BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Heritage in Motion: Traditions\, Innovation\, and the Contemporary World DTSTART:20260828T010000Z DTEND:20260829T090000Z DTSTAMP:20260715T023800Z UID:indico-event-14@indico.xjtlu.edu.cn CONTACT:xiaoling.zhang@xjtlu.edu.cn\;adam.brillhart@xjtlu.edu.cn\;XLiu13@l ancashire.ac.uk\;lei.yuan@xjtlu.edu.cn DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Adam Brillhart (DS)\, Xin Liu (University of Lancash ire)\, zhelun yang (Xi'an-Jiaotong Liverpool University)\, Xiaoling Zhang (HSS)\n\nHosted by the Heritage and Communication Cluster\, Research Centr e for Culture\, Communication\, and Society (CCCS Research Centre)\, Xi’ an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)\, China\, in partnership with the Research Centre for China’s Heritage Studies (RCCHS)\, University of La ncashire\, Preston\, UK.\n \n \nConference Organising Committee\n·    Prof Xiaoling Zhang\, Head of Department\, Department of Media and Commun ication\, School of Humanities and Social Sciences\; Co-leader\, Heritage and Communication Cluster\, CCCS Research Centre\, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverp ool University (XJTLU)\, China\n·       Dr Adam Brillhart\, Departmen t of Architecture\, Design School\; Co-leader\, Heritage and Communication Cluster\, CCCS Research Centre\, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (X JTLU)\, China\n·   Dr Xin Liu\, Director\, Research Center for China’ s Heritage Studies (RCCHS)\, University of Lancashire\, Preston\, UK\n \n Conference Overview\nHeritage is increasingly understood as a dynamic and fluid process shaped by movement\, mediation\, and negotiation\, rather th an as a fixed inheritance from the past (Smith\, 2006\; Harrison\, 2013). In contemporary societies marked by rapid technological change\, urban tra nsformation\, global circulation\, and cultural plurality\, traditions are continually reinterpreted\, reassembled\, and mobilised in new contexts\, raising questions of identity\, belonging\, and cultural authority (Hall\ , 1999\; Ashworth\, Graham and Tunbridge\, 2007). Heritage\, in this sense \, is always in motion—emerging through shifting relationships between i nstitutions and communities\, expert frameworks and everyday practices\, m aterial forms and mediated visibility (Waterton and Smith\, 2010). Within the Chinese heritage governance framework\, where monuments and architectu ral heritage are formally designated as “immovable cultural relics” ( 不可移动文物)\, the notion of “heritage in motion” does not impl y physical displacement\, but rather foregrounds the mobility of meanings\ , practices\, representations\, and social relations through which such si tes are continually reinterpreted and activated in contemporary life.\nSta rting from this premise\, the conference foregrounds heritage’s contempo rary relevance as lying precisely in its fluidity. Rather than treating tr adition as stable\, bounded\, or self-evident\, it approaches heritage as a living process shaped by innovation\, adaptation\, and contestation\, an d oriented as much towards the future as the past (Harrison et al.\, 2016) . Digital platforms\, creative industries\, urban regeneration initiatives \, and transnational exchanges do not simply offer new channels for repres enting heritage\; they actively reshape how heritage is produced\, experie nced\, negotiated\, and valued within mediated social worlds (Couldry and Hepp\, 2017\; Pink et al.\, 2016). Attention is therefore directed not onl y to authorised narratives and institutional frameworks\, but also to vern acular practices\, embodied labour\, and the uneven power relations throug h which heritage becomes meaningful in everyday life (Smith\, 2006\; Smith and Waterton\, 2009).\nBringing together scholars\, policy makers and pra ctitioners from heritage studies\, media and communication\, architecture and design\, cultural studies\, anthropology\, urban studies\, and related fields\, the conference aims to advance interdisciplinary dialogue on her itage as a relational and processual practice. Contributions are invited t hat critically examine how heritage moves across spaces\, scales\, and med ia\, and how traditions acquire contemporary relevance in response to soci al\, cultural\, political\, and technological change within global and pos t-Eurocentric contexts.\n \nKey themes and lines of inquiry may include ( but are not limited to):\n·   Heritage in motion: mobility\, circulation \, and transformation across time and space\n·     Tradition as proces s: continuity\, adaptation\, and reinvention in contemporary contexts\n·      Innovation and heritage futures: creativity\, experimentation\, an d emergent practices\n·         Digital and platformed heritage: mediation\, visibility\, and algorithmic circulation\n·         U rban heritage in transition: place-making\, regeneration\, and everyday ur ban life\n·         Intangible cultural heritage as lived practic e: embodiment\, transmission\, and change\n·         Heritage and media: storytelling\, representation\, and cultural negotiation\n·          Community participation and grassroots heritage: vernacular cre ativity and local agency\n·         Heritage\, power\, and govern ance: negotiation\, authority\, and contested meanings\n·         Heritage across borders: transnational flows\, diaspora\, and global enco untersmuseums\, exhibitions\, and curatorial practice in motion: rethinkin g display\, engagement\, and publics\n·         Ethics\, sustaina bility\, and responsibility in evolving heritage practices\n \n \nPartic ipation mode\nOnsite participation is encouraged but online presentations are also accepted.\n \n \nSubmission information\nParticipants are invit ed to submit an abstract in English\, clearly outlining the paper’s focu s\, methodology\, and contribution. Submissions may be made for individual papers\, themed panels\, or roundtable discussions.\n \nSubmission guide lines \n·         Max 250 English words for individual paper abst racts\n·         Max 300 English words for panel abstracts\, in a ddition to 250 word abstracts for contributing papers \n·          Please include the following information in your submitted abstract/pan el proposal: name\, title/position\, email add.\, institutional affiliatio n\, attendance mode (onsite encouraged)\n \nPhD scholarships\nTo encourag e research in this area among young scholars\, the organizing committee is pleased to announce three PhD candidate scholarships. The award will cove r three nights’ accommodation\, meals and any local cultural activities organised by the conference committee. \nFor those who hope their papers t o be assessed for PhD Scholarships\, you should submit a full paper not le ss than 6\,000 words in English (excluding abstract and bibliography) on a ny subjects addressing the conference theme. \n \nImportant Dates\n·       1 May 2026:\nSubmission deadline for abstract (individual and pane l)/full paper for PhD scholarship\n·       31 of May 2026: \nNotifica tion of acceptance\n \nFull programme and collection of abstracts\nA ful l programme and abstracts will be available near the time of the conferenc e. \n \nPlanned outputs \nSelected papers will be published in: \n·    A special issue with an international peer-reviewed leading academic journ al\n·    An edited volume with an international key humanities/social s cience publisher\n \nFurther information\n·    Thanks for the support of XJTLU and Uclan\, the conference will not charge registration fee. Cost for meals and tea breaks as well as some cultural activities will be cove red by the conference.\n·       Details regarding the venues on the s outh campus of XJTLU as well as travel tips will be announced in July 2026 .\n·        A list of recommended hotels near the venue will be pr ovided.  \n·     For more details regarding submission of abstracts\, themes of the conference\, etc.\, please contact Xiaoling Zhang at Xiaoli ng.Zhang@xjtlu.edu.cn\,  Adam Brillhart at Adam.Brillhart@xjtlu.edu.cn\, or Dr Xin Liu at XLiu13@lancashire.ac.uk.\n \n \n \n\nhttps://indico.xj tlu.edu.cn/event/14/ IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://indico.xjtlu.edu.cn/event/14/logo-881974280.png URL:https://indico.xjtlu.edu.cn/event/14/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR