The CGHD collaborated in three editions of the NIT Urban Heritage lab with METu on the heritage of Istanbul.
In 2021: NIT Urban Heritage Lab: Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Cities
In the autumn of 2021, the Netherlands Institute in Turkey offers a course that addresses the challenges and possibilities for the transformation of industrial heritage from a multi-disciplinary perspective. With a focus on Istanbul’s industrial heritage, the course explores issues that are relevant to industrial heritage worldwide.
The course is open to graduate students and recent graduates (any discipline) from higher education institutions in the Netherlands and Turkey. Junior professionals and policymakers are also strongly encouraged to apply. The course is planned to take place partly online, partly on-site in Istanbul. The detailed information about the course is available at Information Kit.
Involved researcher
Fokke Gerritsen
Karin Stadhouders
In 2022: NIT Urban Heritage Lab: Water Heritage for Sustainable Cities Course
NIT (Netherlands institute in Turkey), in collaboration with Middle East Technical University (METU), Radboud University, LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development and the Netherlands Consulate-General in Istanbul, offered in 2022 a addresses past experiences and current and future challenges of urban water supply, focusing on the Valens aqueduct. With a focus on Istanbul’s water heritage, the course explores how water heritage can act as a driver for sustainable development and raise awareness of contemporary water issues worldwide.
Researchers:
Fokke Gerritsen
Gerdy Verschuure
in 2023: Urban Heritage Lab: Archaeological Heritage and Liveable Cities
In 2023, a graduate course organized by the Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT), in collaboration with Middle East Technical University (METU), Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development, and with the support of the Netherlands Consulate-General in Istanbul. The third edition of the Urban Heritage Lab Autumn Course will focus on archaeological heritage in urban contexts. The third edition of the Urban Heritage Lab Autumn Course will focus on archaeological heritage in urban contexts. Archaeological remains in multi-layered historical cities have the power to connect today’s inhabitants with their predecessors of centuries or even millennia ago. However, integrating archaeological remains into the urban fabric, and enabling them to present narratives of past urban life poses significant challenges to archaeologists, heritage managers, urban planners and designers.