Crossing boundaries: The value of museums in dementia care
Seminar
House of Memories is a multi-award winning dementia awareness training programme created by National Museums Liverpool (NML) in the UK. The Institute of Cultural Capital – led by Kerry Wilson – has been researching the impact of House of Memories since 2013. Research has been designed to…
Villagizing the city: turning rural ethnic heritage into urban modernity in southwest China
Seminar
This talk examines the rural ethnic heritage-inspired transformation of the built environment of a relatively small county town in China. The paper explores the ways village-based ethnic heritage is being repositioned by local leaders as a resource for tourism-oriented revenue generation and for…
Heritage and spatial knowledge in the Second World War: How the ‘Monuments Men’ documented cultural property.
Seminar
The Anglo-US Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Sub-Commission (the ‘Monuments Men’ organisation) was set up within the military government structures of the Allied armed forces in 1943. Part of its remit was ‘to preserve historic buildings, works of art and historical records…. by [furnishing] the…
Affective experiences: the embodied performances of heritage making
Seminar
This seminar will summarise some of the findings of a recently completed project to explore the memory and identity work visitors do at heritage sites and museums in Australia, the United States, and England. Over 4,500 qualitative interviews were undertaken at 45 museums, exhibitions and…
Latent scrutiny: Personal archives as perpetual mementos of the official gaze.
Seminar
This presentations examines the significance, in the lives of those who experienced out-of-home care as children, of the archived records of their institutionalisation. The affective ramifications of accessing the records as adults are discussed, with especial focus on the records’ capacity to…
Novel ecosystems as future heritage: policy and practice in managing landscapes.
Seminar
Novel ecosystems are being increasingly recognised as future reality for many .if not all, of our landscapes. Understanding what novel ecosystems are, and how to manage them, or restore them to historical states is a key debate. Cultural Landscapes, in a nomenclatural sense, are a special sub…
Imprinted on memory: the artistic print collections of the Imperial War Museum and Australian War Memorial
Seminar
The artistic print collections of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the Imperial War Museum, London, contain many works that offer a critical interpretation of conflict. My thesis presents unique academic research into the history and significance of these two collections, which have not…