chair | Jun 30, 2019 | Events, Home
Associate expert, Dr. Engelbert Ruoss was a speaker at the International Conference Between Overtourism and Undertourism: Implications and Crisis Management Strategies (June 26 – 29) in Lecce (Italy) While a growing number of tourist destinations are...
by USI UNESCO Chair | Jun 27, 2019 | Events, Home
Chair coordinator, Silvia de Ascaniis and research assistant, Lea Hasenzahl, joined Day 2 of the conference in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Swiss UNESCO Comission! The Chair presented itself and highlighted its upcoming projects, the UNESCO Summer School and...
by USI UNESCO Chair | May 27, 2019 | Events, Home
On Sunday, July 28th 2019, chair holder Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, held a conference at 5:30 p.m. in the “Maison Ticino”. The event was organized by “Sapori Ticino” and represented “an opportunity to explore the concept of intangible cultural...
by USI UNESCO Chair | Apr 20, 2019 | Events, Home
From the 8th to 12th of April 2019, several team members such as chair holder Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni and intern Andela Sormaz, participated in the 6th UNESCO Unitwin Conference in Leuven (Belgium) , which was dedicated to the “value of heritage for...
by USI UNESCO Chair | Apr 18, 2019 | Events, Home
The Call for Papers and Presentations of the Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality, 4th International Conference (HTHIC2020) is now online. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in tourism, heritage, hospitality, geography, archaeology, architecture and...
