Global Excellence in InterpretationFree Webinar SeriesWhile interpreters have shifted to digital communication through online webinars and meetings, interpreters' professional associations around the world have increased their activity, developing and providing online services to members, including training, conferences, one-off events, and more. This accelerated trend has given us an opportunity to share good practice more widely across the world, with interpreters from different countries and indeed different continents joining events of interest to them. This series will develop a pilot international webinar series, under the banner of the Global Alliance for Heritage Interpretation. This yearlong series of webinars hosted by seven interpretation organizations around the world is free to all interpreters, regardless of membership or affiliation with any of the sponsor organizations! English-Spanish live translation will be available. Recordings available here |
February 24, 2022Diversity and Inclusion in Interpretation How can interpretive sites better serve underserved communities? How can we create inclusive employment opportunities? Diversifying our visitor base, creating inclusive marketing campaigns, and adjusting our programming and hiring practices to be more accessible are all key points in defining excellence in interpretation. | April 7, 2022Can heritage interpretation prevent war? It is the dreadful fate of humanistic education: As soon as violence starts, it is too late. What could heritage interpretation do to defuse potential conflicts, from small to large scale? What are the key concepts to consider? And what does this mean for interpretive training? In search of answers, former IE Managing Director Thorsten Ludwig will trace the evolution of Interpret Europe over the past five years. | May 19, 2022Whose Story is it Anyway: Interpreting the Cultural Mosaic of Canada Interpreting within a cultural mosaic compels us to grapple with how to present multiple perspectives. We may not have permission to tell stories from cultures that aren’t our own. Yet we must acknowledge that every story has multiple perspectives. Join us for a discussion about the intersection of story, culture, empathy, and interpretation. | June 30, 2022Dub London: Bassline of a City Meet the team behind the Museum of London’s AHI 2021 Award-winning project. This was a temporary exhibition open to the public 2020/2021 that interpreted the cultural heritage of Black and Caribbean Londoners through dub – Jamaican music and culture that helped to define community identity. Current and previous AHI Awards Group Chairs will host a panel session with the Dub London team.
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August 11, 2022Visiting the Ruins of an Ancient Mexican City to Renew Our Sense of Hope, and Learn From the Past> *this webinar will be presented in Spanish with English simultaneous translation. InterpatMX is your host as we visit Xochicalco, an ancient city in Central Mexico that was violently sacked and destroyed more than a thousand years ago — apparently by its own inhabitants. That part of its history would seem to validate the pessimists. But it downplays the most salient evidence, which attests a great achievement, the cooperation and partnership of rival cities. | October 12, 2022
Unpacking Intangibility: Ways of Seeing, feeling and understanding culture. An Australian experience Today’s “Australia” is only 250 years young. However, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have been custodians of this land for millennia. Australia’s Aboriginal culture is an ancient one and is the oldest living culture in the world. So what are we doing in Australia to support the interpretation, inclusion and celebration of this culture? How does modern Australia speak with, and embrace such an ancient culture? | Nov 17, 2022
tahi- Working Together to Embrace te ao Māori through partnership projects Aotearoa (New Zealand's) Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treay of Waitangi) sets forth principles of partnership, participation, and protection between Māori and the New Zealand Government. But what does this look like in practice? Join Interpretation Network New Zealand and hear about two projects currently underway in New Zealand that embrace the principles to their fullest and showcase te ao Māori (the Māori world). | Feb 2, 2023Jr. Ranger Books: More Than A Word Search! In 2022, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Specialist Caitlin Campbell won the Freeman Tilden Award, recognized for her work on the Lewis and Clark Trail Junior Ranger program, a free activity booklet that kids can complete to earn a Junior Ranger badge. Inclusiveness, collaboration, and accessibility were highlights of the program. The Junior Ranger booklet begins not with an uncharted wilderness, but with a continent bustling with Native trade, art, and technology. |
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March 16, 2023New Paradigms in Interpretation: How Stories Can Change the World in a Changing World Stories have a transformative power to captivate, convince and embolden. As interpreters we have a responsibility to harness this power by creating experiences that foster empathy and inspire action. This talk explores how stories can change people, places and even the planet, now and for the future. Through iconic global case studies drawing on personal and professional experience, it will highlight the power of interpretation to better understand our world. | April 20, 2023
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