Heritage infrastructures: materialities, flows and exchanges

Register here to attend on 18.09.2025
Register here to attend on 19.09.2025

Organized by the EPFL Heritage, Anthropology and Technologies Research Group and the University of Geneva Heritage Lab

Infrastructures whether in material or immaterial sense increasingly shape the expression and nature of heritage. From new techniques or the revitalization of traditional buildings to tourist trails to visitor centres, the changing materialities, flows and exchanges in (un)planned remaking of heritage is often quite visible. However, the infrastructural dimension of heritage is arguably even more far-reaching; from new forms of digitalization, sustainability techniques and bureaucratization to changing politics, investment practices and new players shaping heritage practices and societal impacts. This workshop offers a space for rethinking the relationships between heritage and infrastructure(s) from international to local scales.