
Valdimar Tr. Hafstein is an associate professor in the Department of Ethnology, Folklore, and Museum Studies at the University of Iceland, and current president of SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore). He has been a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, University of Gothenburg, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, and a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at New York University. Valdimar chaired the Icelandic Commission for UNESCO from 2011-2012.
Sessions auxquelles Valdimar Tr. Hafstein participe
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11:00
- 14.30 Preservation as Salvation: Safeguarding the Church of Sweden
- Participant.e Prof. Ola Wetterberg (University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation) | Participant.e Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (University of Iceland) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion?
- Paper
9:00
9:00
- 10.00 Heritage vs Property: Contrasting Regimes and Rationalities in the Patrimonial Field
- Participant.e Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (University of Iceland) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges
- Paper
Sessions auxquelles Valdimar Tr. Hafstein assiste
17:00
17:00
- Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
- Inscription req. Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
- 17:00 - 19:30 | 2 heures 30 minutes
- Cocktail
11:00
11:00
- 11.00 Borders in Heritage: An Introduction
- Participant.e Laurier Turgeon (Université Laval) | Participant.e Prof. Dominique Poulot (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) | Participant.e Dr Astrid Swenson (Brunel University London ) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine
- Paper
- Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 heures
- Regular session
15:30
15:30
- Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine : Roundtable | Table ronde UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M280
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Roundtable
17:00
17:00
- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 heure
- Cocktail
18:30
18:30
- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

9:00
9:00
- Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-2518
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
- Regular session
- At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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14:00
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)
- Inscription req. Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
- 14:00 - 15:30 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

9:00
9:00
- Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.435
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Regular session
- How do Rights Change Heritage? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Regular session
13:30
13:30
- Le Canada doit-il signer la Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Roundtable with simultaneous translation / Table ronde avec traduction simultanée
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- Le patrimoine comme enjeu de la participation citoyenne à Montréal Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.430
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Roundtable
9:00
9:00
- 10.00 After Five Years as Intangible Cultural Heritage: What Has Changed for the Pirekua?
- Participant.e Georgina Flores Mercado (UNAM) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- 12.00 The Tangibility of Intangible Heritage: UNESCO ICH and Material Culture in India
- Participant.e Leah K. Lowthorp (Harvard University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- 11.00 Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, un facteur de développement durable des communautés et des groupes
- Participant.e Caecilia Alexandre (Université Laval, Université de Montréal, Faculté de Droit) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- 14.00 Le patrimoine immatériel, ça change tout. L’impact de la création de patrimoines immatériels dans les différents domaines de la vie sociale. Quelques exemples européens
- Participant.e Dr. Alessandro Testa (University of Vienna) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis?
- Paper
- Le patrimoine culturel immatériel, quels nouveaux défis? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.270
- 9:00 - 17:00 | 8 heures
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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- L’expertise au temps de la dérégulation patrimoniale | Expertise in a time of deregulation Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Regular session
13:30
13:30
- 13.30 Rights-Based Heritage Claims in Contemporary Turkey: The Cases of Hasankeyf and Sulukule
- Participant.e Dr. Bahar Aykan |
- 13:30 - 14:00 | 30 minutes Partie de: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management: Possibilities and Limitations
- Paper
- (in)significance: Values and Valuing in Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.430
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Roundtable