Chosen Action 5

Producing educational books, guides, audio-visual documentaries and multimedia products that aim to illustrate the theme of the agreement

Publication for general public - an educational book

Description of the activity: The publication for the general public will be a soft cover version, about 80 pages. The photos, drawings, and images will be in colours and in black-and-white. The publication will be multilingual so that it is accessible and intelligible to as many people as possible. The publication is in English with summaries (maximum 2 x A4 pages) in Dutch, Finnish, German, and Swedish. The publication is aimed for children and young people. The Mary Rose Archaeological Services Ltd is responsible for producing the publication but each of the participating countries will produce material and arrange translations.

The publication will give information about the value and vulnerability of underwater cultural heritage and about the shipwrecks and their significance as a part of the common European history. The book shall use the sample shipwreck sites as examples to display and highlight the cultural diversity and international background of maritime history.

Objectives: Our objective is to tell the story of the different shipwreck sites in the project, to tell the story of captains, ship boys, naval soldiers and seamen, to illustrate the theme, to raise public awareness, and to highlight the value and meaning of the common European underwater cultural heritage. We aim at sharing and highlighting the common European cultural heritage.

The target group: The general public, especially young people and children.

An indicative timetable: The publication will be published in the spring of 2004.

The expected results: Improved access concerning underwater cultural heritage in the European Union for as many citizens as possible, with a strong emphasis on young people, by the help of a multilingual publication aimed for the general public.