INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HERITAGE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND PRACTICE: DEVELOPING INTEGRATED APPROACHES

14-16 DECEMBER 2018

AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD, INDIA

Tentative Schedule
Pre-Conference
Conference Tours: 13 December 2018
Morning or Early Evening Tours: Thematic Heritage Walks within the Old City of Ahmedabad, a UNESCO World Heritage
Property
 Shaan-e-Ahmed:
Ahmed: Historic City Core Tour: a walk led by students of Masters in Heritage Management at
Ahmedabad University around key monuments and public spaces at the the historic city core
 From Temple to Mosque: A walk developed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
 Food Walk: a walk led by students of Masters in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University, highlighting
culinary traditions in Ahmedabad within the old city (includes some testing opportunities)
 Women in Ahmedabad: a walk led by students of Masters in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University,
highlighting the role of women in the historic city and various movements that took place here.
 Crafts Walk: a walk exploring various craft traditions available within the old city of Ahmedabad, a UNESCO
World Heritage Property
Morning walks conclude with a traditional local breakfast, and evening walks conclude with an option for having dinner at
the open food market of Manek Chowk.
Registrations are required to participate in these walks. Contribution for morning heritage walk (Rs. 500, breakfast
included), contribution for evening heritage walk: Rs. 400 (dinner not included)
 INAUGURAL SESSION: 14 December 2018, Friday
TIME SESSIONS

8:30 – 9:15 Registrations

9:15 – 11:00 Inaugural Session

11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break

11:30 – 13:00 Plenary Session and Inauguration of the Expo
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A –INTEGRATING HERITAGE AND DEVELOPMENT 1B –INTEGRATING HERITAGE AND EDUCATION

TIME TOPIC/PRESENTER TOPIC/PRESENTER

Restoration of Tangible and Intangible Artefacts in the
Tunisian Landscape: ‘Les Hotels De Charme’ and the
Entrepreneurial Project of Dar Ben-Gacem as a Case
Study
Majdi Faleh
Conservation Of Cultural Heritage Incentives Programme
In The Malay Village: Assessing Its Effectiveness
Indera Syahrul Mat Radzuan & Yahaya Ahmed
14:00 – 16:00 Heritage in the 480 year old Contemporary City: A Case
of Bengaluru
Benjamin John
Indian historic cities development through historic urban
landscape approach
Nidhi Dandona
Integration of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable
Development through Design in India
Surbhi Ahuja
Advanced Limes Applications for the World Heritage site
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Using low-cost digital
technologies as educational tool to present Roman
archaeology
Carsten Hermann
The Untold Stories: Investigating the Agency of Object-
based Conservation Narratives
Anjali Vimal Jain
The Digital in Culture: Engaging Heritage as an Individual
Learning Rather Than A Socially-Situated Experience
Niyati Talwar
Examining the role of Architectural (Academic) Institutions
in Heritage Education
Renuka Oka
Effectiveness of Communicating Cultural Values through
Storytelling of Folk Tales to Children
Niluka Thilakarathne
16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break

PARALLEL SESSIONS 2A–INTEGRATING NATURE AND CULTURE 2B –INTEGRATING TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE
TIME TOPIC/PRESENTER TOPIC/PRESENTER

Placing local rituals and practices within the historical

landscape management paradigm: Case study of
Relooking A Heritage Tree As An Urban Place Maker Skyurbuchan, Ladakh
Balaji Venkatachary Nishant Upadhyay
Wildlife Heritage Preservation and Management-its Contextualizing the intangible within the tangible: The Case
Relevance in Modern Society of Amritsar
Nandita Moitra Niyati Jigyasu
16:30 – 18:00 Critical study of the parameters influencing the planning
and sustenance of a cultural landscape - A case of temple
towns of Tamil Nadu Through A Looking Glass: A Kinok in a Heritage City
Aishwarya K.V. Ishita Jain
Integrating the Natural and Cultural Heritage: Decoding and Deciphering the Intangible from the Tangible
Case Study of the Carob in Crete, Greece : An Inquiry into India's Traditional Crafts and Adapting
Reema Islam them for Modern Day Interiors
Puja Anand
18:00 – onwards Welcome Reception

