The workshop will reflect on the work done at the International ACHS conference in Montreal, Canada in June, as well as identify new and further avenues for thought and development.

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Papers

Papers are invited to reflect on the key provocation and we aim to have a diversity of viewpoints to generate discussion and key research themes for future UK Chapter workshops and events. The workshop will be based on short presentations followed by discussion. Academics, practitioners, students, and interested parties are all welcome.

Papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics of discussions:

• How should ‘UK Critical Heritage’ be defined?
• In what ways does the UK lead the critical heritage field?
• What is the relationship between climate change, the Anthropocene and heritage in the UK?
• What does ‘UK heritage’ mean today in light of Devolution, Scottish and EU referendums?
• Should ‘UK heritage’ acknowledge and engage with its international colonial past?
• What is the impact of the current political context in the UK on heritage?
• What are the high and low lights of the UK’s relationship between policy makers, practitioners and academics?
• What are the differences between debates in the UK and other Western and non-Western contexts and what insights can be gained through cross-cultural learning/comparative perspectives from the international context?
• What does sustainability mean in the UK context?
• What should be the goals and focus of the UK chapter of ACHS for the UK profession?

This initial event will be exploratory and informal in nature, with a focus on mapping the current landscape of UK critical heritage – what’s important, what’s on agenda? These ideas and themes will be used to help develop strands and frame the first national conference.