Feb 2015 – ongoing; self-funded through fees.
A knowledge exchange program between craftspersons and designers from al-Khalifa and outside it, the experimental phase targeted people interested in carpentry. This was followed by a group of workshops, including one that brought together a product designer and a lantern maker, another one combined copper artists from Egypt and Morocco.
In 2015, Athar Lina started producing a line of products inspired by al-Khalifa. The sales profits are dedicated to activities benefiting the community of al-Khalifa. It also set up a blog promoting al-Khalifa’s crafts. This would later become the seed of the line of craft products that developed Athar Lina Heritage Design Thinking School and for the website promoting al-Khalifa’s heritage and products.
A blog was set up to promote the work of participating crafts- persons.
Feb 2015 – ongoing; self-funded through fees.
A knowledge exchange program between craftspersons and designers from al-Khalifa and outside it, the experimental phase targeted people interested in carpentry. This was followed by a group of workshops, including one that brought together a product designer and a lantern maker, another one combined copper artists from Egypt and Morocco.
In 2015, Athar Lina started producing a line of products inspired by al-Khalifa. The sales profits are dedicated to activities benefiting the community of al-Khalifa. It also set up a blog promoting al-Khalifa’s crafts. This would later become the seed of the line of craft products that developed Athar Lina Heritage Design Thinking School and for the website promoting al-Khalifa’s heritage and products.
A blog was set up to promote the work of participating crafts- persons.
Athar Lina is a participatory conservation initiative that aims to establish modalities of citizen participation in heritage conservation based on an understanding of the monument as a resource not a burden.
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