Patrimonios, objetos e historias de vida. Análisis de propuestas educativas desde el Observatorio de Educación Patrimonial en España

Abstract

This article presents an overview of educational actions and programs on personal heritage, objects, immaterial heritages, bonds and affections that are developed in the research triangle established in the formative and cultural contexts of Spain, Portugal and Brazil. A study based on the OEPE (The Spanish Heritage Education Observatory) method is developed on a sample of N=238 heritage projects, from which nine examples are finally analysed through the case study as an investigative approach. Of the nine examples, four programs emphasize social involvement with heritage; three cases refer to artistic projects that depart from heritage in their creative processes linking life stories; and the last two include collaborative network actions that affect the heritage as relationships, affections, memories and links between people and goods. The relevance of the study lies in the contribution of relevant practices for the improvement of action in the field of heritage education. It deals with a brief tour of the theoretical framework of the field of study, to end up reflecting on the methodological processes of analysis and evaluation of educational practices and culminate in the selection of some unique projects that serve as a contribution to the discipline for its character exceptional. In a conclusive way, the keys are collected so that the objectives that heritage education proposes as a relational, linking and identity discipline can be realized.

Keywords

• cultural heritage
• intangible cultural heritage
• identity
• heritage education
• personal heritage