UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures

🎉 The Outcome Doc of MONDIACULT reaffirms the imp. of culture in relation to sustainable development & the need for a stand-alone culture goal in the next development agenda!

However, we still need to improve on the recognition of culture in relation to the Pact for the Future. #heritagefutures

The Chair is in Barcelona for the UCLG Culture Summit, ahead of the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development next week. #culture2030goal

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UNESCO Chair extended until 2029 UNESCO has extended the agreement concerning Linnaeus University’s UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures until 2029. The chair is held by Cornelius Holtorf, professor of archaeology.

UNESCO has extended the agreement concerning Linnaeus University’s UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures until 2029. The chair is held by Cornelius Holtorf, professor of archaeology. @linneuni.bsky.social @unesco.bsky.social

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#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

At the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage Dr Marcy Rockman is a new addition to the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures. Over the past 15 years, she has focused on climate change and how archaeology can support adaptation. When continuing climat...

So happy to welcome Marcy Rockman as Visiting Researcher @liftingrocks.bsky.social @linneuni.bsky.social

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#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage

The Climate Hub at Climate Week NYC 2025 – Sep 20, 2025–Sep 29, 2025 Welcome to our digital hub for Climate Week NYC. September 20–29, 2025

Marcy Rockman, Visiting Researcher Linnaeus University at a panel We Don’t Have Time streamed to New York Climate Week

👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMu36rxDECo

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#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage

Hon flyr Trumps USA: ”Helt annan nivå nu” När Trump vann presidentvalet en andra gång hoppades Marcy Rockman att hon ändå skulle kunna fortsätta arbeta – men hon hade fel. ”Det är svårt att förstå omfattningen”, säger hon. Nu flyr forskaren h...

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Celebrating another 4 years of the UNESCO Chair today in Kalmar! #HeritageFutures

Exploring the future of personal digital heritage PhD student Marije Miedema from the University of Groningen is currently spending a few months at the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures at Linnaeus University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary a...

Welcome to Marije, our visiting PhD student this fall!

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ICOMOS University Forum on Thinking and Planning the Future in Heritage Management in Amsterdam in June 2019 (Photo by Anneke Dekker)

Six years since we held the ICOMOS University Forum on Thinking and Planning the Future in Heritage Management in Amsterdam in June 2019!
Many ideas and contacts started there. Full documentation at lnu.diva-portal.org/.../diva2:13... (pdf)
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

We have several sessions and workshops organized by our members open for papers, check out the details below and send in your abstracts!

#HeritageFutures #NordicTAG2026 #AcademicSky

On 'Future Archaeology': An Interview with Cornelius Holtorf - Arkeofili Does archaeology solely serve to help us understand the past, or can it also play a role in shaping the future?

🆕Cornelius Holtorf interviewed by Erman Ertuğrul for the popular Turkish website arkeofili. Explaining how he got into archaeology at age 10 and then, much later, into future archaeology. #heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

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Turkish: arkeofili.com/gelecek-arke...

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The call for sessions (including regular sessions, workshops, & panel discussions) for #NordicTAG2026 is now open 🎉

The theme of the Conference is Activate Archaeology for Just Futures! More details here: lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

Sessions deadline 31 May. Call for papers to follow.

#AcademicSky

The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change For archaeology to address adequately the global challenges of climate change, it needs to resolve the Climate Heritage Paradox which consists of two contradictions. Firstly, in contemporary societ...

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👉The Climate Heritage Paradox – how rethinking archaeological heritage can address global challenges of climate change. World Archaeology, 55(3), 268–281. doi.org/10.1080/0043...

#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #unesco #climateheritage

Stadsomvandlingen i Kiruna – ett bra exempel på när medborgarnas åsikter om kulturarv tillvaratas Hur används kulturarvet när en stadsdel ska byggas om? Arkeologen Ulrika Söderström har studerat tre stadsutvecklingsprojekt i Malmö, Kalmar och Kiruna, som visar på olika sätt att hantera kulturarv o...

🆕Doctoral thesis by Ulrika Söderström, member of the Chair. "Cultural heritage as a resource in socially sustainable urban development: A designed living environment for the future", Linnaeus University.
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

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Välkommen till Folk och Kultur! Folk och Kultur är ett kulturpolitiskt konvent. Initiativtagare till Folk och Kultur är Länsteatrarna i Sverige, Regional Musik i Sverige och Länsmuseernas Samarbetsråd.

