An interesting article by #leilapapoli-yazdi on the Golestan Palace, that raises questions "about the future of archaeological narratives and the history of the #heritage idea in #Iran"

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New publication: Foresight in Heritage - UNESCO A new publication focusing on the value of Foresight in heritage was just published with Gustav Wollentz from the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures as a co-author.  The article is named “Foresight in h...

🆕Foresight in heritage: fostering future consciousness to proactively face change”, by Hana Morel, Gustav Wollentz, Sarah Forgesson, Amy Iwasaki and Alison Heritage.

👉https://blogg.lnu.se/unesco/?p=4457

#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

Culture and Heritage Matter to the World’s "Future Agenda" To build better global futures, cultural heritage can play a surprisingly powerful role.

Check this out 👉
unu.edu/cpr/blog-pos...
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Embracing change: how cultural resilience is increased through cultural heritage The notions of risk and resilience are increasingly relevant to cultural heritage. Archaeological sites and monuments in particular are widely perceived to be vulnerable and subjected to growing ri...

😄This paper by Cornelius Holtorf has now reached 40,000+ online views:
👉www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0043824...

#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy

🎉 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

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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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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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

@climateheritage.bsky.social @climateweeknyc.bsky.social
@linneuni.bsky.social

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

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)
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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

👉 arkeofili.com/on-future-ar...
Turkish: arkeofili.com/gelecek-arke...

As a practitioner, based in the third sector, if and how insights about 'Neolithic' (e.g. different perspectives into economies / life-ways / more-than-human relationships / art and ceremony / social structures) can provoke and inspire future contemporary action?

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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...

This article from received more than 2700 views!

👉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.
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👉https://bit.ly/41oMgDV

How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.

How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future theconversation.com/how-the-poll... #geology #archaeology #heritagefutures

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

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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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! ✍️

'Absolute unit' meme to be placed on display in Bradford museum The National Science and Media Museum is set to display its first digitally born object - the 'absolute unit' meme.

Meme becomes @mediamuseum.bsky.social museum exhibit. Well deserved for that genius moment by @adamkoszary.bsky.social, but I think I am just old now as my mind is faintly scrambled by this... #heritagefutures #museums #heritage #media #socialmedia uk.news.yahoo.com/absolute-uni...

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

#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!