Track 4/Volet 4

CS4.3: Spark Session - Heritage and Social Justice

Friday, November 15, 2024

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST

CE: 0

Co-Author(s)

Gabrielle Morin, MA (she/her/hers)

Lecturer
Université du Québec à Montréal, New Zealand

Session Chair(s)

Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers)

Principal
ERA Architects Inc.

Speaker(s)

RC

Ronnie Cameron. Jr., Jr. (he/him/his)

Senior Architectural Designer
Historic Building Architects, LLC
Namrata Dadawala, MSc (she/her/hers)

Jr. Designer
Page&Turnbull, Inc.
Douglas de Gannes, MArch

Senior Associate
ERA Architects, Canada
Fabrice Doutriaux, M.Sc.Arch, T.P. (he/him/his)

M.Sc.Arch.
Faculty of architecture KU Leuven University, Canada
Alison Eberhardt, MSHP (they/them/theirs)

Preservation Architectural Associate
Historic Building Architects, LLC
Mandy Kilsby, MA, BA, PSC (she/her/hers)

Curator
Barkerville Historic Town and Park, Canada
Jack Mallon, MA., MA.

Heritage Planner
City of Guelph, Canada
Diana Roldan, OAA, MRAIC, CAHP (she/her/hers)

Project Manager
ERA Architects Inc., Canada
AV

Amy Van de Riet, MS

Associate Professor
University of Kansas, School of Architecture and Design

No CE Credits Available

Heritage conservation is undergoing significant transformation to address pressing social justice issues, in particular, decolonization, anti-racism, accessibility, inclusion, and everyone’s right to participate in and benefit from heritage. This Spark session explores the transformation underway through a series of projects and scholarship, each of which challenges conventions, pushes boundaries, and proposes new conceptual approaches and practices, addressing research and documentation, interpretation, commemoration, public participation, and interventions to historic places.

Learning Objectives:

Research the history and recognize the heritage of under-represented and marginalized people and communities.
Identify concepts, emerging methods, new technologies, and practices to support decolonization, anti-racism, accessibility, and inclusion in heritage conservation.
Build relationships with communities, groups, and organizations for more inclusive heritage conservation processes and practices.
Formulate an approach to historic places and their interpretation, to improve their accessibility, inclusivity, and relevance to all people.

Presentations:

4:00 PM – 4:07 PM EST

(CS4.3) Decolonizing a Colonial Historic site: Barkerville and Historic Empathy
Speaker: Mandy Kilsby, MA, BA, PSC (she/her/hers) – Barkerville Historic Town and Park
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
4:07 PM – 4:14 PM EST

(CS4.3) Dialogue and reconciliation: exploring a technological process of (re)connection and decolonization
Speaker: Fabrice Doutriaux, M.Sc.Arch, T.P. (he/him/his) – Faculty of architecture KU Leuven University
Co-Author: Gabrielle Morin, MA (she/her/hers) – Université du Québec à Montréal
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
4:14 PM – 4:21 PM EST

(CS4.3) Finding Toronto's Little Manila: Food as a Gateway to Culture
Speaker: Diana Roldan, OAA, MRAIC, CAHP (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
4:21 PM – 4:28 PM EST

(CS4.3) Creating an Interpretive Storytelling Tool for a Historically Black Neighbourhood in Trenton, New Jersey
Speaker: Alison Eberhardt, MSHP (they/them/theirs) – Historic Building Architects, LLC
Speaker: Ronnie Cameron. Jr., Jr. (he/him/his) – Historic Building Architects, LLC
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
4:45 PM – 4:52 PM EST

(CS4.3) Colonial Idols and Criminal Effigies: Iconoclasm in twenty-first-century Canada
Speaker: Jack A. Mallon, MA., MA. – City of Guelph
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
4:52 PM – 4:59 PM EST

(CS4.3) Finding Common Ground: Barrier-Free Access and Heritage Conservation
Speaker: Douglas P. de Gannes, MArch – ERA Architects
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
4:59 PM – 5:06 PM EST

(CS4.3) Survey Techniques for Documentation of Work by Notable Black Architect
Speaker: Amy Van de Riet, MS – University of Kansas, School of Architecture and Design
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.
5:06 PM – 5:13 PM EST

(CS4.3) Reimaging Preservation: Bridging Cultural Narratives in Post-Colonial Indian Architecture
Speaker: Namrata D. Dadawala, MSc (she/her/hers) – Page&Turnbull, Inc.
Session Chair: Victoria Angel, MA (she/her/hers) – ERA Architects Inc.