04 Jul
“Where the stones rise. The surprising Talayotic culture of Menorca, candidate for World Heritage” is the title of the new course that the UNED will teach on July 4 and 5 in Maó. The coordinator of the Talayotic Menorca candidacy, Cipriano Marín, and archaeologists such as Margarita Orfila, Antoni Ferrer, Montserrat Anglada, Irene Riudavets and Cristina Bravo will be some of the speakers. The course seeks to present a broad and multidisciplinary view of Talayotic culture.
The objectives are: get to know the fundamental and differentiating features of the Talayotic culture of Menorca; register these manifestations in the field of megalithism in the Mediterranean; relate the cultural manifestations of prehistory with their mythical aspects and their recreations in fiction; and relate heritage values to a new concept of sustainable tourism.
Inscriptions will open on May 17. Assistance can be face-to-face or online (live or deferred).
Program
Tuesday, July 4
09:30-11:30 a.m. Art and symbolism during Late Prehistory in the western Mediterranean. By Martí Mas Cornella. Professor of Prehistory. UNED.
12 p.m.- 2 p.m. Talayotic culture in Menorca and Mallorca.
By Montserrat Anglada Fontestad. Archaeologist. Museu de Menorca.
4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Other tourism is possible. The candidacy of Menorca Talayotica for a World Heritage Site.
By Cipriano Marin Cabrera. Coordinator of Talayotic Menorca candidacy. Unesco.
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. The stones speak. Myth, magic and legend.
By Carlos Garrido Torres. Journalist and writer.
Wednesday, July 5
09:30-11:30 a.m. The peculiarities of the Talayotic culture in Menorca. Navetas, taulas and circles.
By archaeologists Irene Riudavets González and Cristina Bravo Asensio.
12 p.m.-2 p.m. The Balearic slingers, the lords of slinging.
By Margarita Orfila Pons. Emeritus Professor of Archaeology. University of Granada.
4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Juan Ramis i Ramis, pioneer of studies on Prehistory in Spain.
By Antoni Ferrer Rotger. Archaeologist.
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. The unheard of monolith. Prehistory in literature, cinema and comics.
By A. Francesc Mesperuza Rotger. Journalist and Professor Tutor. UNED Balearic Islands.