Theme: Everyday Heritage: Conviviality, Creativity, Care

Saturday 15 August 2025, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

VENUE:  National Film and Sound Archive ACTON ACT

COST: $50.00 Full Registration, $15.00 Students

BOOKINGS: Available through Trybooking   https://www.trybooking.com/DMLTP (from 1 July)

About the Symposium

This symposium celebrates how heritage is lived, loved and created through everyday life in the ACT region by exploring the themes of conviviality, creativity and care.

Conviviality: how do food and drink and community feasts and celebrations connect people, transmit culture and shape everyday heritage?

Creativity: from design to craft traditions, to contemporary art interventions that reimagine heritage for new audiences, what place does creativity play in shaping our experience of everyday heritage?

Care: how do caring relationships shape everyday heritage? This theme includes family and community histories, visitor interpretation, intergenerational knowledge, and the work of caring, for places, objects, and traditions.

Ticket prices: $50.00 full registration, $15.00 for students

Keynote speakers – Dr Kate Bagnall, Dr Madeline Shanahan and Ashley van den Heuvel

The Symposium program will be out on 10 July.

Please find a flyer with details on the speakers here TBA

Acknowledgement

This Symposium is being organised by the National Trust of Australia (ACT), in collaboration with the Canberra and District Historical Society, Canberra Archaelogical Society, and Australia ICOMOS (ACT).

This symposium is supported with funding made available by the ACT Government.