The CoHERE Project
CoHERE addresses an intensifying EU Crisis through a study of relations between identities and representations and performances of history.
The project was set up to investigate European heritages and identities, working with 11 other organisations across Europe. €2.5million in funding was provided by the EU Horizon 2020.
Co-ordinated by Professor Chris Whitehead, the CoHERE project aims to identify, understand and valorise European heritages.
It engages with their socio-political and cultural significance and their potential for developing communitarian identities.
This research group comprises:
- Simon McKerrell (CI)
- Chris Whitehead (PI)*
- Susanna Eckersley (CI)*
*both at Media, Culture, Heritage, Â鶹´«Ã½
The project explores how heritages can be used for division and isolation, or to find common ground and ‘encourage modern visions and uses of its past.’
The research covers a carefully selected range of European territories and realities comparatively and in depth.
It focuses on heritage practices in official and non-official spheres and engages with various cultural forms, from the living arts to museum displays, food culture, education, protest, commemorations and online/digital practice, among others.
CoHERE is funded through Horizon 2020, and responds to the Reflective Societies programme.