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Heritage, Regional Development and Social Cohesion
International Conference
Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 June 2010, Östersund, Sweden
This 8th international PASCAL conference on heritage, regional
development and social cohesion is co-hosted by the PASCAL Observatory and the
Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning (NCK) and arranged by the Jamtli Museum. The
conference provides an opportunity for the research and academic community
working in these fields and will also be of significant interest to
practitioners in these areas particularly from cities and regional development
agencies, local and national government agencies and organisations working in
the field. The conference will facilitate the sharing of experiences and
research findings across a wide range of interests.
If there are any questions, please contact us at: [log in to unmask]
THE JÄMTLAND REGION AND THE CITY OF ÖSTERSUND
The Jämtland County with its enormous forests, lakes and
mountains is in the middle of Sweden. The region is sparsely populated and the
economy is in modern times dependent on both summer and winter tourism based on
three components: Cultural and natural heritage and sport! The Mid-Sweden
University Campus in Östersund has the largest research and development
resource in the fields of winter sport and tourism in Scandinavia.
THE CONFERENCE VENUE
The Jamtli museum with its Open Air Museum is one of the oldest
and largest in Scandinavia and is well known for its pedagogical work.
Jamtli’s use of the living history method with role play for families is especially
renowned. The museum exhibitions have been praised and received awards for
their pedagogical methods which attract families.
HOSTS
The Observatory PASCAL is an international research and policy
development alliance, which aims to develop, discuss and communicate new
concepts and emerging ideas about place management, social capital and learning
regions. The central theme of the third mission of universities in regional
development is one of the pivotal strands of the PASCAL Observatory.
PASCAL originally grew out of the work of the Paris-based
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on both higher
education management and regional development. The Observatory was created in
2002 by a number of universities and regional authorities who wished to further
and expand their work under the auspices of an independent alliance of experts.
PASCAL’s activities are funded through subscriptions from
local regional governments and membership fees from universities and colleges.
PASCAL undertakes research and development projects related to place
management, social capital and learning regions, utilizing a growing network of
partners and associates, and animate dialogue and discussion among members and
other interested organisations through the publication of studies and papers as
well as conferences and workshops. The PASCAL Observatory is funded by its
members on the presumption that there is considerable work to be done to enable
regional governments and associated policy-makers to benefit fully from
emerging research and learning about how best to foster balanced and
sustainable economic and social development in their regions. PASCAL invites
new members to join its network. To find out more about the service or to
become a supporter look up www.obs-pascal.com
The Östersund based Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning (NCK) is
a joint Nordic initiative, developing and promoting lifelong learning processes
at cultural heritage institutions in the Nordic countries. NCK is a meeting
ground and a forum where students and other interest groups can seek
information, exchange ideas and establish new contacts. Through collaboration,
practise-near research and a pedagogical approach, NCK aims to make cultural
heritage easily accessible and integrates the cultural heritage, arts and
learning with the ongoing development of society. To find out more, please
consult www.nckultur.org
CONFERENCE THEME
The overall theme for this conference is Heritage, Regional
Development and Social Cohesion. Cultural and natural heritage is a
resource for development in many different ways for regional and local
stakeholders. Tourism, leisure and out of classroom experiences come to mind
naturally, but the possibilities and challenges go far beyond that. The agendas
of social inclusion, lifelong learning for all and place management have a lot
to gain from constructive use of heritage.
SUBTHEMES
IN PARALLEL SEMINARS
a) Lifelong learning through heritage and other cultural
engagement
Constant change in society is affecting also heritage and
cultural organisations. Are museums and other heritage institutions prepared to
meet these new challenges? Can these institutions survive and develop on their
own or, are partnerships of different kinds the answer for the future? The
diversity of the international learning market includes heritage and other
cultural engagement. But what happens when the focus of learning and education
shifts from input to output, from curriculum to competences? And how does this
effect the role of universities and higher education in relation to the
lifelong learning market development?
b) Heritage and social inclusion in development of cultural
capital
Access to culture in all its various forms and nature is of
utmost importance for developing cultural capital. Possession of cultural
capital can be seen as a tool for both integration and social inclusion.
Cultural capital can help people and regions grow. Why is it that cultural and
natural capital are so important, and in what ways are they important for
individuals and regions? What role can heritage organisations take in learning
communities on the one hand and in individual as well as regional development?
On the other hand we have the universities: what tools do they have to
participate in this process? The third mission of the universities,
‘Service to the Community’, is it applicable in this case? And
where do regional governments and other stakeholders stand?
c) Heritage tourism and sustainable development – a
contradiction?
