Transferring Knowledge, Valuing Heritage, and Promoting Tourism: A Commitment to Collaboration Between Academia and Municipalities - A Case Study: Gandra

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2025

Authors

Ferreira, Carla Maria Sequeira (Author) FLUP; Lencart, Joana (Author) FLUP

Book

Title: Regional, International, and Transatlantic Relations From the Iberian Peninsula to the World

Pages: 15-30

Publisher: IGI Global Scientific Publishing

Other information

DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-0634-6.ch002

Abstract (EN): In 2023, the Parish Council of S. Miguel de Gandra contacted the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto to carry out a scientific study on the town of Gandra (Paredes). The aim was to produce a monograph of a historical nature with a solid scientific research base and with the local community, the general public, as its target audience. This is a concrete example of how academia can and should work together with local organisations to enhance heritage and to promote tourism, by presenting the public with a book that involves the community itself and arouses curiosity to explore the place. Initiatives such as this one are examples of how scientific research should not be a closed endeavour exclusive to academia but should also be geared towards communities. Initiatives like these seek to promote inclusive and transversal education, involving children and young people in a school context, drawing their attention to the rich history of the place, but also to include the senior community, feeling valued.

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15