4th Call for Research Stays and Projects Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis.
4th Call for Research Stays
Submission deadline: July 20.
Territorio Mudéjar is hosting the fourth edition of the Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis Research and Project Internships, designed to directly support the work of researchers and project promoters who want to contribute to the development of communities through the responsible and sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage resources.
Territorio Mudéjar is an association of town councils, currently thirty-six member town councils and one collaborating partner, whose objective is to consolidate a unified and collaborative management network for the use of the historical and artistic resources linked to the important Mudejarartistic resources linked to the important Mudejar heritage , understanding them as a driving force for the development of the villages and as an and as an element of identity for the maintenance of the communities that make up our territory.
Our programme of actions for the coming years has been designed in accordance with the strategic lines defined by the defined by the ” Roadmap of the Council of the European Union 2019- 2022″, which2022″ which, aligned with the goals of the 2030 Agenda, have as a guiding principle that “the cultural identity of territories will contribute to territories will contribute to sustainable social and economic development by differentiating markets and in turn allowing their integration into a diversified a diversified economy that can ensure their future success.
The projects carried out in 2021, and the implementation of actions derived from projects in previous calls for proposals, have consolidated this initiative as one of our most important lines of work, based on the development of actions that enhance the retention and attraction of talent, actions aimed at building highly qualified professional networks linked to the use of historical, artistic, and cultural resources, contributing to medium- and long-term territorial development.
Dedicated to Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, a staunch defender of the management of Aragonese heritage and of the territory, as an action of the people and as an innovative field of work full of future. His work exemplified with perfect coherence the possibility of combining research work of high scientific impact with a commitment to the land and its people. of high scientific impact with a commitment to the land and its people, not only favouring the knowledge, conservation and dissemination of its historical-artistic heritage, but also by modernising work processes and by proposing innovative innovation projects in which natural, cultural and heritage resources are a key element in the future of the towns.
The management of historical, artistic, and cultural heritage is evolving rapidly thanks to digital technologies. The current challenge is to apply a strategic vision to these unprecedented processes and opportunities offered by new technologies and utilize them as efficiently as possible, ensuring that the efforts made during this boom are sustainable and allow for the development of future projects.
Digitalization should not be an end in itself, but rather a driving force for improving heritage management efforts, taking into account the different possibilities that digitalization offers as a tool for conservation, dissemination, knowledge, and recognition of value. It should also take into account that new opportunities can arise from it in the form of projects that, without the use of these tools, would have a lower degree of scope, relevance, or specialization.
Therefore, at Territorio Mudéjar we are working on a clear strategy, still in the development phase in some of its aspects, which serves as a guide prior to carrying out any action in future projects and which is also inclusive of the actions already carried out in its different municipalities and in previous calls, applying the principle of reusing and improving all initiatives already carried out or underway. This strategy is adapted to the latest recommendations of the European Commission and also takes into account the standards of the most commonly used platforms and repositories such as Europeana or Google Arts.
The 4th call for Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis Research Fellowships reaffirms our vision of applied research in heritage management that seeks real impact on localities by fostering networking. Once the various experiences and projects derived from them are underway, we aim to work with all the resources already created to establish quality and strategic parameters that will contribute to a dynamic digitalization strategy focused on improving heritage management.
For this reason, one of the criteria introduced this year in the call for stays is that all deliverables in digital version (photographs, videos, digital models, audio files, etc.) comply with the provisions of the recently published Study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage: mapping parameters, formats, standards, benchmarks, methodologies, and guidelines and follow the lines of work indicated in the recommendation of 10/11/2021 on a common European data space for cultural heritage, thus adapting the quality criteria established in the Mudejar Territory Digitisation Strategy.
All the beneficiaries of the aid will receive information and training on the the DigitisationStrategy of Territorio Mudéjar during the first phase of their the first phase of their project and they will have a specific continuous specific ongoing monitoring during its development to help them comply with it.
Territorio Mudéjar is emerging as a place of action and creativity from areas often place of action and creativity from areas that are often ordered and differentiated and differentiated areas that often dissolve boundaries and take us to places that are complex to manage.
In this sense, the new call offers renewed areas of work and introduces a new area of knowledge linked to artistic creation projects with a strong connection to the territory, landscape, and/or heritage sites.
This new workspace allows us to take the first steps in our “artist residency” model, with the goal of understanding the heritage space and its context as a multifaceted space.
This area is oriented towards research, experimentation, exchange, learning, critical reflection and the dissemination of local practices and knowledge, through dialogue between artisticresearch, communities, territory, places and non-places.