New demands on heritage and cultural organisations include a
more direct focus on economic aspects. What can be seen as a contradiction
might be a demonstrated need for these specific organisations themselves and a
demand from regional authorities and institutional boards to support them. An
increasing part of modern tourism is based on the attraction of heritage as
part of, or in addition to, leisure. Cultural and natural heritage sites are
often exploited and much of the political rhetoric is focussed on both
preservation and the commercial possibilities of heritage. Is it possible to
both preserve and exhibit heritage? Or, is it possible to preserve and evaluate
heritage without giving access to it? How do universities and higher education
institutions reflect this challenge and can regional politics assist in this
area? Are there any differences between the methods of the humanities and the
social sciences in analyzing this development?
d) New expectations from stakeholders on heritage organisations
in the 21st century
Heritage organisations of today are forced to handle harsher
demands (the economic at the fore) from stakeholders. But is there really a
financial return in cultural and natural heritage? Heritage institutions also
face demands from institutional boards while attempting to remain to be true to
them, and to society. For whom is heritage preserved, and for what purpose?
Whose heritage should be preserved? Is access to cultural and heritage as well
as the items chosen for preservation a luxury in our societies? There is always
someone responding for the archives, the collections and the acquisition of
objects to be preserved. Is there also a moral responsibility? Heritage
organisations lead this kind of discussions, but where are the stakeholders and
the universities to be found? Aside from research and education, universities
have a third mission – service to the community. What role can they play
in lifelong learning through heritage and other cultural engagement? What
questions can they pose?
FORMAT OF THE CONFERENCE
The particular mix of participants at PASCAL conferences
provides for an informed dialogue between academics, regional and local
leaders, and professionals. In addition to keynote addresses, panels and
individual papers, demonstration projects will illustrate successful practice,
and roundtable discussions will allow for debate and discussion on a range of
topics within the themes of Heritage, Regional Development and Social
Cohesion.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Public policy-makers and managers, community development
leaders, university researchers, stakeholders and partners from all sectors
working in the fields of heritage, lifelong learning, place management and
social capital.
Keynote speakers
Verne S. Harris, Head Memory Programme, Nelson Mandela
Foundation, South Africa
Verne Harris heads the Memory Programme for the Nelson Mandela
Centre of Memory and Dialogue at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and is an
honorary research associate with the University of Cape Town. He
participated in a range of structures which transformed South Africa’s
apartheid archival landscape – amongst others, the African National
Congress’s Archives Committee, the Arts and Culture Task Group, the
Consultative Forum which drafted the National Archives of South Africa Act, the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the South African History Archive.
Mark O’Neill, Head of Arts and Museums Glasgow, U.K.
Mark O'Neill is Head of Arts and Museums in Glasgow City
Council's Cultural and Leisure Services Department. In his 20 year working in
Glasgow he has: established an award winning community museum; set up the only
museum of world religions in the UK; managed the redisplay of the People's
Palace, Glasgow's local history museum; and led the team which planned, and
secured the funding for, the redisplay and restoration of Kelvingrove.
Darlene E. Clover, Associate Professor, University in Victoria,
Canada
Darlene E. Clover is an Associate Professor in adult education
and leadership studies at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Her areas of research and teaching include women and leadership, feminist adult
education, cultural leadership, environmental adult education and arts-based
adult education and research. Past studies have focused on how women use the
arts as a tool of social justice and community learning. Her most recent book
titled “The Arts and Social Justice: Re-Crafting Adult Education and
Community Cultural Leadership” is published by NIACE in England.
~Darlene’s current study focuses on contemporary critical adult education
practices in arts and cultural institutions in Canada and Europe.
~~
Margherita Sani, Project Manager at IBC, Italy
Margherita
Sani, BA in Literature and Philosophy at the University of Bologna, MA
in Museums and Galleries Administration at the City University, London, works
at the Istituto Beni Culturali of the Region Emilia Romagna (IBC) where she is
in charge of innovative and international projects, and training programmes for
museum personnel, both at regional and international level. Since 1996 she has
organised the yearly European Museum Forum Workshop in cooperation with the
Award giving institution, the European Museum Forum Trust and has led several
EU funded projects, especially within the Lifelong Learning Programme, which
have been recognised as best practice: “Lifelong Museum Learning”,
“Museums Tell Many Stories”, “Voch – Volunteers for
Cultural Heritage” and “MAP for ID – Museums as Places for
Intercultural Dialogue”. She is on the NEMO (Network of European Museum
Organisations) executive board and a member of ICTOP (ICOM Committee Training
Personnel). She also actively contributes to the activities of the informal
network EMAC – European Museum Advisors Conference.
