New Approaches to Heritage Ethics: Interdisciplinary conversations on Heritage, Crime, Conflicts and Rights

University of Kent, Grimond LT3

23 JUNE

9.00-9.30. Registration

9.30-10.00. Introductions by John Baldock (tbc), Shane Weller and Sophia Labadi

Heritage, ethics and crime (Chair: Sophie Vigneron)

10.00-10.20.Policing the past, protecting the future. Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in the historic environment of England. Mark Harrison and Mike Harlow, English Heritage

10.20-10.40. The Role of Museum Codes of Ethics in Combating Heritage Crime. Janet Ulph, University of Leicester

10.40-11.00 Discussion

11.00-11.30Coffee break

11.30-11.50 Stolen, saved, returned: collaboration between the British Museum, National Museum of Afghanistan, UK Border Force and other agencies in the successful return of antiquities to Kabul. St John Simpson, The British Museum

11.50-12.10. Looted, smuggled and stolen antiquities identified in auction houses: what have we learned in the last eight years? Christos Tsirogiannis, University of Cambridge

12.10-12.30. Good Intentions and Bad Practice; conflicting values in heritage protection.Stuart Campbell, Treasure Trove Unit

12.30-13.00 Discussion

13.00-14.30 Lunch

Engaging Communities (Chair: Mark Harrison)

14.30-14.50 Engagements of communities in the prevention of vandalism and the wilful destruction of heritage. Trudy Prescott, Metropolitan Police Officer

14.50-15.10 Helping hands: The role and value of heritage professionals as Police Support Volunteers in the UK’. Michele Johnson and Andrew Richardson, Canterbury Archaeological Trust

15.10-15.30 Discussion

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-16.20 Regional Restoration Camp. Promoting Contemporary heritage ethics through the conservation of post-conflict heritage with interdisciplinary skilled young professionals. Lejla Hadzcic, Cultural Heritage without Borders and Flavio Carniel, University Iuav of Venice

16.20-16.40 Public perception towards the conservation of Alexandria’s built heritage. Lama Fouad and Yomna Borg, University of Alexandria

16.40-17.00 Discussion

17.00-17.45Keynote by Anne Lemaistre- Head, UNESCO Office in Cambodia

24 JUNE

Heritage, ethics and rights (Chair: Sophia Labadi)

9.00-9.20 Cultural Rights, Human Rights and the Cultural Heritage: A European Perspective. Rob Pickard, Northumbria University

9.20-9.40 Critical approaches to the legal regulation of heritage: bridging the gap between human and cultural rights. Maria Shehade and Kalliopi Fouseki, University College London

9.40-10.00 Intangible heritage management and safeguarding: balancing ethics, benefit and intellectual property rights. Harriet Deacon, University of Cape Town, South Africa

10.00-10.30 Discussion

10.30-11.00Coffee break

11.00-11.20 Shipwrecks as stock for particle physics experiments: new uses of the underwater cultural heritage Elena Perez-Alvaro and Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba, Birmingham University

11.20-11.40 Tribal Legal Ethics and Heritage in Yemen. Stephen Steinbeiser, American Institute for Yemeni Studies (Yemen)

11.40-12.00 Discussions

12.00-13.00- Keynote.Instrumentalities and Realities in Heritage Ethics.Helaine Silverman, Professor, Department of Anthropology. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

13.00-14.30 Lunch

Heritage, (post) conflict and conflict prevention

14.30-14.50Ethical Guidelines for the Selection of UNESCO World Heritage Sites A Potential Conflict Prevention Measure for the World Heritage Committee Michael Angelo Liwanag, Tokyo University

14.50-15.10Heritage and Conflict resolution: a Gordian knot for Heritage Ethics

Andreas Pantazatos, Durham University

15.10-15.30 Discussions

15.30-16.00Coffee break

16.00-16.20Between preservation and restoration of identity and heritage; the case of Algeria. Nawel Younsi, Ministry of Culture, Algeria

16.20-16.40Libyan Heritage: applying a positive spin. Paul Bennett, Society for Libyan Studies

16.40-17.00Violations of Heritage Buildings of Mansoura city Since the Revolution of January 2011, Mohand Ali Fouda, Mansoura University, Egypt

17.00-17.20An attempt to redefine cultural heritage concepts in the Arab world: the moral as a new paradigm. Jihane Chedouki, University of Poitiers, France

17.20-18.00 Discussions

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