Joshua Dent

PhD Candidate

University of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, Canada

Participates in 3 items

Joshua Dent is a doctoral candidate at Department of Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario and a co-founder of the Archaeology Almanac Project. He currently serves as a director on the London Heritage Council and as a resource member of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage. He is author of False Frontiers: Archaeology and the Myth of the Canadian Wilderness (Totem: The University of Western Ontario Journal of Anthropology 21(1): 59-71) and is a listed contributor on many cultural resource management (CRM) technical reports. His CRM experience includes fieldwork in the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Both his master’s thesis and his doctoral dissertation consider the history and legacy of heritage governance and Indigenous participation in heritage management.

Sessions in which Joshua Dent participates

Saturday 4 June, 2016

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

11:00

Heritage and the Late Modern State I

4 hours, 11:00 - 15:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Joshua Dent, University of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, Canada (Moderator)

Dr Richard Hutchings, Vancouver Island University, Canada (Potential)

This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governm...

14.00 Customizable Governance: Context-Specific Regulation and Capacity Building in Canadian Heritage Management

30 minutes, 11:00 - 11:30

Part of: Heritage and the Late Modern State I

Paper

Joshua Dent, University of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, Canada (Participant)

Canada is not just a patchwork of varying heritage governance delineated by provincial and territorial boundaries, but a maelstrom of contesting...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

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

9:00

Heritage and the Late Modern State II

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

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Dr Richard Hutchings, Vancouver Island University, Canada (Moderator)

Joshua Dent, University of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, Canada (Moderator)

This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governm...

Sessions in which Joshua Dent attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

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

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)

9:00

Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)

1 hour, 9:00 - 10:00

Signup required

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

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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

What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...

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)

14:00

Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:00 - 15:30

Signup required

Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)

"What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...

17:00

ACHS 2016 General Assembly

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:00 - 18:30

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210

Talk

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Moderator)

Monday 6 June, 2016

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

9:00

11.00 Mapping Intangible Cultural Heritage

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges

Paper

Francesca Cominelli, IREST Paris 1 (Participant)

The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Sc...

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...

10.00 Is Critical Heritage Studies Theory Incompatible with Built Heritage Conservation?

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Heritage as contributor to policymaking

Paper

Dr. Jeremy Wells, Roger Williams University (Participant)

This paper will explore the relevancy of the nascent critical heritage studies movement to the future of built heritage conservation. This analy...

09.00 Using Deep History in Urban Planning: Urban Archaeology as Cultural Product

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives I

Paper

Dr. Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (Participant)

Politicians and planners have seen the value of investing in applied research that will enhance the ability to activate the past in the planning...

14.00 Cherokee Archaeological Landscapes as Community Action

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Case Studies in Archaeology I

Paper

Kathryn Sampeck, Illinois State University (Participant)

For the past seven years, the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and I have built together a program of...

13:30

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...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

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

9:00

10.00 Urban Waste (Places) and Heritage Values

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Sustainable Urban Heritage Conservation in Questions

Paper

Prof. Susan Ross, Carleton University (Participant)

The idea of built heritage as potential waste is commonly represented by images of demolition and landfill sites. This contributes to an idea th...

09.30 Wendat Archaeological Heritage: Challenging the Professionals

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Case Studies in Archaeology II

Paper

Alicia Hawkins, Laurentian University (Participant)

Since 2011, the Ontario Standards and Guidelines for Consultant Archaeologists have required “Aboriginal Engagement” for projects impacting ance...

11.00 “That’s Not a Term I Really Use": Investigating Stakeholders’ Understanding of Heritage

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: “For People Then and for People Now”: Approaches to Heritage and Shared Authority

Paper

Prof. Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Indiana University (IUPUI) (Participant)

Before we can begin to understand what heritage changes, we have to understand the fields of power and significance in which it operates. In the...

14.30 Sustaining Community-Led Heritage Stewardship: Co-Creating a Community-Sourcing Platform for Heritage Management

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: “For People Then and for People Now”: Approaches to Heritage and Shared Authority

Paper

Harald Fredheim, University of York (Participant)

Following repeated cuts to public funding in the United Kingdom, a growing number of local councils are without heritage conservation officers, ...

11.00 Archaeological Heritage as a Catalyst for Pubic Engagement, Rural Rejuvenation, and Rethinking Our Shared Past: Perspectives from a Quarter Century of Community Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Case Studies in Archaeology II

Paper

Dr. Barry Gaulton, Memorial University (Participant)

Archaeological research in Canada’s easternmost province enjoys a long and evolving history of community partnerships. This is due, in part, to ...

13:30

(in)significance: Values and Valuing in Heritage

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

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.430

Roundtable

Prof. Tracy Ireland (Participant)

Prof. Tracy Ireland (Moderator)

Dr Steve Brown, The University of Sydney (Participant)

Dr Steve Brown, The University of Sydney (Moderator)

Prof. Christina Cameron, University of Montreal (Participant)

The roundtable will explore ideas around the concept of insignificance. That is, how things are judged to be unimportant, not worthy of conserva...