
Mengke Zhang is a PhD candidate at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), the Institute for Area and Global Studies, and is involved in the SNSF project entitled “Uses of cultural heritage at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games of 2022.” She holds a Master of Arts in China Development Studies from the Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, and a BA in Chinese from Zhejiang University. Her masters dissertation discusses the heritage discourse in urban China with a case study of the Hangzhou Section of the Grand Canal. Previously, she has been involved in research projects related to the spatial and social transformation of the Chinese danwei system, as well as live music and the digital platform in contemporary China. Her research interests span across urban, cultural and social geography, especially in the fields of urban heritage conservation, culture-led regeneration, and creative and cultural industries in cities.
Her publications:
Zhang, M., & Lenzer Jr, J. H. (2020). Mismatched canal conservation and the authorized heritage discourse in urban China: a case of the Hangzhou Section of the Grand Canal. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 26(2), 105-119.
Zhang, M., Zhang, T., Xiao, Z., & Chai, Y. (2021). Property rights redistribution and the spatial evolution of the Chinese danwei compound: a case study in Beijing. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 36(4), 1585-1602.
Sessions in which Mengke Zhang participates
- The state-led use of industrial heritage in mega-events in China UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
- Speaker Mengke Zhang (EPFL) |
- 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM | 20 minutes Part of: The role of mega-event to enhance industrial heritage in urban (re)development II
- Paper
Sessions in which Mengke Zhang attends
- Opening ceremony
- Signup required UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
- Cocktail
- Word of Welcome UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Event
- Experts roundtable: the future of industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Roundtable
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Changing landscape of industrial heritage education - Innovative and creative pedagogical approaches in industrial heritage learning UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective III UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Photography and Industrial Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Public lecture: Le Grand Montréal industriel d’hier à demain
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Case studies in community-led and collaborative industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Talk: overview of industrial heritage in Canada UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective VI UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Critical approaches: social power, sustainability and decolonizing industrial heritage III UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- La patrimonialisation du tourisme comme industrie ? Pertinence et limite d’un élargissement de la notion de patrimoine industrie au cas des stations de ski alpines UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Anne Dalmasso (Université grenoble Alpes LARHRA) |
- 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective VI
- Paper
- Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- The role of mega-event to enhance industrial heritage in urban (re)development I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Critical inquiry, arts-based methodologies and participatory approaches for sustainable heritage futures of post-industrial contexts I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Early bird tour. Lachine Canal: A walk through history and commemoration or The Lachine Canal: now and then
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- Critical inquiry, arts-based methodologies and participatory approaches for sustainable heritage futures of post-industrial contexts II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification I? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification II? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Big-data geospatial heritage infrastructures and industrial heritage
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R910 (access from the metro floor)
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Public lecture: Trajectories of deindustrialization and the memoryscapes of industrial pasts – Towards global perspectives
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Tour: A glimpse at Montreal's Centre-Sud Neigborhood
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 2 hours
- Tour
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Écomusée du fier mondeSponsor
- Social gathering at Ecomusée du fier monde and launch of the congress' souvenir stamp
- Signup required Écomusée du fier monde - Piscine
- 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 2 hours
- Cocktail
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Écomusée du fier mondeSponsor
- Early bird tour: Walking the Postindustrial Lachine Canal (postponed to Friday)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tour
- TICCIH National representatives session UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Event
- TICCIH National representatives session II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Event
- Lunch : barbecue event with Tout un Fumoir
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Repas
- Public lecture: Heritage from the outside in: Cultural practice in an already changed climate
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
- Closing dinner
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket Usine C - Hall
- 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 3 hours
- Repas
- Tour: The Angus shops and Rosemont with Heritage Montreal
- Signup required
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Tour
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Héritage MontréalSponsor