Sustainable Heritage Seminar
En av SuHRFs verksamheter är den seminarieserie - Sustainable Heritage Seminar - där forumets gästforskare och övriga forskare kopplade till forumet presenterar ny och pågående forskning. Seminariet är på så vis också den plats där forskare, studenter och aktörer inom organisationer och myndigheter utanför universitetet möts, inspireras och diskuterar nya rön, kunskapsbehov och möjliga forskningssamarbeten inom kulturvård och hållbar utveckling. Målet är att SuHRF organiserar ett seminarium per månad.
Guest lecture by Thomas Yarrow
Objects of Conservation: Ethnographic Perspectives on Heritage Practice
How are conservation objects made? And what is the moral purpose of that making? This paper presents findings from a long-term project focusing on heritage professionals working for Historic Environment Scotland, the national heritage agency. Despite sustained critical attention to the policies of ‘authorised heritage discourse’, the everyday work of heritage professionals has received limited ethnographic attention. The paper highlights the hidden work of keeping things ‘as they are’ and the everyday dilemmas that result in the course of this paradoxical endeavour.
Date and time: 29 March, 13.15-15.00 Room: E41 Campus Gotland Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/62978235180
Guest lecture by Emily Höckert and Hindertje (Hin) Hoarau-Heemstra
Narrating Sustainable Tourism Futures
"Practicing heritage in Nordic cruise communities: a perspective of small and medium sized tourism enterprises" - Hindertje (Hin) Hoarau-Heemstra
"Proximity tourism in the era of the Anthropocene" - Emily Höckert
Date and time: 19 October, 15.15-16.45. Room: B24 Campus Gotland. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/65014991725
Guest lecture by Edith Lalander Malmsten
Legal Aspects of Planning for Multifunctional Landscapes and Climate Neutrality
There is a broad consensus in environmental legal research as well as in other environmental scientific disciplines that the legal system needs to better reflect the holistic and complex character of the environment. As part of creating the conditions for this, the importance of different types of ecosystem-based planning instruments is emphasized. While the hopes of what these types of instruments can achieve are high, there is still lacking knowledge about the importance of the interaction between these interdisciplinary planning instruments and the role of law. The doctoral project aims to explore this relationship from a landscape perspective, focusing on planning procedures in and around South Bothnian Sea.
Date and time: 3 October, 15.00-16.30. Room: E30 Campus Gotland. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/64219458444
Guest lecture by David Fennell
The Tourism Knowledge Translation Framework: Bridging the Canyon Between Theory and Practice
The Tourism Knowledge Translation (TKT) framework is positioned as a concrete solution to the critical disconnect that has for some time plagued tourism theory and practice. It is adapted from state-of-the-art thinking in healthcare, and acts as a roadmap for managing a sizeable base of knowledge from academic studies; massaging this knowledge into a format that policymakers and practitioners can understand; developing specific methods and tools for use that are held in a knowledge repository; choosing the best studies for inclusion in the system; and making sure this knowledge gets into the hands of industry people quickly. The two principal domains of the TKT framework, Knowledge Creation and the Action Cycle, are applied to the current overtourism situation in Corsica, and the effects the tourism industry is having on the breeding success of osprey because of too much boat traffic.
Date and time: 28 April, 15.00-16.30. Room: B24 CG Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/61958993439
Guest lecture by Francesco Mazzuccelli
Nuclear legacies. Should we turn radioactive waste into heritage?
One of the most pressing issues related to nuclear energy is the production of wastes that remain radioactive for a very long time. In the last decades, many countries have started the construction of deep geological repositories, deemed to be the safest solution for the disposal of spent radioactive fuel. The plans of building underground deposits have usually been accompanied by an imperative question: how to communicate to future generations the presence of harmful materials deeply buried in a geological site? Moving from my experience of collaboration to the ‘Project Memory’ (ANDRA / University of Limoges), my talk will review some of the proposed solutions, so to show how some of the most recent projects that relates to geological repositories converge on the idea of establishing a transmissible memory about the nature (its function and meaning) of the deposit site.
Date and time: 16 March, 15.00-16.30. Room: B24 CG. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/61083933328
Gästföreläsning av Ulrika Söderström
Kulturarv och kulturmiljöer som drivkraft för hållbar stadsutveckling
I seminariet presenteras ett pågående forskningsprojekt som undersöker vilka samhällseffekter som skapas när kulturarv och kulturmiljöer används som resurs för hållbar stadsutveckling. Att kulturarv har en viktig roll att spela i hållbar utveckling har forskningen sedan länge konstaterat. Idéerna har också utvecklats till en politisk strävan som gett avtryck i såväl Agenda 2030 som i nationella mål och riktlinjer för det svenska kulturmiljöarbetet. På senare tid har dock forskare pekat på att det finns problem när teori ska omvandlas till praktik.
Datum och tid: 9 februari, 15.00-16.30. Rum: B24 CG. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66029202717
Guest lecture by Mohamed Badry
Heritage Branding and Sustainable Cultural Identity
The seminar shares the updated results of the PhD research “Cultural Identity and Branding: an Integrated Approach to Enhance the Heritage Value” that aims at developing a people-based heritage branding model. Through reviewing the international legislations and its theory, the researcher attempts to present the “Cultural Identity” concept from the heritage preservation overview considering the contemporary needs and wants of the new generations.
Date and time: 11 November, 15.00-16.30.
Room: E 41 Campus Gotland
Recording of Alexandra Trois guest lecture
If you missed the opportunity to take part of Alexandra Trois guest lecture on the 25th October. You can now find a link to the recorded seminar here.
What does it take to generate and manage large scale
European projects?
Guest lecture by Alexandra Troi
What does it take to generate and manage large scale European projects?
In this seminar Alexandra Troi, vice head of Eurac Research, will talk about the capacities needed to generate and manage large scale European projects. For Gotland in general and Campus Gotland in particular, there is an untapped potential to take part in European projects in wide range of areas. Often the possibility to take part in, or even coordinate, European projects is dismissed beforehand based on preconceived notions of various difficulties.
Date: October 25th
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
On-line seminar: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/65146972591
Guest lecture by Hanna Åberg
Impact of Gentrification Processes in Rural Landscapes: Examples from Gotland
The seminar aims to present her doctoral research, which explores the drivers behind and impact of rural in-migration resulting in increasing property values, social upgrading, and risk of displacement of people, built, and natural environments, in significantly attractive rural areas.
Date and time: 14 October, 15.00-16.30. Room: E45 Campus Gotland
Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66062806388
Guest lecture by Simona Bravaglieri
From Decommissioning and Abandonment to Reuse: Cold War Military Sites as Cultural Heritage
The seminar aims to present the current doctoral research, which explores the decommissioned military sites and artefacts built during the Cold War in Italy from 1947 to 1989 and then displaced by the military, becoming valuable assets for the local communities.
Date and time: 30 September, 15.00-16.30. Room: B24
Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66271921206
Guest lecture by Polina Verbytska
Date and time: 15 September, 15.00 16.30. Room: B 24 or Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/64602540847
Polina is a lecturer at the Department of History, Museology and Cultural Heritage at Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine.
Guest lecture by prof. Alexandra Troi
Date and time:18 August, 13-14. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/61608728127 Also at room B24 CG
Alexandra Troi is professor at Hochschule Coburg in Germany and her teaching and research is about energy efficiency and building physics in historic buildings. She is presently vice head of the Eurac Institute for renewable energy, which is a regional research institute located in South Tyrol, Italy. Within the institute, she is the leader of the research group on energy retrofit of historic buildings and this is also where she has her own expertise. She has had a leading role in several large international research projects. Most recently she led the International Energy Agency Task 59 “Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero energy”.
- This seminar is cancelled due to illness. A new date and time will be scheduled! -
How does the symbolic space of the city change during different ages and what is the process associated with it?
Date and time: 26 November, Room: 13-14.30. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/64738086826
Polina Verbytska is a lecturer at the Department of History, Museology and Cultural Heritage at Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine.
The city is an important and interesting object of studying social and cultural changes in Ukraine. The purpose of the lecture, based on the theoretical and methodological provisions of social and environmental psychology, urban semiotics, communication theory and the concept of collective memory, is to analyze how different ideologies and political powers create, change and affect the physical and symbolic image of the city.
Knowledge Transmission: A Tool for Sustainable Heritage Management
Date and time: 29 October, 13-14.30. Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/63540847141
Rasmi Shoocongdej: Professor in Archaeology at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
The mortuary practice of burying the dead in log coffins in caves was common in prehistoric times throughout Southeast Asia. Today, most of these ancient burial sites are destroyed by looters and animals. Long Long Rak log coffin cave in Thailand is an archaeological site that has been excavated since 2015 and one of the main challenges is the preservation of the site. The management is not only physical but also includes knowledge management, which is transmitted through local schools and communities, including public media. The project applies a participatory action research method, to make local communities aware of the significance of the archaeological sites, and include a co-ownership process to protect the sites. However, recently a rapid tourism development by the government has affected the site, since the communities and their management of the cave are not yet ready for the mass tourism. This is a phenomenon that is commonly found in many developing countries around the world, which affects the sustainability of heritage sites in the long-term perspective.
