The Punan Batu is one of the most active nomadic hunter-gatherer groups still existing in the world. They have unique characteristics that are different from other groups in Borneo.
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For Australia’s saltwater people, the migration routes of humpback whales represents an important songline
Traditional earthen building cultures are often wrongly described as ‘primitive’ and blamed for their own destruction.
From ill-thought renovation schemes to the latest row over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles, this is not the first time the British Museum reckons with a custodianship crisis.
For this podcast we caught up with Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, and canvassed issues like the cultural heritage law backdown, and the Voice.
The Victorian Supreme Court has determined the descendants of Ned Kelly’s family are not a distinctive cultural group with the right to protections of their ‘intangible cultural heritage’.
This year, 32 years after Latvia’s independence, the festival boasted over 40,000 participants including almost 3,000 from Latvia’s diaspora.
The Darwin woodland is home to endangered species and important for the Larrakia people. The development approval requires habitat offsets – yet the minister herself has publicly doubted offsets work.
Hụi is a constant, seemingly invisible feature of diasporic life for many Vietnamese-Australians. We’re using it to buy back our cultural heritage.
When a community is involved in how their spaces are developed, these can foster a sense of belonging and make diverse societies more cohesive.
In a survey of 1,600 people from across Mosul, we asked what they thought of the millions of dollars being spent to reconstruct the heritage sites of the city.
Once the capital of the Mughal empire, Old Delhi is now under threat. Geo-information technology can reveal its previous form, function, and context, however, and so help preserve and bring it back to life.
Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
The Covid-19 pandemic will long be remembered for the lockdowns it imposed and the millions of lives it stole. A recent Unesco report reveals that it has also took a large toll on world heritage sites.
When buildings with difficult pasts are repurposed, the process often involves navigating between omission and selective remembrance.
Political and social instability in the country, as seen in frequent mass protests and xenophobia, threaten the flow of African tourists.
Rising temperatures and extreme weather pose an existential threat to many UNESCO World Heritage sites, but widespread discussion is needed for meaningful change.
Our urban heritage should be allowed to evolve and adapt to the values and needs of today. It’s the best way to avoid neglect and decay, while enabling this heritage to help make cities sustainable.
Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.
When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.
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Lecturer in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Research fellow, University of Hull
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Curriculum Coordinator, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney
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Principal Lecturer, University of Brighton
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Research Manager, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace, Newcastle University
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Honorary Fellow (Philosophy), Durham University
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Research fellow, University of Brighton
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
