NARRATING CULTURAL CONNOTATIONS THAT BRIDGE, PROTECT AND TRANSMIT
A SENSE OF PLACE, PEOPLE AND IDENTITY
United Arab emirates · kingdom of saudi arabia · The Kingdom of Bahrain
INTRODUCTORY
DLALA is a multidisciplinary cultural and creative consultancy collective dedicated to unlocking the transformative potential of cultural expressions, meanings, individuals, practices, and values at both the national and regional levels. Working within specific contexts, we contribute to content development, organisational advancement, and policy making related to cultural heritage and the creative ecosystem, including tangible and intangible heritage visual arts crafts, museums tourism and creative design, among other cultural and creative field.
INTERPRETATION & PROGRAMME DESIGN
GOVERNANCE & INSTITUTIONALISATION
RESEARCH & SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
VISUAL & CREATIVE DESIGN
Content Creation
Capacity Building & Knowledge Transfer
Contextual Approach
Interpretation & Meaning-Making
Cultural Documentation & Inventorying
Museum & Curatorial Practices
Academic & Descriptive Writing
Data Collection & Analysis
Narration & Story-telling
Cultural Monitoring
Collective and Collaborative Memory
Exploratory & Ethnographic Research
Benchmarking & Reconciliation
Organisational Reform
Institutional & Administrative Support
Policies & Processes
Governance Framework Development
Regulatory & Compliance
Cultural Communication Strategies
Visual Identity & Branding
Digital Creative Identity
Institutional & Art Exhibitions
Visual Narrative Development
Media & Promotion
WHAT
WE
BESPOKE
CONCEPT & EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Strategy & Cultural Vision
Conceptual Establishment
Transnational Concept Alignment
Collections & Curatorial Design
Actionable Roadmaps
Impact Assessment
HERITAGISATION DISCOURSE NETWORK
CONTEXTUAL NOTIONS OF ‘WHOSE’ HERITAGE
The Heritagisation Discourse Network (HDN) is a forward-thinking research space dedicated to fostering a critical and collaborative approach to the challenges of heritagisation and commodification in the Arab region and its neighbouring areas The network negotiates the values of authenticity, identity, and tradition in the modernised approaches and rapid implementations of heritagisation as a reviving tool for the lost cultural heritage and ongoing cultural tourism driven preservation initiatives. Our cause is to serve as a trusted source of knowledge, constructive criticism, and quality research for those passionate about conserving contextualised cultural heritage amidst inevitable modernisation, rapid preservation, and global economic/political pressures.
This space is operated as DLALA's research arm allocated to cultivating dialogue among researchers and scholars to ignite debates on the prevailing top-down approaches to heritagisation within the Arab Gulf region. Our mission is to promote
an inclusive and participatory framework that amplifies the voices of local and marginalised communities, ensuring their perspectives are integral to the heritagisation processes.
