Programme
The conference language shall be English. Sign language interpretation shall be available upon request. Interpretation services to other languages will not be provided.
Wednesday 21st October
1900 Welcome reception hosted by the European Commission Representation in Malta – St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta
Thursday 22nd October
0830 Registration and coffee – Sacra Infermeria Hall
0900 Welcome address by Jason Micallef, Chairman Valletta 2018 Foundation – Temi Zammit Hall
Plenary Session 1: ‘A multi & intra disciplinary approach to Cultural Mapping’
Chair: Dr Nancy Duxbury
Rapporteur: Dr Marie Briguglio
0910 Introduction by Chair
0915 Keynote – Dr Aadel Essaadani
0945 Dr Ammar Kessab – Cultural Mapping in the Maghreb region: statement and uses
1005 Prof. Maria Attard – Cultural Mapping: Tools to engage
1025 Dr Francesca Cominelli – Mapping Intangible Cultural Heritage Actors in France (paper co-authored with Dr Marta Severo)
1045 Coffee break – Sacra Infermeria Hall
1105 Dr Luc Gwiazdzinski – Representing Populations, Arts and Territories in Movement – hosted by the Embassy of France in Malta
1125 Q&A and discussion
1155 Trevor Borg & Katya Micallef – Spatium Clausum
1210 Elizabeth Grech – Fondation René Seydoux
1220 Closing of plenary session by Chair
1230 Lunch – Sacra Infermeria Hall
1330 Speed networking session – Sacra Infermeria Hall
1430 Coffee Break – Sacra Infermeria Hall
Parallel session 1 – Cultural mapping as a tool for artistic practitioners
Moderator: Dr Hatto Fischer
Rapporteur: Daniela Blagojevic Vella
1445 Introduction by Moderator
1450 Samuel Murray – Creative Cardiff: building a creative economy network for the capital city of Wales
1510 Monica Biagioli – Play-scripting: Testing a means of accounting for social value
1530 Stefanelle Cachia – Cultural Mapping as a possible means of increased dance audiences. A Maltese case study on dance
1550 Alexandra Pace – What is the role of BLITZ as an independent artist-run space in Malta’s cultural ecosystem?
1610 Q&A and discussion
Parallel session 2 – Cultural mapping as a tool for participation & networking
Moderator: Colin Borg
Rapporteur: Dr Ruben Paul Borg
1445 Introduction by Moderator
1450 Szilvia Nagy – Integration through Culture? Participatory Governance and Meta-Governance in the European Capitals of Culture Programme
1510 Dr Valerie Visanich & Dr Toni Sant – Establishing a Creative Identity: Branding a Creative Space
1530 Angie Cotte – The Roberto Cimetta Fund – linking the sustaining of local arts and cultural venues, networks and platforms with artistic and cultural mobility
1550 Anna Spiteri & Dirk De Ketelaere – Safeguarding the Green and Blue Open Spaces around Malta’s Grand Harbour through Public Participatory GIS
1610 Q&A and discussion
Parallel session 3 – Preserving heritage through digital mapping
Moderator: Dr Will-Garrett Petts
Rapporteur: Dr Jean Paul Baldacchino
1445 Introduction by Moderator
1450 Abby Suckle – Lower Manhattan Then and Now: Cultural Mapping over Time
1510 Dr Folker Metzger & Sophia Gröschke – Weimarpedia – Engaging with our world heritage Innovative cultural project with a participatory website designed by students for students
1530 Rebecca O’Neill – Crowdsourcing Ireland’s National Monuments
1550 Jasmine Desclaux Salachas – How topographical maps support the cultural knowledge of a territory, to share its recognition: The unprecedented cartographic adventure of Battir, village of Palestine –a UNESCO World Heritage site
1610 Q&A and discussion
Parallel session 4 – Mapping culture from multiple perspectives
Moderator: Dr JosAnn Cutajar
Rapporteur: Prof. Carmel Borg
1445 Introduction by Moderator
1450 Agnieszka Wieszaczewska – Mapping culture as a form of non-formal education
1510 Jelena Savic – A day in the city with the eyes closed: cultural mapping in Porto, Portugal
1530 Agnieszka Janik – Cultural mapping with children: a peculiarity or a new trend?
1550 Giusy Cardia & Dr Roberto Carella – Maltese Food: From ancient times to the creative industry. A case study of Knowledge Management Platform
1610 Q&A and discussion
1645 End of Day 1
1930 Formal Conference Dinner – Haywharf, Floriana
Friday 23rd October
0830 Registration & Coffee – Sacra Infermeria Hall
0900 Introduction by Dr Karsten Xuereb, Executive Director Valletta 2018 Foundation – Temi Zammit Hall
0910 Address by Dr George Vella, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Plenary Session 2: ‘The mapping legacy: what happens next?’
