{"id":2196,"date":"2025-12-19T08:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:39:47","slug":"epoch-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/epoch-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"EPoCH 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EPoCH 2026, hosted by Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, is organised in partnership with the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance. The conference brings together scholars, professionals, and artists to explore how heritage and conservation can evolve amid rapid climatic, technological, and societal transformations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The event centres on two interconnected ideas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>heritage future(s) \u2014 how current conservation practices enable or limit future possibilities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>future heritage(s) \u2014 what future generations will consider worth preserving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conference Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central theme,&nbsp;<strong>Heritage Future(s) \/ Future Heritage(s)<\/strong>, invites reflection on how present actions shape shared futures, particularly in light of rapid&nbsp;<strong>ecological, technological, and social transformations<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key questions include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What responsibilities emerge at this threshold of change?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can heritage ecosystems be made sustainable?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do material, immaterial, and digital forms of heritage evolve?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topics of Interest (non-exhaustive)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Challenging heritage: borders, margins, and new epistemologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conservation-restoration: new tools, concepts, and ethics of the immaterial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heritage and climate change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over-tourism and sustainable tourism models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable materials, technologies, and participatory strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digitalisation, data science, and AI in heritage protection and creation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cornelius Holtorf \u2013 (School of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paulo Louren\u00e7o \u2013 (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roberta Altin \u2013 (Department of Humanities at the University of Trieste, Italy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conference participation (Call for Papers \u2013 EPoCH 2026)&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/artes.porto.ucp.pt\/en\/art-center\/conferencias\/epoch-2026-futuros-do-patrimonio-patrimonios-do-futuro-no-limiar-da-mudanca\/call-papers\">Call for Papers | School of Arts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abstract submission deadline:&nbsp;<strong>4 January 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notification of acceptance:&nbsp;<strong>20 January 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPoCH 2026, hosted by Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, is organised in partnership with the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance. The conference brings together scholars, professionals, and artists to explore how heritage and conservation can evolve amid rapid climatic, technological, and societal transformations. The event centres on two interconnected ideas Conference Theme The central theme,&nbsp;Heritage Future(s) \/ Future Heritage(s), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/epoch-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EPoCH 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conferences"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",849,546,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",849,546,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",849,546,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3-300x193.png",300,193,true],"large":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",840,540,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",849,546,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",849,546,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3.png",849,546,false],"menu-24x24":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3-24x15.png",24,15,true],"menu-36x36":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3-36x23.png",36,23,true],"menu-48x48":["https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/t4e-sito-immagine-anteprima-news-3-48x31.png",48,31,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"-","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/index.php\/author\/mara-contardo\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/index.php\/category\/conferences\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Conferences<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"EPoCH 2026, hosted by Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, is organised in partnership with the Transform4Europe (T4EU) alliance. 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