Study visit in Czechia












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            * Study visit Czech Republic 4. 5. – 6. 6.
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            During the study visit in the Czech Republic members of the research team met in person. P

            Lithuania and the Shetland came to Prague on June 4. The programme started on Monday, June
            meeting of the research team (venue: Charles University, Prague) and a discussion of the r
            and intended research outcomes. After the discussion the participants moved to the city of

            (eastern Bohemia) to meet the associate partners from the Hradec Králové region and to hav




            In the afternoon all participants moved to Broumov, a town in eastern Bohemia, which has b

            as one of the research localities by the Czech part of the team. In Broumov region we firs
            villages (Křinice, Božanov), to see some examples of the local cultural heritage (e.g. so 
            homesteads – a specific type of architecture built by the original German inhabitants who 

            displaced from Czechoslovakia after the WWII).




            In the afternoon, a joint workshop in Broumov monastery took place with the participation 
            team, the associate partners (Hradec Králové region, The Broumov Regional Development Agen

            stakeholders (village mayors, local politicians, cultural workers, entrepreneurs, local in




            On the second day we first had a guided tour in the Broumov monastery (one of the tangible
            heritage sites in the region). Later we participated in a guided tour in the building of t

            mill (and later a printing house) in Broumov – a building looking for its new life. The to
            by Žaneta Vávrová (The Broumov Regional Development Agency), who oversees the supervision 
            cultural and educational activities. Members of the research team then drove back to Pragu

            programme was concluded by an informal city tour and pub socialization. 








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            * WORKSHOP WITH THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC 

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            Broumov monastery  

            Monday, June 5, 2023 
             
            Plan of presentations: 

             Welcome, presentation of the HerInDep project (main objectives, perspectives, and methodo
            introduction of team members (Lenka Jakoubková Budilová, Ivan Murin) 


            1.Introduction to local context: brief historical and demographic overview of the Broumov 
              region (Jan Horský) 
            2.What is cultural heritage? Examples and presentation of the local tangible and intangibl

              heritage (Lenka Jakoubková Budilová) 
            3.Best practice examples from Slovakia (Ivan Murin) 
            4.Case study: The Shetland, United Kingdom (Andrew Jennings, Andrew Lind)  

            5.Case study: Kaunas, Lithuania (Aušra Mlinkauskien?, Kęstutis Zaleckis) 
            6.Round table: How to face depopulation? What are the consequences of depopulation for the
              communities? Discussion of the questions of depopulation, local cultural heritage and su

              local communities with local community actors.  
            7.Informal socialization and discussion.