Lecture by professor Julie Rugg, 24. 9., 14:00

The Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Invites you to the lecture

Funeral Heritage and the Challenges of Sustainability

BY PROFESSOR JULIE RUGG

When: Thursday 24. 9. 2026, 14:00 – 15:30

Where: In person in Seminar room (zasedacka), 5th floor, Na Florenci 3, Praha 1, 110 00

Also available online: link

This paper considers the nature of funeral heritage, and sustainability challenges that arise as a consequence of the desire to protect that heritage as a set of practices, material objects and places that should be passed on to future generations. ‘Sustainability’ is now regarded as a core objective for heritage intervention although its meaning remains remarkably fluid. The lecture offers some reflections on tensions that arise as a consequence of attending to funeral heritage ‘sustainably’.

Pd available here.

The Land Gone Wild: Archaeological and Transdisciplinary Research on Resilience Strategies in the 20th Century (reg. n. CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008705)