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Autumn Meeting 2015 10, 11, 12 November, Stockholm/Solna
The Struggle for Cultural Heritage
The Swedish National Heritage’s “Autumn Meeting” is back! We are looking forward to welcoming you to three inspiring days, 10-12 November, where we will immerse ourselves in issues relating to heritage and identity. The conference theme is “The Struggle for Heritage”. * 09/11/2015. May be subject to changes
Tuesday 10 November The first day of the Autumn Meeting offers joint excursions to inspiring places that relate to this year's theme and which can stimulate dialogue among the meeting participants. We then welcome you to an evening mixer for those who wish to take the opportunity to network with new and old acquaintances from different corners of society and parts of the country. 13.00 – approx. 17.00 | EXCURSION DAY The excursion day starts at 13.00 and finishes by 17.00 at the latest. There will be both excursions and field trips to choose from. First come first served! For some of the options we travel by bus, and for some there is an assembly point which participants must make their own way to. Thereafter, all excursion participants and joining conference participants are welcome to a joint mixer between 18.00 and 20.00. 1. Cultural heritage as a resource – economically and socially Venngarn Castle outside of Sigtuna is an example that shows how cultural environments can become relevant for people in the area and also attract thousands of new visitors. Cultural heritage entrepreneur Olle Larsson will show us around. Up until the autumn of 2013 the area was in decline, and today it is transformed into a community of the future bubbling with activities of all kinds. Organiser: Olle Larsson (Sisyfos Fastighetsförädling) Meeting place at 13.00: The bus leaves from Quality Hotel Friends 2. Folkhemsturen – an urban safari in a vintage bus Folkhemsturen [The peoples home tour] is an alternative and exciting educational trip with a guide through the Stockholm of the 1900s. We will visit interesting places in Västerort; Södra Ängby, Norra Ängby, Stora Mossen and the crown of the Swedish modernist movement – Vällingby. Organiser: Folkhemsturen Meeting place at 13.00: The bus leaves from Quality Hotel Friends 3. In the archives of history – traces found at Stadsarkivet [Stockholm City Archives] We will take a field trip to Stadsarkivet. Here, city archivist Lennart Ploom will tell us about the Memory of the World using building permit documents and drawings. Archivist Kettil Mannerheim will talk about how the archives narrate the personal fates of some migrants and homeless of the past. How do the archives portray their lives? In what respect do the archives remain silent? Organiser: Stockholms stadsarkiv Meeting place at 13.00: Assembly at Kungsklippan 6, on Kungsholmen
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4. The slaughterhouse area – Meat, blood and culture The slaughterhouse area of Stockholm is a living heritage where the food industry has been thriving for over a hundred years. Here, a new city district shall emerge with residential housing and new features. Ethnologist Susanne Höglin and building conservators Sebastian Ulvsgärd and Per Olgarsson take us through the interplay between meat processing and cultural activities, buildings and people. Organiser: Stockholm City Museum Meeting place at 13.00: Assembly at Slakthusplan, at the sign “Slakthusområdet”. The underground station Globen 18.00 – 20.00 | EVENING MIXER The Royal Coin Cabinet, Slottsbacken. During the mixer you will be treated to light snacks, and beverages are available at cost price. For those who have booked accommodation at Quality Hotel Friends, there will be hired buses that take you directly to Friends after the evening mixer. Meeting place at 1800: The Royal Coin Cabine ,Slottsbacken
Wednesday 11 November The theme for this year’s Autumn Meeting is “The Struggle for Cultural Heritage”. The theme will address issues relating to cultural heritage, identity and nationalism. We hope that this is a subject that will inspire, affect and maybe even provoke. Here is the programme for the first conference day. 09.00 – 10.00 | REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE 10.00 – 11.00 | AUTUMN MEETING 2015 IS OPENED AND INAUGURATED Director General Lars Amréus greets the participants and, together with moderator Johanna Koljonen, declares this year's Autumn Meeting open. The Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke inaugurates the Autumn Meeting. Together we are more Lars Amréus, together with the Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Museums, Mats Persson, will follow up on the cooperation from the 2014 spring meeting.
