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City of Crafts and Folk Art on October 18Th, 2013 UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES CRAFTS AND FOLK ART /Introduction The Crafts and Folk Art book is the world as a real trip among the a communication tool created different continents - promoting with the aim of promoting and artisanal traditions, creative arts as enhancing 20 creative cities of well as natural and urban jewels. the UNESCO Network - which This first review of cluster is represent the Crafts and Folk Art aimed at giving a contribution section - with illustrations and to the promotion of this section general presentations of the cities. of the UNESCO network and at The order of appearance, after supporting the Creative Cities Fabriano, leading city of the cluster, Network. Its objective is to reinforce has been defined according to the the international collaboration date of admission to the Network: among the cities that consider Aswan (Egypt), Kanazawa (Japan), creativity a strategic factor for Icheon (South Korea), Hangzhou the sustainable development and (China), Jacmel (Haiti), Jingdezhen element of attractiveness. (China), Nassau (Bahamas), This is an open project towards Paducah (USA), Pekalongang new cities that will soon be part (Indonesia), Santa Fe (USA), of the Network and that, with their Suzhou (China), Al Ahsa (Saudi projects, will enrich the wide offer Arabia), Bamiyan (Afghanistan), already illustrated in the book. Duran (Ecuador), Isfahan (Iran), Jaipur (India), Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo), San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico), and Sasayama (Japan). The publication of the book has been possible thanks to the Cities of the cluster and the Secretariat of the UNESCO Network - that have contributed to enrich the book with documents, texts and photos. The book describes the specific characteristics of all creative cities and makes them known all over FABRIANO /7 ITALY Fabriano, Italian town in the Marche Region, in the heart of City of the Apennines, was designated UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art on October 18th, 2013. painters, smiths Town of painters, blacksmiths and paper masters, mastri chartai, Fabriano is famous all over the and master world for the production of paper – a long history of manufacturing production from the 13th century papermakers to our days. The paper is deeply linked to creativity, both for its production and for its use. The International Gothic. Fabriano was tradition of the town, and Fabriano greatest technological innovation a centre of production and trade, began the progressive, profound that has characterized the activity where many artisanal activities transformation from industrial of the paper mills in Fabriano since were deeply intertwined with art: city to creative city. The artisanal the 13th century is the Watermark: over the centuries, the well-known manufacturing sector joins new an economic resource, a symbol skills and the creativity of qualified technologies: on this tradition of social prestige, an expression artisans from Fabriano helped the based on the artisanship are laid of creativity, promotion and artistic development of manufacturing the foundations allowing to face production - the watermark is activities that over time became new and future challenges, thanks still today the main element of leading industries worldwide. to new expressions of cutting-edge technological innovation and Recently the global crisis and artisanship - an artisanship that a guarantee of exclusivity and the evolution of markets at an is more creative, more innovative uniqueness. international level have caused and closer to the digital world and Creating, elaborating, and profound changes in the production to new technologies, towards an producing are the features of the network and, therefore, new economy profoundly connected to community of Fabriano - the same strategies for local development the digital industry. that characterized the town in the are needed: the fusion between New urban policies are focused on prosperous age of the Renaissance the traditional manufacturing the following aspects: sustainable when the local painting school industries and the cultural and development, cohesion of the flourished with the painter Gentile, creative industries is taking place local community, social inclusion, one of the greatest artists of the again, in line with the original new types of work focused on a /8 /9 digital, circular and sharing-based economy, with the support of the public and private sectors, with the aim of creating new initiatives that include in their ‘know-how’ new and old generations of artisans. Therefore, Fabriano promoted creativity and different types of art thanks to events, exhibitions, and festivals, such as the different editions of Poiesis - an international event created and directed by Francesca Merloni, connected to the Festival “Diversité Culturelle” that took place in Paris, between poetry, art, literature, cinema and music. As UNESCO Creative City, Fabriano attended the UCCN Annual Meetings of Chengdu 2014, Kanazawa 2015 and