At this time of great sadness for the passing of Dona Elizabeth Nobrega de Araujo Tsakiroglou Carrington on Friday, 20th October 2023, we want to remember the strong commitment that she, as the Maria Nobrega Foundation President and Co-Founder, has made over the years for the protection of cultural heritage, art and traditions of communities around the world.
With the purpose of promoting architectural heritage restoration, sustainable regeneration and the preservation of cultural heritage, the Maria Nobrega Foundation has carried ...

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On March 24th, 2022 ITKI US, supported by CK Foundation, attended the “BTT – Basilicata Blue Transition” event at Expo 2020 Dubai and presented the format “The Future. . . Is under your feet. The role of Traditional Knowledge as a driver for resilient and sustainable development”.
The presentation focused on the contribution of Cultural Heritage Digitisation (Faro Convention) to a sustainable and resilient growth of a territory and marked the beginning of ...

After the designation received by the UNESCO as Creative City of Gastronomy (more information here), the municipality of Bergamo, the San Matteo Association and ITKI-US, under the patronage of Lombardy Region, organized the event: “Bergamo is UNESCO Creative City”. 

The event took place on November 14th  in the splendid location of “Grattacielo Pirelli”, headquarter of Lombardy’s regional council. 

During the event intervened:

In concurrence with ComoCrea Textile Design Show, which was held in Como from October 28^th to 29^th, 2019, ITKIUS presented a first draft of the book: “Como is silk: the golden thread that weaves culture and creativity” in the splendid location of Villa Erba, on October 28^th, at 11.00 am.

The presentation took place during the press conference of ComoCrea, during which intervened:

• Fulvio Alvisi, President of Italian Textile Designer association
• Stefano Vitali, President of Como & Seta Committee
• Giuseppe ...

In concurrence with the events Forme and World Cheese Awards, which will be held in Bergamo from October 17 th to 20 th , 2019, ITKIUS will present the book: “The Cheese Valleys – The Birthplace of the Orobic Cheese-making Tradition” in the splendid location of Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo, on October 19 th , at 3.20 pm.
During the presentation will also take part as speakers:

• Giorgio Gori, Mayor of Bergamo
• Francesco ...

The Maria Nobrega Foundation and the International Traditional Knowledge Institute, U.S. Chapter (ITKI US), on 3rd August, 2019, was held in Archita, Mures, Romania the “Archita Traditional Knowledge Festival.

This event wanted to honour Colonel’s Michael Rodney Carrington legacy, the Founder of the Maria Nobrega Foundation and International Traditional Knowledge Institute.

The event was including in a wider project, “Creative Textile”, which has the main aim of preserving, narrating and sharing textile traditions and the ancient techniques used through the  Continue Reading →

The XIII UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES CONFERENCE took place from June 10^th to June 15^th in Fabriano, Italy. During the Meeting, the International Traditional Knowledge Institute – Chapter US with Kansas City, USA, Creative City of Music, held a conference on the subject “Voyage of the Drums” in the Crafts & Folk Art Pavillon on June 12^th.

The project was presented by one of the creators: Jacob Wagner, delegate of UNESCO Creative City Kansas City. The aims of Voyage of the Drums are ...

The XIII UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES CONFERENCE took place from June 10^th to June 15^th in Fabriano, Italy. During the Meeting, the International Traditional Knowledge Institute – Chapter US with the city of Bergamo, a candidate to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and the future hosting city of the international event “World Cheese Award”, held a conference on the subject “Artisanal Cheeses of the Creative Cities” in the Crafts & Folk Art Pavillon on June 12^th.

This project has the main aim ...

The XIII UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES CONFERENCE took place from June 10^th to June 15^th in Fabriano, Italy. During the Meeting, the International Traditional Knowledge Institute – Chapter US with San Cristobal de Las Casas, Creative City of Crafts & Folk Art, and Como, candidate of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, held a conference on the subject “Creative Textile” in the Crafts & Folk Art Pavillon on June 12^th.

The project was presented by Mrs. Alethia Diaz Vazquez, focal point of San ...

San Cristóbal de Las Casas, designated a UNESCO Creative City of Craft and Folk Art in 2015, is embarking on a new project utilizing the Creative Knowledge Platform. Their goal is to document the local heritage of San Cristóbal and the region of “Los Altos de Chiapas”, creating an archive of traditional knowledge by recording its craft processes and characteristics. Over the course of 2018 and 2019, San Cristóbal de Las Casas will undertake phase one of its project, systematically ...