Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School — Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia - An international research project

Click on the images below to access various components of the Urban Heritage Mining summer school.

Preparatory Literature

Click to access the database of mandatory and discretionary readings on mapping, walking, and sensing heritage, both in the Kathmandu Valley and further afield.

Program & Schedule

Click to access a digital version of the full Heritage as Placemaking Summer School program and schedule. Note: the schedule is still subject to minor changes until September 22.

Provocations

Click for access to Urban Heritage Mining’s prerecorded provocations: short video clips and activities to complete within small groups throughout the summer school.

Meet the Teachers

An introduction to the lecturers, guides, and experts who will join us in the Urban Heritage Mining summer school.

Interactive Map with Pins

Click to view the map of all summer school meeting points. To view the map on your mobile phone using Google Maps, click here!

Summer School Blog

As a culminating assignment of the summer school, all participants are asked to craft a multimedia blog entry that reflecting on their research done ‘mining’ Kathmandu’s urban heritage. More information coming soon.