My keynote at the 6th National Seminar on Geography and Phenomenology
Although I've only been in Brazil for about two months, and am careful about over-generalizing based on my limited experience, it seems as if phenomenology, as a field of study,…
Community workshop meetings in Olinda
Work is proceeding on setting up the first of what will hopefully be a series of community workshop meetings in Olinda that will address what should become of the Horto…
UFPE mini-course: old places, significance, and a social science approach
This week I gave my first series of lectures in a special "mini course" at the Department of Urban Development (MDU) at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). The first…
Shards of the Past: Remembrance & Foreshadowing by Jack D. Elliott, Jr.
Last year, Kent State University published a book on Historic Preservation and Urban Change (Terry Schwarz, editor). In it was a paper by a familiar author: Jack D. Elliott, Jr.…
Call for papers: Critical Heritage and Tourism
I ran across this session proposal as part of the Society for Applied Anthropology's 76th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , March 29–April 2, 2016. Normally, I'm only…
Call for abstracts: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management: Possibilities and Limitations
[The following call for abstracts was received via e-mail from the organizer] Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management: Possibilities and Limitations Panel session proposal for the Association of Critical Heritage Studies…
Mini course at UFPE on the social sciences and heritage conservation
While I'm working on my research in Olinda, Brazil, I will be participating in a "mini course" in the Urban Development Program (MDU) at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE).…
Bringing phenomenology to the people (but don’t call it that)
The phenomenological approach is of particular relevance when dealing with the questions of significance for preservation. ... If a historical place is such a phenomenon, then the term ‘significant’…
The conservation of the historic environment: the void dweller
In the early 1990s, when I was following the techno music scene closely, I came across a track called "Spice" by EON, which I really liked. (It borrowed sound bites,…
Call for abstracts: Using Applied Social Science Methodologies to Conserve the Historic Environment: Can Evidence Change Practice?
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) intensive proposal for the EDRA47 conference on May 18, 2016 at the Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Submission deadline has been extended to…