The Second Seminar of Agro-Industrial Heritage: Places of Memory (#SSPA2010) will take place in St Charles, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 19th to 23rd October 2010. Google Translate struggles a bit with the Portuguese on the website, but it seems the organisers want to follow on from the first conference, held in Mendoza, Argentina, in May 2008, looking at landscapes and cultural routes relating to agricultural heritage. While the Mendoza meeting focused on wine, coffee, and sugar, this time the organisers want to look at a broader range of agricultural industries, and also consider the ways in which information about these activities has been collected and interpreted.
Five thematic sessions are planned:
- The material heritage of the agricultural industry: architecture, spaces of production and spatial configuration;
- Intangible heritage of agribusiness: cultural practices, records and memories;
- Representatives of agribusiness assets: iconography and stories;
- Heritage agribusiness – landscapes and cultural routes: preservation, reuse and cultural tourism;
- The new countryside. Interpretation of heritage through digital media.
Papers, in Spanish or Portuguese only, are to be submitted by 15 June.
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