Apologies for cross posting....if you're interested in participating in this
seminar, or just want to know more about it, please write to Mary-Catherine
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From: "Dr John Carman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 6:31 AM
Subject: 4th CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE SEMINAR


The following is the Call for Papers for the next Cambridge Heritage
Seminar. All offers of involvement will be welcomed.
John Carman

CALL FOR PAPERS

4TH CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE SEMINAR

THE CONDITION OF HERITAGE

A one-day discussion-seminar to be held at the McDonald Institute for
Archaeological Research, Cambridge, UK on Saturday 28th April 2001

Organised by:
Mary-Catherine Garden, John Carman and Marie Louise Stig Sørensen
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK

It is well over a decade since the term 'heritage industry' was coined and
nearly twenty years since it was first seriously discussed. In that time,
heritage has been variously described as, for example, a 'crusade', a
'commodity', or as 'applied' or 'public' history; but further attempts at
deeper understanding and investigation of the phenomena collectively known
as 'heritage' appear to have been abandoned.

Heritage today is generally treated as a set of 'problems' to be 'solved'
rather than as an area of concern and interest in its own right. Recent
initiatives focus on 'training' people for specific skills rather than
examining the nature of heritage as a cultural form. In consequence, the
heritage field is increasingly regarded as one of practice rather than
theory, of techniques rather than ideas. There should therefore be a deeply
felt concern about whether 'heritage' in the 21st century is in danger of
being relegated to only a vocational practice, rather than also a topic of
analysis.

This one-day discussion-seminar aims to re-open the debate on the nature of
heritage as a cultural phenomenon and subject for research. We seek to
consolidate heritage studies as a distinct area of investigation by
reviewing the nature of current research, its reasons and aims, and by
discussing future agendas. To do so, we invite offers of papers of 15
minutes duration from all disciplines, outlining current and future lines of
research in the area of Heritage Studies. The papers will be used to promote
and focus discussions on the state and future of Heritage Studies at the
beginning of the 21st century.

Places are limited to a maximum of 60. A final programme and registration
form for non-speaking attendance will be available in early March.

Those wishing to present a paper should send an abstract of c.200 words by
Friday 16th February 2001 to:
Mary-Catherine Garden
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3DZ
Fax: 01223 333503
Email: [log in to unmask]


Dr John Carman
co-Director, "Bloody Meadows" Project and
Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333323
Fax: +44 (0)1223 333503
Email: [log in to unmask]