US/ICOMOS 2020 International Symposium and Conference:
U.S. World Heritage and Social Justice in the 21st Century
The 2020 Symposium was an all-virtual event taking place via Zoom in two 4-hour sessions 12-13 November, 1-5 pm EST. Each day began with a keynote presentation followed by three themed sessions. Speakers presented virtually from around the world.
Day One: Social Justice, Civil Rights & Slavery
November 12, 2020: 1 – 5 pm EST
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| Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and Robert Stanton, former NPS Director and former ACHP Expert Member (2014-2020) |
A conversation between two long-time leaders who have spent their careers engaged in promoting social justice in cultural heritage, the National Parks and society as a whole.
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International Examples of Monuments Associated with Oppression Moderator: Douglas C. Comer, Ph.D., President US/ICOMOS |
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| Rebecca Senior | Visual Cultures of British Imperial Monuments |
| Beatriz Gomes Dias | Slavery Memorial: Raising a Historical Counter-Memory |
| Leonardo Castriota | Monuments of Oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean |
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World Heritage Sites and Slavery Moderator: Hon. William A. Bell, Former Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Wazi Apoh | “The Slave Trade Passed Through our Palaces”: Reflections Beyond the Forts and Castles of Ghana |
| Brandon Dillard | Bringing History Forward: Interpreting Legacies at Monticello |
| Pascall Taruvinga, PhD | Social Memory and Generational Transition; Robben Island World Heritage Site, South Africa |
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Interpretation of Civil Rights Sites Moderator: Alan Spears, NPCA Senior Director of Cultural Resources, Government Affairs |
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| Judy Ann Forte | Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park |
| Joy G. Kinard, Ph.D. | From the Margins to the Center: Interpreting Social Justice in Central Alabama’s Historic Civil Rights Sites of Consciousness as Places of Healing |
| Sylvia Y. Cyrus | Interpretation of Civil Rights Sites |
Day Two: Social Justice and Indigenous Peoples
November 13: 1 – 5 pm EST, 5:15 – 6:30 PM EST Cocktail Hour / Mixer
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| Dorothy FireCloud, NPS Native American Affairs Liaison | Welcoming Indigenous Peoples to their National Park Sites |
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World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles for Social Justice Moderator: T. Destry Jarvis, US/ICOMOS Trustee, Former NPS Director of External Affairs |
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| Lyn Carranza | Uluru World Heritage Site Co-Management |
| Jan Balsom | Grand Canyon as Tribal Homelands: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Jeff Mow | Glacier National Park |
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Interpreting Indigenous Homeland World Heritage Sites Moderator: Tom Cassidy, US/ICOMOS Trustee and NTHP Vice President of Government Relations and Policy |
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| Acoma Governor Brian Vallo | The Outstanding Universal Value of Chaco Culture World Heritage Site |
| Jen Aultman & Chief Glenna Wallace | The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks of Ohio |
| Ilona Spruce | Taos Pueblo World Heritage Site |
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Diversifying & Decolonizing World Heritage Moderator: Professor Ian Lilley, FSA FAHA |
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| Ian Bowman | Bi-Culturalism at World Heritage Sites in New Zealand |
| Lila Shahani | Rethinking Philippine Heritage |
| Christophe Rivet | Oppression and Reconciliation at Places of Memory in Canada |
| Ian Lilley | War Memorials and Indigenous Australia: Subverting the National “Statue-scape” |
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Cocktail Hour/Mixer |
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| Virtual Networking and post-Symposium discussions in hosted breakout rooms | |