DAY 2: 15 December 2018, Saturday

TIME PLENARY
9:30 – 11:00 Plenary Session
11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break
3A - POSTER PRESENTATIONS 3B - POSTER PRESENTATION
Interpreting the Cultural Heritage of Gulbarga through its Economics of Heritage analysing the role of private sector
11:30 – 13:00 Cultural Practices in heritage conservation
Ananta Dutta Shilpa Jain
A study on Lodi Garden, New Delhi: Bringing Historical The Narrative of Deteriorating Tangible and Intangible
Showpieces to Life Heritage at Naina Devi Shaktipitha
 Excellent Hansda Harveen Bhandari
Cultural Landscape of Kanheri Caves Heritage Zone, Heritage as a tool for development in smaller towns: a
Mumbai, Maharahtra case of lower chambal valley
Poorva Patil Richa Mishra
Caves In Mumbai: A Resource of Education in Context of Adaptive Reuse for Tourism as a means of reviving
Jogeshwari and Mandapeshwar Caves Abandoned Heritage in Bhopal and Paithan
Riddhi Joshi Neha Mallick
Need of Intangible Aspects in Preserving the Built
Ram Mandir - Local heritage renewal Environment, Golden Temple Complex
Rupali Jadhav Shailja Singla
Appropriating Urban Heritage: Spatial transliteration of
Revitalization of Cultural Heritage of Ahmedabad City the Lansdowne Building, Mysuru.
Yamee Thakkar Yashas Nataraju
‘Kala Kosh’ A Digital Archive for Traditional Craft
Communities Mutable Heritage and Its Values
Bhargav Padhiyar Koumudi Malladi
Bridging the Community to its Heritage Travelling heritage: A case of Kutchi Bhunga
Saif Siddiqui Shalvi Suman
Sustainable Conservation of the temples of Bali
Delving into the world of Butchers Dewangunj, Arambagh, West Bengal
Tanya Kewalramani Sukrit Sen
Inheritance of Heritage: The Jagammanpur Fort
Kalpana Chauhan
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS 4A: INTEGRATING TANGIBLE / INTANGIBLE
One Place And Many Memories: Urban Voices from the City of
14:00 – 15:30 formerly Princely State of India
Bulbul Shukla
Exploring the potential of reviving the Wadas of Paithan,
Maharashtra by linking the handloom industry.
Ruchita Belarpur
Reconstruction of Sacred Spaces: A paradigm shift to restore
the spirit, and re-establish socio-economic, cultural, and
4B: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
Preserving Intangible Heritage through community
participation: The Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Amritsar
Yaaminey Mubayi
Collaboration for Conservation: Case-Study of a UNESCO
Project in World Heritage Sites of India
Niraj Kakati
Understanding Cultural Stewardship in India: Case Study of
Adopt-A-Heritage Scheme
 historic continuity Prajakta Divekar
Shivangi Shukla
Factors for Sustaining the Conservation of Meroe
Albejrawiayh Pyramids In Sudan
Maha Mohani Fahmi
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break

PARALLEL SESSIONS 5A: WATER 5B: THESES (Students of Masters Programme in Heritage
Management at Ahmedabad University)
16:00 – 18:00 The Dying Water Heritage of Sarkhej Roza
Gargi Mishra Shaoni Pramanick
Indigenous Ship-building Landscape and Community: Khalasis
of Beypore, South India
Shahul Ameen KT Aayushi Maheshwari
Heritage through the lens of water and sanitation: Case of
world heritage city Ahmedabad
Yash Sugandhi Richa Pandey
Sanitising Heritage- Hydraulic Water Supply and the Erosion of
the Traditional Water Management System of Colonial
Bombay City (1860-1947)
Madhu Kelkar Renu Mittal
Towards a model for the development of the Mesolonghi -
Aitoliko Sea Lagoon in Greece
Mari Sampiani GouravMandloi

Bansari Ladia
18:00 – 19:00 Cultural Programme by Students & Refreshments
 DAY 3: 16 December 2018, Sunday
TIME PLENARY

9:30 – 11:00 PLENARY SESSION

11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break

PARALLEL SESSIONS 6A: Local Global Discourses 6B: Heritage & Economics

The Warp and Weft of Heritage: Exploring Synergies between Narrowing the distance between heritage conservation and
Peripheral and Core Communities in Heritage Management business management: heritage as a customer experience, a
11:30 – 13:00 and Preservation case study of the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece
Michael Kimball Ioannis Poulios
Vigan Heritage Charter: Towards the Development of an The dilemma between cultural heritage and a market
Interdisciplinary commodity of a textile craft: A viewpoint through Kalamkari/
Value-based Heritage Policy Formulation Vraatapani of Srikalahasti.
Eric Babar Zerrudo Malini Divakala
On the Vectors of Intangible Cultural Heritage and History: A
Study of Indo-Fijian Literary Tradition
Tana Trivedi
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
Session on World Heritage Management: Ahmedabad Museum Session
TBC Understanding the role of communities in future cultural
preservation practices in museum with special reference to
Antri Museum : Case Study
Rajnish Kumar
14:00 – 15:30
Examining interfaces between the museum and the community
in the Tulu-speaking region of Karnataka
Vijayashree C S

Finding Oneself, Creating Bonds!

Poulomi Das
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 – 17:30 Concluding Plenary

Reports by Session Chairs

 Open Discussion

Vote of Thanks

17:30 – 19:00 Networking High Tea

Post-Conference Tours: 17 December 2018

 Sarkhej Roza (A late afternoon – early evening visit)
 Harappan Civilization Tour (2 days 1 night: December 17 - 19) – advance registrations required latest by
November 20
 Crafts Tour (2 days 1 night: December 17-19) – advance registrations required latest by November 20
Morning or Early Evening Tours: Thematic Heritage Walks within the Old City of Ahmedabad, a UNESCO World Heritage
Property
 Shaan-e-Ahmed: Historic City Core Tour: a walk led by students of Masters in Heritage Management at
Ahmedabad University around key monuments and public spaces at the historic city core
 From Temple to Mosque: A walk developed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
 Food Walk: a walk led by students of Masters in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University, highlighting
culinary traditions in Ahmedabad within the old city (includes some testing opportunities)
 Women in Ahmedabad: a walk led by students of Masters in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University,
highlighting the role of women in the historic city and various movements that took place here.
 Crafts Walk: a walk exploring various craft traditions available within the old city of Ahmedabad, a UNESCO
World Heritage Property
Morning walks conclude with a traditional local breakfast, and evening walks conclude with an option for having dinner at
the open food market of Manek Chowk.
REGISTRATION LINKS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.