The European Association Txoke! was founded in Biscay (Spanish Bask Country) at the end of 2006. It gathers specialists (anthropologists, ethnologists, historians, archivists and conservators of cultural heritage) of several European countries (at this moment from Norway, Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom). These new members  are joint by others from South America (Chile, Argentine) and the Maghreb (Algeria, Marocco). They wish to join their efforts in order to move original projects, predominantly observing an transversal and international character. Its members wish to promote an applied and ethic vision of anthropology and adjoint disciplines. This professional international association owns the status of European Association (EA) which, although not yet oficially voted by the European Community, actually is being validated.

Txoke! proposes to promote Europe-wide studies and activities related to the tangible and intangible cultural heritage (especially oral patrimony, ethnomusicology, memory of particular social groups), by an anthropologist´s point of view.

We do foresee:

To promote and support research and researchers in several terms (tecnical, hardware, courses etc.), providing a scientific and technical support to individual persons as well as to institutions related to cultural heritage like museums, sound archives and general archives.

The adquisition and loan of hardware to researchers being members of the association or who take part in projects headed and supported by the association.

To promote the diffusion of the result of research for scientific as well as for general audience (cultural diffusion). These activities will be realized by courses and by providing technical and scientific support and counsel.

We do pay special attention to the sensibilization of researchers to the circle which guides the material and data gathered to its archivation and conservation considering norms, being followed by its diffusion. The same we do with the problems related with sound and audiovisual archives, its digitalization, restauration and conservation.

The mentioned activities start from an applied vision, so to say, with the intention to return the results of the scientific activities to the interested and to the general population, all of it  in a short term.

The association is provided with a site Internet with own domain (http://www.txoke.eu) and puts into disposition to the audience numerous resources, news and results of research and actions moved by Txoxe! and its members, newsletter online and in PDF, as well as articles and diverse materia.