Construyendo puentes interdisciplinarios: la Red de Ciencias Aplicadas a la Investigación y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (Red-CAICPC), México

Abstract

The principal aim of the Red de Ciencias Aplicadas a la Investigación y la Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural (Red-CAICPC, Applied Sciences Network for Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation), an initiative sponsored by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt, National Council for Science and Technology), Mexico, is to promote cooperation and exchange amongst applied sciences experts, labs and organisations in order to facilitate collective and interdisciplinary research, procedures and methodologies for the study, conservation, management and dissemination of cultural heritage. This OVERVIEW focuses on the Red-CAICPC´s background, strategic objectives, organization, and participants; it also analyses the network´s achievements to set up its future goals.