Heritage GradConnect 2024
Inspiring Heritage, Empowering Graduates
November 11, 2024
Join us for Heritage GradConnect 2024, an exciting event that brings together BTU's vibrant international heritage community. Celebrate groundbreaking research from graduates of the World Heritage Studies (WHS) and Heritage Conservation and Site Management (HCSM) programmes, followed by an inspiring graduation ceremony for the class of Winter 2023/2024 and Summer 2024.
Building on the success of last year's event, which welcomed attendees from 31 countries, this year's conference will showcase research presentations and offer a dynamic platform for networking with students, alumni, and heritage professionals from across the globe.
Event Highlights
- Conference: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM CEST (in Atelier Mies/Österreich, 2nd floor, LG 2C/D)
- Graduation Ceremony: 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM CEST (in Hörsaal C, ZHG)
- Afterparty: 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM CEST (at Quasimono)
Friends and family are very welcome at the event.
Registration
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Conference Programme
09:30 - 10:00 - Arrival at Atelier Mies/Österreich, 2nd floor, LG 2C/D
Session 1: Understanding Diverse Uses of Heritage
10:00 - Welcome and introductions
10:15 - Ming Ho Yam (virtually)
Defining Culture for Development: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Cultural Mapping
10:35 - Imane Kasttet
Heritage and Conflict: Entanglements and Opportunities. Exploring the Morocco-Algeria Case
10:55 - Mahlaqa Fahami
The Former Chemiewerk Factory at Rüdersdorf, Germany: An Alternative Conservation Approach for a Former Industrial Site
11:15 - Discussion followed by refreshments
Session 2: Confronting Colonial Heritage Pasts and Presents
12:00 - Introductions
12:05 - Khuzama Aldebs
Colonial Cultural Looting Identification, Recognition, Repatriation: Colonisation in African Communities as Case Studies
12:25 - Kavita Peterson (virtually)
Is Colonialism History? Investigating German National History Museums’ Engagements with German with German Colonialism
12:45 - Discussion followed by a break for lunch
Session 3: Exploring Urban Heritage
14:30 - Welcome and introductions
14:35 - Sara Molaei
Exploring the Diversity of Urban Gardening in Tehran: In Search of Community Gardens
14:55 - Konstantinos Chatziandreou
Climate Governance in World Heritage Cities
15:15 - Andrea Hiott (virtually)
Lived Heritage: The Nested Navigability of Cities
15:35 - Discussion followed by refreshments
Session 4: Interpreting Intangible Heritage
16:00 - Introductions
16:05 - Deepika Srikanth Murthy
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in India, from a policy and management point of view: The case of Hand Block Printing
16:25 - David Rojas Acosta
Summonings: Creative Interpretation of Prehispanic Archaeological Objects
16:45 - Dana AlSalamin
Integrating Digital Technologies into Heritage Interpretation for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Case Study on the Caves of Petra
17:05 - Discussion followed by a farewell