By Kaat Van Son o bring more attention to heritage landscapes on the fringes of highly developed areas, I present the case of De Ruige Heide in northern Antwerp, Belgium, which I will refer to as the “Rough Moors” from here on. In a fragmented…
When: 11-14 October 2022 Where: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam What: networking, training, workshopping and agenda setting on Cultural Heritage and Spatial Planning, Democratisation, Inclusivity, Migration, Multicultural…
Save the date: 12, 13, 14 October 2022. You are invited to the Heriland international conference on Cultural Heritage and Spatial Planning
Rebecca Saats, an ESR in the Heriland project based at the University of Gothenburg, defended her thesis successfully! In her thesis, she delved into the concepts of ‘Care’ in heritage studies, particularly with an interest in the place-identity, place branding, and heritage conservation. Here is an…
On October 22, 2025, two Heriland Early Stage Researchers reached an important milestone in their academic journeys. Maciej Jakub Świderski (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Tinatin Meparishvili (Newcastle University) successfully defended their PhD theses before examiners and supervisors, marking another proud achievement for the Heriland network.…
Figure 1. Altrips’ main street/ escape route. Source: Unknown. Altrip in der Pfalz (Photo), https://www.pfalz-info.com/altrip-essen-trinken-uebernachten/ By Marie Partzsch The Pfälzer Rheingraben (Palatinate Rhine Plain) lies on the western side of the River Rhine and stretches for around 50 kilometres in a particularly flat area of Germany.…