HerInDep Team together with the Faculty of Humanities will host a conference on the impact of depopulation in Europe. During the three-day conference, you will have the opportunity to attend series of intersting presentations and discussions with experts and researchers from the disciplines of cultural anthropology, ethnology, history, architecture, natural sciences, and other fields. This conference will be covering topics related to the depopulation of peripheral rural areas and urban centres and the impact on cultural and natural heritage in the broadest sense, as well as the relationship between humans and nature.
SAVE THE DATE:
27. - 29. 8. 2025
On-line registration will be open soon.
CONFERENCE VENUE:
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University,
Pátkova 2137/5, 182 00, Prague 8 - Libeň
Public Transport (search transport):
bus 187 (Pelc-Tyrolk station + 200 m walk)
tram 17 (Trojská station + 800 m walk)
Accommodation
Below you can find some of the hotels that are located near the Faculty of Humanities in Prague 7 and 8 (Holešovice, Letná, Troja):
Jablonského 4, Praha 7
Milady Horákové 19, Praha 7
Přístavní 2, Praha 7
Ortenovo nám. 22, Praha 7
Trojská 2232/1, Praha 8
Podplukovníka Sochora 724/30
Šternberkova 20, Praha 7
Janovského 50, Praha 7
U Výstaviště 13, Praha 7
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Director of University Centre for International Projects and University Professor in Ethnology/ Social Anthropology
Professor of Public Folklore,
Institute for Northern Studies
Professor of Creative Ethnology,
Institute for Northern Studies,
Architect
Lithuania
Associate Professor, Architect
Lithuania
Roundtable Challenges of depopulation for Europe's regions: defining the field
As part of the Heritage and depopulation in Europe conference we plan to organize a round table Challenges of depopulation for Europe's regions for representatives of local governments, policymakers, representatives of non-profit organizations, memory and cultural institutions and other local actors from the Czech Republic, Lithuania and the Shetland Islands, focused on the practical consequences of depopulation in the regions, especially in relation to cultural heritage. The roundtable will address the issue of depopulation in Europe, with a particular focus on heritage.
By depopulation we mean population decline in certain countries or regions. Depopulation occurs because of economic and political processes (e.g. the outflow of people from Eastern Europe after 1989), conflicts and political upheavals (displacement/expulsion of populations in Central Europe after World War II), or because of urbanization and globalization, when young and educated people leave peripheral areas for urban centres. Consequences of these processes are the population ageing, the deterioration of infrastructure (roads, schools, quality of health care), the changing relationship between man and landscape, but also the threat to cultural heritage. By heritage we mean in a broader sense everything that local communities consider to be meaningful and "lived", to be a value with historical continuity, and to be something that should be passed on to future generations. Heritage in this sense can be both material (house, church, fortress) and intangible (knowledge, craft, technology), but heritage can also be landscape, or a specific relationship between man and nature. However, "heritage" can also be considered a relationship to a place, the memory of a place or landscape, or the values, knowledge, ways of life of minority or non-dominant groups. The aim of the round table is to bring together actors from regions that are struggling with the impacts of demographic change, to formulate the topics and problems they encounter, and to enable them to share possible solutions and examples of good practice. Maybe they are dealing with similar problems as you are elsewhere. Maybe it's possible to be inspired somewhere, or to inspire someone...
The round table will provide interpreting between Czech and English.
On-line registration will be open soon.
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