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
Program out from 10 July.
Keynote speakers pictured below - Dr Kate Bagnall, Dr Madeline Shanahan and Ashley van den Heuvel
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
Program out from 10 July.
Keynote speakers pictured below - Dr Kate Bagnall, Dr Madeline Shanahan and Ashley van den Heuvel
Saturday 15 August 2026 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM (UTC+10)
Location
National Film and Sound Archive
ACTON ACT
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