Retrofit Strategies for Energy Efficiency in Historic Urban Fabric: A Case Study in Basmane District, İzmir-Turkey
Date and time: 19 February, Time: 15-17. Room: E30
Energy efficient retrofit of historic urban stock requires a methodical approach, comprehensive analysis and case-specific solutions. This study presents a pilot study conducted at the neighborhood scale, consisting of 22 pre- and early-republican residential and contemporary buildings in a historic urban fabric of İzmir, Turkey. It aims to develop an integrated approach to identify case-specific energy efficient solutions for retrofit strategy of larger scale historic district. It utilizes building performance simulation (BPS) model, created through the documentation and quick field survey. Two retrofit packages and three individual operational solutions are constituted by considering five-leveled retrofit impact assessment of the CEN EN 16883:2017 Standard.
Zeynep Durmus Arsan & Meltem Ulu
Zeynep DURMUS ARSAN has been working as Associate Professor at İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture since 1997 in the fields of local sustainability and architecture, rural development, sustainable building design, and energy efficiency issues in historic buildings.
Meltem ULU has been working as research assistant at Erciyes University, Department of Architecture since 2012 in the fields of energy efficient architectural design and energy efficient retrofit of historic buildings.
Dead Landscapes – and how to make them live
Date and time: 4 February, Room: 16.00-17.30. Room: E30
Is there such a thing as a dead landscape? And if so, who killed it? My lecture will explore how a growing standardization, museumization, and Disneyfication of historical landscapes has led to the loss of embodied, affective experience. Is technology the answer to helping us bring dead landscapes back to life? Or should we look to the landscapes themselves for multisensory engagement possibilities? Using examples from my fieldwork in different ‘Viking’ landscapes, I argue that in connection with a more critical approach to reconstruction and interpretation of the past, it is also crucial to explore the emotional and affective dimensions of historical landscapes to create more dynamic, inclusive, interactive, and performative spaces for visitors with different interests and capacities to be affected.
Katherine Burlingame
BA in Classics and History at Penn State University in the USA and my MA in World Heritage Studies from BTU Cottbus in Germany.
Before my doctoral studies I worked on a number of projects in archaeology and heritage management in Greece, Turkey, and Germany. I’m currently in the fourth year of my PhD studies at the department of Human Geography at Lund University. While my dissertation focuses on bringing together concepts from landscape geography and heritage studies in the development and management of historical landscapes, I also have research interests in creative writing and qualitative research.
Research and education at Korea National University of Cultural Heritage
NUCH - Korean National University of Cultural Heritage
Monday 18 November, at 9.00-10.00, in B51 Campus Gotland
Four colleagues from Korean National University of Cultural Heritage (NUCH) will visit
Campus Gotland in November. The purpose of the visit is to discuss possibilities for
collaboration in education and research. NUCH will give a public presentation of their
research and education for interested parties. Welcome!
NUCH:s objective:
“To nurture traditional culture experts who are equipped with both theories and practical applicability in creative inheritance and development of traditional culture and preservation, management and utilization of cultural properties”.
For more information about NUCH: https://www.nuch.ac.kr/english/
Cruise visits & Sustainable Heritage
Þórný Barðadóttir (Thorny Bardadottir), Icelandic Tourism Research
Centre
Wednesday 6 November, at 16.00-17.30, in B13 Campus Gotland
A presentation on research and discussions about on-land service of cruise ships, the onshore tourism linked to the visits and passenger behavior while on-shore.
Thorny Bardadottir has a MA in Research Intensive Social Science and works as a researcher at Icelandic Tourism Research Centre. Thornys research interests are in the area of rural tourism both Nordic and arctic context. Prior research projects have had various tourism related angles. Those include content analysis on how tourism an tourists are portrayed in the Icelandic media; pilot study on the role of the Icelandic Ring-Road in creation of destinations and the making of a market segmentation tool for the Icelandic tourism industry.
Resilience Thinking and Built Heritage - examples from Northern Sweden
Andrea Luciani, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Wednesday 2 October, at 16.00-17.30, in B15 Campus Gotland
To preserve our significant built heritage, we need to understand how to increase its capacity of adaptation to structural changes, such as those related to natural and human-made disruptions. The presentation will build on the concept of resilience, starting from an attempt to define its theoretical and practical framework within the field of sustainable heritage management.
Andrea Luciani has an Msc in Architecture and PhD in Preservation of Architectural Heritage at Politecnicodi Milano. Today he works at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. His research focuses on the sustainable management and preservation of built heritage and historic environments. From the analysis of the indoor climate in historic buildings and museums, to the assessment of the impacts of different energy retrofitting strategies on built heritage values to the conservation of modern architecture. Since he moved to Luleå in 2017, he has been looking into how resource extraction activities impact the local mining towns and how structural changes are affecting the preservation of built heritage.
