Who are we?
Our STORY
We are a group of specialists gathered around the sustainable and transformative role of heritage in societies and building upon our extensive individual and collective experience in all aspects of the heritage field. Our story began more than twenty years ago, when a group of students and graduates of humanities and arts started turning first into enthusiastic conservation volunteers and then also into dedicated conservation professionals.
Our VALUES
We see culture as the most powerful cross-cutting domain of human agency and cultural heritage as a prominent source of knowledge and a tool for change. The agency of KulturAll is led by the principles of interdisciplinarity and cross-cultural values, contributing to the production of transdisciplinary knowledge. In all the KulturAll endeavours, heritage is taken holistically, as cultural and natural, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable.
Meet our Board
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Aleksandra Nikolić
Aleksandra is a heritage education specialist with competencies in heritage preservation, museum management and non-formal education, as well as extensive experience in developing heritage-related training programs. She was a national coordinator and a learning model developer for the European Heritage Award-winning project Heritage Hubs and has been a long time contributor to the programs of the International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), most recently as the author of INTER-COLLECT, an inter-generational toolkit for museum collections. She is also a researcher and a practitioner in the domain of heritage sustainability, cultural transmission, social learning and complex systems.
Within her research-practice, she has developed and coined the concepts of transmedia heritelling and artefacts-mediated learning (AML).
Aleksandra holds MA in heritage studies and PhD in history and philosophy of science and technology, both from the University of Belgrade. She is also a certified adult learning specialist.
Her professional interests are: heritage sustainability, museum collections management, museum learning, object-based learning, transmedia storytelling and e-learning in the domain of cultural heritage.
Branislava Lazarević Tošović
Branislava is an archaeologist and a conservator mainly specialised in archaeological conservation. Her work experience includes long-term engagement at various archeological sites in Serbia, with the focus on conservation management and on-site conservation, as well as conservation-restoration of archaeological objects. Being responsible for the development of the Department of Archaeological Sites in the Central Institute for Conservation in Belgrade, between 2009 and 2019, she was involved in the projects of conservation of the archaeological heritage, research work in the field of conservation materials and providing professional assistance to various interested institutions. She has experience in developing and delivering training programs in conservation, through the program with students at the Archaeological Collection of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and as a course assistant on multiple specialist courses in heritage conservation, including the ICCROM’s program of Archaeological Conservation in Southeast Europe, in Butrint, Albania in 2007.
Branislava is a co-author and coordinator of the long-term regional project SEE Mosaics, with the primary objectives of raising awareness about the need for organised protection of mosaic heritage and strengthening the mosaic conservation profession in Southeast Europe. This collaborative effort brings together professionals from cultural institutions across eight Southeast European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Additionally, experts from Greece, France, Italy, Hungary, Spain and USA have contributed to this project.
Branislava holds a diploma in Archeology and a MA in Heritage Studies, both from the University of Belgrade. She has been trained in conservation of the archaeological heritage through different specialist courses including those at ICCROM – International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property and ISCR – Superior Institute for Conservation and Restoration.
Her professional interests are: conservation of cultural heritage, interdisciplinary approach to heritage preservation, education and capacity building, heritage preservation and sustainability, cultural heritage management and cultural policy.
Maja Franković
Maja is conservation specialist with 18 years of experience in development and implementation of projects in conservation of cultural heritage, interdisciplinary research, education and capacity building.
As conservator-counsellor at the National Museum of Serbia, she specialised in
mosaic and stone conservation. She led more than 25 conservation-restoration projects and coordinated and implemented training programs mainly aimed at students, emerging professionals and youth.
Dedicated to enhancing cultural heritage preservation through capacity building, fostering international and regional collaboration, she is co-founder of the SEE Mosaics project – platform for collecting data on mosaics in Southeast Europe and networking of professionals involved in mosaic conservation. She serves as the Secretary of the Board of the International Committee for Conservation of Mosaics - ICCM.
Maja holds MA in conservation-restoration from the University of Arts in Belgrade and PhD in Geo-sciences from the Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade. She has been trained in mosaic conservation through internships at the Musée départemental de l'Arles antique (2002 and 2004), participated in ICCROM's Regional courses on archaeological conservation for Southeast Europe (2004-2007) and International Course on Stone Conservation in 2013.
Her professional interests are: study of decay mechanisms in objects and structures, condition assessment, evaluation of past treatments, conservation planning, revival of traditional building techniques and materials, green technologies in conservation.
Marko Filipović
Marko Filipović is a dedicated professional specialising in the preservation of cultural heritage through active involvement in heritage conservation projects and contributions to the development of heritage interpretation plans.
Over the past 12 years, Marko has had the privilege of participating in various international initiatives, training sessions, and workshops focused on the conservation of heritage structures, the utilisation of traditional building materials, and the application of diverse documentation techniques.
Marko holds an MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Belgrade and is currently pursuing a master's degree in the "UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management" program at the University of Arts in Belgrade. He pursued the basic training in conservation-restoration of archaeological objects at the Central Institute for Conservation in Belgrade between 2017 and 2020.
His research interests centre around heritage interpretation, dissonant heritage, and the post-conflict uses of heritage.
Ivana Kocevska
Ivana is a cultural heritage consultant specializing in project management and research. She is trained in cultural policy and heritage management, conservation and restoration, fine art pedagogy and sculpture, and data analytics.
Throughout the years, she has collaborated with numerous national and regional civil society organizations and institutions, including ICCROM, ICOMOS, ICOMOS Macedonia, Urban Development Center, CHwB – Albania, and Archaeological Site Stobi.
Ivana holds a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts - Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia, with a multidisciplinary focus on sculpture, art pedagogy, and conservation-restoration. She obtained a master's degree at the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management MA program at the University of Arts in Belgrade and Lyon 2, with a semester spent at the University of Bologna within the Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts (GIOCA) program.
Her fields of interest encompass heritage disaster risk management, industrial heritage, cultural policy, and heritage data mapping and interpretation.