Sophia Labadi is Senior Lecturer and co-Director of the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent (UK). She also regularly acts as consultant for international organisations on cultural heritage issues. Dr. Labadi has a PhD in Cultural Heritage Studies from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UK) and a BA from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Grenoble). Her research focuses on International Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy; Heritage and Development and Museums and Social Justice.
For more information: http://sophialabadi.wordpress.com/
Recent Publications:
Labadi, S. In Prep. Museums, Migrants and Social Justice
Labadi, S. (2013).The National Museum of Immigration History (Paris; France): Neo-Colonialist Representations, Silencing, and Re-appropriation. Journal of Social Archaeology, 13:310-330
Labadi, S. (2013). UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value: Value-based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions. USA: AltaMira Press.
Sessions in which Dr Sophia Labadi participates
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- Are Contemporary Processes of Migration Changing the Authorised Heritage Discourse? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.285
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- There are many different kinds of migrants in the contemporary world. They include the familiar figures of refugees or undocumented migrants, assoc...
- Regular session
- 11.30 Museums, Immigrants and Social Justice: Addressing Issues of Language Barriers and Employment
- Participant Dr Sophia Labadi (University of Kent) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Are Contemporary Processes of Migration Changing the Authorised Heritage Discourse?
- In line with the New Museology approach, museums all over the world have engaged with issues of social justice for at least the past thirty year...
- Paper
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15:30
- Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What is the future of the UK and what is the role of heritage in this shifting political landscape? How have debates on heritage in the UK chang...
- Roundtable
Sessions in which Dr Sophia Labadi attends
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- Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
- Signup required Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
- 17:00 - 19:30 | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
- Cocktail
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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
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
- 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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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
- "What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
