Building Bridges and working beyond our Boundaries: A personal National Trust journey towards community engagement, partnership and collaboration
Sarah Kay
National Trust
10-11 September 2026 · University of Nottingham
Programme & abstracts
Plan your visit by day, time and room, and explore all 32 presentation abstracts.
- Two days
- 09:30 start
- Three rooms
- A03 · A01 · A22
- 32 presentations
- Four connected themes
On the day
Spaces for everyone
- Quiet SpaceRoom B53 · available all day
- Changing RoomRoom A27 · available all day
- Registration & breaksHumanities Building foyer
- Programme updated 10 September 2026The online programme and four-page programme PDF include the latest cancellations and session times. The complete book of abstracts contains an earlier schedule.
- Conference photographyPhotography student Eulan Peng will photograph the conference throughout both days. Follow @chronocraftr.
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Day 1
Thursday 10 September
Archive & Memory in the morning. Living Heritage in the afternoon.
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A03
Registration
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A03
Welcome from the organisers
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A03
Coffee break
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Parallel presentations
Archive & Memory
Archives · Collections · Interpretation · Material Culture
Chairs: Lucas Yufeng WuOn the Move: Dance Stories – Memory and Mapping Lives in Motion
Dr Deborah Williams
University of Malta Department of Dance Studies
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Parallel presentations
Archive & Memory
Archives · Collections · Interpretation · Material Culture
Chairs: Dan Webber · Michelle BuckleyCultural Appropriation or Cultural Metamorphosis? The Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens and the Making of British Seaside Heritage
Rachel Macfarlane
University of Warwick & University of Suffolk
Enchanted Masks: Reimagining “Vesmuhunu” Through Contemporary Practice-Led Performance
Dhanushka Seneviratne
DS Dance Research Lab
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Parallel presentations
Archive & Memory
Archives · Collections · Interpretation · Material Culture
Chairs: Dan Webber · Lucas Yufeng WuAutotopography: Bridging Lived and Living Experiences to Heritage Sites
David (Dewi) Evans
Queen Mary University of London/Tours of the UK
Forgotten Soldiers: Continued dis-remembrance of the Zulu fallen at Isandlwana
Debbie Whelan
Durban University of Technology/Archaic Consulting Pty. Ltd.
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The Isadora Project: Reinscribing Dance History
Dr Marie-Louise Crawley
C-DaRE, Coventry University
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A03
Coffee break
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Parallel presentations
Living Heritage
Performance · Intangibility · Embodiment · Transmission
Chairs: Larissa Terranova · Belén TrigoWhat Heritage Controversies Reveal About Decision Making
Bori Oluwole-Ojo
Birmingham City University
Michael Clark, Choreomusicality, and the “Material Gap”
Eustacia (Edie) Hughes
Goldsmiths College, University of London
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Parallel presentations
Living Heritage
Performance · Intangibility · Embodiment · Transmission
Chairs: Larissa Terranova · Dr Lucie SykesBridging Earth Heritage, Participatory Cultural Practice and Wellbeing: A Community-Based Approach to Sustainable Development
Ho-Chung Tam
University of Birmingham
Experiencing Zapin: Southeast Asia’s Intangible Malay Cultural Heritage
Muslihah Mujtaba
University of Birmingham
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Parallel presentations
Living Heritage
Performance · Intangibility · Embodiment · Transmission
Chairs: Larissa Terranova · Belén TrigoRedefining Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Hakka Qilin Dance in the UK through Intercultural Co-Production
Dr Xunnan Li & Mengjiao Wang
University of Leeds
Passion Day: A Project Review of Translation and Performance in Sicily
Dr Enza De Francisci
University of Glasgow
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Parallel presentations
Living Heritage
Performance · Intangibility · Embodiment · Transmission
Chairs: Dr Lucie Sykes · Belén TrigoThe Solar Wheel: How a Folk Ballet can deepen connections with traditions and cultural heritage
Deborah Ward
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Notebook’s Silence, the Interview’s Voice: Archiving Intangible Directorial Heritage
Marius-Alexandru Teodorescu
Învață de mic NGO
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A03
Closing Remarks into Networking & Drinks Reception
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Bramleys at The Orchard Hotel & Restaurant
Conference Dinner — registration required
Day 2
Friday 11 September
Heritage & Society in the morning. Heritage Futures in the afternoon.
