How can we build emotional resilience amidst a crisis, such as the pandemic we are experiencing now, when everything familiar seems to fall apart? This webinar brings reflections on the need for psycho-social support for affected artists, cultural heritage bearers and heritage professionals. At the same time, based on real life experiences, it brings vital insights on how heritage itself can help to overcome the sense of loss and displacement caused by a disaster. A multidisciplinary group of historians, psychologists, humanitarian aid specialists and cultural heritage professionals will offer strategies for stress management, coping capacities, as well as peer-to-peer support.
Panellists:
- Amira ELSAYED, Executive Manager, The Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation, Egypt
- Linda LAINVOO, Director of Art Heritage Field – Head of Museums and Art Heritage Department, Estonian National Heritage Board
- Tamar KAMKAMIDZE, Head of International Relations Department, Georgia Red Cross Society
- John F. MORRIS, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Machiko KAMIYAMA, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan