ACT Region Heritage Symposium 2026

Everyday Heritage: Conviviality, Creativity, Care

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

Ticket includes morning tea, light lunch and after event refreshments.

Keynote speakers pictured below - Dr Kate Bagnall, Dr Madeline Shanahan and Ashley van den Heuvel