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Johanna Koljonen
Kenan Malic
Marciej Zaremba
Arna Mackic
Björn af Kleen
Björn Säfsten
Mohamed Gohar
Elene Negussie
Hans Ruin
Anna Jörngarden
Ronald Rietveld
Mattias Legnér
AUTUMN MEETING 2015 THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
11.00 – 12.00 | PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS: KENAN MALIK
Over the last twenty years, British writer, lecturer and broadcaster Kenan Malik has formulated ideas about the development towards a society characterized by diversity and addressed issues including the politics of multiculturalism, the nature of secularism, and the limits of free speech. Kenan Malik, Author and Debater Questions are asked by Qaisar Mahmood, Head of department at Swedish National Heritage Board The lecture will be in English
12.00 – 13.00 | LUNCH 13.15 – 14.00 | CULTURAL HERITAGE AND FLUID IDENTITIES IN EUROPE
As people, ideas and information move around the world at an increasing pace our interaction with heritage may change. How can heritage management deal with the flux and complexity of contemporary society? Participants: Kenan Malik, Writer and Lecturer Arna Mackic, Architect and Designer Maria Jansén, Chairman of the Association of Swedish Museums Director General Lars Amréus will be asking questions The lecture will be in English
14.15 – 15.00 | COFFEE AND MINGLE 15.00 – 15.45 | KNOWLEDGE BASE OR TARGET – WHAT DOES CULTURAL HERITAGE REPRESENT? We constantly see new cases where cultural environments are plundered as part of ongoing armed conflicts. The destruction and plundering of cultural heritage is a way to obliterate the tracks left by history. Who has the right to destroy or preserve? Participants: Elene Negussie, World Heritage Coordinator, Region Gotland Hans Ruin, Professor of Philosophy at Södertörn University
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Mattias Legnér, Professor in Conservation/Cultural Heritage Management at Uppsala University Knut Weibull, Deputy Director General at Swedish National Heritage Board Discussion moderator: Johanna Koljonen, Moderator for the Autumn Meeting
15.45 – 16.15 | BREAK 16.15 – 17.00 | AS ONE CRIES OUT IN THE WOODS, SO IS THE NATURE OF THE RESPONSE Here we move from the global perspective to a conversation about the forest's cultural landscape and its relevance for us living in Sweden today. What is it that makes some tracks left by history feel important and others not? How can you assure the quality of the traces of history that are consciously or unconsciously disregarded and disappear? Participants: Björn af Kleen, Journalist and Author Sven-Olov Karlsson, Journalist and Author Eva Myrdal, Archaeologist and Senior Researcher, Swedish National Museums of World Culture Discussion moderator: Maciej Zaremba, Writer and Journalist
17.00 – 17. 35 | THE AWARD FOR CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT MUNICIPALITY OF THE YEAR AND THE SWEDISH NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD'S MEDAL OF MERIT The award for “cultural environment municipality of the year” is presented The municipalities of Kramfors, Landskrona and Trollhättan are being awarded the 2015 prize as they, according to the justification, “pursue important cultural environment work in their municipalities that can inspire other municipalities”. This year's medal of merit is being announced Each year the Swedish National Heritage Board awards a medal of merit to one or a number of people who have made meritorious contributions to the cultural environment. The recipient/s will be announced during the Autumn Meeting and the prize will be awarded to this year's winner. 17. 35 – 17.45 | THANKS FOR TODAY Lars Amréus and Johanna Koljonen reflect on the day and inform us about the programme for the evening and following day. All conference participants are then welcome to end the first day of the conference with a drink. 19.00 – 24.00 | DINNER The evening concludes with dinner in Eventsalen [the Event Hall] for those who have chosen dinner when registering.
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INSPIRATION, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS Autumn Meeting 2015 12 November | 09.00 – 15.00 The seminar day consists of a common introduction and then three blocks of one hour each with parallel seminars and workshops. At the end of the day, we gather again together to round off with some inspiration and ideas on what should happen after the conference. * 09/11/2015. May be subject to changes
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Thursday 12 November This year's theme for the Autumn Meeting is “The Struggle for Cultural Heritage”. On this final day of the conference, the theme will once more address issues relating to cultural heritage, identity and nationalism. SEMINAR BLOCKS | ELECTIVE SEMINARS For three seminar blocks, you will be able to make a choice then and there among the seminars and lectures being held in the big conference rooms. We will discuss topics related to identity, diversity and inclusion. WORKSHOP | VISION FOR THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT WORK On the seminar day, all those who wish may also participate in discussions regarding the direction for future cultural environment work. We will consider various direction proposals from different angles and examine their implications for the cultural environment work. The workshops run in parallel with the elective seminars during seminar blocks 2 and 3.
• 11.00 – 12.00 Workshop, option 1 • 13.00 – 14.00 Workshop, option 2 09.00 – 09. 30 | COMMON INTRODUCTION We start the day with discussion points emanating from the National Heritage Board's Government commission regarding a vision for the cultural environment work for 2030, which is being carried out in cooperation with the County Administrative Boards. You can take these discussion points with you to all of the day's seminars. The discussion points will also be examined in more detail in the day's workshops for future cultural environment work.
09.45 – 10.45 | BLOCK 1 Seminar 1: Buildings – Perspectives from around the world How do we deal with those parts of urban buildings that are destroyed or disregarded? In this first seminar on buildings, examples are given of perspectives from two different cities; Amsterdam in Europe and Alexandria in North Africa. Participants: Arna Mackic, Architect at RAAAF (Rietveld ArchitectureArtAffordances) Ronald Rietveld, Architect at RAAAF (Rietveld ArchitectureArtAffordances) Mohamed Gohar, Architect and initiator of Descriptions of Alexandria Introduction: Britt-Inger Andersson, Head of department at Swedish National Heritage Board The seminar is in English
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Seminar 2: Loss of cultural heritage – what happens in the brain? What is it that happens inside us when we become protectors of cultural heritage? Why do we only care about things when they are about to disappear? In a conversation between Dr Christina Doctare – stress specialist – and lecturer in literature Anna Jörngården, we will listen to what happens in humans when the two sides clash and conflicts between people and worlds arise. Participants: Christina Doctare, Stress specialist and Debater Anna Jörngården, Lecturer in literature at Stockholm University Discussion moderator: Emil Schön, Press Officer at Swedish National Heritage Board
10.45 – 11.00 | COFFEE BREAK 11.00 – 12.00 | BLOCK 2 This seminar block runs in parallel with the workshop Vision for the Cultural Environment Work option 1, see above. Seminar 3: Buildings – Perspectives from Sweden In today's second seminar on buildings, examples are given of perspectives from Sweden. Several Swedish cities today are experiencing extensive immigration, which requires the construction of new additional homes and other types of changes. We get to hear experiences from the practical work with cultural environment issues in urban development Participants: Ann-Charlotte Backlund, City Conservation Director and Director of the Stockholm City Museum Karin Hermerén, Doctoral Student at the Department of conservation, University of Gothenburg Cissela Génetay, Adviser at Swedish National Heritage Board Ulf Lindberg, Adviser at Swedish National Heritage Board
Seminar 4: 1 + 1 = 3 Co-creation in practice In today's society there is a focus on dialogue and co-creation. Opportunities are being created to engage new and additional stakeholders in cultural heritage. This seminar presents concrete examples of projects that, through dialogue and co-creation, broaden historical narratives, develop the link between the past and the present and establish cultural heritage as a resource in democratic societal development. Participants: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Kalmar County Museum Lotta Fernstål, the Swedish History Museum Anna Arnberg, Stiftelsen Kulturmijövård Kajsa Hartig and Sven Rentzhog, Nordiska museet Discussion moderator: Åsa Magnusson, National Historical Museums in Sweden
