This practical extended workshop will guide participants through innovative approaches to heritage management triggered by the effects of climate change. A step-by-step interactive programme for the workshop will first introduce a benefits-led approach to heritage management, then share a widely used tool for navigating an uncertain future that has been adapted by Historic England for use by heritage professionals and by those with a stake in the future of cherished heritage assets.
The afternoon will be dedicated to applying the tool – called Dynamic Adaptive Planning – to an asset of participants’ own choosing. By the end of the day, participants will have a draft plan in visual form that they can take away and develop, involving other stakeholders if appropriate. Creating a peer learning group following the workshop is an option.
Climate change creates unprecedented challenges for heritage managers for which new ways of thinking about conservation are required. This is happening in an economic context in which funding for heritage is reducing, amplifying the need for innovation. If you care for and about heritage and are seeking new ideas for coping with the complexity and uncertainty of climate change, this course is for you.
On the day prior to this course (09 December), there is a course on Managing Loss in the Historic Environment: Ecocultural Approaches. If you book on to this course you will be eligible for a 15% discount on the other. Please email cwhe@conted.ox.ac.uk for further details, and please email res-ctr@conted.ox.ac.uk to find out about accommodation.