Èlia Casals Alsina

PhD student

Universitat de Lleida [University of Lleida]. Fac.: Geography and Sociology. Research program: Territory, heritage and culture

Participates in 2 items

PhD student with a background as a cultural manager focused on performative arts; currently researching on culture-led policies developed in former industrial clusters in European urban contexts and their role in overcoming the challenges arising from deindustrialization processes.

She graduated in Musical Performance at ESMuC (Barcelona) and obtained a degree in Humanities and a master's degree in Cultural Management at the UOC, in all three cases with honours in the final thesis. In 2020 she was awarded a Santander-UdL pre-doctoral scholarship and began her PhD studies at the UdL (University of Lleida) as part of the "Territory, heritage and culture" programme under the direction of Dr Paül i Agustí. Since then, she teaches the subject "Cultural and city tourism" at this university.

She has done study stays and internships in Germany and Italy and has professional experience in the fields of music performance, teaching and cultural management.

Documents

The best defence is a strong ofence TICCIH Montréal AMENDED.pdf (1.68MB)

The creative city despite the Creative City TICCIH Montréal AMENDED.pdf (168.26KB)

Sessions in which Èlia Casals Alsina participates

Monday 29 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30 AM

The best defence is a strong offence. When civic society is the best advocate for the protection of industrial heritage. A case study in Barcelona

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Èlia Casals Alsina, Universitat de Lleida [University of Lleida]. Fac.: Geography and Sociology. Research program: Territory, heritage and culture (Speaker)

Many cities with a highly industrial past in Europe, the US and, more recently, the Global South have developed regeneration programs to overcom...

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

12:00 PM

The creative city despite the Creative City. Key factors for sustainable arts-led regeneration programs

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification II?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Èlia Casals Alsina, Universitat de Lleida [University of Lleida]. Fac.: Geography and Sociology. Research program: Territory, heritage and culture (Speaker)

The concept ‘arts-led regeneration’ is nowadays one of the trendiest slogans for the transformation of contemporary cities. Despite this fact, i...

Sessions in which Èlia Casals Alsina attends

Sunday 28 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

1:00 PM

Book launch: Deindustrializing Montreal

2 hours, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Signup required

Bâtiment 7 - La Taverne

Event

You are invited to the McGill-Queen’s University Press book launch of “

5:00 PM

Opening ceremony

2 hours, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Signup required

UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec

Cocktail

Patrick Dieudonné, Université de Bretagne occidentale, Institut de Géoarchitecture, France (Other Participant)

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

Join the conference organisers and TICCIH board members for a welcome cocktail and some festive words of introduction, in the former forge of th...

Monday 29 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:30 AM

Word of Welcome

30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Event

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Moderator)

Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Presenter)

Christian Agbobli, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) (Presenter)

10:00 AM

Experts roundtable: the future of industrial heritage

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Roundtable

Dr Miles Oglethorpe, TICCIH (Moderator)

1:30 PM

Intangible industrial heritage – is that a thing ? Defining and recognizing intangible industrial heritage in Finland

20 minutes, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Hanna Kaisa Melaranta, Teollisuusperintöseura/ TICCH Finland (Speaker)

This presentation focuses on the concept of intangible industrial heritage and how its features can be recognized locally and nationally through co...

2:30 PM

Narrating valuations – an urban strategy: Values of urban heritage as planning strategy in Vejle, a Danish working-class neighbourhood

20 minutes, 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Kasper Albrektsen, Aarhus School of Archutecture (Speaker)

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...

3:30 PM

Enjeux écologiques et citoyens de la définition patrimoniale des hybrides : le cas de la Boucle Noire à Charleroi

20 minutes, 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Michael Bianchi, Université de Liège (Speaker)

Comme l’ensemble des villes situées sur le « croissant industriel » ouest-européen, le pays de Charleroi (appelé aussi Pays Noir) a vécu l’arrêt pr...

