Mirhan Damir is a Lecturer at Alexandria University, Egypt. She holds a Ph.D. in Monument Preservation and Building History at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Her field of interest generally focuses on documenting Egyptian industries from historical, urban, and architectural aspects concerning global industrial and colonial influences. She studied architecture in Egypt and obtained her master's degree in Building Conservation from the TU Berlin, Germany. She has experience in research and teaching in academic institutions in Egypt, Germany, and Jordan. She has been an assistant lecturer in the international master's program "Revitalization of Historic City Districts" organized by Alexandria, Cairo, and BTU Cottbus universities (2014-2017). She represented the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the co-organized international students' workshop "City, Community, and Heritage" with Kassel University, TU Berlin Campus El Gouna, and Alexandria University (2018). From 2020-21, she worked as a researcher in the MHFL Project (Modern Heritage to Future Legacy: Conservation and Conversion of Modern Industrial Heritage Sites as an Integral Part of Urban Development in the Middle East), funded by the Berlin University Alliance. Mirhan Damir is a member of the engineering syndicate in Egypt, ICOM Egypt, and TICCIH. Additionally, she is part of the TICCIH CommsTeam and a founding member of TICCIH Africa. Her recent publications include articles in conference proceedings and the TICCIH Bulletin.
Documents
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Sessions in which Mirhan Damir participates
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- The omitted heritage : rethinking the global requalification of historical industries in non-Western countries. The case of the cotton presses in Egypt UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Mirhan Damir (Alexandria University, Egypt) |
- 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective II
- The Western countries are de facto the pioneers of modern industrialization, which competed to ext...
- Paper
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- Sharing industrial heritage glocally UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this roundtable we will resume and discuss main ideas and findings from the regular session on "Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a glo...
- Roundtable
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9:50 AM
- TICCIH National Representatives second roundtable: Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- Presenter Moulshri Joshi (SpaceMatters) | Presenter Dr Györgyi Németh PhD (TICCIH Hungary) | Presenter Norbert Tempel (TICCIH) | Presenter Paul Smith (Comité d'Information et de liaison pour l''archéologie, l'étude et la mise en valeur du patrimoine industriel (CILAC)) | Presenter Mirhan Damir (Alexandria University, Egypt) |
- 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM | 40 minutes Part of: TICCIH National representatives session
Sessions in which Mirhan Damir attends
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- Book launch: Deindustrializing Montreal
- Signup required Bâtiment 7 - La Taverne
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 2 hours
- You are invited to the McGill-Queen’s University Press book launch of “
- Event
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- Opening ceremony
- Signup required UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
- Join the conference organisers and TICCIH board members for a welcome cocktail and some festive words of introduction, in the former forge of th...
- Cocktail
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- Word of Welcome UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Event
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- 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
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- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
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- 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
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
- Industrial heritages to discover: current research I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
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- Lunch
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Repas
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- 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
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
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- Contemporary archeology vis-à-vis benefits of heritage assets : a case study of Alexandria’s lighthouses and their integrity in the industrial heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Mirna Ashraf Ali (UNESCO| World Heritage Centre - Brandenburg University of Technology-Cottbus) |
- 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Industrial heritages to discover: current research II
- The contemporary city is an urban palimpsest, consisting of archaeological accumulations- of the built environment, the surface, and buried subsurf...
- Paper
- Narrating valuations – an urban strategy: Values of urban heritage as planning strategy in Vejle, a Danish working-class neighbourhood UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- Speaker Kasper Albrektsen (Aarhus School of Archutecture) |
- 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II
- In this paper, I will focus on the use of urban heritage as a planning tool in the transformation of an old working-class neighbourhood in the city...
