Volunteer Practice in the Sphere of Cultural Heritage Preservation as an Object of Sociocultural Analysis (on the Example of International Campus ‘Château de Gombervaux’)

Student: Kudrya Olga

Supervisor: Boris Stepanov

Educational Programme: Applied Cultural Studies (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

Within this work, an analysis of volunteer practice in the sphere of heritage preservation was carried out using the specific case of studying the work experience of the French association Gombervaux, that engages volunteers from different countries for the past 30 years. The involvement of volunteers in the project for heritage preservation requires a significant place in Russia, and the very plot of volunteer in the sphere of heritage preservation occupies an important place, that's why today it's so actual. For the analysis within this work, communication was held with the direct participants of the campus - the organizers and the volunteers. The study reveals important aspects of volunteer practice in the field of heritage conservation.

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