ARTEFACT GALLERY
Wellcome to our Artefact Gallery, an initiative within the CULTURALITY project! Every two weeks, one of our partners will spotlight a unique craft piece from their country, showcasing the rich cultural heritage and artistry that define each region. Join us on this journey to celebrate traditional craftsmanship and discover the diverse creative expressions of our project’s community.
Round 3
The third round of the Artefact Gallery focuses on the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and circular economy in rural areas across Europe. Many traditional crafts inherently embrace circularity, producing durable, repairable, and recyclable products made locally from renewable, locally sourced materials with minimal waste. Examples presented in this edition showcase how craftspeople keep on circular practices or, by making conscious adjustments, introduce principles of circular economy into their work, contributing to more sustainable and resource-efficient rural communities and society as a whole.
Proposed by: Ángel Antonio Rodríguez Martín (Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher) & Lucía Pérez Fernández (PhD Candidate, Management & Coordination assistant at CULTURALITY Project)
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Universidad de Oviedo
SPAIN
Proposed by: Ángel Antonio Rodríguez Martín (Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher) & Lucía Pérez Fernández (PhD Candidate, Management & Coordination assistant at CULTURALITY Project)
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Universidad de Oviedo
SPAIN
Proposed by: Cristiane Menezes (PhD Researcher in Design)
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Universidade de Aveiro
PORTUGAL
Round 2
The second round of the Artefact Gallery focuses on the ongoing fieldwork being conducted by the project teams, bringing forward examples of artefacts, artisans, and cultural practices that are becoming key areas of investigation. This edition reflects the current stage of research across the different regions, highlighting the materials and stories that are being explored and documented by each partner. It provides a snapshot of the researchers’ engagement with local communities and traditions, offering a preview of the elements that will later feed into both the Artefact Gallery and the VERA platform.
Proposed by:
Cristiane Schifelbein de Menezes
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Universidade de Aveiro
PORTUGAL
Proposed by:
Lucía Pérez Fernández and Santiago Rodriguez Pérez
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Universidad de Oviedo
SPAIN
Proposed by: Elena Dellapiana,
Marco Bozzola
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Politecnico di Torino
ITALY
Round 1
This first round of the Artefact Gallery initiative was all about presenting a selection of iconic artefacts chosen by each project partner, following a “best of” logic. As the first public-facing showcase of the project, this initial edition aimed to highlight emblematic examples of local craftsmanship, heritage, and cultural identity that each partner considered particularly representative or meaningful within the project’s themes. The goal was to offer a strong and engaging introduction to the diversity and richness of the territories involved, setting the tone for the forthcoming editions.
Proposed by:
Roxana-Talida Roman
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Maramures County Council
ROMANIA
Proposed by:
Carmen Pérez Maestro (researcher)
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Research center and ecomuseum La Ponte
SPAIN
Proposed by:
Katarina Šrimpf Vendramin and Saša Poljak Istenič
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ZRC SAZU
SLOVENIA
Proposed by:
Jonas Walsøe leader SKREI Research Center
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Foundation Museum Nord
NORWAY
Proposed by:
Dr Catherine Anne Cassidy
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University of St Andrews
SCOTLAND
Proposed by:
Marco Bozzola
Elena Dellapiana
Claudio Germak
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POLITECNICO DI TORINO
ITALY
