Monthly Archives: May 2022

Symposium ““The actors of the olive tree heritage and their commitment ””

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On 30 and 31 May, the participants of the Olive4all project will meet in Kalamata (Greece), for a symposium entitled “The actors of the olive tree heritage and their commitment“.

Within the framework of this conference, we wish to focus more specifically on the social actors Within the framework of this conference, we wish to focus more specifically on the social actors who maintain a privileged link with the olive tree heritage. Our aim is thus to better understand their commitment and the process of awareness and mobilization that from the collective of actors, considered as “stakeholders” linked to the olive tree, become members of a community that claims this heritage, seeking to preserve it to bequeath it to future generations. In this way, we question the privileged link that people have with their heritage.

Three axes will allow us to dialogue on this theme:

  1. What are the forms of patrimonial commitment?
  2. Why claim the heritage of the olive tree?
  3. Who are the actors linked to the olive tree heritage?
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Research trip in Kalamata

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From 14 to 23 April 2022, two members of the French team, Sylvie Couralet and Julie Deramond, went to Greece to finalise the organisation of the first colloquium planned in the framework of the programme, in Kalamata, from 29 to 31 May 2022.

The stay started with two working sessions with Marinella Katsilieri and several speakers of the conference at the Routes of the Olive Tree. Several meetings were then organised in Kalamata, in order to better know the context of the valorisation of the olive tree heritage in Messinia, and to be able to compare the data between the countries of the programme later on.

Thanks to our colleagues of the Routes of the Olive Tree, we had the chance to meet Panagiotis Katsaris, general director of agricultural research at the Olive Institute, in Kalamata. This passionate researcher presented his laboratory dedicated to olive oil, viticulture and tropical plants. Within the laboratory, the gardens are home to a thousand-year-old olive tree with a diameter of 9 metres, which has seen many generations.

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