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A03
Registration
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A03
Welcome from the organisers
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Strategic Collaboration in Archaeological Heritage Management in England
Barney Sloane
Historic England
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A03
Coffee break
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Parallel presentations
Heritage & Society
Communities · Place · Governance · Conservation
Chairs: Debbie Whelan · Dhanushka SeneviratneDisability Representation in West Midlands’ Arts and Cultural Spaces
Dr Ngozi Marion Emmanuel & Sofia Brizio
Birmingham City University
Backing the Bridge: Tribute Backing Vocal Practice as Living Popular Music Heritage
Sofia Jones
Manchester Metropolitan University
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Parallel presentations
Heritage & Society
Communities · Place · Governance · Conservation
Chairs: Debbie Whelan · Jen PearceThe Elevated Granaries of the North of the Iberian Peninsula as a Representative Manifestation of the Spanish Material and Intangible Cultural Heritage (Typological definition, regulatory framework and conservation criteria)
Javier Mundiña Basanta & Belén Trigo
University of Santiago de Compostela
Selling Such ‘Sad Sheets’: Ellen Cotes and the Marketing of Mortality
Dr Jennifer Young
University of Greenwich
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Parallel presentations
Heritage & Society
Communities · Place · Governance · Conservation
Chairs: Dhanushka Seneviratne · Jen PearceFrom Preservation to Cultivation: Bridging Artistic Boundaries through the Living Heritage of Kunqu
Xueting Luo
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Lost Place-Names and Intangible Heritage: Case Studies from Yorkshire
Katie Hardy
University of Nottingham
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Cultural and Heritage Continuity through Language Revitalisation
Julia Sallabank
SOAS University of London
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A03
Coffee break
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Parallel presentations
Heritage Futures
Technology · Innovation · Digital Heritage · New Methodologies
Chairs: Dr Jennifer Young · Deborah WardFrom Fragment to Artefact: Heritage Mining as a Design Method for Cultural Production
Dr Rowan Gatfield & Dr Raymund Konigk
Lincoln School of Design and Architecture
What Is Missing Matters: Heritage Lens, Epistemic Responsibility, and the Boundaries of AI in Cultural Heritage Research
Larissa Terranova
CSA Circolo Amerindiano
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Parallel presentations
Heritage Futures
Technology · Innovation · Digital Heritage · New Methodologies
Chairs: Dr Jennifer Young · Dr Valentine NyamndonGathering Place 360: Making archaeology accessible through dance and creative technology
Katie Green
Made By Katie Green
From Dracula to Lara Croft: The transferable exhibition at Derby Museums
Dan Webber
Derby Museums
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Parallel presentations
Heritage Futures
Technology · Innovation · Digital Heritage · New Methodologies
Chairs: Deborah Ward · Dr Valentine NyamndonMotion Capture as a Site of Cultural Transmission: Reframing Embodied Slavic Heritage Through Digital Improvisation
Dr Lucie Sykes
Independent Artist-Researcher
The Woven Code: Ethical AI, Social Reproduction, and the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Anita Greenhill
University of Manchester
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Parallel presentations
Heritage Futures
Technology · Innovation · Digital Heritage · New Methodologies
Chairs: Dr Valentine NyamndonMaking Tradition Visible Reimagining the Safeguarding of traditional Chinese opera through New Dragon Gate Inn (2023)
Lucas Yufeng Wu
University of Exeter
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A03
Closing Remarks & Thank You!
Both days
Poster presentations
Available during the morning and afternoon coffee breaks and the lunch session.
Towards a Contemporary Communication of the Distant Past in Metal Art Practice
Blessing Fatoyinbo
University of Ibadan
Beyond Restoration: Scientific Characterization and the Recovery of Cultural Heritage after the January 8 Attacks (Brazil)
Lucas Pereira
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
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