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Artefact GALLERY, second round

We’re back with the second round of the Artefact Gallery, featuring a fresh selection of artefacts, artisans, and cultural practices discovered through our ongoing fieldwork. This new collection offers a glimpse into the heritage our research teams are currently exploring across the project’s regions—inviting you to connect with the people, stories, and traditions at the heart of CULTURALITY.

#2.6 - Spain

Proposed by CULTURALITY partner La Ponte, this Artefact Gallery entry presents “La Carbayeda,” a textile piece created in the Asturian rural workshop Paz Mesa. This blanket embodies a deep commitment to ethical craftsmanship, reflecting the colours and textures of the local landscape. It stands as a testament to sustainable creation, where every fibre tells a story of place and purpose.

Woven slowly on a manual loom, the blanket is made from carefully selected Merino wool, free from harmful treatments. Its warm hues are derived from natural dyes like madder root and birch leaf, which Paz Mesa artisans forage from their surroundings. This process connects an ancient craft with a contemporary ecological consciousness, transforming a traditional object into a statement of material respect and connection to the land.

WELCOME TO CULTURALITY

The CULTURALITY project aims to promote cultural and creative tourism activities to aid the sustainable development of rural areas, encouraging job creation and population settlement. By researching the cultural heritage, including artisan material culture (techniques, materials, patterns, and decorative elements) and intangible culture (music, oral knowledge, and culinary traditions), the project will foster non-seasonal tourism. It will cater to local communities’ needs, focusing on at-risk groups like women, the elderly, and youth, involving international multidisciplinary teams specializing in digital heritage, research, communication and dissemination. The emphasis will be on constant collaboration and sharing of experiences to enhance collective knowledge and ensure optimal results.

how will we do it?

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Establishing a collaborative network to promote cultural tourism in rural & remote areas through crafts & skills

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Revitalising and economically developing local ecosystems through cultural tourism research activities linked to crafts

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Embracing digital tools & technologies as a key platform to enhance productivity, visibility, and impact

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Developing suitable stakeholder engagement tools & clustering actions

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Promoting knowledge exchange and contributing to capacity building & p2p learning of local ecosystems as agents of change

Meet the partners

CULTURALITY brings together an international network of 13 organizations from 9 different countries with different backgrounds to tackle the current social, cultural, economic, and environmental challenges from rural & remote areas, raise awareness of the possibilities of cultural tourism and promote local communities as agents of change by providing a suitable framework for collaboration of the local ecosystems through training, peer to peer learning and knowledge exchange.

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This project has received funding by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101132628 – CULTURALITY 

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