4:00 PM

Requalification, symbolic value and audience engagement of automotive heritage

20 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Part of: Planning Instruments for Industrial Heritage Reuse and Regeneration through Citizen Engagement III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Rossella Maspoli, Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design DAD (Speaker)

The present study analyses the high symbolic value linked to car heritage, outlines the types and technologies of conservation and reuse interventi...

4:30 PM

Photographers engaged in the preservation campaign of Flanders’ last coal processing plant in Beringen (Belgium)

20 minutes, 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Part of: Photography and Industrial Heritage

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Paper

Patrick Viaene, TICCIH-Belgium (Speaker)

Few years after closure (1989) of the coalmine in Beringen, all constructions remaining were protected as "Historical Monument". Since legal protec...

7:30 PM

Pub talk

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Pub Le Sainte-Élisabeth - terrace

Cocktail

Tuesday 30 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Industrial heritage, different social powers and public policy in East Asia : a comparison of typical cases in China and Japan

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Paper

Sunny Han Han, Landscape Architecture Design Institute of Wuhan University (Speaker)

East Asian countries frequently consider the diversification of social power and how to balance power relations through policy formulation and i...

Case studies in community-led and collaborative industrial heritage

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525

Regular session

Mark Allan Rhodes II, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Moderator)

Timothy Scarlett, Michigan Technological University (Moderator)

Community lies at the heart of the processes of industrialization and de-industrialization. From labor to landscapes and from social fabric to e...

9:30 AM

L'Usine, a cultural place in Châteauroux (France): Industrial heritage as a lever for re-engagement through citizen initative

20 minutes, 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Part of: Case studies in community-led and collaborative industrial heritage

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525

Paper

Juliette Passilly (Speaker)

This paper proposes to study the case of L'AP, an artistic and cultural association located ...

10:00 AM

Scalar sustainability in UNESCO’s industrial heritage : community geographies of the slate landscapes of Northwest Wales

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Case studies in community-led and collaborative industrial heritage

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1525

Paper

Mark Allan Rhodes II, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Presenter)

Brooke Batterson, Michigan Technological University (Presenter)

Kathryn Hannum, Michigan Tech University (Presenter)

James Juip, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Presenter)

Larissa Juip, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Presenter)

Zoé Ketola, Michigan Technological University (Presenter)

Timothy Maze, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Presenter)

Wandipa Mualefhe, Michigan Technological University (Presenter)

Shardul Tiwari, Michigan Technological University (Presenter)

Emma Wuepper (Presenter)

As a country ubiquitous with industry and the industrial revolution, the identity of the United Kingdom, and Wales specifically, is rooted into ...

La fabrique des savoirs et le musée industriel de la corderie Vallois : de la reconversion d'usines textiles à l'archéologie des paysages de l'industrie

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Museums and industrial culture: presentation and interpretation issues and cases I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Paper

Morgane Moello, Réunion des Musées Métropolitains Rouen Normandie (Speaker)

En Normandie, deux anciennes usines textiles reconverties en établissements culturels cristallisent les dynamiques d'impact industriel sur leur ...

11:00 AM

Mining heritage and mining tourism of Czechia on the example of the UNESCO region Krušnohoří/Erzgebirge

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: The acceptance and belonging of industrial heritage and tourism in Central and Eastern Europe II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Jakub Jelen, Charles University (Speaker)

Mining can be considered as one of the key human activities that affects the development of many regions, conditions the economic development of co...

Geek Heritage : Proposition of a new heritage concept

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Reinterpreting industrial heritage from a global perspective V

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Paper

Takashi Itoh, Japan ICOMOS, Japan Industrial Archaeology Society (Speaker)

Judging from our experience these past 30-40 years of visiting civil engineering heritage and industrial heritage, including ruins, we saw many thi...

11:30 AM

Un patrimoine de l’anthropocène. Élaborer une mémoire de la modernité pour pouvoir en sortir

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability, decolonization and industrial heritage II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Paper

Nathanaël Wadbled, Université de Tour (Speaker)

Le patrimoine industriel aujourd’hui abandonné est l’occasion d’interroger et de repenser la pratique même du patrimoine. La pratique normale depui...

