The Significance of World Heritage: Origins, Management, Consequences is to be the first international conference arranged by The World Heritages: Global Discourses and Local Implementations WHILD.
Founded in 2003 and situated at Dalarna University, Sweden, "The World Heritage: Global Discourse and Local Implementation", WHILD, started as a research environment, above all in the humanities and social sciences, based on the Falun World Heritage site. It brings together scholars, researchers and administrators in the multidisciplinary field of "Worlds of the World Heritage".
The conference from 8 to 10 December 2010 is open to participants from all scientific fields and organisations. We welcome papers that discuss World Heritage as constructed phenomena as well as results of globalisation.
Paper topics may include, but must not be limited to, the following:
Please submit all proposals no later than April 15, 2010 to cmo@du.se
For the conference organizers www.du.se/varldsarvet