Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene Symposium

A global symposium aimed at decolonising, decentring and reframing the recent past to achieve equitable and sustainable futures.

Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene is part of the MoHoA global collaborative, taking place 26–28 October 2022, and builds on the Modern Heritage of Africa symposium hosted by the University of Cape Town in September 2021.

Coordinated by The Bartlett’s Professor Edward Denison and Head of the University of Liverpool’s School of Architecture, Professor Ola Uduku, along with partners at the University of Cape Town, the Africa World Heritage Fund and around the world, this hybrid symposium responds to an age of planetary crisis in which a precarious present reflects an inequitable past and a perilous future.

Modern heritage in all its forms and from around the world is the subject of this multidisciplinary symposium, presenting the paradox of being of modernity and yet threatened by its consequences. MoHoA was originally conceived within an African context to interrogate this paradox because the continent encapsulates the historical inequities that characterise the modern and its associated notions of development and progress while also facing the highest rates of urbanisation over the next 30 years, demanding new approaches to the past and present that achieve equitable and sustainable futures on a planetary scale. The outcomes of the two symposia will synthesise in the recognition of the Cape Town Document on Modern Heritage.

MoHoA, UCL, UCT

From 26/10/2022

To 28/10/2022

Download Cape Town Document

The fee structure was conceived to reflect and support MoHoA’s principles of equity, diversity and inclusivity. The organisers would like to thank The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment and The Bartlett School of Architecture for the support that has enabled the fees to be kept to a minimum so as to enable the widest possible participation in this event.

Please click on the price that applies to your preferred ticket and your circumstances to secure your ticket.

Category	Hybrid	In Person
Participants from * Countries – Single Day	£30	£50
Participants from ** Countries – Single Day	FREE	FREE
Participants from * Countries – Three Day	£70	£120
Participants from ** Countries – Three Day	FREE	FREE
Presenters – Single Day	£20	£50
Presenters – Three Day	£50	£100
Students and Early Careers Researchers	Voluntary Donation c.£10-£20	Voluntary Donation c.£10-30

* Countries: Based on gross national income (GNI) per capita, the World Bank’s main criterion for classifying economies. www.worldbank.org – Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Is., Channel Is., Chile, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is., Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Rep Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Mariana Is., Oman, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovak Rep., Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Martin (French part), Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Virgin Islands (US).

** Countries: Any country not listed above.

MoHoA plans two symposia over two years and a series of supporting thematic workshops. The first symposium, focusing on Africa, will be hosted by the University of Cape Town in September 2021 and titled ‘Modern Heritage of Africa’. The second will be global in scope and hosted by The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) in 2022 and titled ‘Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene’. The outcome UCT symposium will lead to proposing a ‘The Cape Town Document on Modern Heritage’ supporting efforts to modify international policy and guidance on modern heritage in line with present and future planetary challenges of ecological, social and economic equity. This will be presented to the World Heritage Committee as part of the reporting exercise and as a side event at the relevant Committee Session. The UCL symposium will discuss the wider implications of the MoHoA globally.