{"id":17,"date":"2022-10-04T19:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:46:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"What is HeritageLab?"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' language='javascript'>function FadeIn_SetFadeLinks() { FadeIn_Links[0] = 'https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/team\/robert-parthesius\/';FadeIn_Titles[0] = '<p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>        <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br>            Heritage is like the future\u2014we don\u2019t know it. The HeritageLab enables us to understand the mechanisms behind heritage creation so we understand or at least grapple with the uses and misuse of the past as we move into the future.  <br><br>Heritage means different things to different people; the HereitageLab provides a platform for communities to curate and present their perspectives. <br>        <\/span>   <br>         <span class=\\\"author\\\">Robert Parthesius (Founder, HeritageLab) <\/span><br>   <\/p>';FadeIn_Links[1] = 'https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/team\/alia-yunis\/';FadeIn_Titles[1] = '<p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>    <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br>Heritage is about finding grounding when you are displaced, by force or choice, from the land and landscape that has formed your cultural heritage and inherited memory.<br>    <\/span>    <br>    <span class=\\\"author\\\">Alia Yunis (Tree Routed)<\/a><\/span><br><\/p><br>';FadeIn_Links[2] = 'https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/team\/alia-soliman\/';FadeIn_Titles[2] = '<p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>    <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br> Heritage is the intersection of familial traditions and the national spaces that allow for these personal rituals to play out and live on.<br>    <\/span>    <br>    <span class=\\\"author\\\">Alia Soliman, Content Writer and Editor, HeritageLab<\/a><\/span><br><\/p><br>';FadeIn_Links[3] = 'https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/team\/salila-kulshreshtha\/';FadeIn_Titles[3] = '<p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>    <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br>Heritage for me is valuable tangible and intangible inheritances from the past and how can we make these more meaningful to our present and our future. <br>    <\/span>    <br>    <span class=\\\"author\\\">Salila Kulshreshtha (Hubsandspokes)<\/a><\/span><br><\/p><br>';FadeIn_Links[4] = 'https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/team\/nurcan-yalman\/';FadeIn_Titles[4] = '<p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>    <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br>Heritage is like a branch we hold onto amidst the depths of time and the homogenization of globalization. It is an important tool for us to understand us as citizens of the planet by celebrating differences.<br>    <\/span>    <br>    <span class=\\\"author\\\">Nurcan Yalman-Istanbul<\/a><\/span><br><\/p><br>';FadeIn_Links[5] = 'https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/team\/felix-beck\/';FadeIn_Titles[5] = '<p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>    <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br>To me, Cultural Heritage is the reflection of a common human experience, reminding us of the achievements, challenges, and beauty that have marked our journey as a species. It unites us in a shared history, providing a solid foundation upon which we can build a better, more inclusive future.<br>    <\/span>    <br>    <span class=\\\"author\\\">Felix Hardmood Beck<\/a><\/span><br><\/p><br>';;}var FadeIn_FadeOut = 255;var FadeIn_FadeIn = 0;var FadeIn_Fade = 0;var FadeIn_FadeStep = 3;var FadeIn_FadeWait = 6000;var FadeIn_bFadeOutt = true;<\/script><div id=\"FadeIn_CSS\"><a href=\"#\" id=\"FadeIn_Link\"><p class=\\\"testimonial\\\"><br>        <span class=\\\"quote-content\\\"><br>            Heritage is like the future\u2014we don\u2019t know it. The HeritageLab enables us to understand the mechanisms behind heritage creation so we understand or at least grapple with the uses and misuse of the past as we move into the future.  <br><br>Heritage means different things to different people; the HereitageLab provides a platform for communities to curate and present their perspectives. <br>        <\/span>   <br>         <span class=\\\"author\\\">Robert Parthesius (Founder, HeritageLab) <\/span><br>   <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-wrapper ultp-block-49bee7\"><div class=\"ultp-wrapper-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Heritage-Day-Bo-Kap-South-Africa-768x576-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2166 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Heritage-Day-Bo-Kap-South-Africa-768x576-2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Heritage-Day-Bo-Kap-South-Africa-768x576-2-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>We recognize heritage as a powerful agent in our understanding of our past and our path towards the future, whether in geopolitical, environmental, or social contexts. We seek to unearth, document and celebrate forgotten or erased heritage narratives around objects, places and collective memory in what we could call emerging or re-emerging pasts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Historically, heritage has been monopolized by those in power, leading to exclusionary narratives and the marginalization of diverse voices. HeritageLab challenges this paradigm by giving voice to the multifaceted nature of heritage that exists beyond the confines of official designations, traditional boundaries, and geographical frontiers.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2120 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-Honduras-Tortilla-Seller-1-2000x1500.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-wrapper ultp-block-bebe7d\"><div class=\"ultp-wrapper-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ABOUT-Al-Ain-Oasis-UAE-World-Heritage-Site-1-768x576-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2162 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ABOUT-Al-Ain-Oasis-UAE-World-Heritage-Site-1-768x576-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ABOUT-Al-Ain-Oasis-UAE-World-Heritage-Site-1-768x576-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>This means supporting organically grown or grassroots heritage communities, going beyond national agendas and formal heritage institutions.&nbsp;We study and practice the processes of heritage creation and management to create mechanisms for more inclusive, participatory and transparent engagement with the past and present.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"586\" data-id=\"2163\" 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100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"2165\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-House-of-Wonders-Stonetown-Zanzibar-768x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-House-of-Wonders-Stonetown-Zanzibar-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/About-House-of-Wonders-Stonetown-Zanzibar-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">HeritageLab is also a pedagogical exercise in Heritage Studies, as it encourages future thinkers of future heritage, including the many heritage professionals who have gotten their start with HeritageLab, as well as HeritageLab team members who have been working in the field for decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">HeritageLab is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in its approach and reflects how communities increasingly desire to play a pivotal role in re-imagining authorized heritage narratives. We pursue best practices while nurturing alternative approaches for inclusive and sustainable heritage management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-wrapper ultp-block-0a573f\"><div class=\"ultp-wrapper-block\">\n<p>We offer alternative critical approaches to look at heritage sites and practices in an increasingly mobile and digitally connected world. We do this through the traditional academic fields of heritage studies, including archaeology, anthropology, and conservation, and through non-traditional fields, including environmental science, biology, agriculture, history and art history, gender and area studies, postcolonial studies, political science, literature and art, and media. Research tools include digital mapping and archiving, reconstructions, oral histories, film and archival work, in addition to archaeology and traditional conservation methods.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Embracing the diversity of heritage topics and geographic locations, HeritageLab participants come together in a conversation seeking to unite the private and public, unofficial and official narratives, to reach a common understanding of the issues around heritage sites and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/maps\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/maps\/\">Co-Labs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/heritage-experiments\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/heritage-experiments\/\">Featured Projects<\/a> and get to know some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/research\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/research\/\">published work<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>To explore some of the stories and sites of our work, return to or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/universe\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/universe\/\">Heritage Universe<\/a>.\u00a0 And always feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/contact\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/heritagelab.center\/index.php\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\n\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, heritage has been monopolized by those in power, leading to exclusionary narratives and the marginalization of diverse voices. HeritageLab challenges this paradigm by giving voice to the multifaceted nature of heritage that exists beyond the confines of official designations, traditional boundaries, and geographical frontiers. 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