Cultural Routes are an effective way of combining historic and natural heritage with physical activity which can include walking, bicycling or sightseeing. Originally seen as a way of encouraging tourism, cultural routes have become a means of enhancing sustainable tourism and rural development. Various authorities define cultural routes in different ways; routes vary. Some authorities include routes which have no discernible cultural continuity, and are in fact walking trails.
This course works on a very broad definition, and investigates, worldwide, European and Turkish route networks. It is devised by the Culture Routes Society, which manages more than 20 routes nationally and internationally. The course aims at equipping students with tools to define and examine different types of routes, and their functionality both for users and the local communities. It also analyses their role in preserving cultural heritage and promoting little-known aspects of tangible and intangible heritage.
- Teacher: Dinç SARAÇ