Ostersund 2016. Moreover, the city gave its scientific contribution to the Second Conference of the Creative Cities Summit held in Beijing in 2016 and to the and Folk art, Torino and Saint the Italian Creative Cities of the conference “Valuing and Evaluating Etienne, Creative Cities of Design, UNESCO Network - including Creativity for Sustainable Regional Enghien les Bains, Creative City Bologna, City of Music, leading Development (VEC)” organised in of Media Arts, and Zahlé, Creative city, Fabriano, City of Crafts and 2016 by the Mid Sweden University City of Gastronomy. Folk Art, Torino, City of Design, in Östersund. In October 2016, the event “Luogo Parma, City of Gastronomy, Roma, Fabriano Creative City also comune” was held in Fabriano: for City of Film - was signed with the organised the Fabriano Forum three days the debate was about objective of creating a National that was attended in 2014 by philosophy, politics, writing, art, Coordinating Body aimed at making Hangzhou, Kanazawa, Paducah digital technologies, and music the strategies and actions in the and Santa Fe, Creative Cities of which are considered tools to Network and both at the national Crafts and Folk art, and Bologna, encourage the discussion about and international level more Creative City of Music and in 2015 the contemporary city and rethink effective and more synergistic. by Icheon, Jacmel, Jingdezhen, it. In the framework of this event, Paducah, Creative Cities of Crafts an Agreement protocol between ASWAN /11 EGYPT Located in Upper Egypt on the border between Egypt and Swan, Welcome in about 3 million people, Aswan is gate of southern Egypt. It is a tourist city characterized by Aswan, the city diversity in the field of tourism. Cultural tourism in a number of archaeological temples such as of creativity the Temple of Abu Simbel and the Temple of Villa , where he built the Nubia Museum for the preservation and heritage of the Nubian heritage and also the Museum of the Nile to preserve the environmental heritage and brightness of the sun. from the sons of Nubia, Arabs, the dissemination of culture of It is the high dam that produces Basharites, and the sons of the conservation of water resources electricity for all of Egypt. It has tribes of Ababdah Including mines and pillars containing the contents the symbol of Russian-Egyptian and quarries and many metals of the heritage of the Nile Basin friendship.The University of Aswan such as granite, talc and gold and countries. is a lighthouse for science and Women work to revive heritage and Eco-tourism : The Wadi Al- the branch of the Arab Academy handicrafts. Alaki Nature Reserve is a for Science and International Nubia Museum biosphere reserve with areas for Transport. There are many schools The area of Aswan and its environmental studies, as well as and education available to surroundings was the northernmost the Salogah and Ghazal Islands. everyone. It has the most beautiful part of a country known as Nubia or Medical tourism : It has the best landscape and garden of Asian the “Land of Gold” in ancient times. areas for the treatment of bone and African plants. Aswan is the With the construction of the diseases using Aswan sands. city of creativity, heritage and City Aswan High Dam in the 1960’s, Safari tourism: It is the second of peace. Aswan is nominated monuments and villages in the Nile largest industrial lake in the world to become a learning city within Valley of Nubia were threatened is Lake Nasser and the province the World Network of Learning with submersion under the rising seeks to establish projects to Cities. Which was dubbed by the waters of the reservoir (Lake produce electricity from solar President el Sisi: Aswan as the City Nasser). To rescue this important energy, where the sun’s brightness of Culture and African Economy. and ancient heritage, the Egyptian 365 days a year and the highest It has a diversity of human beings government appealed to the /12 /13 UNESCO seeking help. As a result, in November 1997. The complex, an immense international apparatus which was designed by the late was formed to excavate and record Egyptian architect Mahmoud hundreds of sites. Due to the al-Hakim, reflects the traditional importance of the material that was character of the Nubian architecture recovered from tombs, temples and and it won the Agha-Khan Award of settlements, UNESCO planned a Architecture in 2001. The museum museum in Aswan to exhibit the has also a beautiful garden with unique Nubian heritage. Besides, water-falls, palm trees, flowers, many temples such as the ones at and climbing bushes, spread Abu Simbel and Philae sites were around natural rocks. There is disassembled and reconstructed on also an amphitheatre for local and higher grounds. international music and dance Nubia Museum opened its doors performances. KANAZAWA/14 /15 JAPAN Ever since 1583, the year when economy of Kanazawa in which Toshiie Maeda assumed power culture and industry are strongly at Kanazawa Castle as Lord of linked. The central cityscape the Maeda Domain, the city of offers a glimpse into Kanazawa’s Kanazawa has been free enjoying rich history.
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