- Paper
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- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes
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- 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
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
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5:00 PM
- Break : Sugar Shack Event
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Pause
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5:30 PM
- Public lecture: Le Grand Montréal industriel d’hier à demain
- Available 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
- Si la vallée du canal de Lachine a été le berceau de l’industrialisation canadienne, la géographie industrielle métropolitaine ne s’y est pas co...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
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- Development of mining company towns - Longyearbyen (Svalbard) as case study UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- Presenter Ulrich Schildberg (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) |
- 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation I
- Mining Company Towns were often founded in remote regions, because mining is absolutely dependant from the site, were coal or iron-ore are situa...
- Paper
- 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session focuses on company towns from the perspective of urban planning. “Company towns” are here defined as single-enterprise planned comm...
- Regular session
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective IV UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
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9:30 AM
- Sugar company towns, industrial heritage, and adaptive reuse : examples and counterpoints UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- Presenter Gabriela Campagnol (Texas A&M University) |
- 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM | 20 minutes Part of: 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation I
- Sugar production, as an agro-industrial sector, promoted a variety of urban types and acted significantly in the construction of the territory i...
- Paper
- Industrial heritage as an interpretative framework : An Indian perspective UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Aishwarya Tipnis (Aishwarya Tipnis Architects) |
- 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective IV
- Industrialisation is commonly perceived to be a phenomenon produced by the industrial revolution between the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe, whi...
- Paper
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- Does the mismatched symbolic requalification matters in the conservation of industrial heritage ? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Jing Han (Ironbridge Centre for Heritage - University of Birmingham) |
- 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective IV
- The rapid transformation of industrial remains has undergone for the past 20 years within the context of China, which can be attributed to de-indus...
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- Tracing colonial legacy and its impact on Jordan's industrial architecture - First Jordan hydro-electric power house UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Nedhal Jarrar (ICOMOS-Jordan) |
- 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage I
- As a late-developing country in industrialization, many of modern-day Jordan’s modern industrial heritage sites have absorbed technologies from ...
- Paper
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- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Pause
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- Le patrimoine industriel colonial : regards croisés entre Afrique et Asie UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1545
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cette proposition de session focalise sur le patrimoine industriel colonial. A partir de trois cas, au ...
- Regular session
- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective V UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
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11:30 AM
- M.A.D.E. IN VENETO. A project for a method experiment UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Francesco Antoniol (Studio Associato Virginia) |
- 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective V
- M.A.D.E. in Veneto ([www.madeinvenetoregion.com](http://www.madeinvenetoregion.com)) is a project financed with resources from the European Social ...
- Paper
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12:00 PM
- Company suburbs: how pastoral ideals and real estate investment extended corporate hierarchies into neighborhoods that continue to define North American Cities UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580
- Presenter Sarah F Scarlett (Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program) |
- 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation II
- The influence of twentieth-century industrial companies on city and town planning can be traced beyond the creation of isolated company towns an...
- Paper
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12:30 PM
- "Meet the author" from DePOT UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main Hall; DePOT table
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- During this lunch break, you can come and discuss with the author about his most recent book.This is happening at the DePOT Table in the ...
- Talk
- Lunch
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Repas
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1:30 PM
- 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
- As a "continent” country, in which industrialization began as early as the 19th century, Canada has seen through deindustrialization ...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
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- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes
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- 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
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
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- Pub talk Pub Le Sainte-Élisabeth - terrace
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
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- Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective VII UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Industrialization processes have been global from their very beginning. However, their interpretation still tends to be limited to specific loca...
- Regular session
- The Chechia of El Battan, a witness of the Tunisian industrial heritage from 1846 to 2020 : Is it a social memory or is it used to preserve, enhance and innovate a unique set of the artisanal industry ? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- Speaker Hagerr Barbouch Ben Fraj (Ecole Supérieure Des Sciences et Technologies du Design) | Speaker Houda Kohlk Allel (ministère de l enseignement superieur tunisien université de kairouan) |
- 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective VII
- Nowadays,our new way of life with all the new technologies is taking over heedless consumption and it a...
- Paper
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- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Pause
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- Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...
