People understand, value, use and engage with the historic environment in many different ways. HEF is a high-level forum which, by working collaboratively, carries out a range of activities to encourage and support research, conservation, presentation, enjoyment and use of the historic environment in England.
In July 2022, #HeritageChat discussed Heritage Futures. Our chat partners for this month’s session were Dr Leila Papoli-Yazdi and Dr Emily Hanscam, Researchers from the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures. 1.What assumptions do we often make about heritage and its relationship to the future? 2.Historical legacies are what we construct
In June 2022 #HeritageChat discussed Citizen Science in heritage. Topics covered in this chat included engaging citizens in project planning, ensuring data quality and making citizen science projects inclusive. This was a quieter chat, but participants thoughtfully considered when and how to best engage citizens in heritage projects. A key
Throughout the financial year 2021-22 the pandemic continued to have a significant impact on historic environment sector, despite the successful rollout of the vaccination programme which led to the lifting of most restrictions and the continuation of emergency funding. Notwithstanding the pandemic, we have seen some major policy changes (e.g.
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Read MoreRT @Heritage_RH: Did you receive expert consultancy or group training from the #RebuildingHeritage live support programme? Attend our Past…
Read MoreRT @InstituteArch: Lots of great sessions planned for this year's Innovation Festival in October. If you want to contribute there's still t…
Read MoreAt this year's Foresight Day we discussed the key themes of the #HeritageResiliencePlan: skills, climate change, embedding heritage in public policy, EDI & governance. Read a summary of the event below, & visit to read the #HeritageResiliencePlan now. https://t.co/f9kV9BFpaY
Read MoreRT @Heritage_NGOs: We'll be hosting our next annual #HeritageDebate on the evening of 24 November! 🗓️ The event will be virtual again this…
Read More RT @HistEnvForum: In June, the Historic Environment Forum held it's Foresight Day at @MuseumofLondon. This year, the focus was on the newly…
Read MoreRT @_riwsa: **NEW DATES** We're running our short course 'New Social Futures from Heritage' on the 22nd and 23rd September 2022, helping h…
Read More#HeritageChat will be having a short break in August, but if you'd like to recap on what we discussed with @UnescoChairLNU & other great contributors last month, head over to our website to read a quick summary of the chat #HeritageFutures 🔮 https://t.co/SgTyEHsv73
Read More⭐We had an excellent #HeritageChat on Tuesday where we discussed #HeritageFutures - thank you @UnescoChairLNU for partnering with us on this topic and thanks to everyone who shared their ideas! ⭐ Missed the chat? Recap on our website: https://t.co/Io5p3ajtlX
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Some more #future thinking happening in the sector 👇
Read MoreBringing together senior members of staff from public and non-government bodies to work collaboratively on strategic matters for the historic environment sector.
