Public History and Heritage among Communities: Participation and Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

My contribution aims to briefly describe how Public History (from now on PH), with its historical path, methods, and practices, can enrich a transdisciplinary history and management of cultural heritage. How PH could meet the needs and enhance some tasks of heritage professionals will be explained through some examples of participatory practices that involve local communities in the context of the Faro Convention of the Council of Europe (2005) and its implications for participatory practices in historical-archaeological heritage, emphasized the importance of direct involvement of local communities.