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HEI International Student Conference 2023

Welcome to HEI's annual International Student Conference! This conference unites early career researchers in both formal and informal settings, providing a platform to explore the latest developments in the field of heritage studies.

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HEI: Heritage Experience Initiative has the pleasure of inviting to HEI’s International Student Conference 2023.

The conference will bring together students from archaeology, museology, conservation and cultural heritage studies. The aim of the conference is to function as a platform where students can present their research to other students, discuss and gain new insights, and build international networks. 

The conference is open to all students! Our in-person venue can host up to 60 attendees, and all available seats have now been reserved. If you prefer to join us remotely, please don't hesitate to email us for a Zoom link.

If you are keen on attending in person, you can also send an email expressing your interest. We will keep a waiting list and inform you if a seat becomes available due to cancellations.

For inquiries, contact Marie D. Amundsen via email to receive the Zoom link or to be placed on the waiting list.

PROGRAMME

Day 1 - Thursday October 19 

Historical Museum, Foredragssalen

 

12.00

Doors open

Coffee and tea

 

12.30

Welcome

Marie D. Amundsen, Research, dissemination and outreach coordinator HEI: Heritage Experience Initiative, UiO

 

12.35

HEI International Student Conference: Background and vision

Þóra Pétursdóttir, professor IAKH, University of Oslo

Keynote 1

 

12.45

 

13.00

Assessing the Social Values of the Historic Environment: Working with a ‘Methods Assemblage’

Liz Robson, University of Stirling

Q&A

Session 1

13.05

Heritage water Infrastructures with a focus on Delhi  

Ashwini Rajiv More, Newcastle University

13.20

Break

13.30

 

Situating Creative Methods: Future Uses in Heritage and Planning

Ieuan Rees, Stirling University

13.45

The Rehabilitation and Re-Use of Vernacular and Traditional Architecture (VTA). Exploring Responses to Change and Intervention

Smaranda Spânu, University of Gothenburg

 

14.00

Through the Forager's Eye

Asta Troldborg Isager, Aarhus University

 

14.15

Coffee break

Keynote 2

14.45

 

15.00

Leaving dry land: Water, heritage and imaginary agency

Moniek Driesse, University of Gothenburg (online)

Q&A

Session 2

15.05

Using deep mapping techniques to curate an historic landed estate as a multi-dimensional educational and cultural resource 

John Witchell, Newcastle University 

15.20

The Journey of the Skulls. The Māori ancestral remains in the Schreiner Collection at the University of Oslo

Anette Nymann, IKOS, University of Oslo

15.35

Break

15.50

From ash to bone - changes in burial practice from Pre-Roman Iron Age to Roman Iron Age in Østfold

Sigrun Vidarsdottir, IAKH, University of Oslo

16.05

Invisible threads: remnants of performative rituals at the burial site Hunn in eastern Norway

Jonas Lønne, IAKH, University of Oslo

 

16.20

Discussion

 

16.30

End of the first day

Day 2 - Friday October 20 

Historical Museum, Foredragssalen

 

09.45

Doors open

Coffee and tea available

 

10.00

Short welcome day 2

Katherine Burlingame, IAKH, University of Oslo

Keynote 3

 

10.05

 

10.20

Social hierarchy in the Early Neolithic LBK - old debate and new evidence

Hallvard Bruvoll, IAKH, University of Oslo

Q&A

Session 3

10.25

Uncovering hidden stories of flying fish and ships: a methodological assemblage for object-centered research

Alina Botezatu, University of Stirling

10.40

Revitalizing Africa’s Earth Heritage: Enhancing Durability of Compressed Earth Bricks through Microbial Self-Healing

Derrick Mwebaza, Newcastle University (online)

 

10.55

Short break

Keynote 4

 

11.05

 

 

11.20

Planting, Cultivating, and Applying Knowledge. A Historical Case-Study in the Potential of Museums and Botanical Gardens in Environmental and Cultural Change

Solveig Marie Siem, IKOS, University of Oslo

Q&A

Session 4

11.25

Enter the Pyrocene

Sienna Shane, Aarhus University

 

11.40

Lunch

 

13.00

Poster presentation MUSKUL students, IKOS, University of Oslo

Q&A

 

14.15

Short break

 

14.25

Ongoing MA-project: Heritage after us is global warming. comparative study of climate exhibitions with focus on climate narrative indoor and outdoor environments

Kamal Mursal Malik, IAKH, University of Oslo

 

14.40

Living heritage

Solveig Isaksen, IAKH, University of Oslo

 

14.55

Coffee break

Keynote 5

 

15.15

 

15.30

Aspects of open science from the perspective of an open PhD project

Isak Roalkvam, IAKH, University of Oslo

Q&A

Session 5

15.35

Conservation and use of natureculture in lived landscape: a phenomenological study of the Follsjø protection case

Rønnaug Rauk Sundling, IKOS, University of Oslo

 

15.50

Uses of Artistic Approaches to Cultural Heritage Conservation

Evelina Duffy, University of Gothenburg

 

16.05

Discussion

 

16.30

End of conference

Meet Our Conference Chairs

Our conference chairs will play a vital role in guiding discussions, fostering insightful exchanges, and ensuring seamless session management throughout the conference. We are fortunate to have Katherine Burlingame and Hallvard N. Bruvoll leading our program.

We look forward to welcoming you to the HEI International Student Conference!

 

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Published June 12, 2023 2:33 PM - Last modified Oct. 19, 2023 3:41 PM