Innovate Heritage: Ten Years After

Innovate Heritage is an international and transdisciplinary research platform. Through events, online media, publications and partnerships, Innovate Heritage facilitates discourse and knowledge exchange between arts and heritage, uniting artists, scholars, and heritage and arts professionals.

Wednesday 23 October

Opening Session

Welcoming Address: The Value of Heritage and the Role of Social and Economic Sciences 

11 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:00 UTC / 17:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Emma Galli, director of the Department of Economics and Sociology Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

Keynote Address: The Evolution of Innovating Heritage 

11:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:30 UTC / 17:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Elliat Graney-Saucke, University of Washington, USA 
Caterina Benincasa, SciAt / Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Italy

Thursday 24 October 

First Session: Heritage as the Cauldron of Moving Identities: Transition, Migration, Fertilisation

Keynote Address: From Ivory Towers to the Urban Fabric: Rhetoric, Value, Toolbox

3 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 7:00 UTC / 9:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Michele Trimarchi, Magna Graecia Università di Catanzaro, Italy

Performance: The Heritage of Sub-Cultures. The case of Urban Exploration in Berlin

3:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 7:30 UTC / 9:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Pablo Arboleda, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Emil Bakev, independent musician, Macedonia

Presentations: The Mediterranean as Creative Cauldron: Visions, Signs, Artworks

4:10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:10 UTC / 10:10 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Paola Galuffo, independent cultural manager, Mazara del Vallo, Italy

Maggie Yan, Australia’s First Woman Ski Champion: a Tale of Early Twentieth Century Cultural Diversity 

4:40 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:40 UTC / 10:40 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Denise Ferris, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Workshop: Looking for the Tiger: the Futurity of Heritage

5:10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 9:10 UTC / 11:10 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Klaus-Christian Zehbe, Universität Leipzig, Germany

Second Session: Institutional Kintsugi: How to Mend a Broken Urban and Social Fabric

Keynote Address: On the Boiling Ferments of Society and its Cultural Processes

9 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 13:00 UTC / 15:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Lia Fassari, Sapienza Università di Roma

Performance: Syrian Museum: Stories 

9:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 13:30 UTC / 15:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Tammam Azzam, independent artist, Syria/Germany

Presentations: The Invisible Creatives: a Map of the Arts in an Unpolarised Urban Fabric

10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Valeria Morea, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

The Springsteen as History Project. Music Diplomacy and Cultural Heritage in the Cold War Era

10:45 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 14:45 UTC / 16:45 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Marilisa Merolla, Sapienza Università di Roma

Radical Urbanites in Times of Crisis. Lessons from the Past, Strategies for the Future

11:10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:10 UTC / 17:10 CEST (Rome, UTC +2) 
Lidia Errante, Mediterranea Università di Reggio Calabria, Italy

Curatorial Colour Curtain: Who Curates Post-Colonial Contemporary African Art?

11:40 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:40 UTC / 17:40 CEST (Rome, UTC +2) 
Mudi Yahaya Mallam, independent artist and scholar, Nigeria

Friday 25th October

Third Session: Innovation and Creativity, in the Framework of the Analogical-digital Dilemma

Keynote Address: Magical Thinking: from Ancient Archetypes to Visionary Creativity

4:00 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:00 UTC / 10:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Mariagrazia Pontorno, independent artist, Rome, Italy

Presentations: Cultural and Creative Industries in the Face of Disruptive Technologies: the Case of Generative Artificial Intelligence 

4:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:30 UTC / 10:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Maria Giusti, LUISS Università di Roma, Italy

Between Art, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence: What Is the Matter?

5:00 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 9:00 UTC / 11:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Maria Giovanna Musso, Sapienza Università di Roma

Oxymoric Heritage: Technology Suggests New Business Models

5:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 9:30 UTC / 11:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Federica Antonucci, IUAV Università di Venezia, Italy

Closing Discussion

6 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 10:00 UTC / 12:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)

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