Session 4: Febuary 11, 2022
Leveraging Living Heritage For Economic Prosperity
Cultural heritage has the potential to build prosperity for communities that practice their living heritage, in turn, ensuring the continuity of the communities’ culture. The charge for this session is to develop recommendations for ways in which communities can keep their character, both tangible and intangible, by leveraging living heritage for economic development. Examples from around the world and the U.S. will be discussed. Final recommendations may include cultural tourism, traditional skills education, business training, and any other method with a proven success record.
Speakers:
Nefertitti Jackmon, Cultural Strategist & Community Displacement Prevention Officer, City of Austin
Felix Heisel, Assistant Professor, Assoc. AIA, AKBW, Circular Construction Lab, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University
Duffie Westheimer, Northern Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society Board of Directors, and the Townsite CLT Board
Eve Picker, Founder of Small Change