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Seminar 5: Kalejdoskop presents the next stage: Tools and tales The County Administrative Boards' project Kalejdoskop [Kaleidoscope] works with broadening the concept of cultural heritage, finding new target groups and finding other ways to work. A checklist has been produced, and in 2015 it has been further developed into a web-based pilot tool. During this seminar Kalejdoskop will demonstrate the pilot tools developed and describe the narrative project. The seminar concludes with a “kaleidoscopic mini workshop”. Participants: Mia Geijer, Antiquarian, Örebro County Administrative Board and Mats Riddersporre, Head of the Cultural Environment Unit, the County Administrative Board of Skåne, with guests
12.00 – 13.00 | LUNCH 13.00 – 14.00 | BLOCK 3 This seminar block runs in parallel with the workshop Vision for the Cultural Environment Work option 2, see above. Seminar 6: A film screening of Hemland by Sara Broos In her latest documentary short film, “Hemland [Homeland]”, Sara Broos has followed a young woman named Raghad Kanawati from Syria who has ended up in a refugee camp in Värmland. During the film, and Sara Broos' personal experiences based on concrete events and meetings, we get to share reflections about preconceptions, cultural heritage, identity and art as a linking force. Participant: Sara Broos, Filmmaker and Lecturer in scripts for film
Seminar 7: Digital enough, or is there a need for momentum in the accessibility work? A seminar on accessibility and usability in the digital sphere – what, why and how? What regulation exists regarding web accessibility and how do we get underway with working on these important issues within the operations? Here you will receive help with arguments about why accessibility is important and take a look at specific requirements for usability and accessibility. You will also get a demonstration of how websites and services can be experienced by users with different disabilities. Participants: Hans von Axelsson, Adviser for standardisation issues at the Swedish Agency for Participation Pär Lannerö, Project Manager, Guidelines for web development, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority
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Seminar 8: Focus Dance – Human language in motion It is a known fact that gestures are of great importance for the onlooker's reading of the body. But how can the language of movement be read as a symbol of past and present? Choreography as an art form and dance as a social phenomenon represents an important subject of research pertaining to issues of cultural heritage. Participants: Björn Säfsten, Choreographer Allison Ahl, Dancer Sebastian Lingserius, Dancer Introduction: Magnus Nordberg, Dance Producer Nordberg Movement
14.15 – 15.00 | THANKS AND SEE YOU AGAIN SOON We all gather to end this year's Autumn Meeting with some inspiration and hopefully some new ideas about what might happen after the conference. Together we are more, part 2 Cultural heritage contributes to all dimensions of sustainable development. The significance of cultural heritage has gone from a focus on the conservation of physical relics to today's holistic approach to cultural heritage as a resource for societal development. Environmental and cultural environment issues can no longer be separated. Cultural heritage is everyone's responsibility. What change has this led to among other authorities responsible for these issues? We get to hear seven other agencies' directors general, or their representatives, explain how they work to conserve, use and develop the cultural environment – now and in the future. Participating agencies: Boverket, National Board of Housing, Building and Planning – Bo Söderberg, Head of Analysis Department Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management – Ingemar Berglund, interim Director General Swedish Board of Agriculture – Andreas Mattisson, Head of Coordination Unit, Dep. of Rural Affairs Swedish Environmental Protection Agency – Björn Risinger, Director-General Swedish Forest Agency – Monika Stridsman, Director General Statens fastighetsverk – Björn Anderson, Director General Swedish Transport Administration – Johan Bergkvist, National Coordinator for Cultural Environment issues Introduction: Lars Amréus Questions are asked by Eva Carron, Deputy County Governor of Västernorrland County Administrative Board and Qaisar Mahmood, Head of department at Swedish National Heritage Board
Thanks for coming. We hope to see you again next time! Reflections: Lars Amréus
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