The Phoenician Cultural Route as a Framework for Intercultural Dialogue in Today’s Mediterranean: a Focus on Malta

Karsten Xuereb; Marie Avellino

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-5195/9702

Authors

Karsten Xuereb University of Malta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2759-3769

He reads for a PhD in cultural relations in the Mediterranean at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona (2012) and an M.A. in European Cultural Policy and Management at the University of Warwick (2005) as a Chevening Scholar. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Transatlantic Dialogue conference series held every three years by the University of Luxembourg (https://transatlanticdialogue.uni.lu/), a member of the scientific committee of The Phoenicians' Cultural Route of the Council of Europe on behalf of the Maltese cultural association Inizjamed (http://fenici.net/en/), and a member of the coordinating team of the Brokering Intercultural Exchange Network, a research network exploring the role of arts and cultural management (https://managingculture.net/). He led preparations for the European Capital of Culture in Malta (2011-2017) and addressed cultural matters at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU in Brussels as cultural attaché (2006-2011). He is currently projects coordinator at the Institute for Tourism, Travel & Culture at the University of Malta. His research is available on his website (https://culturalpolicy.blog/).
Marie Avellino University of Malta http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-7051
Director of the Institute for Tourism, Travel & Culture, University of Malta, Dr.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-5195/9702

Keywords:

Cultural Routes, Intercultural Dialogue, Malta, Mediterranean, The Phoenicians’ Route

Abstract

This paper examines how the Phoenicians’ Route acts as a framework for intercultural dialogue in today’s Mediterranean. Particular reference is made to tourism in the region, with a focus on Malta. The paper refers to recent aspects of the route’s development in the field of intangible heritage. It focuses on those elements of intangible heritage that accompany, reveal and highlight the social relevance of heritage by highlighting the appreciation accorded by Mediterranean communities to artefacts, sites and monuments that are part of the route. It emphasises the educational and social elements of the actions supported by the route in relation to intercultural dialogue, looking at how this practice relates to other cultural manifestations. This paper pays special attention to the inter-relation between tourism activities and cultural expression in Malta, a recent member of the route. Furthermore, special attention is given to the annual Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, in order to study the way the approach towards research about the Phoenicians supported by the route is applied in the framework of the Festival. The paper notes how the Festival links past and present by seeking inspiration from historical episodes of intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean and applying them to the contemporary needs of artistic, cultural, political and social exchange within the Mediterranean space.

References

Abulafia, D. (2011). The Great Sea. A Human History of the Mediterranean, New York: Oxford University Press.

Balta, P. (Ed.). (1992). La Méditerranée réinventée: Réalités et espoirs de la coopération, Paris: La Découverte/Fondation René Seydoux.

Barker, C. (2003). Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice, London: SAGE.

Brusasco, P. (2018). Dentro la devastazione: L’ISIS contro l’arte di Siria e Iraq. Milano: La nave di Teseo.

Braudel, F. (1995). The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Cervera-Taulet, A., Pérez-Cabañero, C. and Schlesinger, W. (2018). Experience management as an innovative approach in emerging Mediterranean destinations, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Research.

Chambers, I. (2004). The Mediterranean: A Postcolonial Sea? Third Text, 18 ( 5), pp. 423–433.

Chambers, I. (2008). Mediterranean Crossings: The Politics of an Interrupted Modernity, Durham: Duke University Press.

Council of Europe (2013). Resolution CM/Res (2013) 66 confirming the establishment of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes (EPA), Council of Europe.

Council of Europe (2011). Impact of European Cultural Routes on SMEs’ innovation and competitiveness: provisional edition. Council of Europe.

Council of Europe (2008). White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue “Living Together As Equals in Dignity” Launched by the Council of Europe Ministers of Foreign Affairs at their 118th Ministerial Session (Strasbourg, 7 May 2008).

Council of the European Union (2018). Council Conclusions on the need to bring cultural heritage to the fore across policies in the EU, Brussels.

Durusoy, E. (2016). Cultural Routes: An Evaluation for the Turkish Case. In Z. Ahunbay, D. Mazlum, Z. Eres (Eds.) Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Turkey, Istanbul: ICOMOS Turkey.

European Commission (2018). Communication from the Commission on the New European Agenda for Culture, Brussels.

European Commission (2010). Europe, the world’s No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe, COM(2010) 352, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Brussels.

Fabre, T. and Izzo, J. C. (2002). La Méditerranée française, Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose.

Harris, W. V. (2006). Rethinking the Mediterranean, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Huntington, S. (1997). The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York: Touchstone.

Innocenti, A. (2018). Archaeology and Cultural Routes: A relationship to develop. Archeostorie. Journal of Public Archaeology (2), pp. 75-88.

Khoury, E. & Beydoun A. (2002). La Méditerranée libanaise, Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose.

Mansfeld, Y. (2015). Tourism, community and sociocultural sustainability in Cultural Routes. In Council of Europe, Cultural Routes Management: from theory to practice, pp. 73-83. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing.

Matvejević, P. (1987). Breviario mediterraneo, Milano: Garzanti.

Ministѐre des Affaires étrangѐres et Européennes de la France. (2008). Actes Des Etats Généraux Culturels Méditerranéens, Marseille 4‐5 novembre.

Pace, A. (1998). Phoenician-Punic Malta, Along the Routes of the Phoenicians, Rome: Argos.

Pace, M. (2006). Rethinking the Mediterranean: Reality and Re‐Presentation in the Creation of a ‘Region’. Retreived from http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/esc/ramses/pace.pdf

Richards, G. (2011). Cultural tourism trends in Europe: a context for the development of Cultural Routes. In K., Khovanova-Rubicondo (Ed.) Impact of European Cultural Routes on SMEs’ innovation and competitiveness. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, pp. 21-39.

Robins, K. (2006). The challenge of transcultural diversities: Transversal study on the theme of cultural policy and cultural diversity, Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing.

Laurens, H. (2004). Orientales I: Autour de l’expédition d’Egypte, Paris: CNRS Editions.

Said, E. (1994). Culture and Imperialism, London: Vintage.

Stillo, A. (2010). Mediterraneismi, plurime identità del mare bianco interno, unpublished Masters of Arts thesis, Università del Salento.

Timothy, D. J. (2017). Contemporary Cultural Heritage and Tourism: Development Issues and Emerging Trends. Public Archaeology, 13 (1-3): pp. 30-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/1465518714Z.00000000052.

Timothy, D. J. and Boyd, S. W. (2014). Cultural Routes and Heritage Trails. In D.J. Timothy and S. W. Boyd (Eds.), Tourism and Trails: Cultural, Ecological and Management Issues, pp. 17-59. Bristol: Channel View.

Vazquez Montalban, M. and Gonzalez Calleja, E. (2000). La Méditerranée espagnole, Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose.

Xuereb, K., (2018). The Impact of the European Union on Cultural Policy in Malta, Croatian International Relations Review, XXIV (82), pp. 38-61.

Retrieved from https://cirr.irmo.hr/

Valletta 2018 Foundation, (2011). V.18: An Environment of Exchange. Proposed Application for the Title of European Capital of Culture, Malta.

Vella, R. (Ed.), (2008). Cross-Currents: Critical Essays on Art and Culture in Malta, Malta: Allied Publications.

The Phoenician Cultural Route as a Framework for Intercultural Dialogue in Today’s Mediterranean: a Focus on Malta

Authors

DOI:

Keywords:

Abstract

References

Downloads

Published

How to Cite

Issue

Section

License

Language

Information

Current Issue