Les futurs du patrimoine méditerranéen
Premier Forum des Chaires UNESCO de Méditerranée
Published on Friday, April 03, 2026
Abstract
Le premier Forum des Chaires UNESCO de Méditerranée, organisé à l’Université de Corse, vise à réunir chercheurs, institutions et acteurs culturels autour des enjeux contemporains du patrimoine méditerranéen. Il ambitionne de structurer un réseau de coopération et de réflexion sur les transformations culturelles, sociales, économiques et environnementales du bassin méditerranéen.
Announcement
Thematic axes
Theme 1. Cultural rights, cultural diversity and inclusion
Theoretical, legal, institutional and territorial approaches to cultural rights; citizen participation; mediation; recognition of linguistic and cultural minorities; inclusion; cultural democracy.
Theme 2. Mediterranean heritages : transmission, memory, languages, living heritage
Tangible, intangible, linguistic, memorial, landscape, maritime and food heritage; safeguarding and reinventing traditions; contested heritages; the plurality of Mediterranean narratives; languages and cultural vitality.
Theme 3. Arts and cultural education and lifelong learning
Policies and programmes for arts and cultural education; articulations between culture and education; the role of universities, schools, local authorities and cultural actors; pedagogies of creation; pedagogical innovation.
Theme 4. Cultural and creative industries, territorial innovation and the digital sphere
Contemporary creation, design, audiovisual production, publishing, museography, digital arts, cultural entrepreneurship, the creative economy, the circulation of works, the sustainability of economic models, platforms and cultural sovereignty.
Theme 5. Cultural tourism, habitability and the sustainability of Mediterranean territories
Balances between visitor flows, conservation, resident experience, hospitality, resilience and local development; the effects of overtourism; the tourism development of heritage; destination governance; evaluation indicators.
Theme 6. Heritage, ecology and the politics of the living in the Mediterranean
Relationships between heritage and natural resources; water, coastlines, marine environments, cultural landscapes, food systems, local ecological knowledge; territorial habitability; climate adaptation; environmental vulnerabilities.
Theme 7. Mediterranean cooperation, institutional engineering and scientific diplomacy
University networks, UNESCO Chairs, public-private partnerships, local authorities, foundations, cultural operators, project design, observatories, funding mechanisms and new forms of multilateral cooperation at the Mediterranean scale.
Submission Guidelines
Proposals must include :
- The relevant thematic area
- A title
- An abstract of 2,500 characters
- 5 keywords
- A short biographical and bibliographical note of 8 to 10 lines
- The preferred format
Accepted formats
- Individual academic paper
- Thematic panel
- Partnership round table
- Feedback session or case study
- Scientific cooperation project workshop
- Doctoral poster
Languages of the Forum
- Speakers are invited to present in their own language.
Proposed Timetable
- LancLaunch of the call : 30 March 2026
- Submission deadline : 1 May 2026
- Notification to authors : 15 June 2026
- Provisional programme : 1 July 2026
- Forum à Corti : 10–11 September 2026
Submissions should be sent to chaire.unesco@univ-corse.fr,
before 1 May 2026
Scientific Committee
- Sébastien Quenot, Chaire UNESCO Devenirs en Méditerranée, UMR CNRS LISA 6240, Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli
- Caroline Tafani, Chaire UNESCO Devenirs en Méditerranée, UMR CNRS LISA 6240, Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli
- Roland Benedikter, UNESCO Chair on Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, EURAC Research
- Imane Bennani, Chaire UNESCO Paysage urbain historique entre recherche et formation, Université internationale de Rabat
- Sara Di Luca, UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law, University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza
- Vicky Karaiskou, UNESCO Chair on Visual Anticipation and Futures Literacy towards Visual Literacy, Open University of Cyprus
- Giovana Marconi, UNESCO Chair in Social and Spatial Inclusion of International Migrants: Urban Policies and Practice, Università Iuav di Venezia
- Carmen Parra Rodriguez, Chaire UNESCO Paz, Solidaridad y Diálogo Intercultural, Université Abat Oliba CEU
- Pier Luigi Petrillo, UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Comparative Law (Director), Università di Roma Unitelma Sapienza
- Paola Raffa, UNESCO Chair on Mediterranean Landscapes in Context of Emergency, University of Reggio Calabria
Organizing Committee
- Mathieu Laborde,
- Pasquale Alitti
- Ludovic Leandri
- Marina Branca
- Jenna El Hilali
- Pierre-Joseph Paganelli
- Laetitia Bonelli
- Sébastien Pedinielli
Contacts :
- Pasquale Alitti : alitti_p@univ-corse.fr et
- Sébastien Quenot : quenot_s@univ-corse.fr
Subjects
- Geography (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Society > Political studies > International relations
- Mind and language > Representation > Heritage
- Society > Geography > Geography: politics, culture and representation
- Society > Sociology > Sociology of culture
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Digital humanities
Date(s)
- Friday, May 01, 2026
Attached files
Keywords
- patrimoine, méditerranée, unesco, coopération, culture, tourisme, durabilité, droits culturels
Contact(s)
- Sébastien Quenot
courriel : quenot_s [at] univ-corse [dot] fr - Pasquale Alitti
courriel : alitti_p [at] univ-corse [dot] fr
Information source
- Pascal Alitti
courriel : alitti_p [at] univ-corse [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Les futurs du patrimoine méditerranéen », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, April 03, 2026, https://doi.org/10.58079/160hs
