On Saturday 11th January 2020 the National School of Architecture of Tunis (ENAU) organised a second Info Day devoted to the CUDIMHA project at the amphitheatre Héla Boussema.
The event took place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and saw the participation of architects, as well as of students (mainly those in the 5th and 6th year of study), teachers, department heads and the director of ENAU. Also the coordinator of the project attended to it.
The event had the aim of fostering a discussion on the educational structure of the CUDIMHA project, the organisation of the four semesters composing the Master's course, the content of the courses to be delivered, and the deadline concerning the selection of the participants. Three presentations of architectural projects related to the material and immaterial heritage took place to enrich the debate about the expected perspectives of the CUDIMHA project and to raise public awareness about innovation in heritage communication. This Info Day was organised by ENAU with the support of several project partners.
During the event the programme of the course as well as project flyers were distributed to the public in order to promote the Info Day. Participation was free.
CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND OF THE DEBATE DURING THE EVENT:
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- During the plenary session, the project was introduced by Pr Fakher Kharrat, the director of ENAU. Pr Mounir Dhouib and Pr Tarek Bouattour spoke about project partners, as well as about general and specific goals of the project and explained the specificities of the project. Then, Dr Ferdaws Belkhadi and Dr Faten Hussein presented the educational structure of the project and detailed the content of common and specific courses which will be delivered to students during the four semesters. They also detailed the ENAU specialisation study path. The architect Nizar Ben Achour presented the material laboratory which will support field work and help students to carry out internships using innovative equipment for modeling and simulating material heritage.
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- Two presentations of winning projects at JAC 2019 (Architecture's Journeys of Carthage) took then place: the prize for the best tertiary building by the architect Adel Hidar and the prize for the best heritage project revisited by the architects Karim Chaabane and Sélim Adhoum. These projects are in line with the content of the CUDIMHA project and represent concrete architectural realisations related to heritage.
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- A presentation of digital cultural mediation devices through the Museum Labconnections project was held by the architect Soumeya Gharsallah: it is an example of a applicative project about heritage communication and an example to be implemented by students during the fourth semester of the Master's programme, where a field work is included (thesis-internship-project).
- Motivation sheets were distributed at the end of the Info Day to identify why students and architects attending the event could be interested in the Master's course. The objective was also to set criteria to be applied to select candidates. 24 sheets were filled in.
- An open debate was then held about the great relevance of the project content with regard to the interest in innovative communication about material and immaterial heritage, as well as about specific aspects of the courses (e.g. where they will be delivered, the possibility to earn a national or international final diploma thanks to the cooperation among universities, criteria to be applied to select students, the interesting professional opportunities for students at the end of the training programme).
The event was covered by ENAU PressClub (please visit the Facebook page of ENAU PressClub for further information).
DISSEMINATION MATERIAL PRODUCED FOR THE EVENT:
