Heritage, and how we manage our heritage, is just as much about the present as it is about the past.
“We are creating our future based on what we are doing right now,” says Assoc. Prof Dirk Spennemann, a principal researcher with Charles Sturt University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society.
“As heritage managers we need to look at what decisions we are making, where we want to go, what we want our future heritage to be and how do we go about achieving that.”
Assoc. Prof Spennemann will be presenting a free public seminar on “Heritage Futures: Global and Local” at the University’s Nowik Theatre in Albury on Tuesday evening, June 6 from 6-6.45pm which will address those questions.
“At a local level, the question is what do we want Albury/Wodonga’s heritage to be for the next generation in 30 years time and how do we get there?” says Assoc. Prof Spennemann.
“What heritage will we be leaving for the world?”
He says, for example, given the limited life of some of our modern buildings, we need to consider, now, which buildings we want to preserve for the future.
“Structures such as the one at CSUs Thurgoona campus which has been built along environmentally sustainable lines need also to be recognised for their heritage value,” he says.
Assoc. Prof Spennemann’s talk on the management of our emerging and future heritage, will also address the heritage of the Space Age, including heritage on the Moon and Mars, and the emergent heritage of robots.
All are welcome to attend and there will be an opportunity for questions/discussions after the talk.
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