TEHIC-Handbook_of_best_practices

178 TEHIC Towards a European Heritage Interpretation Curriculum 7.4.3. La Garriga: Giving meaning to the territory 5. Innovative, research and creative elements used Research processes (which subsequently have led to heritage interpretation projects) have attempted to address new issues and perspectives. At the same time, the thematic approach, and the use of museography techniques in the interpretative elements have also entailed diverse, innovative, and creative approaches. A wide range of communication strategies and techniques have been used to ensure that the public creates affective and cognitive links with heritage and territory. To provoke a critical ques - tioning of what the public sees through constant references between past and present. It is com- mon to link the content of what they want to tell and what everyone knows from their daily experi - ence in the 21 st century world. In2023, an immersive and interpretive experience will be implemented using virtual reality. Why this activity should be considered a Heritage Interpretation Good Practice? La Garriga is an example of holistic and global heritage interpretation. It is not just one project but many projects in one. Heritage is the project’s starting point, but it tries to base management and dynamization on the core principles of interpretation by using many different and varied tools. The objectives are based not only on the transmission and preservation of this heritage but on the awareness of the people who come to know it. There is a concern with inclusion and intersectionality so that heritage bequeaths to all people and the formulas of interpretation are adapted to them, taking them as a starting point and also as direct participants. The project includes training in heritage interpretation and the scientific dissemination of the outcome. www.visitalagarriga.cat www.lagarriga.cat Picture of interpretive station at Pou Calent, a public hot spring. Signage highlights the importance of hot springs for the village layout and frequent conflicts and struggles between public and private interests. Picture by Sara Riera