As Europe confronts a polycrises of transitioning energy supplies, food sovereignty, climate change, and threats to national securities, it might be easy to lose sight of heritage as a component within the cultural fabric of communities. Yet as a process – both tangible and intangible – heritage is indispensable in offering a forward-looking resilient future for communities at the local level. Drawing from a UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project, and over six years of research with communities from some of the most deprived areas of the UK, Associate Professor Alex Langlands examines how practical engagement with ‘heritage’ amongst communities can operate within a cross-curricular pan-policy framework for delivering equitable futures in place-based economic regeneration.
Events
Putting the making in place-making: Resilient communities and heritage in an age of austerity
A keynote by Dr Alex Langlands at the Heritage for Resilient Communities Conference
Viljandi, Estonian Traditional Music Centre.