The heritage we call “Mudejar” presents itself to us as a disruption in medieval art, an enclave between Western art and Hispano-Muslim art that still raises questions and captivates all who experience and study it.
This new area of work and knowledge aims to explore emotion and foster creative thinking by generating spaces for dialogue and points of departure between art, science, and technology.
It’s about opening up new processes and directions of knowledge, which are often difficult to channel, to explore new paths through artistic practice with an eye toward the development and preservation of communities and their inhabitants.
The purpose of this call is to award four research stays and two runner-up prizes to researchers and professionals in the management of cultural and natural heritage for the development of a highly innovative territorial research project within one of the fields of activity or work specified below.
Proposals may address zero or preparatory phases, development phases or piloting and testing phases of ongoing projects.
Proposals must include as a fundamental part of their development a justified physical stay in one or more of the localities of Territorio Mudéjar. The projects presented must demonstrate a direct impact on at least three partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar and provide evidence of the influence of this impact on the rest of the territory.
Objectives:
- To promote the knowledge of the rural territory from its Mudejar identity through innovative approaches whose main purpose is to have a positive impact on the villages.
- To incentivise work with a high territorial impact developed from the experience of people’s habitability.
- To help the creation and implementation of a working network under a common vision of the possibilities of heritage, cultural and natural resources that helps to strengthen the rest of the sectors through interdisciplinary and collaborative work.
- To create mechanisms for social participation in the field of heritage resource management from a territorial perspective.
Specific objectives:
- To promote knowledge of heritage resources in order to encourage the implementation of projects, contribute to better protection and promote the conservation of the Mudejar heritage of the villages.
- Contribute to a better understanding of UNESCO World Heritage and the benefits it brings to the territory as an international brand.
- To give special support to projects that refer to the previous sections and that include two or more localities in the Mudejar Territory.
- To support projects that serve as a framework for action for a wide range of sites or assets, or that propose solutions and formulas that contribute to improving the sustainability and management capacities of Mudejar Heritage at a general level.
- Support projects that help to promote the social function of cultural heritage.
The areas covered by the call are the following:
AREA 1. New perspectives on Mudejar art
- Updating data and knowledge on Mudejar heritage in all its diversity: monumental, urban, ethnographic, linguistic, agricultural, hydraulic, geographical, materials, processes, etc.
- Technical languages applied to Mudejar: planimetry, photogrammetry and 3D Mudejar.
- Geolocation, cartography and maps.
- Any topic that allows us to expand the scientific basis on Mudejar art.
AREA 2. Strategic management of Mudejar heritage. Cultural Landscape and Urban Landscape
- New models of use beyond the classic concept of “tourist or recreational use”
- Studies of physical, economic and intellectual accessibility
- Future models for conservation or intervention.
- Heritage resources and people’s actions
- Natural and social contexts
- Interactions between landscape and monumentality
AREA 3. Mudejar heritage: Communication, dissemination and social function as a key element of territorial development
- Mudejar heritage and media
- New media discourses
- Interpretation and accessibility methods for knowledge of Mudejar heritage
- Emotional bonding as a key element for the care, protection, and management of assets.
- Population contexts: The value of intergenerational experience
- Social participation in the valorization, exchange, and collective construction of knowledge and new forms of learning.
AREA 4. Laboratory for “Artist Residencies.” Mudejar Territory as a space for exploring new avenues through artistic thought.
- Artistic creation and research from the intellectual concept and its reflection in the material, form or processes that characterise Mudejar heritage.
- Crafts as a living space past, present and future. New considerations from creative thinking or from historical use linked to the establishment and maintenance of historical and current communities.
- Sound, acoustics, speech, looking and listening. The heritage space as a space for emotional learning of contents.
- The exploration of an “other place”, real or imaginary, specific or heterogeneous, natural or artificial, temporary or timeless in the heritage space.
- The construction of the virtual space or metaverse from the need for the existence of the physical heritage space as a connecting thread. Thoughts, proposals and possibilities.
The procedure for awarding grants will be processed on a competitive basis according to the assessment criteria established in the call for applications and, in accordance with Article 22.1 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General Law on Subsidies.
Proposals may be submitted by natural persons and groups of natural persons without legal personality who fulfil all the requirements of this call for proposals.
The applicant (or group of applicants) may be at an early or intermediate stage of their research career or professional activity and must be able to demonstrate:
- Higher education related to the areas covered by the call.
- Documentary accreditation of a minimum of two years of research or professional experience – paid or unpaid –
- A professional career will be considered equivalent to the completion of specialized studies related to the management of cultural, historical, and artistic heritage, or to any of the proposed work areas, which add up to a minimum of two effective years of training and in which work has been carried out using “Project” methodologies.
