The speakers for the first round of the ESACH Talks! People and Heritage have been announced. Congratulations to the selected presenters and a big thank you for all those that submitted their abstracts, we were impressed by the quality of the submissions! 

• Kavya Iyer Ramalingam - ICH communities and the development of heritage-sensitive commercialization strategies
• Münire Nurgül Büyükgüllü - The Role of Rural Communities and Heritage Preservation in Cumalıkızık
• João Victor Porto Jarske - How international arbitration may enhance the protection of Indigenous people´s cultural heritage
• Goran Đurđević, Khuong Tran Huang, Chen Haotian, Gemma Ryles - Reflection for future: an introduction to Mirror Studies project

Heritales – International Heritage Film Festival 2020 – "Education, diversity and community"
The Heritales project aims to disseminate material and immaterial heritage using narratives of an artistic and playful nature. It is based on photography, games, theatre, performances or interactive media, and mainly on the seventh art through documentaries, animated films and short films. It considers that the promotion of the different cultures of the world should be shared forever through these supports. On the one hand, it aims to encourage sustainability linked to communities and promote a reinterpretation of what can be valued as cultural heritage, emphasizing the importance of education to transmit it. On the other hand, it wants to encourage new ways of transferring knowledge, encouraging intercultural dialogue and giving way to international scientific collaboration through partnerships. 
Both ESACH and Heritales share a common idea about the need to showcase the diversity of voices within cultural heritage and take an innovative approach to cultural heritage studies. We are very excited about this partnership and we cannot wait to see where this relationship will take us! 
You can learn more about Heritales and watch the documentaries and films for free at 
​https://www.heritales.org/