Saturday, April 7, 2018

3nd Internationsl Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage

3nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BEST PRACTICES IN WORLD HERITAGE: INTEGRAL ACTIONS.

2nd-5 th May 2015. Menorca, Balearic Islands, (Spain)

TOPICS of the 3nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BEST PRACTICES IN WORLD HERITAGE: INTEGRAL ACTIONS have been voted by our community to be debated during the conference!

The selected topics are:

1. BEYOND THE OFFICIAL VOICE: PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.
2. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: VALUE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
3. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: COMMUNICATING OR INFORMING?
4. YOU EXPLAIN ME, I TELL YOU, WE SHARE IT: CO-LEARNING.
5. THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: NEW OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUES?

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Here the most important dates to keep in mind:

- Call for papers. As soon as possible
- 30th September 2017: Abstract deadline
- 30th October 2017: acceptance of papers
- 15th February 2018: Full Paper deadline

The procedure for submitting abstract proposal to the 3nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BEST PRACTICES IN WORLD HERITAGE: INTEGRAL ACTIONS are:
The Abstract should include:
1. Title
2. Five keywords
3. Extension: Min. 500 words, máx. 1000 words. You can already send us your proposal to participate, the abstract template is here to be downloaded.
4. Maximum two images or figures (optional)
5. Maximum three references to information sources (from a research article to a news item, etc.) (Optional)

We look forward to welcoming you from the 2nd till the 5th of may 2018 in Menorca


Monday, April 2, 2018

Bike riding through derelicted farms




The countryside in Menorca has languished for many years. Since agriculture stopped being a profitable business and many of the farms opted for extensive livestock. Cows, which produce milk with which a quality cheese is manufactured that is consumed on the island and exported to many places both in our country and abroad.

Many of these farms seem to be abandoned for the simple reason that no one lives in them and soon they become ruined buildings, away from the bustle of when they were inhabited by families of farmers.

Bellver Nou

 Biniparratxet

El Rio de la Plata

In the 1800s and early 1900s, some properties on the island were acquired by "Indianos": emigrants  from Menorca who, after making their fortune in distant places, returned to the island to live from their savings. On many occasions, as in this one, they put names on their properties that evoked those places to which they had emigrated.

Rio de la Plata is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers on the Southeastern coastline of South America.