COVID Pandemic tested human behavior in many dimensions. The essential was distinguished from the accessory. Did we stop conserving during Pandemic? As we know we didn’t… So Conservation of natural and cultural treasures in risk has become a deep human need and a main goal of the sustainability global challenge. So what did we learn from the activity of heritage conservation? Beyond research and academic discussion, how is conservation influencing our real life? Is conservation a relevant activity in the 21st century planet? If conservation is a deep human need, what are the other needs involved? What do the native communities, the real masters in conservation, have to say about it? Which sectors of the economy are the main allies of the conservation industry? (and please forget Tourism for a while…) What does conservation offer for better living in an OVER urbanized, unequal and uncertain world?

MODERATOR: Cristian Heinen, Fundación Altiplano

SPEAKERS & CASE STUDIES

EUROPE Diana Büttner

AFRICA Kagosi Mwamulowe, Association of Critical Heritage Studies Regional Director of the East Central Region of the National Heritage Conservation Commission in Zambia (Zambia)

OCEANIA Jane Lennon – Brisbane (Australia)

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA Jake Barrow, Cornerstones Community Cartnerships – case study: US, Pueblo’s churches of New Mexico (US)

SOUTH AMERICA Marcelo Vargas, Plan Misiones de Chiquitos Architect, executive – case study: Bolivia, Misiones Jesuíticas de Chiquitos (Bolivia)

SOUTH AMERICA Adelaida Marka, Andean farmer and entrepreneur from Community of Socoroma, Arica y Parinacota, Chile – case study: Chile, Andean Temples of Arica y Parinacota, the native sense of conservation (Chile)