Summer Fieldwork












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            * Czechia
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            * Broumov

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            In August 2023 the Czech research team (Lenka Jakoubková Budilová, Jan Horský) continued i

            in Broumov region, mainly in villages Božanov and Vernéřovice. We focused on the cultural 
            region (namely of Broumov farmhouses) and discussed the effects of depopulation on the loc

            the village mayors and local population.




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            * Harrachov

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            Later in the August the Czech research team also visited Harrachov in Krkonoše region, one

            site with a long tradition of glasswork industry. Like in many other localities in Krkonoš
            Harrachov original German population was expelled after WWII. We focus on the maintaining 
            heritage (glasswork industry) despite the population changes in the region.






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            * Shetland

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            Since the site visit to Czechia in the summer, the Shetland team have been hard at work ca

            review of the surrounding literature on the topics of cultural heritage and depopulation. 
            exercise has incorporated materials from a range of disciplines, including ethnology, anth
            studies, history, archaeology and civic governance. The team is particularly interested in

            ways in which cultural heritage has been utilised in other rural and island settings, and 
            link between community identity and safeguarding of local cultural heritage. Alongside thi
            and organisation of the site visit to Shetland has been gathering pace. We are looking for

            the other teams to Shetland in January 2024 to meet our local stakeholders and experience 
            Helly Aa festival! The team have also held several meetings with the local stakeholders to
            the team’s fieldwork, which will take place in spring/summer 2024. So, it has been a busy 

            there is lots of exciting progress to report!

            Dr Andrew Jennings recently chaired a research symposium on Shetland and the Faroe Islands

            upon some of the themes of the HerInDep project. The entire session is available here. [ U
            www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6oFCb4ndk&ab_channel=UHIInstituteforNorthernStudies"]