SSKW/CPP Realising the Cultural and Human Dimension SYMPOSIUM
12 – 14 June 2018 | Swindon
The Defence Geographic Centre and Cranfield University will be holding this joint Symposium combining the 11th International Spatial Socio-Cultural Knowledge Workshop (SSKW), Culture in Conflict Conference, Cultural Heritage Protection, and wider cultural issues.
The ‘Realising the Cultural and Human Dimension Symposium’ will gather UK, US and other international experts and practitioners from defence, academia, OGDs and NGOs to seek understanding of contemporary issues involving cultures through application of spatial and temporal social science analysis tools and methods.
Themes
The themes of the Symposium will include:
- Human Geography for Defence and Humanitarian Engagement activities
- Regional analysis: Russia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.
- Migration and the New Diasporas – emerging effects on transit countries and the new settlements.
- People and the Environment (Cultural issues relating to Health, Climate and Demographics)
- Protection of Cultural Heritage.
The objectives of the symposium are to consider:
- Promoting a shared situational awareness of people and their environment. The collection, organisation and sharing of knowledge, ideas, data, models and analytical outputs that will help develop our understanding of Human Geography and its associated cultural factors for informing a range of engagement activities.
- The development of tradecraft, best practices and case studies in order to promote enhanced research practice, to stimulate capability development and to further understanding.
- The nature of cultural information, how it is identified, acquired and how can it be retrieved.
- The protection of cultural heritage in all its many forms.
These topics will be addressed through a combination of plenary speakers and breakout sessions. The breakout sessions provide opportunities for facilitated discussion that will be focused on specific questions dealing with the Symposium’s topics through regional, organisational, technical, functional, and practical considerations.
For further information about the event or to register, please visit the Symposium website.