Dr Phaedra Livingstone

Museum Consultant & Independent Scholar

Participates in 1 Session

Dr. Phaedra Livingstone is a museologist who has worked in, taught about and conducted research on museums and heritage settings internationally since 1990. Among her publications, she is co-editor of the book Museums and the Past: Constructing Historical Consciousness (UBC Press, 2016), which is the launching point for the roundtable she is moderating at ACHS 2016.

Sessions in which Dr Phaedra Livingstone participates

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

15:30

Museums and Historical Consciousness: Emergent Themes in Theory and Practice

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 - 17:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.115

Roundtable

Dr Phaedra Livingstone (Moderator)

Dr Susan Ashley, Northumbria University (Participant)

Dr Marie-Claude Larouche, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Département des sciences de l'éducation (Participant)

Prof. Jennifer Carter, UQAM (Participant)

To date, very little literature explicitly explores the relationships of museums and heritage to historical consciousness, despite the overlappi...

Sessions in which Dr Phaedra Livingstone attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30

Public Debate: Heritage and Tourism | Débat public: Patrimoine et tourisme

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Athanase-David (D) - DR-200

Roundtable with simultaneous translation / Table ronde avec traduction simultanée

Mr. Craig Bennett Jr., Bennett Preservation Engineering PC, Charleston, South Carolina (Participant)

Martine Lizotte, École internationale d’hôtellerie et tourisme du Collège LaSalle (Moderator)

Pierre Mathieu, Explorateur Voyages (Participant)

France Lessard (Participant)

David Mendel, Mendel Tours (Participant)

What does heritage change for tourism? | Le patrimoine, ça change quoi au tourisme? Ce débat veut interroger les r...

12:30

Welcome Coffee

5 hours, 12:30 - 17:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Pause

Registration

5 hours, 12:30 - 17:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall

17:00

Opening Ceremony and Cocktail

2 hours 30 minutes, 17:00 - 19:30

Signup required

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel

Cocktail

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)

Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)

Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)

Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)

Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:00

15.30 Recognition Politics and Multicultural Heritagization in Canada

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Part of: Cultural Contestation: Politics and Governance of Heritage

Paper

Dr Susan Ashley, Northumbria University (Participant)

With Co-author Caitlin Gordon-Walker Ethno-cultural groups in Canada use community centres as cultural spaces to promote a sense ...

13:30

16.00 Objects and Communities: Re-Engaging African Collections at the Royal Ontario Museum

30 minutes, 13:30 - 14:00

Part of: History Museums, Heritage and Visitors

Paper

Silvia Forni, Royal Ontario Museum (Participant)

This paper will address some of the historical and recent developments of a troubled exhibitionary and relational history involving African obje...

13.30 The Habitus of Heritage: Class, Memory and Visitor Position-Taking

30 minutes, 13:30 - 14:00

Part of: History Museums, Heritage and Visitors

Paper

Bella Dicks (Participant)

This paper will explore what Bourdieu’s framework of habitus, field and symbolic capital can offer museum and heritage visitor studies. Rather t...

At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance I

3 hours 30 minutes, 13:30 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée

Dr Chiara Bortolotto, Institut interdisciplinaire d’anthropologie du contemporain, France (Moderator)

Prof. Benedetta Ubertazzi, University of Milan-Bicocca (Moderator)

With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...

History Museums, Heritage and Visitors

3 hours 30 minutes, 13:30 - 17:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Prof. Raymond Montpetit, Université du Québec à Montréal (Moderator)

18:30

Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)

1 hour 30 minutes, 18:30 - 20:00

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Participant)

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

11.40 Utter (In)Difference: On the Use of Temporality in Tourism

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I

Paper

Dr Anna Källén, Stockholm University (Participant)

Temporality is a key figure in contemporary tourism. Phrases and images such as “where time has stood still” or “past pristine landscapes” are c...

10.00 Demolition and Reconstruction of the City’s Identity: The Heritage Project, Heart of Sharjah

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: The Cultural Politics of New Built Heritage in Emerging Economies

Paper

Dr. Imen Ben Jemia, University of Sharjah (Participant)

In a context of globalization, cities compete to be distinguished internationally for their specific peculiarities. Cities utilize their histori...

Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2518

Regular session

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Participant)

Mr Gary Campbell, ANU (Participant)

We would like to propose a session, building on the one we ran at the 2014 CHS conference in Canberra, on how emotion and affect feature in the fie...

