Welcome to Jurapedia

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What is intangibile cultural heritage?
As defined by UNESCO in its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, "Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity."


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What can I do to help?
If you'd like to catch the cultural heritage of this beautiful island digitally and preserve it for the future generations, you can:
 * Browse the already existing categories and pages to see what it still needs to be done (a lot!).
 * Read the guide on how to edit Jurapedia by clicking here.
 * Simply create a new page (after having registered) by typing the title here:


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Why Jurapedia?

 * It's free.
 * It is dynamic and can evolve constantly, so it is a better resource than a book or any finished piece of work.
 * It can take disagreement. Everyone can have his/her own login. This means that Jurapedia can become a kaleidoscope of viewpoints.
 * Given that everyone can use his/her own terms, it can be established an anti-authority view and bypassing the touristic rhetoric.
 * It can indirectly enhance the set of computing skills on the island.
 * It's free (again!).
 * It's a sustainable way of presenting information about the island while continuing to collect information about the island.
 * It's easily searchable, with categories and links.
 * It can be a Jura-enhancing platform for sharing images, media, or sound files, by displaying them in a more organised way than social media.


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How is it different from Wikipedia?
In Wikipedia, the display of users' personal opinions or inclinations are forbidden and all the information has to be objective and neutral. Differently, the approach of Jurapedia is completely different. In our idea, members of communities are to be considered gatekeepers and custodians of intangible cultural heritage according to an attempt of democratising heritage practices. Many people carry a vision of the past which is worth to be narrated and preserved, and Jurapedia welcomes all of them.


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