ARCH Research seminar: Places of Joy: The Role of Heritage After Lockdown with Professor Joanna Sofaer (University of Southampton)

ARCH Research seminar: 'Places of Joy: The Role of Heritage After Lockdown' with Professor Joanna Sofaer (University of Southampton) As lockdown is gradually released, people are using heritage locations as places of reunion, sociality and escape, but also potentially to satisfy deeper psychological and socio-cultural needs. A collaboration between researchers at University of Southampton, University of Cambridge and University of Surrey, and supported by Historic England and The Heritage Alliance, Places of Joy: The Role of Heritage After Lockdown investigates whether and why heritage appears as a joyful space at a time of national crisis, and thus to understand the specific characteristics of heritage sites that contribute to wellbeing and resilience.