Helen Hägglund and Sanna Sjöö on our collaborative project ‘Expedition Future’ at the Folk och kultur conference in Eskilstuna folkochkultur.se (In Swedish)

👉Watch the film (In Swedish) play.lnu.se/media/t/0_p1...

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Heritage Futures - origins and significance - UNESCO In an interview published by the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, I am talking about origins and significance of ‘heritage futures’, both for me and my work and academically in a more general...

🆕Heritage Futures – origins and significance. Interview with Cornelius Holtorf published by the Association of Critical Heritage Studies
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

👉https://blogg.lnu.se/unesco/?p=3880

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📣 Nordic TAG 2026 will be hosted by Linnaeus University in Kalmar!

Save the date: 6-9 May, 2026

Call for papers opens 1 March.

Organised by: @livnstutz.bsky.social, @emilyhanscam.bsky.social, Terje Östigård, Gustav Wollentz & co from @linneuni.bsky.social archaeology

#NordicTAG26

Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages - npj Climate Action Heritage conservation recognizes that losses and damages cannot be entirely prevented, that decisions about what to keep and what to let go are fundamental to maintaining values for future generations...

A new heritage principle of curating transformation in the context of climate change, published today in npj Climate Action doi.org/10.1038/s441...

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YouTube video by Heritage Futures, Linnaeus University Animation: What are Heritage Futures and why do they matter?

What are #heritagefutures? Check out a short animated video we produced as a teaching resource!

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A #HeritageFutures question for the new year,

What will the museums’ societal role/mission look like in 2050?

Comment below! ✍️

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Wishing everyone a calm and bright end to 2024 & looking forward to the (near) future in 2025 ✨

Visiting PhD student with a focus on public archaeology and digitization Erman Ertuğrul is spending a few months with the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures at Linnaeus University.

During the winter of 2024/25, the Chair is pleased to welcome visiting PhD student Erman Ertuğrul, who is researching digital public archaeology in Turkiye.

#AcademicSky #HeritageFutures

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UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures Building global capacity for futures thinking among heritage professionals. Established in 2017, the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures provides tools for creative and critical futures thinking.

Hello Bluesky! We are the #UNESCO Chair on #HeritageFutures, based at Linnaeus Uni. in Sweden 🇸🇪

What cultural heritage do we leave behind & to what benefit for people in the future?

Established in 2017, the Chair provides tools for creative & critical futures thinking.

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@emilyhanscam.bsky.social & @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social contributed a futures perspective to ‘Hadrian’s Wall in Our Time’, a response to the cutting of the #SycamoreGap tree edited by David Breeze. 🌳

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#AcademicSky #HadriansWall #RomanArchaeology #HeritageFutures

The book cover of cultural heritage and the future

Today is a great day to think about the future!

Check out the work by @rajoyce.bsky.social, @guerraenlauni.bsky.social, @sarahmay1.bsky.social, @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social & more in Cultural Heritage & the Future' (2020)

🔖 bit.ly/3JsiDcS

#HeritageFutures #NuclearWaste #FuturesThinking

7 people stand outside on a staircase, with the photo being used as the cover image for a flyer for free training resources on sustainable development

The aim of the #HeritageFutures Chair is to build global capacity for futures thinking 🌏

Can you imagine FUTURES where culture is at the heart of sustainable development?

Not at #MONDIACULT2022? Check out our new flyer here ➡️ bit.ly/3fjwyFs

YouTube video by Heritage Futures, Linnaeus University Animation: What are Heritage Futures and why do they matter?

#WorldFuturesDay is a great day to learn more about the #HeritageFutures Chair at Linnaeus University in Sweden 🇸🇪

Follow us for FREE resources on enhancing futures thinking & futures literacy in the heritage sector

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The cover of the Heritage Futures book

#HeritageFutures by Harrison, DeSilvey, & @corneliusholtorf.bsky.social et al. (@uclpress.bsky.social 2020) was nominated for the 2023 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Book Prize!

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Views on #heritagefutures #futuresliteracy at Blox Hub in Copenhagen with Nick Larsen, the UNESCO Co-Chair in Anticipatory Leadership & Futures Capabilities & Adam Gordon from @aarhusbss.bsky.social