Heritage hub, Portsmouth

Description

The University of Portsmouth Heritage Hub brings together researchers and professionals from across the University to tackle key issues in heritage and heritage conservation locally, nationally and internationally.

The Hub promotes a highly interdisciplinary approach to preserving both tangible and intangible heritage for communities, policy-makers and organisations.

The Hub aims to:

• provide a focus for University engagement with heritage partners locally, nationally and internationally
• encourage and support successful and inclusive heritage research within the University and with local communities
• develop and implement an interdisciplinary dialogue and agenda for heritage research

The Hub is organised into five areas of activity:

Oral histories, communities and identity Oral histories are compiled from the recorded interviews of people, reflecting personal opinions and accounts of historically significant events. Oral histories do not necessarily present a final, objective version of history, but provide a tapestry of histories that although subjective, provide insights and understanding into a historical event.

Conservation science Conservation science is the interdisciplinary study of the care, protection and conservation of art, architecture and other cultural works through the use of scientific analysis to understand the physical processes, the physical nature and alteration of heritage artefacts.

Valuing heritage Valuing heritage is an important step in providing funders and society with a clear idea of the worth of different kinds of heritage. Valuation incorporates both the purely economic value as well as the social and cultural value of heritage, both the tangible and intangible aspects of heritage.

Community heritage Community heritage focuses on the buildings, traditions, everyday practices and the people that help a community to identify with and help construct a place and to take pride in that belonging. Community heritage is often referred to as ‘hidden’ heritage as it often slips through traditional perceptions of heritage, despite its vital significance to local communities.

Connected heritage Connected heritage looks at how digital technologies can help in opening up heritage to different groups and how digital technologies can aid in the interpretations of heritage.

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

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University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth