# Event Details - **Event Name**: A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for a series of creative workshops exploring women' stories, maritime heritage, and cultural traditions through living heritage!About this EventYou are warmly invited to join this creative workshops workshop series, co-organised by Broken Silences 2026, and the Yuhang Intengible Cultural Heritage Centre (Hangzhou, China). Together, we invite you to explore living heritage - the stories, traditions, skills, memories, and everyday cultural practices that connect people across families, communities, and generations.Each workshop explores a different aspect of living heritage through hands-on creative activities inspired by women’s stories, maritime heritage, care, memory, and cultural traditions.You are very welcome to join one or more workshops.At the end of the series, participants will be invited (but are not required) to contribute their creative work to a public exhibition, A Sea Bridge of Care, celebrating the stories, memories, and creative responses developed throughout the workshops.ProgrammeWorkshop One, Friday 14th August, 2-4pmWomen of Tides: From Coastal Images to Women's LifeworldsCoastal women are often remembered through beauty, dress and local colour. This workshop brings Chinese coastal women into dialogue with Edinburgh’s Newhaven fishwives to ask what lies beyond the image: labour, risk, care, family, faith and everyday life by the sea.Open to families with children aged 5+, young persons or adult children.(Children aged 5+ must be accompanied by a parent, carer or grandparent.)What to expect:Explore “beauty, labour, and creativity by the sea”Storytelling: Costal womenArtefact-making: heritage-inspired flower and mother of pearl collageWorkshop Two, Saturday 15th August, 2-4pmThreads, Nets and Hands: Women’s Craft as Living ArchiveWomen’s craft is more than decoration: it is a living archive of bodily knowledge, ecological memory and care. Through weaving, knotting and repair, this workshop explores how heritage-inspired making can support intercultural awareness and more careful forms of working with others.Open to all adultsWhat to expect:Explore “craft as memory and empowerment”Storytelling: Women’s craft, weaving, nets, and careArtefact-making: heritage-inspired bamboo boat making & repair and care netWorkshop Three, Sunday 16th August, 2-4pmSea Imaginaries: Love, Faith and ProtectionThe sea carries love, faith, migration, risk and protection. Bringing together Mazu, mermaids, Selkies and Scottish fish motifs, this workshop invites participants to create imaginations or protective symbols on Yuhang paper umbrellas and translate sea imaginaries into visual forms of care.Open to all adultsWhat to expect:Explore “symbols of love, faith, protection and sea-shaped imagination”Storytelling:Mazu, Selkie, mermaids and sea symbolsArtefact-making: heritage-inspired painting and writing on handcrafted umbrellasAbout the facilitators: Dr Yujun (June) Xu (Zhejiang University) & Dr Jingyi Li (University of EdinburghDr. Yujun Xu is a Research Professor at the College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, where she also serves as Deputy Secretary-General of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Research Center. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and completed a Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship at Peking University. Dr. Xu has led and contributed to multiple ministerial-level research projects on ICH education and chaired the 2023 Harvard-China ICH Education Forum. Her intercultural practice includes collaborations with National Museums Scotland, the Surgeon's Hall Museum, Edinburgh Zoo, the Pen Museum, and China's Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, among others. During the pandemic, she founded the ARTea Sessions for E-connection, an intercultural initiative that brought together artists from eight disciplines across five countries.Dr Jingyi Li is a Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Education at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. Her research is broadly situated within the sociology of education, with a particular focus on curriculum policy and practice. She is currently involved in projects exploring affect and solidarity in international classrooms, with a particular interest in teaching and learning practices informed by critical pedagogies. Alongside her teaching and research, she has over a decade of experience in community education in Scotland, working with multilingual families. She is passionate about building stronger connections between university classrooms and the wider community and has led a number of initiatives that bridge academic learning and community practice. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/f138e4b0-93b4-11f1-b9f1-838473689728-rimg-w554-h740-dcd8d8d8-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/f14d7e20-93b4-11f1-b9f1-838473689728-rimg-w656-h740-dc280808-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/a-sea-bridge-of-care-living-heritage-workshop-series/100001996340995658 - **Event Categories**: workshops, art, business, sports, exhibitions, fine-arts, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Edinburgh - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Room 3.23, St Leonards Land - **lat**: 55.9493918 - **long**: -3.1796292 - **full address**: Room 3.23, St Leonards Land, Room 3.23, St Leonards Land, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/c3810b5355ba8617d82c2f32888c5324b35a671d344cdd90ee18b6c0b0a25ed6-rimg-w1181-h1181-dce8d8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1786254088 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series being held? - **A:** A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series takes place on Fri, 14 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 16 Aug, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Room 3.23, St Leonards Land, Room 3.23, St Leonards Land, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series? - **A:** A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series is organized by Jingyi Li. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** A Sea Bridge of Care: Living Heritage Workshop Series is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edinburgh, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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