International conference: Ours, Yours, Theirs, No One's? Heritage of Multicultural Areas

The aim of the conference is to shed light on the role and understanding of heritage and heritagisation processes in border areas, where different cultures and languages have traditionally come into contact. We will look at heritage in the broadest sense as the ways in which communities and individuals understand, use, value and make sense of the past. We aim to answer the question of how processes related to heritage have been shaped by political and historical circumstances: in particular, by changing political borders (e.g. after the First and Second World Wars), the rise of populisms, demographic changes, e.g. due to population displacements and resettlements, as well as the 'conflicts' between different interpretations of the past and memories.

The program and the book of abstracts are available here.

The conference is part of the research project The Weight of the past. Heritage of the Multicultural Area: Case Study of Gottschee.