
Valdimar Tr. Hafstein is an associate professor in the Department of Ethnology, Folklore, and Museum Studies at the University of Iceland, and current president of SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore). He has been a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, University of Gothenburg, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, and a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at New York University. Valdimar chaired the Icelandic Commission for UNESCO from 2011-2012.
Sessions in which Valdimar Tr. Hafstein participates
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11:00
- 14.30 Preservation as Salvation: Safeguarding the Church of Sweden
- Participant Prof. Ola Wetterberg (University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation) | Participant Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (University of Iceland) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion?
- Paper
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9:00
- 10.00 Heritage vs Property: Contrasting Regimes and Rationalities in the Patrimonial Field
- Participant Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (University of Iceland) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges
- Paper
Sessions in which Valdimar Tr. Hafstein attends
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17:00
- Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
- Signup required Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
- 17:00 - 19:30 | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Cocktail
11:00
11:00
- 11.00 Borders in Heritage: An Introduction
- Participant Laurier Turgeon (Université Laval) | Participant Prof. Dominique Poulot (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) | Participant Dr Astrid Swenson (Brunel University London ) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine
- Paper
- Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
15:30
15:30
- Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine : Roundtable | Table ronde UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M280
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable
17:00
17:00
- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour
- Cocktail
18:30
18:30
- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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9:00
- Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2518
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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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)
- Signup required Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
- 14:00 - 15:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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9:00
- Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.435
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- How do Rights Change Heritage? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
13:30
13:30
- Le Canada doit-il signer la Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable with simultaneous translation / Table ronde avec traduction simultanée
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- Le patrimoine comme enjeu de la participation citoyenne à Montréal Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.430
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable
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9:00
- 10.00 After Five Years as Intangible Cultural Heritage: What Has Changed for the Pirekua?
- Participant Georgina Flores Mercado (UNAM) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- 12.00 The Tangibility of Intangible Heritage: UNESCO ICH and Material Culture in India
- Participant Leah K. Lowthorp (Harvard University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- 14.00 Le patrimoine immatériel, ça change tout. L’impact de la création de patrimoines immatériels dans les différents domaines de la vie sociale. Quelques exemples européens
- Participant Dr. Alessandro Testa (University of Vienna) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270
- 9:00 - 17:00 | 8 hours
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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- L’expertise au temps de la dérégulation patrimoniale | Expertise in a time of deregulation Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
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13:30
- 13.30 Rights-Based Heritage Claims in Contemporary Turkey: The Cases of Hasankeyf and Sulukule
- Participant Dr. Bahar Aykan |
- 13:30 - 14:00 | 30 minutes Part of: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management: Possibilities and Limitations
- Paper
- (in)significance: Values and Valuing in Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.430
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable