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Colloquia on "Valuing the Historic Environment"
'Valuing the Historic Environment' is a new, cross disciplinary research cluster for the discussion of frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. The cluster will meet at three one-day colloquia to take place between January and July 2007 and on an online wiki, available from the cluster website from January 2007. Detailed notes documenting the discussion at each colloquium will also be available from the cluster website. We aim for the activities of this cluster to lead to further research connections, collaborations, opportunities and outputs, with the potential to influence academic debate and policy formulation. The first colloquium associated with this cluster takes place on the 26th January 2007. The main focus of the colloquium is 'Heritage of the Recent Past' but it will also serve to kick off the cluster activities more generally and especially we want this first colloquium to set the tone of the series by being challenging to the ways in which different disciplines and the industry understands heritage and the instrumental implications of these constructions. There are a limited number of places available, there is no cost to attend but we are not normally able to pay expenses. Applications to attend should include a 100 word statement of how the applicants' research or work will enable them to make a significant contribution to debate in the colloquia. The closing date for applications for Colloquium 1 is 01/12/06. Colloquia details are as follows: 26th Jan- Heritage of the Recent Past Keynotes: Professor Peter Howard, Visiting Professor of Cultural Landscape, Bournemouth University and Professor Patrick Wright, Nottingham Trent University. Other Speakers: Blackpool's World Heritage Status Bid- Professor John Walton, University of Central Lancashire and Jason Wood; and Professor Paul Carter, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne - non-material heritage and landscapes of the mind. Location: Leicester University To find further details about the research cluster, CLICK HERE
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