Expertise

International expertise putting results for people and communities at the heart of tourism and heritage development.

We bring more than 25 years of experience applying anthropological insights into areas including intangible cultural heritage, sustainable tourism, project design and geopark development.

Latest news and research

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  From listing to safeguarding: New momentum for ICH in Jersey
  TouchTD has just returned from another energising trip to Jersey, where we’ve been helping the island’s ICH story continue to gather pace. Our visit focused on the newly opened ICH exhibition at Jersey Museum, and on starting up discussions with a lively mix of practitioners and community members ready to… Read more: From listing to safeguarding: New momentum for ICH in Jersey
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  Bringing new sites onboard with culturati
  Touch summarises the process for new sites interested in utilising CULTURATI platform #HorizonEurope
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  Expanding the inventory of ICH in Jersey 🇯🇪
  Touch TD kick starts the construction of an ICH in Jersey inventory with a lively launch event and a round of media interviews
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  ArcticHubs 🎮 digital ‘serious game’ explores new horizons in Iceland
  Touch TD finds new horizons and discussions in Iceland as we share ideas around the serious game route to co-creating research in the Arctic 🌋
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  The CULTURATI Pilot sites are coming alive!
  Touch navigates around a number of CULTURATI #HorizonEurope pilot sites. Meridaunia in Puglia and Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire came centre stage this month.

Recent Projects

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  Community based destination management, Turkey
  The project contributed to developing a strategy and the tools for the practical implementation of sustainable community based destination management in Kemaliye, Turkey.
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  HS2 : COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT With ARCHAEOLOGY & THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
  Touch TD delivered aspects of community engagement as related to archaeology & heritage sites and historic landscapes along the HS2 route in the West Midlands.