- Regular session
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- Lunch
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Repas
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1:00 PM
- Preservation and transformation of historic waterways: a challenge (III). A tour of the Soulanges Canal
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 6 hours
- The Soulanges Canal is an infrastructure, located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, which was opened to maritime traffic in 1900, succeedi...
- Tour
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- Break
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Pause
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5:30 PM
- Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism
- Available 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
- In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-w...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Pub talk Pub Le Sainte-Élisabeth - terrace
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
- 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
- From its construction to its restoration, immerse yourself in the now and then of this key Canadian industrial heritage site. A country’s
- Tour
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9:00 AM
- Darning the past, present and future of textile sites UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The textile sector led industrialization and urbanization worldwide for nearly three centuries. Textile industries established global trade netw...
- Regular session
- Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation III UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Examples from several continents, in Europe, South America, North America, Turkey, show strong continuity in the objectives that govern the reus...
- Regular session
- Urban Textile Mills: examples of industrial districts, company towns and urban planning in Europe UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- Presenter Heike Oevermann (Universität Bamberg) |
- 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Darning the past, present and future of textile sites
- Most of the industrial cities, districts, and company towns in a larger scale were planned and built in the late 19th and 20th century; at a tim...
- Paper
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Industrial culture and the company town: from Bata’s Fordist to creative city UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540
- Speaker RNDr. Pavel Bednar PhD. (Tomas Bata University in Zlin) |
- 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Challenges and urban heritage of the Bata's company towns in the 21st century
- The old industrial medium-sized cities outside agglomeration areas undergo the transition from former drivers of change in terms of entrepreneurshi...
- Paper
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
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- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Pause
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11:00 AM
- Industrial heritage: A forgotten past or vibrant future: A case of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway World Heritage Site UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525
- 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Railways. A case in the history of industrial heritage II
- The first industrial heritage site in Asia to be recognised as a World Heritage Site (WHS), the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), (now part of ...
- Paper
- 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
- The use of industrial heritage is a profoundly important factor in the process of creating a sustainable economic, social, and political future ...
- Workshop
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12:30 PM
- Lunch
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Repas
- "Meet the author": "The Heritage of the Textile Industry" UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Meet the authors Heike Oevermann and Mark Watson, who together with Bartosz Walczak completed the TICCCIH comparative t...
- Talk
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Public lecture: Trajectories of deindustrialization and the memoryscapes of industrial pasts – Towards global perspectives
- Available 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
- This lecture will argue that the landscapes of industrial heritage that can be found in different parts of the world ar...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
Stefan Berger
Speaker
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- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes
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- 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
- The South Central district is a former industrial and working-class neighbourhood with a rich and unique heritage. The visit will allow us to di...
- Tour
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- 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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7:00 AM
- 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
- Walkers will meet at the entrance (there is only one) of Lionel Groulx Metro and from there walk along the canal to t...
- Tour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- TICCIH National representatives session UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this meeting, TICCIH representatives from around the world will present work in the field of industrial h...
- Event
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- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
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11:00 AM
- TICCIH National representatives session II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- In this meeting, TICCIH representatives from around the world will present work in the field of industrial h...
- Event
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12:00 PM
- Lunch : barbecue event with Tout un Fumoir
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- To keep you in shape for the TICCIH General Meeting, we are offering a special lunch, prepared on site on a smokehouse by Ron Wiser. Her...
- Repas
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1:00 PM
- TICCIH General meeting of members UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- At every World Congress, the international TICCIH community celebrates a General Assembly of its members. The event is open for any registered m...
- Panel
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- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Pause
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3:30 PM
- Public lecture: Heritage from the outside in: Cultural practice in an already changed climate
- Available 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
- In the refusal of people in communities abandoned by industrial capital to abandon their own places, we can read an implicit critique of the mob...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée
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2:00 PM
- Tour: The Angus shops and Rosemont with Heritage Montreal
- Signup required
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Uncover the vestiges of the Canadian Pacifie Railway tracks and the former Angus Shops, which played integral raies in the industrial and reside...
- Tour
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