DAY ONE Tuesday 22 June 2010
09.00 – 11.00
Registration
11.00 Guided tour, Jamtli History Land
12.00 – 13.00 Lunches
13.15 – 14.00 Welcome
14.00 – 14.15
Coffee break
15.00 – 15.45
Margherita Sani. Keynote speech
16.00 –
18.00 Roundtable discussions
a) led by Bob Gleeson
b) PIE
Bruce Wilson, Co-Director PASCAL
16.00 – 18.00 Parallel seminars
19.30 Dinner
DAY TWO Wednesday 23 June 2010
09.00 – 10.00 Mark O’Neill. Keynote speech
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee breaks
10.15 – 13.00 Parallel seminars
10.15 – 12.15 Roundtable discussions
a) Grundtwig
Learning Regions
Norman Longworth, Jutta Thinesse
Demel
b) PURE
13.00 – 14.00 Lunches
14.00 – 15.00 Darlene Clover. Keynote speech
15.00 – 18.00 Parallel seminars
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee breaks
18.30 Dinner
DAY THREE Thursday 24 June 2010
8.30 – 9.00 Coffee and sandwich
9.00 – 10.00 Verne Harris. Keynote speech
10.00 – 12.30 Parallel seminars
12.30 Lunches
End of
conference
12.00 – 16.00
Jamtli History Land is open,
especially for Conference Delegates
13.30 PASCAL board meeting
DAY
FOUR Friday 25 June 2010
(Companions included)
12.00 Traditional
Swedish Midsummer Celebration at Jamtli Museum
Chris Duke
COMPANIONS PROGRAMME
DAY ONE Tuesday 22 June 2010
09.00 – 11.00 Registration
11.00 – 12.00 Guided tour, Jamtli History Land
12.00 – 13.00 Lunches
13.15 Sightseeing
tour by bus around Lake Storsjön
14.00 Frösö Island
15.30 Oviken
Mountains and Arve Museum
18.00 Back in Östersund
19.30 Dinner
The programmes could be subject for changes.
DAY TWO Wednesday 23 June 2010
08.00 Sightseeing
tour by bus in Western Jämtland
09.00
Mus-Olle’s Museum. A unique private collection turned into a
public museum
11.00 Åre Mountain
Village
13.00 Lunches at Njarka samic camp
15.00 Tännforsen
16.30 Back in Östersund
18.30 Dinner
DAY THREE Thursday 24 June 2010
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee and sandwich
09.15 – 10.15 Guided city tour in Östersund
Shopping or
other free activity
12.00 – 16.00 Jamtli
History Land is open, especially for Conference Delegates and Companions
APPLICATION FORM
Heritage,
Regional Development and Social Cohesion
International Conference
Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 June 2010
Jamtli Museum, Östersund, Sweden
Please, fill out the application form by the closing date of 1
April 2010
If there are any questions, please contact the organisation
committee at: [log in to unmask]
Delegate details
Title
First name
Family name
Job title
Organisation
Daytime Tel
Fax
E-mail
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delegates yes
Invoicing address
__________________________________
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Companion details
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Family name
E-mail
Companions
programme yes no
Requirements
I will require a hearing loop
I will be using a wheel chair
Any additional requirements (please specify)
___________________________________
I have the following dietary requirements
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Attendance Fee
Full Conference (includes all
sessions, lunches and
dinners) €
350
Early-bird discount (before 15
March) € 315
Companions programme
fee €
290
Total registration fee ________
Accommodation
Please indicate the type of room you require below. All rooms
include breakfast.
Hotel
Zäta, Hotel Emma Clarion Hotel
Single
Room Double
Room Single
Room Double Room
€
64 (SEK 700) € 80 (SEK
875) € 109 (SEK 1195) €
127 (SEK 1395)
Per person
sharing Per
person sharing
Monday 21 June
Tuesday 22 June
Wednesday 23 June
Thursday 24 June
We only provide the booking of accommodation. The rooms are to
be paid at the hotel, by the delegates. The prices in Euro are due to current
exchange rates and might be subject for changes. Cancellations will only be
accepted if received in writing before 15 May 2010 and will be subject to an
admin fee of € 100. After 1 June the full fee is payable.
Adult Learners'
Week, the UK's largest festival of learning will take place from 15-22 May 2010. For more information on Adult Learners' Week, awards and
grants please visit www.learnersweek.org.uk.
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www.learnersweek.org.uk.
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