Barcelona CFP below from the University of Catalonia.

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CULTURAL HERITAGE - POLICY, PEOPLE AND PLACE

Barcelona
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

15-17 July, 2024
Abstracts due 20 Dec, 2023
https://amps-research.com/barcelona-cultural-heritage/



We live in an age in which heritage is valued internationally at the same time it is threatened by globalization and local forces of various kinds: development, conflict and abandonment to name but a few. It is also an age in which the heritage industry is seen as a leading economic motor for many countries and regions reliant on tourism and the cultural sector for continued survival and prosperity. Within this context, a city such as that which hosts this event, Barcelona, could be seen as a paradigmatic case study.

Celebrated as one of Europe’s leading cultural centers and a site of significant 20th century art and architectural history, the cultural and tourist sectors are central to its current financial success. However, those self-same forces produce issues of gentrification, increasing housing costs and, in terms of access to services, competition between locals and tourist dollars.

In addressing questions of culture, history and heritage as they impact communities and local policy making, this strand of the conference seeks to discuss both the positive and sometimes negative effects of the heritage sector. As a result, it seeks contributions from art historians engaged in the research and conservation of artefacts traditionally understood. It also welcomes the insights of archaeologists working in the ‘living’ environments of towns and cities globally. It calls for contributions from architectural and urban historians investigating the history of specific buildings or regions.

Further to this however, it also seeks the perspectives of social historians, community historians and policy theorists engaged in analyzing the effects of the heritage sector on questions such as displacement, gentrification and economic development. Within this framework, for example, it asks whether initiatives such as UNESCO designations need reconsideration to better balance the needs of the present with those of the past and whether conservation policy can better capture expanded definitions of heritage as equally social, cultural and material.

https://amps-research.com/barcelona-cultural-heritage/

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