Fri, 06 Oct
|Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
Expanding our Cultural Heritage Horizon - Symposium
Exploring new ways of teaching, understanding and embracing cultural heritage across our Southern Region.
06 Oct 2023, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
Koha - no bookings required.
First session (9-10.30) Theme - Education and heritage
Anthony Breese – Digital Skills Facilitator (blending technology and heritage within primary and secondary education)
Sarah McCallum – Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Te Pukenga/Otago Polytechnic (new technologies in teaching architecture and heritage)
Leana Scheffer – Lecturer, School of Architecture, Te Pukenga/Otago Polytechnic (archival work in teaching interior architecture and heritage)
Sasha Meyer – Heritage Consultant, Origin Consultants (an architectural graduate’s perspective)
Morning break
Second session (11-12.30) Theme – Embracing Cultural Heritage
Professor Chris Brickell – Gender Studies, University of Otago (heritage places of encounter)
Kerryn Pollock – Heritage Assessment Advisor, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (The Rainbow List Project)
Aukaka - Māori cultural values (community/cultural monitors and RMA perspective)
Rachel Gemmell – Lawrence Chinese Camp cultural values