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Transferring Knowledge, Valuing Heritage, and Promoting Tourism: A Commitment to Collaboration Between Academia and Municipalities - A Case Study: Gandra (Paredes)
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Author(s): Carla Sequeira (CITCEM/FLUP, Universidade do Porto, Portugal)and Joana Lencart (CITCEM/FLUP, Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 16
Source title:
Regional, International, and Transatlantic Relations From the Iberian Peninsula to the World
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Susana Soares da Silva Rocha Relvas (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal), Mark Gant (University of Chester, UK), Deirdre Kelly (Technological University Dublin, Ireland)and Siân Edwards (University of Cardiff, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-0634-6.ch002
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Abstract
In 2023, the Parish Council of S. Miguel de Gandra contacted the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto to carry out a scientific study on the town of Gandra (Paredes). The aim was to produce a monograph of a historical nature with a solid scientific research base and with the local community, the general public, as its target audience. This is a concrete example of how academia can and should work together with local organisations to enhance heritage and to promote tourism, by presenting the public with a book that involves the community itself and arouses curiosity to explore the place. Initiatives such as this one are examples of how scientific research should not be a closed endeavour exclusive to academia but should also be geared towards communities. Initiatives like these seek to promote inclusive and transversal education, involving children and young people in a school context, drawing their attention to the rich history of the place, but also to include the senior community, feeling valued.
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