12:00 PM

Company suburbs: how pastoral ideals and real estate investment extended corporate hierarchies into neighborhoods that continue to define North American Cities

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: 20th century company towns and urban planning, from creation to preservation II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580

Paper

Sarah F Scarlett, Michigan Technological University | Industrial Heritage and Archaeology Program (Presenter)

The influence of twentieth-century industrial companies on city and town planning can be traced beyond the creation of isolated company towns an...

12:30 PM

"Meet the author" from DePOT

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main Hall; DePOT table

Talk

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 ...

4:00 PM

Shippensburg station: A laboratory for heritage-based community development

20 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Part of: Critical approaches: social power, sustainability and decolonizing industrial heritage III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Paper

Allen Dieterich-Ward, Shippensburg University (Presenter)

Since 2017, I have been a participant-observer in an innovative project to use industrial heritage as a springboard for...

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Speaker)

Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being pres...

7:30 PM

Pub talk

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Pub Le Sainte-Élisabeth - terrace

Wednesday 31 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Innovations in planning processes for post industrial landscapes

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Legacy of innovative land use after open pit mining

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580

Paper

Markus Otto, Brandenburgische Technische Universität (Speaker)

Post industrial landscapes, esp. region such as post-mining and, even more, post open-pit mining areas do need innovative, specific and strategic p...

9:30 AM

Creative clusters in China : from artists villages to the leisure city

20 minutes, 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Part of: The role of mega-event to enhance industrial heritage in urban (re)development I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540

Paper

Helena Roux, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Speaker)

Renovating and enhancing industrial sites in the context of Olympic Games is a way of showing the full integration of such sites to the neoliberal ...

10:00 AM

Concepts, political and social background and the responsible people and actors of industrial heritage in the GDR between the 1950s and the German reunification in 1990

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Identity, society, and industrial heritage preservation in Central and Eastern Europe I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420

Paper

Helmuth Albrecht, IWTG TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Presenter)

Developing a theoretical framework towards World Heritage recognition of post open-cast mining landscapes

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Legacy of innovative land use after open pit mining

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1580

Paper

Lea Brönner, IHM - Institute for Heritage Management GmbH (Presenter)

Fossil resource extraction is a phenomenon which has dominated social and economic aspects of life for many generations and which has drasticall...

11:00 AM

Industrial heritage as cultural hub: the case study of the Real Vinícola and Casa da Arquitectura in Matosinhos (Portugal)

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Uses of industrial heritage: cases in transformation II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1520

Paper

Beatriz Takahashi, CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Centre «Culture, Space and Memory» (Speaker)

This study is based on the discussion of industrial heritage developed during the final thesis of my ma...

11:30 AM

Barcelone et son arrière-pays, un dialogue interrompu

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Industrie et formes urbaines : village-ouvrier, ville-usine, ville de compagnie, ville industrielle… Enjeux actuels et questions patrimoniales, approches croisées II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1545

Paper

Gracia Dorel-Ferré, APIC (Speaker)

Il s'agit de montrer comment l'extension de Barcelone, au XIX siècle, rend compte non seulement de sa croissance mais aussi et surtout de sa main m...

12:00 PM

“Industrial Abbey” in 21st century Belgium: issues and prospects of a forgotten heritage

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: Industrial landscape: a resilient palimpsest of memory II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Paper

Mathilde Macaux, University of Namur (UNamur) (Speaker)

The rural landscape of Belgium abounds with ancient monasteries not far from which you can perceive, occasionally hidden under the vegetation, some...

1:30 PM

Preservation of place identity through (re)interpretation of the meaning of industrial heritage

20 minutes, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Part of: Identity, society, and industrial heritage preservation in Central and Eastern Europe III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1420

Paper

Anica Draganic, University of Novi Sad (Speaker)

According to the identity process theory (Breakwell, 1986), identity is perceived as a dynamic, social product of the interaction between memory ca...

Rome Reloaded. Or Industrial Heritage Meets the Arts

20 minutes, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Part of: 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

Paper

Anne Scheinhardt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German Architecture Museum) (Speaker)

Rome Reloaded. Or Industrial Heritage Meets the ArtsSince the end of the Industrial Age, the treatm...