11.20 Pedagogies of Remembrance as Affective Practice: Reading Testimonial Literature of Indian Residential Schools with Future Teachers

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I

Paper

lisa taylor, Bishops University (Participant)

Heritage practices of making meaning through and with the past are inherently pedagogical, bringing the past to bear on the present in ways inte...

The Cultural Politics of New Built Heritage in Emerging Economies

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460

Regular session

Prof. Sarah Moser, McGill University (Moderator)

In many emerging economies of the Global South, new urban mega-projects are strategically reviving heritage into simulacra, copies without original...

At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée

Dr Chiara Bortolotto, Institut interdisciplinaire d’anthropologie du contemporain, France (Moderator)

Prof. Benedetta Ubertazzi, University of Milan-Bicocca (Moderator)

With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...

12.00 Heritage Revival and "High Islam" in Dubai

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: The Cultural Politics of New Built Heritage in Emerging Economies

Paper

Prof. Sarah Moser, McGill University (Participant)

Dubai’s explosive growth over the past several decades and the proliferation of its urban spectacles have been well documented. The population h...

11:00

11.30 Contradictions of Aesthetic and Economic Order in a World Heritage Site in Guatemala

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Part of: Maverick Heritages. Ugliness, Discomfort and Illegality in the Political and Social Construction of Heritage

Paper

Prof. Walter E. Little, University at Albany, SUNY, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, United States (Participant)

The UNESCO World Heritage aesthetic of Antigua Guatemala is well entrenched in the representations of the city and the collective memories of it...

12:30

Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Repas

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

09.15 Museum Practices, Indigenous Politics and Cultural Identities on Tour: A Comparative Study of a Māori Exhibition in France, Mexico and Canada

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Reflecting on the Mobile Contact Zone: Cultural Diplomacy, Touring Exhibitions and Intercultural Heritage Experiences

Paper

Dr Lee Davidson, Victoria University of Wtgn (Participant)

Gaëlle Crenn, Université de Lorraine (Participant)

Key motivations for touring exhibitions from major museums include enhancing international reputations, sharing expertise, and strengthening ins...

11.00 Intercultural Practices and Collaboration in an International Touring Exhibition: Professional Perspectives on Aztecs from New Zealand, Australia and Mexico

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Reflecting on the Mobile Contact Zone: Cultural Diplomacy, Touring Exhibitions and Intercultural Heritage Experiences

Paper

Leticia Pérez Castellanos, Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía (Participant)

Dr Lee Davidson, Victoria University of Wtgn (Participant)

In the museum and cultural world, and also from the point of view of cultural diplomacy, international touring exhibitions have been taken for g...

13.30 Righting History: c̓əsnaʔəm: The City Before the City

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Case Studies in Archaeology I

Paper

Susan Rowley, Museum of Anthropology at UBC (Participant)

c̓əsnaʔəm is an ancient Musqueam village and cemetery located in what has become contemporary Vancouver. “c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city” i...

Case Studies in Archaeology I

6 hours, 9:00 - 15:00

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV 1.605

Regular session

Prof. Allison Bain, CELAT, Université Laval (Moderator)

Prof. Réginald Auger, Université Laval, Département des sciences historiques, Canada (Moderator)

In addressing the theme of this conference, we argue that archaeology, above and beyond the traditional goals of research and post-excavation analy...

Food as Heritage: Uses and Consequences of Food as an Object of Cultural Value

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270

Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée

Dr Raúl Matta, University of Göttingen, KAEE (Moderator)

Dr Charles-Édouard de Suremain, CIESAS-UMR 208 PALOC (IRD-MNHN) (Moderator)

This session is committed to extending previous research collaborations on food and culinary systems as objects of political mobilization – ICA ...

Heritage as contributor to policymaking

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 - 10:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.115

Regular session

Prof. Rhodri Windsor Liscombe, University of British Columbia (Moderator)

The Manifesto of the Association for Critical Heritage Studies (2011) argues for a more critical approach to heritage: heritage from below, writ la...

12:30

Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium

Repas

13:30

13.30 3D Visualization, Community Collaboration and the Production of Social Value: The ACCORD Project

30 minutes, 13:30 - 14:00

Part of: Co-Production in Heritage: Towards New Imaginaries. Part I: Co-Production in the Digital Environment

Paper

Prof Sian Jones, University of Stirling (Participant)

Dr Stuart Jeffrey, Glasgow School of Art (Participant)

The ACCORD project explores the opportunities and implications of digital visualization technologies for community engagement and research throu...

