Cultural Innovation: Expanding 2,000-year-old Guangzhou Flower Market’s cultural offering
Guangzhou’s 2,000-year-old Spring Festival Flower Market, now recognised as national intangible cultural heritage, blends ancient Lunar New Year traditions with modern innovations like drone shows, street food, and riverside.
Heritage Innovation: How Guangzhou developed its intangible heritage into culture-led design and lifestyle products
'Recommended Gifts from the Bay Area' is a cultural innovation initiative from Guangzhou that transforms Lingnan intangible heritage - like food, opera, and folk festivals - into modern design.
Cultural Villages: Preserving Betawi heritage while improving community welfare
Launched in 2022, Jakarta’s cultural village initiative supports five Betawi communities- Petukangan, Rawa Belong, Marunda, Condet, and Tanah Abang - to preserve heritage and improve welfare. Through community empowerment,.
Oral History: Preserving Lisbon’s collective memory through Memórias de Lisboa
Lisbon City Council's Memórias de Lisboa (Memories of Lisbon) programme is a community-based cultural initiative dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the collective memory of Lisbon’s residents. More than.