Mind about crafts to build a better future

<< Objectives >>The main goal is to implement and test a non formal teaching “heutagogical approach” that aims to stimulate interest and raise awareness among young people about the endangered traditional crafts in the building sector also by empowering their knowledge about their connections with their local cultural heritage and with sustainability.The aim is to enable youth to consider the sector for professional training and career building and an opportunity to play an active role towards a better society.<< Implementation >>Partners will implement 6 hybrid“MIND CRAFTS”modules with documentary information on techniques, materials, sustainability, live testimonials of craftspeople and architects, videos with craftwork in-progress, covering 6 areas of traditional building crafts. A guidebook and a toolkit with practical guidance on careers in crafts will be disseminated among youngsters from different backgrounds, among stakeholders in crafts, education and cultural heritage through virtual and physical communication.<< Results >>The aim is to validate, re-use and share a hybrid methodology, based on the use of digital tools, that empowers the comprehension of youngsters from diverse groups about traditional building crafts professions and about their connections with cultural heritage, architecture, local culture and sustainability, thus creating heritage-friendly places, engagement for heritage, sense of belonging and stimulating interest for crafts as a valid opportunity for training and future career.