
Sandra Uskokovic (PhD) is Assistant Professor at the University of Dubrovnik, Department of Arts and Restoration (Croatia). From 2002-2004 she worked as an intern at US/ICOMOS and in 2004 she graduated architectural history and heritage preservation at the George Washington University, USA. From 2001-2004 she has been coordinating ICOMOS International Project on 20th century heritage.
During the Fall 2003 she served as an intern at ICCROM and in 2005 she has been awarded UNESCO Fellowship for International Preservation Policy – Cultural Heritage Advocacy Program. She is a member of ICOMOS Scientific Committee for 20th century Heritage and an active participant at the conferences in the international preservation arena. She is the author three books : Modern Architecture in Heritage of Dubrovnik, Contemporay Design in Historic Settings & Architect Lovro Perkovic: Sensibility of Space Design, and has published numerous articles in academic and artistic journals. Since 2015, she is co-ordinating regional balkan urban platform „Urban Hum“. Her primary areas of research interest encompass: theory of architecture, modern architecture, urban culture, performance art, cultural studies and heritage.
• Sandra Uskokovic, ICOMOS MAP20- A global survey on 20th century heritage, „Heritage at Risk“, ICOMOS World Report, 2006, E.Reinhold-Verlag, Altenburg.
• Sandra Uskokovic, Heritage Tourism Nostalgia Versus Living (Sustainable) Heritage, in Conference Proceedings: “Cultural Heritage Protection in Times of Risk: Challenges and Opportunities”, November 15-17, 2012. Yildiz Technical University – ICOMOS ICORP International Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, p. 578-584, ISBN: 978-975-461-490-9.
• Between Rejection and Appropriation. The Architectural Heritage of Socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. Im Auftrag des Deutschen Nationalkomitees von ICOMOS und des Geisteswissenschaftlichen Zentrums Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas an der Universität Leipzig herausgegeben von Arnold Bartetzky und Jörg Haspel, unter Mitarbeit von Christian Dietz. Köln-Weimar-Wien 2013.
Sessions in which Sandra Uskoković participates
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- 12.00 Contested Heritage of Dubrovnik
- Participant Sandra Uskoković (University of Dubrovnik) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Re-Writing History in the Time of Late Capitalism : Uses and Abuses of Built Heritage
- There is a perpetual quest today for “character” of places and cities, enhanced by mass tourism, where history is becoming more and more abused....
- Paper
Sessions in which Sandra Uskoković attends
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- Pre-Conference Tour: Old Montreal (2 groups) UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 13:00 - 15:00 | 2 hours
- Find out more about all the eras that shaped Montréal with this interesting walking tour, from the foundation of Fort Ville-Marie in 1642 to today’...
- Tour
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- Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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- 13.50 Heritage Ontologies: Understanding Heritage as Future-Making Practices
- Participant Rodney Harrison (University College London) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I
- While it is customary to think about heritage as a series of practical fields oriented toward the past, it is perhaps less often the case that w...
- Paper
- 11.30 Heritage Diplomacy and the Border
- Participant Prof. Tim Winter (Deakin University) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine
- Borders—political, institutional and cultural—have been central to the internationalization of heritage in the modern era. The concepts of herit...
- Paper
- What Does the Heritage Citizens Movement Change? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2585
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- There is no doubt that the involvement of civil society is a key element in the history of heritage. Working upstream, in line with or against the ...
- Regular session
- Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M280
- 11:00 - 15:00 | 4 hours
- How do borders shape heritage and its potential for change? Despite the growth of international connections in heritage studies, national, linguist...
- Regular session
- Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- The notion of heritage is closely linked to processes of change. In the Western context, the definition of heritage as "a contemporary product shap...
- Regular session
- The Artistry of Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- This session explores artist-history exchanges in the context of heritage sites, venues and spaces, and considers recent curatorial and artistic...
- Regular session
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- Heritage as Global Challenge UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2518
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 hour
- A new Centre for Critical Heritage Studies in partnership between University College London and University of Gothenburg started in April 2016 a...
- Talk
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- Industrial Heritage: Towards Comparative Perspectives UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M240 - SALLE ANNULÉE
- 13:30 - 17:00 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- In many parts of Europe and North America, but also in Australia, Japan and parts of China, regions of heavy industry, in particular regions of coa...
- Regular session
- Cultural Heritage and the Working Class UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many people are actively using working class heritage as a resource to reflect on the past and the present, and there is a growing tendency for the...
- Regular session
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- 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
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- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour
- This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
- Cocktail
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- 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
- Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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- Heritage Futures / Utopian Currents II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- The notion of heritage is closely linked to processes of change. In the Western context, the definition of heritage as "a contemporary product shap...
- Regular session
- 10.00 The Role of World Heritage Sites in Urban Revitalization
- Participant Julia Tétényi (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Current Research II: Engaging and Uncovering Collective Memories
- Cultural clusters seem to have a leading role in urban and cultural policy decisions. In recent years, more and more cultural clusters attract i...
- Paper
- 11.00 The Future of the Past: Politics of Urban Heritage in Xi’an
- Participant Dr Yujie Zhu |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Current Research II: Engaging and Uncovering Collective Memories
- Heritage development in historical cities is regarded as a vital ingredient of urban regeneration by state and local governments. The inner city...
- Paper
- Heritage and the Late Modern State II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governm...
- Regular session
- Re-Writing History in the Time of Late Capitalism : Uses and Abuses of Built Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- With his expression "ceci tuera cela," Hugo established almost two centuries ago a strong link between words and stones as transmission vehicles of...
- Regular session
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- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 hour
- Repas
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- ACHS 2016 General Assembly Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210
- 17:00 - 18:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Talk
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- Film Series: De engel van Doel
- Signup required Concordia, LB Building - LB 125
- 19:00 - 21:00 | 2 hours
- Directed by Tom Fassaert and presented by Marc Jacobs. ___ Doel, a Belgian village near the Dutch border, is disappearing quickly and d...
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- 14.00 Keeping Critical Heritage Studies Critical: Why "Post-Humanism" and the "New Materialism" Are Not So Critical
- Participant Mr Gary Campbell (ANU) | Participant Prof. Laurajane Smith (Australian National University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges
- Theory building in heritage studies in general, and critical heritage studies in particular, has to be eclectic and wide-ranging. However, to ac...
- Paper
- 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
- The field of heritage has emerged as a key site of reflection. Influenced by shifts in the academy (e.g., post-colonial, post-structural and femini...
- Regular session
- Contested Pasts: Urban Heritage in Divided Cities Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.285
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- This session seeks to explore the role of urban heritage in mediating and contesting political conflict in the context of divided cities. We take u...
- Regular session
- Activism, Civil Society and Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Heritage processes vary according to cultural, national, geographical and historical contexts. Since the late 1980s, the phenomenon of contestation...
- Regular session