2:00 PM

L’urbex, une expérience re-créative du patrimoine industriel délaissé

20 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Part of: Patrimoine industriel et construction culturelle des corps

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540

Paper

Robin Lesné, Laboratoire TVES (ULR 4477) (Speaker)

Qui n’a pas souvenir, dans son enfance ou après, d’être parti.e à l’aventure dans la maison « hantée », l’ancien atelier abandonné ou le bunker mil...

Ruin and revival: Pittsburgh's city staircases as artifacts of alternative urban histories and contemporary narratives

30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Part of: Industrial landscape: a resilient palimpsest of memory III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570

Paper

Elena Clarke (Speaker)

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA) has over 800 public staircases that began to appear on its hillsides at the peak of the region’s industrial developm...

2:30 PM

L’alimentation durable, cheval de Troie d’une gentrification urbaine? Le cas du projet TIF

20 minutes, 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Part of: Patrimoine industriel et construction culturelle des corps

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1540

Paper

Alexandre Fauquette, Université de Lille (Speaker)

"We must raise our heads and reveal the richness of our industrial past, which is what we want to do with our food court"; "Let's not forget tha...

5:30 PM

Public lecture: Fear, loss and the potential for progressive nostalgia: challenging right-wing populism

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Speaker)

In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-w...

7:30 PM

Pub talk

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Pub Le Sainte-Élisabeth - terrace

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

All the Pink Houses: pastel gentrification and international pastiche

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification I?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Elizabeth Carnegie, Northumbria University (Speaker)

Derek Bryce, University of Strathclyde (Presenter)

This paper critically assesses the phenomenon of rejuvenated post-industrial and urban spaces through the theoretical lenses of gentrification and ...

9:30 AM

New strategy for industrial heritage regeneration from the concept of mosaic art: case of Hanyang Iron Factory

20 minutes, 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification I?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Yuqiu Liu, TONGJI UNIVERSITY (Speaker)

With the development of urbanism, cities in China have attached great importance on “Urban Regeneration...

10:00 AM

Fixed typology, fluid functions, continuous narrative: Spacious and intangible narratives forming a new planning strategy in Vestbyen, a Danish working-class neighbourhood

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification I?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Kasper Albrektsen, Aarhus School of Archutecture (Speaker)

In addition to abandoned industrial complexes, deindustrialization left its working-class neighbourhoods in an identity vacuum. Since deindustriali...

11:00 AM

The smokestack in the plaza: Industrial monumentalization and gentrification in Barcelona

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification II?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Brian Rosa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Speaker)

Though Barcelona has become a center for cultural tourism since the 1992 Olympic Games, the city has historically had an economy and identity shape...

11:30 AM

Stop gentrification. Adaptive reuse for social housing purposes

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Is industrial heritage an agent of gentrification II?

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Rafaela Citron, USP (Speaker)

In the UK and in many other European and Noth American countries, industrial sites have been regenerated over the past decades and turned into v...

1:30 PM

Public lecture: Trajectories of deindustrialization and the memoryscapes of industrial pasts – Towards global perspectives

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Stefan Berger (Speaker)

This lecture will argue that the landscapes of industrial heritage that can be found in different parts of the world ar...

5:30 PM

Social gathering at Ecomusée du fier monde and launch of the congress' souvenir stamp

2 hours, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Signup required

Écomusée du fier monde - Piscine

Cocktail

Friday 2 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

7:00 AM

Early bird tour: Walking the Postindustrial Lachine Canal (postponed to Friday)

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Tour

Steven High, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (Presenter)

Walkers will meet at the entrance (there is only one) of Lionel Groulx Metro and from there walk along the canal to t...

12:00 PM

Lunch : barbecue event with Tout un Fumoir

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Repas

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...

3:30 PM

Public lecture: Heritage from the outside in: Cultural practice in an already changed climate

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Available

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Cathy Stanton, Tufts University (Speaker)

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...