On April 19 and 20, 2023, in the southern Danish city of Sønderborg, the first meeting between the partners in the project "B-SHAPES"/Borders shaping perceptions of European societies under the European Union program for scientific research and innovation "Horizon 2020" was held , with the leading organization University of Southern Denmark – Denmark.
The first meeting between the partners in the project "B-SHAPES"/Borders shaping perceptions of European societies
On April 19 and 20, 2023, in the southern Danish city of Sønderborg, the first meeting between the partners in the project "B-SHAPES"/Borders shaping perceptions of European societies under the European Union program for scientific research and innovation "Horizon 2020" was held , with the leading organization University of Southern Denmark – Denmark.
The National History Museum took part in the two-day program of the meeting, during which details of the implementation of the project were discussed, which aims to focus the attention of the European community on the role of geographical borders in shaping the perceptions of modern European societies.
Ch. Associate Professor Petranka Nedelcheva, head of the "Exhibition and International Activities" Department, NIM and coordinator of the Bulgarian participation in the project, presented to the partner countries the professional capacity and resources available to the largest museum institution in Bulgaria. In addition, Magdalena Marinova, Public Relations expert, NIM presented the media environment in the country and the ways of communication of the museum with its audiences.
The results of B-SHAPES will provide an opportunity to rethink heritage policies. As a result of the project, European cross-border approaches to cultural and historical heritage will be created and implemented to engage and attract individuals and economic sectors in the creation of a unified vision of cultures and values.
The B-SHAPES project brings together a significant number of European academic institutions, scientists and specialists, representatives of archaeology, arts and cultural heritage, ethnology, European studies, history, physical and cultural geography, minority studies, political science, social anthropology and sociology: Eötvös Loránd University – Hungary; Eurac Research Center - Italy; Halmstad University – Sweden; Technical University of Liberec – Czech Republic; University of Strasbourg – France; University of Oulu – Finland; University of Wrocław – Poland; National History Museum - Bulgaria; Kreatus Research Center – Poland; European Network "Memory and Solidarity" - Poland; Association of European Border Regions - Germany and Lungomare - Bolzano, Italy.
