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ITKI US ITKI US initiative fosters the gathering of detailed information about traditional techniques and sustainable technologies used by ancient cultures.

Promoted by UNESCO since 2010, and formally associated on July 3rd, 2015, with the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (UNESCO-WWAP), the International Traditional Knowledge Institute (ITKI) studies and promotes Traditional Knowledge (TK) and its use in all areas of human endeavour. The International Traditional Knowledge Institute, U.S. Chapter (ITKI US) was formed with the support of the Uni

versity of Arizona, the City of Tucson and Pima County to further the scope of the ITKI initiatives in North America. Its aim is to contribute to the preservation of TK systems by cultivating regional communities, who are invested in the preservation of local TK. While North American TK systems are the focus of its efforts, ITKI US strongly encourage the contribution of TK from around the world.

05/29/2026

โณ Just 2 days left to vote!

Help us keep the 5th Annual Pueblos del Maรญz Fiesta FREE for the community.

Tucson City of Gastronomy is in the final days of public voting for the City of Tucson Ward 1 Budget de la Gente Grant!

๐ŸŒฝ Voting takes less than 2 minutes
๐ŸŒฝ Anyone who lives in Ward 1 can vote
๐ŸŒฝ Voting closes May 31

If selected, this funding will help us continue offering the Maรญz Fiesta Concert at Kennedy Park free to both the public and vendors as part of the 5th Annual Pueblos del Maรญz Festival.

VOTE HERE: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/9b2467e0853f4a1f949281ea041ee0fe

๐Ÿ“… Save the date:
Pueblos del Maรญz Festival & Maรญz Fiesta Concert
Saturday, September 26, 2026
๐Ÿ“ Kennedy Park

05/19/2026

๐ŸŒฝ Help us keep the 5th Annual Pueblos del Maรญz Fiesta FREE to the community!

Tucson City of Gastronomy is in the final public voting phase for City of Tucson Ward 1โ€™s Budget de la Gente Grant โ€” and your vote can help make it happen.

If awarded, this funding will help us continue offering the Maรญz Fiesta Concert at Kennedy Park free to both the public and vendors during the 5th Annual Pueblos del Maรญz Festival.

โœ… Voting takes less than 2 minutes
โœ… Anyone who lives in Ward 1 can vote
โœ… Voting is open now through May 31, just click here: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/9b2467e0853f4a1f949281ea041ee0fe

Thank you for helping us continue building a free, community-centered celebration of heritage, culture, and maรญz.

๐Ÿ“… Save the date:
Pueblos del Maรญz 2026 / Maรญz Fiesta Concert
Saturday, September 26, 2026 โ€” Kennedy Park

05/01/2026

In search of Traditional Knowledge, the high-speed train China-Trip continues to the next stop: Shanghai (UNESCO Creative City of Design).

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04/27/2026
04/22/2026

In search of Traditional and Living Heritage of Nanjing, the UNESCO Creative City of Literature, we found ourselves standing at the very genesis of formal literary discipline.

We were honored to visit the site where, in A.D. 439, the Chinese School of Literature was founded (pictured), blazing a global trail for literature as a separate academic field.

We are here on a mission to propose a powerful cultural re-connection.

While these plaques mark the preservation of formal text and print, we are uncovering the โ€œunwrittenโ€ stories of human kind. Tracing the legacy of the Silk Road, we are finding that the proverbs, folk tales, and domestic poetry shared over the kitchen table while making flour-based foods are, in themselves, a vital and millennia-old form of oral literature.

We are launching "Bฤo Zhฤซ Jiฤn (ๅŒ…ไน‹้—ด)โ€, a dedicated initiative to transform these fleeting kitchen stories into a permanent and accessible participatory archiveโ€”a 'living library' of intangible heritage.

We invite the Nanjing Literature Centerโ€”the descendants of that original Schoolโ€”to join us in this vision, bringing their unmatched literary authority to help us validate, curate, and preserve the deep 'wisdom of the oven' for the entire UCCN.

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03/15/2026
02/04/2026

๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐๐ก
๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’†.
From ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, the ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง participated in the ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ in Riyadh, organized by ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ (๐–๐ซ๐ญ๐ก) at the King Fahad Cultural Center.

Invited to contribute to the dialogue around "๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ด๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ผ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ," the Foundation shared how Creative Knowledge can transform intangible cultural heritage into a driver of sustainable development โ€” generating economic value, social justice, and continuity across generations.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ:

๐Ÿงต ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  through digital tools
๐Ÿ‘ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” letting Knowledge Keepers own their cultural identity
โš–๏ธ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ within artisanal value chains
๐Ÿ”„ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง of tacit knowledge

Giuseppe Biagini, representing the CK Foundation, contributed concrete examples โ€” from bread traditions to creative textile exchanges โ€” showing how living heritage connects territories, communities, and future generations.

The Forum also introduced a new initiative: "๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘พ๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ป๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’š", focusing on Arabian heritage weaving as a foundation for global cultural dialogue.

One clear message: ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž.

The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts
๐ŸŒ breadsofcreativecities.org



Photo by: ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ 

01/25/2026

During the Traditional Arts Forum, January 25-27, 2026, we attempt to answer and propose solutions to finding sustainable ways to protect the โ€œtraditional artsโ€ of the world.

Can heritage preservation be modeled with economic justice in mind? At the Traditional Arts Forum in Riyadh, we proposed โ€˜The Journey of Weavingโ€™ projectโ€”connecting traditional weavers across the Arab world through fair value chains, digital documentation about the knowledge keepers, and direct market access. Starting with communities like Bedouin Al Sadu weavers, weโ€™re recommending to build networks where knowledge keepers control their heritage and earn dignified livelihoods. Join the conversation. โ€

01/16/2026

Vi aspettiamo domani pomeriggio a partire dalle ore 16:30 presso il complesso della Rinchiostra di Massa.
Dopo la visita guidata al Parco ed alla Villa con l'interessante MUSEO GIGI GUADAGNUCCI, alle ore 17:30 alla presenza del sindaco del Comune di Massa Avv. Francesco Persiani verrร  conferita la Menzione d'Onore dall' Ing. Maurizio Biondi Presidente del Club per l'Unesco Foligno e Valle del Clitunno. Interverranno il Presidente Nazionale della Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni e Club - FICLU Dott. Mauro Macale e il Presidente dell' Osservatorio Europeo del Paesaggio di Arco Latino Avv. Angelo Paladino unitamente al Dott. Giuseppe Biagini Creative Knowledge Foundation - Tucson (USA).
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