Audio walking tours project by Filipino anthropologist wins UNESCO award
ABS-CBN News
Jul 29, 2024
MANILA — A Filipino anthropologist's audio walking tours project that featured famous tourist spots in the country received a prestigious award from the United Nation's heritage agency UNESCO.
Raizel Pauline Albano’s "Anthro on Foot" — a collection of 57 audio walking tours from 17 regions across the country — was honored at the 2024 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases (AWHEIC) at the 46th session of the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India last week.
Out of some 300 entries, Albano's work was selected as one of the ten heritage education projects in the "Star of Outstanding" category.
The awards category included heritage projects from Hong Kong, China, Spain, Abu Dhabi, Hungary, and Britain.
She said she is the first Filipino to receive an award from the AWHEIC, launched in 2022 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.
The heritage award body is organized by the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP) with the help and support of UNESCO.
Albano's audio walking tours were featured by Philippine news outlets early this year, which she said "brought us to places I never would have imagined finding myself in."
"We are incredibly grateful for WHITRAP’s support and confidence in our abilities to amplify the powerful and colorful stories of the Philippines and (...coming soon) the Asia-Pacific region!" she wrote on Facebook on Sunday as she announced her award.
The Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases honors heritage education projects "with contemporary exemplary significance."
It also provides an international exchange platform for global heritage education practitioners.
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