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CCHS Small Grants scheme: Myanmar heritage in times of political transition

21 February 2019, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm

Myanmar

DPU Dialogue in Development Myanmar heritage in times of political transition

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Catalina Ortiz and Giovanna Astolfo

Location

DPU Room 101
34 Tavistock square
London
WC1H 9EZ
United Kingdom

Urban heritage increasingly features in debates of all sorts, from climate change, sustainable development, human security, multiculturalism and conflict resolution. Critical Heritage studies have greatly contributed to shift the meaning of heritage from the idea of a homogeneous single identity toward a polyphony of values, and from the idea of authoritative expertise to that of dissonance. Yet this remains disconnected from the practice, while heritage is still very much framed by normative discourse that leaves many people and places underrepresented. Myanmar’s political transition offers an unparalleled opportunity to examine the potential of reconfiguring multiple urban heritages and foster more just urbanisms. This event brings together scholars and practitioners from Myanmar and elsewhere to understand how civil society and other organizations and communities shape their agency in the city transformation and to confront institutional positions and challenges of heritage conservation in the midst of political transition.

Speakers: Dr Su Su, Professor, Mandalay Technological University; Moe Moe Lwin, Director, Yangon Heritage Trust; Dean Sully, Senior Lecturer in Conservation, UCL Archaeology; Dr Clare Melhuish, Curating the city, Director, UCL Urban Laboratory.

Organised by: Dr. Catalina Ortiz and Dr. Giovanna Astolfo, DPU.

The event is possible thank to the support from UCL Urban Lab, Centre for Critical Heritage Studies and Global Engagement Funds www.ucl.ac.uk/global/funding-opportunities/global-engagement-funds/globa...