
Maria Florou, Head of the Industrial Gas Museum has graduated from the department of History and Archaeology in the University of Thessaloniki, Greece and has a master degree in Museum Studies/University of Leicester, UK. In the past she has worked in archaeological excavations and in educational programs in art museums. Since 2004 she worked as an assistant curator in Technopolis City of Athens in the Department of Visual Arts. In 2011, she participated in the museological team of the Industrial Gas Museum (IGM) and since then she is Head of the IGM at Technopolis, in Athens. Since 2018, she is also in charge of the Educational Program Kids4theCity, a programme dedicated to citizenship and public awareness of the protection of the city’s monuments. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization, City of Athens (2018-2019). She has participated in conferences and projects for the promotion of the Industrial Archaeology and Heritage and for the use of Oral History in museums. She is also very interested on audience development and communication strategies on historical sites.
Sessions in which Maria Florou participates
- Resilience and sustainability of industrial heritage in COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 era. What is next? The case study of Technopolis City of Athens, former Gasworks of Athens UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520
- Speaker Maria Florou (Technopolis City of Athens) | Presenter Konstantinos Bitzanis (Technopolis City of Athens) | Speaker Despina Andriopoulou (Industrial Gas Museum of Technopolis City of Athens) |
- 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage II
- Paper
Sessions in which Maria Florou attends
- Opening of registration UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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
- Preservation of industrial heritage and new approaches in urban planning. Examples of two projects of urban renewal in France : the sustainable neighborhoods Ile-de-Nantes and Docks-de-Seine UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515
- Speaker Varvara Toura (EHESS/Géographie-Cités) |
- 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | 20 minutes Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I
- Paper
- 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
- Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Fake The Fake - Transformation of a training mine to the Montanium museum visitor experience UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420
- Speaker Andreas Hoppenrath (LWL-Industriemuseum - Westphalian State Museum of Industrial Heritage) |
- 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Explorations in the Preservation of Coal Mining Heritage Areas II
- Paper
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Preservation and transformation of historic waterways: a challenge I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
- 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
- Regular session
- 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
- Tour
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- Discover the shores of industrial Montreal by river boat
- 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 Registration table (meeting point)
- 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Tour
- 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: 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