Natural processes of growth and decay lead to constant change in landscape. Heritage management engages with that change in complex ways.
The second domain considered by Transformations relates to a growing interest in the restoration of ‘wild’ nature to transitional and depopulating landscapes. In post-industrial or post-agricultural contexts, these initiatives (often described as ‘rewilding’) are confronted with tangible and intangible expressions of past and present human cultural activity, which may not align with contemporary management objectives. The research investigated how management of such places may be constrained by reversion to conventional categorisations of ‘natural’ and ‘cultural’ heritage value, and by the privileging of ‘pre-disturbance’ conditions.
Nadia Bartolini and Caitlin DeSilvey. 2020. Making space for hybridity: Industrial heritage naturecultures at West Carclaze Garden Village, Cornwall. Geofurm 113, July 2020: 39-49
10/04/2020
Transforming Loss: Knowledge Exchange at Orford
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
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Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Museums
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Nadia Bartolini and Caitlin DeSilvey. 2019. Recording Loss: film as method and the spirit of Orford Ness. International Journal of Heritage Studies.
Read the article here
Esther Breithoff and Rodney Harrison. 2018. From ark to bank: extinction, proxies and biocapitals in ex-situ biodiversity conservation practices. International Journal of Heritage Studies.
21/09/2018
Caitlin DeSilvey and Nadia Bartolini. 2018. Where horses run free? Autonomy, temporality, and rewilding in the Côa Valley, Portugal. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 2018: 1-16.
11/06/2018
Techniques of Worlding: Categorization Knowledge Exchange at Kew
28/02/2017 — 02/03/2017
The Heritage Futures team hosts a Knowledge Exchange workshop at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
A Berlin Thought Experiment: Heritage Futures Visits CARMaH
26/04/2017 — 28/04/2017
A Heritage Futures Knowledge Exchange Workshop, held in partnership with the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage in Berlin.
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Nuclear Waste Management
Deep Space Messaging
World Heritage Site Management
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Homes
Museums
Biodiversity
Cultural Diversity
Los ecos del Proyecto Huemul
10/07/2017
An exhibition, part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Restricted Access Pilot Project, awarded to Rodney Harrison (Professor of Heritage Studies, UCL Institute of Archaeology) and Trinidad Rico (Director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies at Rutgers University and Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Archaeology), will be hosted from this week at the Balseiro Institute in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
Nuclear Waste Management
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
“Los ecos del Proyecto Huemul” exhibition opens in Argentina
Nuclear Waste Management
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Summary of the Nature-Culture Workshop at IUCN
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
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Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Biodiversity
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Curated Decay: Heritage Beyond Saving
22/06/2017
Hosted by UCL, a panel discussion of Caitlin DeSilvey’s new book, Curated Decay, with guest speakers Professor David Lowenthal, Dr Haidy Geismar and Professor Rodney Harrison.
The book has been featured and debated through various media outlets, with articles in The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, The Eastern Daily Press, and Cornwall Live – to name a few. DeSilvey was also interviewed on BBC Radio Cornwall, and BBC Radio Solent.
Afterlives Salon
02/03/2017
This salon to accompany the current Octagon exhibition Cabinets of Consequence will explore how heritage and other related forms of conservation practices (including nuclear waste management) make futures. How do we use material culture to stitch futures from pasts? What do we conserve? What do we get rid of? What do we allow to change? This Salon will be staged as a series of conversations across various themes currently being explored within the Heritage Futures research programme,Event held at Haldane Room, Wilkins Building , Gower Street WC1
Rodney Harrison
Cornelius Holtorf
Caitlin DeSilvey
Sefryn Penrose
Sarah May
Jennie Morgan
Nadia Bartolini
Antony Lyons
Kyle Lee Crossett
Uncertainty
Transformation
Profusion
Diversity
Nuclear Waste Management
Deep Space Messaging
World Heritage Site Management
Natural Heritage Management
Built Heritage Management
Homes
Museums
Biodiversity
Cultural Diversity