The call is not open to legal entities of any kind: companies, partnerships, associations, communities of property or groups under any other type of legal associative formula.
When the project is submitted by two or more persons, the formula is called “team” and each member of the team must be accredited individually.
If the project submitted is part of a research project linked to a university, public research centre or private (non-profit) centre, this must be indicated in the project report.
The acceptance of the project and the development of the stay is compatible with other professional activities as long as the compatibility mode is specified and justified in the project report.
The project submitted may have other sources of funding as long as they are complementary and are specified in the report.
Total income may never exceed the development costs of the projects.
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree, Graduate or Architect’s degree or equivalent.
- Master’s degree specializing in heritage and/or in the various areas related to heritage, or proof of a minimum of two years of research experience and/or professional career in the field in which the proposal is developed (whether paid or not).
- Be up to date with their tax and social security obligations, as well as accrediting compliance with obligations for the reimbursement of subsidies.
- Not be subject to any of the causes established in art. 13 of the LGS.
The deadline for submitting applications is Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
Proposals sent by e-mail will be accepted until 23.59 hours (Spanish time).
If the application contains errors that can be rectified, the organisation will inform the applicant so that, within a period of three days from the date of communication, they can proceed to rectify them as an essential condition for the application to be taken into account in the evaluation process.
Period: The project and internship schedule can be completed until December 24, 2022. The project completion report must be submitted by December 29, 2022.
Duration: Proposals must be developed within a minimum of THREE months and a maximum of FIVE months.
Allocation: Projects will have a maximum financial allocation of €6,000.00 (STAYS) and €4,000.00 (ACCESIT) which must be justified in the project report according to the expenses indicated in the following section.
Expenses attributable to the grant: In all proposals, the budget must identify the concepts subject to and directly derived from the needs of the project—for example: expenses derived from the development of the work, materials, travel, maintenance, accommodation, etc.—including, if applicable, the corresponding taxes, as well as payment for reproduction, exhibition, and public communication rights, if the project requires it.
Proposals included in Area 4 must also include, if the project requires it, all the elements necessary for the complete execution of the artistic work: materials, permits, auxiliary means, etc.
In the event that the project has other sources of funding, the following must be specified: Entity, duration, actions financed (object and content) and to which part of the project it is addressed.
Compatibility: The development of the stay is compatible with other work, professional or research activities justified to the organisation. The project must indicate the degree of compatibility and the method of work to be carried out in order to avoid overlapping and non-compliance with the conditions indicated in this call.
Number of calls: Beneficiaries may not obtain full support in more than two consecutive calls for the same project. Therefore, resident researchers who have been beneficiaries in the last two calls will not be eligible to apply for the call and will be excluded if they do so.
** Exceptionally, researchers who have not exceeded the amount of €12,000.00 in two consecutive calls may be considered as beneficiaries if they have been awarded an accesit in previous years’ calls.
Others:
The beneficiaries will be included in the entity’s civil liability insurance.
Beneficiaries shall not enter into any kind of employment relationship with the entity.
All aid shall be subject to deductions and taxes as stipulated in the legislation in force, which shall be deducted from the corresponding financial envelope.
Applications should be sent to the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar in digital format to the following e-mail address: info@territoriomudejar.es
- Application-Basic identification data of the applicant and the project
- Copy of ID card.
- Summary of the applicant/s professional career (maximum 2,000 characters)
- Project/proposal summary (max. 2,000 characters)
- Abbreviated academic and professional CV (max. 5 pages)
- Five developed works that, in the applicant’s opinion, are relevant as a starting point for the proposal (Summary of each project of max. 2,000 characters).
- Report on the project to be carried out, including (max. 5 pages): Title; Background and current status of the subject; Hypothesis, methodology, work plan and timetable; Description of the specific objectives of the project; Locations directly and indirectly affected by the proposal; Location or locations proposed for the stay and expected length of stay; Detailed budget for the research, which will refer to the amount requested.
- Optionally, a letter of recommendation from a relevant person in the field of the proposed work may be provided.
- In the case of teams, both the application and the award decision must expressly state the implementation commitments undertaken by each member of the team, as well as the amount of subsidy to be applied by each of them, who will also be considered as beneficiaries. A sole representative or proxy of the grouping must be appointed, with sufficient powers to fulfil the obligations which, as beneficiary, correspond to the grouping. The team will undertake not to dissolve the grouping until the limitation period provided for in Articles 39 and 65 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November 2003 has elapsed.
