Study Visit in Lithuania












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            * Study visit Kaunas (Lithuania) November 5 – 7, 2023
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            At the beginning of November, the HerInDep research team took part in another study visit 
            were hosted by members of the research team from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Arch
            Kaunas University of Technology and enjoyed a very fruitful and productive team meeting.



            On the first day, the members of the project research team presented their research questi

            the progress of the study and future plans. Presentations were prepared by all project par
            afternoon, a guided tour of Kaunas city centre was organised by Algimantas Grigas. We were

            the interwar modernist architecture (inscribed on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List in 202
            the Old Town of Kaunas. Kaunas city centre is an area being analysed by a team of Lithuani



            On the second day of the visit, we took part in a workshop with students from Kaunas Unive
            Technology and local community members. The aim of the workshop was to discuss the cultura

            Kaunas city centre and to propose a way to involve the local population in the protection 
            and to increase their resilience. The workshop was conducted using the Challenge-based lea
            method (workshop facilitator Jurga Vitkuvien?), generating ideas in mixed working groups c

            project participants, local community representatives and young researchers. Chairman of t
            Kaunas community centres Ram?nas Navickas, also participated in this workshop, as a repres
            project's associate partner.


            In the afternoon, ongoing events such as the conference and project publications were disc