SESSION CALL:
MATTER & MEMORY: The Preservation of Cultural and Material Heritage
PORTO
Conference: Heritages 2027
Dates: 16-18, June, 2027
Abstracts due: 10 Dec, 2026
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SESSION CALL
Cultural heritage is continually interpreted, preserved and transformed through changing historical, social and artistic contexts. This session builds on this and examines how societies construct, transmit and reassess cultural memory through objects, monuments, artworks, archives and historic environments. We argue that within history and art history, such processes raise important questions about authenticity, authorship, representation and the changing meanings attached to cultural artefacts and sites.
Contributions might consider contemporary interventions in historic buildings, restoration and reconstruction, digital technologies, museum practices, or new approaches to documenting and interpreting the past.
The broader strand also invites examination of contested heritage, colonial and postcolonial histories, changing approaches to monuments and memorials, conservation ethics, provenance and restitution, and the relationship between tangible and intangible heritage.
Together, we hope that these debates will encourage reflection on how acts of preservation and reinterpretation shape historical narratives, cultural identities and understandings of the past for present and future communities.
Part of the University of Porto, AMPS & IPCA Conference: Critical Heritages, 2027
Abstracts due: 10 Dec, 2026
https://amps-research.com/porto-ipca-themes/
Contact Information
May Thorpe, Lígia Lopes, Claudia Lima, Raj Kumar
Contact Email
program@amps-research.com