The project selection process will be carried out on the basis of the evaluations of the Scientific Committee and the entity’s management team, which will draw up a ranking according to the following criteria:
- Curricular profile, training and previous achievements of the applicant: 10%. The orientation of the curricular profile in relation to the area of work chosen by the applicant will be assessed.
- Quality of the project and innovative nature of the proposal: 30%. The project must be well thought out and presented in a rigorous and detailed manner. The framework of objectives/actions/resources/budget must be well planned. The timetable must be realistic. The project should provide for its evaluation and future viability.
- Territory of impact / number of localities involved: 35%. The way in which the project acts on the territory will be assessed. It may be a direct present or future impact, but in any case it will be an essential requirement. It will be highly valued to foresee a realistic impact without falling into the tendentious and mediatic.
- Complementary activities involving the local population: 15%. An activity involving the local population in the development of the project will be assessed. Involvement does not necessarily have to be through a cultural activity. The introduction of activities that have an unconventional cultural impact will be valued.
- Digitisation strategy Mudejar Territory: 10%. Adaptation of the expected results to the criteria published for the “Common European Space for Cultural Heritage”. Contribution of ideas and perspectives.
The decision on the grants will be announced starting Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
The call may be declared totally or partially void and the decision of the commissions shall be final.
Once the call has been resolved, the list of beneficiaries and the composition of the evaluation commission will be published on the Territorio Mudéjar Association’s website www.territoriomudejar.es.
In no case will individualised information on the applications received or on the deliberation of the evaluation committee be provided.
Formalization: Beneficiaries must sign the acceptance agreement, which will serve as an essential document for receiving the grant, before the project start date, according to the schedule, and no later than August 1, 2022. Once the acceptance agreement has been signed, they must join the project on the date indicated on the schedule.
Payment: The grant will be paid in three instalments: 40% at the start, once the acceptance commitment has been signed; 40% halfway through the project; and the remaining 20% on delivery of the final project report. These conditions will be general to all beneficiaries unless, exceptionally, the project report justifies the need for a different financial distribution over time.
Justification and presentation of results:
Beneficiaries will be obliged to justify compliance with the requirements and conditions established in this call for proposals by means of: An intermediate report halfway through the stay that allows the progress of the project to be evaluated. A final report on digital support of the project describing objectives, fulfilment of aims and results; and a financial report justifying the cost of the activities carried out.
Beneficiaries must deliver to Territorio Mudéjar all the results derived from the project financed according to the proposal presented in the application, it being understood that this proposal will act as a contractual document for the grants.
In the case of works subject to intellectual property, current legislation will be applied with regard to authorship and the transfer of rights of use and reproduction will be assigned to Territorio Mudéjar.
Financial control:
The interim report shall include a revision of the estimated budget either confirming its continuity or proposing necessary adjustments where justified.
The final report shall include a detailed financial report as follows:
- A list of expenses incurred indicating the creditor, amount, date of issue and payment. As the project includes an estimated budget, the list of expenses will be classified according to the items of the subsidised project or activity. Where applicable, any deviations that may have occurred in the development of the project must be justified.
- Proof of payment: Invoices, tickets or supporting documents and proof of payment. If the payment has been made in cash, this must be indicated on the expense document with the concept correctly specified.
- The justification of fees shall be made by sworn declaration and shall be detailed in the report according to the results developed, specifying the working hours assigned to the actions carried out.
- The justification of mileage expenses shall be made by means of a sworn statement and a detail shall be included in the report according to the results developed, specifying the journeys made and assigned to specific actions.
Non-compliance:
The aid will be cancelled and the amounts received will be reimbursed when the conditions established in these rules are not fulfilled and in general in the cases established in article 37 of the General Law on Subsidies.
The Asociación Territorio Mudéjar may request the collaboration of the beneficiaries of the grants in activities to disseminate the projects. To this end, the beneficiary will provide the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar with all the information and documentation required and will grant the latter, free of charge, the appropriate rights for the dissemination of the results.
Beneficiaries must mention the source of the aid on their materials or results using the phrase “Project carried out with funding from Territorio Mudéjar through the Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis 2022 Estancias call” and include the entity’s logo whenever possible.
For its part, the association Territorio Mudéjar will always identify the authorship of the projects.
Participation in this call for applications implies acceptance of its rules and its decision, which shall be final, as well as the waiver of any type of claim.
Exceptionally and for duly justified reasons, the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar reserves the right to interpret and modify the wording of the rules in order to clarify or specify their content, without this implying a substantial or arbitrary alteration of the same.
For any queries, applicants may contact the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar by e-mail at info@territoriomudejar.es
