Bothnia Business Heritage
The project highlights and investigates maritime and industrial cultural heritage in the Gulf of Bothnia.
Throughout history, the Gulf of Bothnia has functioned as an important gate to the world. Still today, the region has a rich maritime and industrial cultural heritage as well as business life. However, there is a need to further highlight the importance of cultural heritage and for this reason the Bothnia Business Heritage project has been started. It is a cross-border project with Interreg Aurora as the main financier. The project connects cultural heritage and business actors around the Gulf of Bothnia and consists of Swedish and Finnish partners, of which Luleå University of Technology is one. We see cultural heritage as important for collaboration, innovation and credible branding. Using cultural heritage in site and product development can contribute to a positive image of the entire Bothnian area.
The project will highlight the Gulf of Bothnia's maritime and industrial cultural heritage and thereby strengthen connections between past, present and future. The Bothnia Business Heritage Network is for cultural heritage actors working with maritime and industrial heritage. The aim is to strengthen the cultural heritage actors through a collaboration with the business world. This connection to cultural heritage also develops the companies. Within the network, cultural heritage actors can exchange and discuss ideas and experiences as well as further educate themselves and get inspiration. Companies and industries can us about their wishes for cooperation with cultural heritage actors by answering a survey.
The project will investigate the companies' needs, linked to their own cultural heritage. We will develop a workshop process aimed at teaching cultural heritage actors to create and offer services according to companies' wishes. After the project is completed, the Bothnia Business Heritage Network will remain. Another outcome of the projekt will be cooperation models for cultural heritage actors and companies.
If you find this interesting you can join the Bothnia Business Heritage Network. By doing so you will be given information of when the next meeting takes place, and you will be able to follow what is happening in the project. Register through this link External link..
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