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Migrations are part of the long-term history of the world, and with them come the movement and co-mingling of people, objects, traditions and ideas but also conflict, the erasure and disappearance of traditions, and challenges to socio-political norms. Wars, conflicts, poverty, and climatic changes have made migration one of the most substantial contemporary challenges in many parts of the world. It is well known that such migrations affect heritage, both through loss and through the generation of new heritage; but the impacts of these changes on wider social wellbeing are less clearly understood. Our overarching aim is further investigation into the roles heritage may take within forced migrations, especially those due to war or climate changes. These are socially fraught and psychologically damaging situations characterised by an overwhelming sense of loss. Can different forms of heritage (intangible and tangible) be used to regain a little sense of connections or re-connection to tradition and act as a source of pride and efficacy? To pursue these concerns at greater depth we hope to develop projects aimed at learning about heritage use within refuges camps and migrant groups. We also hope to investigate the impact of the offering of training (traditional craft, re-building) and capacity building – do such projects provide a sense of self determination and control? Finally, what fuels strong emotional ties to heritage also need to be better understood in order to use heritage in a proactive and targeted way. This means better understanding of what affects attachment to place, and what roles heritage, play in the resilience to change.


 Oliver  Antczak
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Indigenous Studies Discussion Group, Founder/Convener
PhD Student in Archaeology
Prof Cyprian  Broodbank
Partner, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Disney Professor of Archaeology
Head of the Department of Archaeology
Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
 Tom  Crowley
Postdoctoral Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
A profile photo of CHRC Graduate Member, Leanne Daly
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology
 Elifgül  Doğan
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology
Dr Shailaja  Fennell
Deputy Director, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Professor in Regional Transformation and Economic Security, Department of Land Economy
01223 764048
Dr Paola  Filippucci
Partner, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Social Anthropology
Fellow and College Lecturer, Murray Edwards College
01223 762244
Dr Liliana  Janik
Deputy Director, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Assistant Director of Research, Department of Archaeology
01223 339295
A profile photo of CHRC Member, Dr Rachel Kiddey
Partner, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Teaching Associate, Department of Archaeology
A profile photo of CHRC Graduate Member, Hyunjae Kim
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology
Dr Yongcan  Liu
Partner, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education
01223 767638
Dr  Andreas  Pantazatos
Partner, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Assistant Professor in Heritage Studies, Department of Archaeology
 Mariana   Pinto Leitão Pereira
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology
PhD title: The significance of heritage in dispersed communities: Portuguese and Macanese as a case study
Heritage and Colonialism Discussion Group, Founder/Convener
Prof Marie Louise Stig  Sorensen
Director Emeritus, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Emeritus Professor of European Prehistory and Heritage Studies, Department of Archaeology
01223 333522
Dr Dacia  Viejo Rose
Director, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Associate Professor in Heritage and the Politics of the Past, Department of Archaeology
01223 333500
A profile photo of CHRC Graduate Member, Isavella Voulgareli
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology
Dr Mark  Winterbottom
Partner, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
Professor of Education
01223 336298
A profile photo of CHRC Graduate Member, Fang Zhai
Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
PhD Student in Archaeology