Prehistoric Earthen Architecture in Erdaojingzi
Qinghua Guo, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 18 September, at 16.00-17.30, in E30 Campus Gotland
EDJZ located in Inner Mongolia, China,was excavated as a rescue project in 2009. In the archaeological site of 5200 sq. m, 149 houses were revealed, all circular in plan. They are the best round earthen architecture known so far in late Neolithic East Asia. About 30 building are preserved and the site is protected as a museum.
This seminar presents a range of forms and technologies of the earthen buildings at EDJZ, and discusses its important contribution to the understanding of earthen architecture in Eurasia.
Qinghua Guo is PhD CTH, Professor in Asian Architecture and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia. Her current research interest is Chinese Architecture in Prehistory: the Archaeological Evidence. Her publications include the MingqiPottery Buildings of Han Dynasty China (206B.C.-A.D.220): Architectural Representations and Represented Architecture. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press (2010); Chinese Architecture and Planning: Ideals, Methods and Techniques. Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges(2005); A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture. Melbourne: Images Publisher (2002).
Sharing common grounds - Cultural heritage as spaces of resistance and zones of identity belonging
Brilliant Mhlanga, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Thursday 16 May, at 16.00-17.30 in B25, Campus Gotland
This presentation could have easily been titled as, ‘Of Spaces Otherwise’, the aim of it being to show how cultural heritage in its variegated forms; as intangible and tangible, can be used to reconstitute memory and historical identities. The case of the Ndebele of Matebeleland, and the Ngoni people of Zambia will be used as examples of ‘difficult heritage’. This presentation attempts show how heritage is often appropriated in most postcolonial states to conjure national identities as part of the engraved ‘sacred landscapes of remembrance.’ It will also be argued that while national memory for the postcolonial states is constructed and in flux, the ethnic memory of the majority is often weaved into the narratives of belonging and being of the broader state as ‘rhetorical topoi.’ Further, it will be observed that even the postcolonial names of the states which is always along ethnic lines (mainly of the majority ethnic groups) are often presented as part of the ‘national heritage.’ For the excluded and marginalised ethnic groups cultural heritage then become sites of contestation where identities and common historical ties are renewed. Often this is done through memory & commemorating the past, which is an essential part of the present. Such a process is not only tied inextricably to a particular group’s sense of identity, but rather it is seen as an inherent part of the heritage process. In this case heritage as a process is seen as humanising project aimed and reviving cultural identities. Through this process people are rehabilitated into remembering the past ‘in the light of their (present) needs & aspirations’ (Walker, 1996, 51). As will be discussed in the presentation, among the Ndebele the idea of the restoration of the Mthwakazi monarchy, as part of memory and cultural heritage has led to the emergence of cultures festivals & other such traditions with the aim of ‘re-membering’ the subalternised. These efforts as part of ‘difficult heritage’ are often entangled and buoyed by narratives of violence and abuse of the ethnic minorities as ‘postmemory.’ The latter have led to the discourse of decolonising colonial state borders. The Ngoni of Zambia, and possibly, those of Malawi, have also been able to revive the age old cultural festivals, such as the ‘Incwala Ceremony.’ These cultural activities as forms of heritage in states whose nationalist ideologies have often criminalised ethnic belonging are perceived by those in power as likely to upset the postcolonial African National Project.
Brilliant Mhlanga holds a PhD from the University of Westminster and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Media Cultures, in the School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, UK. Dr Mhlanga holds several Fellowships – notable about them is Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellowship awarded by the African Leadership Institute (ALI) in collaboration with Saidi Business School, Oxford University and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship for Southern Africa. Dr Mhlanga has lectured in a number of international Universities in Africa and in Europe in various capacities. He has researched and published extensively on Cultural Identities Politics, Heritage and Ethnic Minority issues, and the Postcolonial African National Project. His recent publications are: The Return of the Local: Community Radio as Dialogic & Participatory (2015); Africa’s transformational postcolonial leadership and colonial antinomies (2015), & Bondage of Boundaries & the ‘Toxic Other’ in Postcolonial Africa: The Northern Problem & Identity Politics Today. He is currently working on two projects provisionally titled: Cultural Heritage, Pluralism & Strategies for ethnic accommodation in Africa: Narratives on the politicisation of Identities in Southern Africa, and On the Banality of Evil: Cultural Particularities & Genocide in Africa. His research interests include: Heritage issues, Ethnic Minority Media, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Postcolonial Studies, Media Policy & Political Economy of the media, Media and Development Communication and Community Radio.