Chair: Caldon Mercieca
Rapporteur – Dr Marie Briguglio
0920 Introduction by Chair
0925 Keynote – Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco – ‘Cultural Mapping and System-Wide Cultural Districts: Results from Italian and Swedish Case Studies’ – hosted by the Creative Europe Desk, Malta
0955 Lia Ghilardi – Cultural mapping for sustainable cities
1015 Sandro Debono – MUŻA: Rethinking national museums as cultural spaces
1035 Coffee break – Sacra Infermeria Hall
1055 Dr Oleg Koefoed – From mapping to urban cultural ecosystems: the legacy of cultural work
1115 Neil Peterson – Can culture change communities?
1135 Q&A and discussion
1205 Closing of plenary session by Chair
1215 Lunch – Sacra Infermeria Hall
Parallel Session 5 – Mapping Routes and Memories
Moderator: Dr Jean Paul Baldacchino
Rapporteur: Dr William Zammit
1315 Introduction by Moderator
1320 Prof. Danning Wang – Cultural Mapping of the Indigenous Hong Kong Population
1340 Dr Annamari Huovinen, Prof. Eija Timonen, Tomi Leino, & Tuuli Seppälä – Urban identities in flux
1400 Paola Ponti – RADICI – Mapping routes: a possible approach to cultural mapping through an artistic process
1420 David Jackson – This is not my house: Reflections on moving image
1440 Q&A and discussion
Parallel Session 6 – Global and contested cultural spaces
Moderator: Daniela Blagojevic Vella
Rapporteur: Dr Hatto Fischer
1315 Introduction by Moderator
1320 Dianne Regisford – One Bowl: Ubuntu Encounters: Evoking Belonging: Participatory performance as cultural mapping in urban sustainable development practice
1340 Lora Markova – Mapping ‘Another Europe’: the real-and-imagined space of culture
1400 Milia Lorraine Khoury – Meditations on the ‘Wrong Place’: Europe in Africa; Africa in Europe
1420 Josephine Burden – Writing the City Built by Gentlemen for Gentlemen: One Woman’s Story
1440 Felipe Duarte – Local Musics as a reflexive action towards a positive globalisation
1500 Q&A and discussion
Parallel Session 7 – Digital Mapping in a Social Context
Moderator: Prof. Carmel Borg
Rapporteur: Dr JosAnn Cutajar
1315 Introduction by Moderator
1320 Prof. Saviour Formosa – Spatial Conceptualisation as a stepping stone in the transition of Real-Virtual World Social Interactionism
1340 Isabel Verdet Peris – Focusing on digital and participative dimensions to approach map use: experiences from Bilbao
1400 Prof. Ann Laenen & Stefan Kolgen – What happens when you combine digital storytelling and cultural mapping in a social setting? A case study of Jefke Tuf – a transmedial project in Limburg
1420 Magdalena Czarnecka – “Let’s map it” – the artistic and activist strategies of mapping as a way of building local identity – the Polish examples
1440 Q&A and discussion
Parallel Session 8 – Evaluating & assessing the use of cultural space
Moderator: Dr Ruben Paul Borg
Rapporteur: Colin Borg
1315 Introduction by Moderator
1320 Dr Dorota Węziak-Białowolskak – Composite indicator to monitor cultural and creative initiatives in European cities
1340 Prof. Kamila Kaminska & Agnieszka Wieszaczewska – Cultural mapping in evaluating European Capital of Culture project ‘Microgrants ESK2016’
1400 Dr Fernando Bayón Martin & Dr Cristina Ortega Nuere – From Cultural Mapping to cultural assessment. Bringing social creativity closer to policy evaluation: a European transregional case study (Bilbao, Essen, Warsaw)
1420 Xenia Kopf – Spaces and Places for Creative Use in the City of Vienna: A multi-dimensional mapping exercise
1440 Q&A and discussion
1530 Closing event – Sacra Infermeria Hall
1550 Closing address by Dr Karsten Xuereb, Executive Director Valletta 2018 Foundation
1555 Book launch – Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry (Edited by Nancy Duxbury, W.F Garrett-Petts and David MacLennan)
1600 Closing drinks – Sacra Infermeria Hall
1700 Conference closing
1900 Film screenings – St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity
David Jackson – This is not my house: Reflections on moving image
Paola Ponti – RADICI
2000 Informal closing dinner – Ta’ Nenu, Valletta