Cornelius Holtorf’s research while affiliated with Linnaeus University and other places

... As for maintaining the authenticity of workmanship technology, it means maintaining the form of the structure and construction system as before. However, maintaining the authenticity of the Cultural Heritage building workmanship technique is sometimes difficult to apply, therefore modern working techniques are inserted into the original workmanship technique if the original work is not possible [9]. ...

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The authenticity aspect in architecture revitalization of the Pasar Ikan fish auction as a case study

... The future of the CHFP lies in the pathways built between MCH and the ocean sciences. Significant work has already been done to engage cultural heritage with the global ocean challenges, particularly regarding work with coastal communities, climate change, sustainable development, MSP, and MPAs [1,4,15,[28][29][30][31]. As has been evidenced in the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference, held in Barcelona, in April 2024, although 'cultural engagement' was duly recognised in the final conference statement, much remains to be done to achieve a global recognition for these contributions, and to shape the progress of MCH research towards challenge-led, inclusive, equitable, and solutiondriven goals. ...

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The Cultural Heritage Framework Programme: Highlighting the Contribution of Marine Cultural Heritage to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030)

... Some colleagues examined the role of archaeology in interpreting COVID-19 as a social phenomenon affecting communities in different ways and the information that past pandemics can yield for the present [65][66][67]. ...

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Exhibiting the Heritage of COVID-19-A Conversation with ChatGPT

... This may have devastating effects for the future, as it risks to lull people and societies into the false notion that despite changed circumstances due to climate, heritage sites and associated values ascribed to heritage can be preserved. A more reasonable way to address the effects of climate change would be to use heritage to boost community resilience by providing people and societies with tools and capabilities for dealing with change and loss in a way to build resilient futures (Holtorf, 2018(Holtorf, , 2022. ...

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Museum futures and other heritage futures

... In After Modernity (2010), Harrison and Schofield defined an archaeology of the contemporary past corresponding to the Late Modern period that distinguishes itself by increased communicative technologies and electronic media, a globalised technology impacting production and consumption, mass migration, new modes of capitalism and more leisure time. Reflecting on the challenges of an archaeology of and in the present, and the need for multidisciplinary perspectives, Graves-Brown et al. (2013) preferred to use "archaeology of the contemporary world" while recognising its relevance for the world's future. A recurrent theme in archaeologies of the contemporary past is their ubiquity and inclusivity. ...

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Archaeological approaches to plastics and plastic pollution: A critical overview

... The community effect of nuclear cultural heritage-making is fluid and highly heterogeneous. The rationales and interests of nuclear heritage communities are pragmatic and revolve around future concerns (Kalshoven 2022;Holtorf and Högberg 2022;. Community identities evolve in response to the chronology of decommissioning and deindustrialisation (Barsebäck and Visaginas), the possibility of hosting radioactive waste for the extreme long term (West Cumbria) and preserving information for future generations (Caithness). ...

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NUCLEAR SPACES: COMMUNITIES, MATERIALITIES AND LOCATIONS OF NUCLEAR CULTURAL HERITAGE

... This collaborative framework extends beyond the perspective of focusing solely on addressing the practical challenges that impede contemporary civic engagement but also aims to enhance the advancement of CHN practices. Particularly after the introduction of the concept of 'heritage futures,' Holtorf argues that a widespread lack of understanding of cultural dynamics among the population currently hinders the long-term preservation of heritage [58]. This research posits that the proposed collaborative framework will enhance CHN practices by fostering an open narrative environment. ...

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Empowerment and Enlightenment: The Practical Dimensions of Civic Heritage Narrative

... Moreover, the international treaties and texts were first time developed by UNESCO and other international agencies in 1954. According to article 4 of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, it was stated that the duty of each state party of the convention is to play their role in the identification, protection, conservation, presentation, and transmission of cultural and natural heritage to the future generation (Högberg and Holtorf 2021). Therefore, there is an urgent need to take action to actively preserve historical, archaeological, and art objects from further decay, corrosion, and deterioration. ...

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A Review on Conservational Methodologies of Tangible Cultural Artifacts from Environmental Corrosion

... Estoy convencido de que debemos involucrarnos aún más en esta discusión y analizar nuestras prácticas en el presente para tratar de comprender mejor el futuro. Puede parecer una tarea imposible, pero es urgente tal como lo comentan varios autores que analizan la gestión de residuos nucleares (Buser et al., 2021;Holtorf y Högberg, 2021c;Joyce, 2021). ¿Puede la arqueología tener un papel importante que desempeñar en la creación de un sistema de señalización que dure miles de años para prevenir intrusiones humanas en depósitos radiactivos? ...

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El futuro está aquí, ¿o cuál es el futuro?

... Linking to the role of non-human bodies in processes of nuclear archiving, there has been growing emphasis on thinking archival forms of nuclear memory as something directly concerning practices of 'future thinking' (Brylska 2020). For Holtorf and Högberg (2020), archiving of this sort requires an attention to the ways the future is open to unpredictable forms of change and transformation. For nuclear archives to reliably be communicated into the distant future, they argue for an approach to nuclear heritage process where archival sites are kept "alive" by "inviting future generations to interpret and use these sites in their own way" (Holtorf and Högberg 2020, 155). ...

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Nuclear memory: Archival, aesthetic, speculative