The Future of Heritage in Ontario

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.401

Roundtable

Dr Joel Konrad, ASI (Participant)

Rebecca Sciarra, ASI (Participant)

Marcus Letourneau (Participant)

Dr. Stephen Heathorn, McMaster University (Participant)

David Cuming, Cultural Heritage Resource Consultant (Participant)

Michelle Lee, Heritage Planner, City of Waterloo (Participant)

Dr. Robert MacDonald RPA, ASI (Participant)

Dr Joel Konrad, ASI (Moderator)

Private sector cultural heritage evaluation, protection, and management in Ontario exists at the nexus of academic theory, legislative direction...

Moving Memory: Difficult Histories in Dialogue (exhibition opening)

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, LB Building - LB 671 CaPSL/CEREV

Research-Creation

Prof. Hourig Attarian, Concordia University, Department of Education, Canada (Participant)

Anique Vered, Concordia University (Participant)

Dr Nadine Blumer, Centre for Curating and Public Scholarship (CaPSL) (Participant)

Around the globe the planning of large-scale memorial-museum projects concerned with violent histories are frequently marred by conflict, omissi...

17:00

Lancement de livre / Book launch: Curatorial Dreams by Shelley Ruth Butler & Erica Lehrer

1 hour, 17:00 - 18:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.130

Event

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

09.20 The Role of Empathy and Affect in Pro-Social Museum Transformations

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion II

Paper

Mr Lachlan Dudley, Australian National University (Participant)

Significant debate has occurred in disciplines outside of a heritage framework in relation to the ability of empathy to act as a catalyst for pr...

11.40 Immediate Emotion: Articulating Historical Consciousness and Heritage in Oral Histories

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion II

Paper

Ms Jessica Douthwaite, University of Strathclyde (Participant)

In this paper I will address ACHS Conference questions surrounding the building of “critical innovations” in heritage and how heritage offers us...

Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion II

3 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 - 12:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.435

Regular session

Mr Gary Campbell, ANU (Moderator)

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

We would like to propose a session, building on the one we ran at the 2014 CHS conference in Canberra, on how emotion and affect feature in the fie...

Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives II

8 hours, 9:00 - 17:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115

Regular session

Dr Kalliopi Fouseki, University College London (Moderator)

Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...

12:30

Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium

Repas

13:00

A Public-Panel-Relay (Moving Memory: Difficult Histories in Dialogue)

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium

Research-Creation

Anique Vered, Concordia University (Moderator)

An experiment in moving memory, this live event bridges public and academic space to re-imagine knowledge exchange, creation and impact...

13:30

Leisure as Heritage: Reconceptualizing Heritage and Leisure

3 hours 30 minutes, 13:30 - 17:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.430

Regular session

Prof. Huimei Liu, Zhejiang University, Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies; Asian Pacific Centre for the Education and Study of Leisure (Participant)

Extant scholarly literature has been documented on heritage and tourism. However, the strong links between heritage and leisure, a broader concept ...

Thinking Through the Museum: Difficult Knowledge in Public

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.430

Roundtable

Dr. Angela Failler, University of Winnipeg (Participant)

Prof. Erica Lehrer, Concordia University, Canada Research Chair in Museum & Heritage Studies, Concordia University (Participant)

Dr Shelley Ruth Butler, McGill University, Institute for the Study of Canada (Moderator)

Heather Igloliorte, Concordia University (Participant)

Dr. Monica Patterson, Carleton University (Participant)

Jennifer C. Robinson, University of Victoria (Participant)

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened to the public in September 2014. Yet this "first museum solely dedicated to the evolution, celebrati...

15:30

Museums and Historical Consciousness: Emergent Themes in Theory and Practice

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 - 17:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.115

Roundtable

Dr Phaedra Livingstone (Moderator)

Dr Susan Ashley, Northumbria University (Participant)

Dr Marie-Claude Larouche, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Département des sciences de l'éducation (Participant)

Prof. Jennifer Carter, UQAM (Participant)

To date, very little literature explicitly explores the relationships of museums and heritage to historical consciousness, despite the overlappi...