Cultural heritage is rooted in community and place. Cultural heritage sites often sit at the heart of a vibrant ecosystem of community, civic, cultural, and creative organizations. As we enter an era when natural disasters and climate change increasingly threaten cultural heritage (earthquakes, drought, etc.), how can local creative and cultural industries’ ecosystems help to build the resilience of heritage sites? What have we learned from previous disasters? What are the key lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic?

MODERATORS:

Isidora Larraín - Architect (Universidad Católica de Chile) and Msc (University College London). International consultant Sustainable Heritage, Cities, and Innovation (in)

Paul Owens - Founder and Director, BOP Consulting – international consultancy specialising in culture and the creative economy

SPEAKERS & CASE STUDIES

ASIA Yumi Yoshikawa, Artist – Kiriko Project in MinamiSanriku Cho (Japan)

AFRICA Polly Alakija, Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative – Nigeria, Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative uses culture and the arts to develop educator capacity (Nigeria)

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA Eve Mosher, Artist – New York City: Statue of Liberty // Philadelphia: Independence Hall, HighWaterLine NYC and Heat Capture South Philly (USA)

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA Amy Schwartzman & Ted S. Berger, Emergency Management and the Arts & Executive Director at New York Creates (USA)

EUROPE Paul Heritage & Mariana Steffen, People’s Palace Projects – Arts and youth mental health collaborative during COVID-19

SOUTH AMERICA Paul Heritage & Tiago Jesus, People´s palace projects – People´s palace projects, Brazil, Minas Gerais’s Quadrilátero Ferrífero (Iron Quadrangle) – home to two UNESCO World Heritage towns (Ouro Preto; Diamantina; Congonhas). Roots of Resilience in Minas Gerais (Brazil)