Heritage and Community Conference
The Heritage & Community: Theory and Practice project focused on finding out about community-based heritage projects from around Australia, creating a database of projects. A guide to involving local communities in heritage was created, and then an on-line conference, held over 2 days, sparked valuable debate and sharing of ideas and information. You can access the Taking Action guide and the On-line conference summaries below.
Reports from the Forums
The edited conversations from the Heritage & Community On-Line Conference, 27-28 February 2001 are available for you to read and download (in PDF format). Each conversation includes the discussion starter created by the Forum convenor.
- FORUM 1: Heritage and community - what do they mean to you? Convenor: Joy McCann
- FORUM 2: What guides are there for the work we do? Convenor: Meredith Walker
- FORUM 3: What methods and techniques work well, what doesn't? Convenor: Chris Johnston
- FORUM 4: Did you get what you wanted? Convenor: Laura Gray
- FORUM 5: Open line - Ask any question. Convenor: Philippa Menses
- DEBATE 1: What makes consultation real? Chair: Dr Gaye Sculthorpe, with Helen Martin, Tom Perrigo, Dr Linda Young
- DEBATE 2: "Involving the community - more trouble than its worth?" Chair: Barry Jones AO, with Dr Thom Blake, Mark Caruana, Iris Iwanicki
Taking Action Guide
Taking Action: Involving people in local heritage places. This guide was developed through the Heritage and Community: theory and practice project (2001). Use this link to get a PDF copy of the Taking Action guide.