Collaborative research utlising Marine Cultural Heritage to create social, cultural and economic benefits for communities in Eastern Africa @HCAatEdinburgh

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'Bahari Yetu' by @IchumbakiE and @chemical_tz has been adopted as our official @rftdnetwork theme! No better way to start a Friday than listening to some Bongo Flava grooves 😁🎤while learning something about #Tanzanian #marine heritage. @ahrcpress youtube.com/watch?v=AzDQOsSA…
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Last night we had @DrJonCHenderson ‘s inaugural Professorial lecture “Oceans Without History?” @EdinburghUni where he spoke about his career underwater & amazing recent work @rftdnetwork @DecadeHeritage @UNOceanDecade 🌊 🐟 🐠 🏺#heritage #oceans #EastAfrica #archaeology
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Have you seen @BritishCouncil's announcement for the @maritimeaorg Digital Heritage Trails Project (DHTP)? The project seeks to record archaeological sites endangered by #ClimateChange in the Indus Delta region & develop a virtual #heritage trail. tinyurl.com/2mmvp8k3

🌎 This is another one of the sites MaritimEA is documenting in the Indus delta as a part of the ‘Digital Heritage Trails Project’ — Lahiri Bandar. Also called Lahori Bandar or Lari Bandarm, from the early 1300s until the late 1600s, it was the main port in Sindh and an important
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Happy #WorldOceanDay 🌊 from the ‘Immersed in change’ conference in Costa Rica. Launching the @DecadeHeritage CHFP magazine @seavoiceonline funded by @LR_Foundation telling the stories of people who live, work and survive by the ocean. @UNOceanDecade @EdOceanLeaders
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In Costa Rica this week to launch the print-copy of SeaVoice at the high-level ‘Immersed in Change' event. Thanks to Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy and @DecadeHeritage @EdinArch CHFP for making this happen! @pewenvironment @seavoiceonline @UNOceanDecade @EdOceanLeaders
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We’ve a new article on #Kilwa & its environs. The research was funded by multiple agencies & institutions: @UdsmOfficial @univofstandrews @The_BIEA @rftdnetwork @BritishArts @ucddublin @ucdarchaeology Enjoy reading the article: oxfordre.com/africanhistory/…
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Edinburgh #Marine #Archaeology team at the Barcelona #OceanDecade24 conference this week promoting the role of marine cultural heritage in meeting the challenges of the Decade @EdinUniMedia @IIcuch @DecadeHeritage @LR_Foundation @changing_oceans #CulturalHeritage #OceanLiteracy
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#OceanLeader Willys Osore shares his work on community-led conservation & fisheries development in Kenya 🎣 Speaking at the World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves event #WNICBR in Sandy Bay, Australia, Willys champions the power of local leadership for our ocean
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We're excited to announce that our first volume, Osmosis, is out now. 💧 Join us in exploring how we connect with our blue spaces through ten diverse articles. Find out more at SeaVoice.online. @IocUnesco @UNOceanDecade @MarSocSci @EdOceanLeaders @DecadeHeritage

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Sharks are ocean guardians both as apex predators maintaining a healthy balance in marine ecosystems and as cultural symbols connecting people to the ocean. They help keep our oceans healthy, and healthy oceans mean a healthier planet for all of us!🌎💙 Happy Shark Week!🦈
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Congrats DR Fasco Chengula - PhD pass today; another Rising from the Depths success!! @rftdnetwork REVITALIZING MARINE ORAL TRADITIONS: An anthropological exploration of marine intangible cultural heritage among artisanal fishing communities in Bagamoyo, coastal Tanzania
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Good #pirate #archaeology film on @NatGeoTV now even if I do say so myself 😅.... actually quite pleased how this one turned out. @msptvuk #sunkenpiratecity
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Good for the economy, sad for #maritimeheritage. A culturally important coast of Kilwa needs urgent intervention. @dickybates2 @DonaldHerd3 @Maraakib @DrJonCHenderson @rftdnetwork @EJDPollard @honor_frost @unescodar @urithiwetutz @EMKP_BM @MarEA_project dailynews.co.tz/?p=16652

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may i introduce DR Victor Alati- congrats on a successful viva today on how fishing communities understand/use their maritime heritage practices along the Kenyan south coast and find ways they might be incorporated into projects of conservation and development @rftdnetwork #pride
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Whose Ocean is it anyway? See the @EdinArch @DecadeHeritage @rftdnetwork #COP27 seminar on the free link below. Find out why considering #marine #cultural #heritage for sustainable coastal and ocean lives is not just advisable, but essential. edmarinearch.com/news/
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Lots of @rftdnetwork projects in this upcoming COP27 meeting.
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Athena Trakadas, Chair of @DecadeHeritage, is discussing the role of #heritage in meeting the aims of the @UNOceanDecade to @EdinArch postgrads now @changing_oceans
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This week we have been conducting visual survey of coral cover and wreck sites around Goa, Sena, and Sete Paus Island @AREYSIL @Georgia__Holly @DrJonCHenderson @rftdnetwork @HCAatEdinburgh @EdinArch #Mozambique #marineculturalheritage #naturalheritage #WorldHeritage #UNESCO
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Fantastic lecture by @Georgia__Holly and @areysil at @uemmoz on #culturalheritage, #sustainabledevelopment, #marineculturalheritahe and the results of the @rftdnetwork!!! @DrJonCHenderson @EdinArch
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