Summer School in “Gold, Gemstones, Jewels, Ethical Mining and Sustainability (GOLDJEMS)”
CEMAS is glad to promote this new opportunity:
Summer School in “Gold, Gemstones, Jewels, Ethical Mining and Sustainability (GOLDJEMS)”
Id. nr.: 32897
Type of offer: Summer and winter school
Academic year: 2023/2024
Fee: Euro 900
CFU: 6
Deadline for the application: April 30, 2024
Targets:
Among the most important challenges of the 21st century are those related to sustainability, and the fashion world is the context in which to achieve the alignment of style and market criteria with ethical needs. The aim of this school is to focus on the world of ethical gold extraction and sustainable jewelry, with knowledge of the origins and history of gold and gemstone extraction, processing, and marketing, through the evolution of these arts and cultures to the present day. Within a historical-international, legal, socio-anthropological, artistic-cultural, and sociological-communicative framework, ethical brands and best practices will be the case studies integrating the theoretical approach to the subject, with direct knowledge of the main companies in the sector, linked to the rights of indigenous peoples and promoters of sustainable development culture. The 6 CFU training course, Gold, Gemstones, Jewels, Ethical Mining and Sustainability; - GOLDJEMS, proposes 55 hours of frontal, laboratory, and seminar training, structured into 5 modules of classroom and laboratory activities plus an interdisciplinary seminar at the end of the course.
The school project features as speakers the leading international experts in the sector, working within the main institutions and organizations in the field of ethical gold and sustainable jewelry: MAKAL (Fine Jewellery For Environmentally Conscious Women) and TDi Sustainability (UK), CIBJO (The World Jewellery Organization) and IAC-Initiatives in Art and Culture (NYC), UNESCO Chair at UnitelmaSapienza in Rome, AICSO (Italian Association Chief Sustainability Officer), “Confartigianato Imprese Vicenza” (Vicenza Oro) and CNA-National Confederation of Craftsmen (main partner).
The course will be held in English, in blended mode, in the second week of June 2024.