2011 Conference
The 2011 conference, Culture, Place and Identity at the Heart of Regional Development, was held in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador from October 13-15, 2011. The conference was co-hosted with the Leslie Harris Centre for Regional Policy and Development and the North Atlantic Forum.Conference Program and Materials
Keynote Speakers
Brendan O’Keeffe (Department of Geography, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick)
Elaine Stratford (School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania)
Zita Cobb (ShoreFast Foundation)
Zacharius Kunuk
René Cormier
Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir
Plenary Panel 1. Creative Rural Economies
Water Rocks and Trees: Building upon the Rich Amenities of Muskoka, Ontario (Gregory Spencer)
Arts, Culture, and Rural Community Economic Development: A Southern Saskatchewan Case Study (Christopher Fullerton)
A Musical performance by the Duo of Pamela Morgan and Anita Best
Plenary Panel 2. Celebrating Place
The Role of Culture in Branding Small Islands: A Case Study of the Isle of Man (Gary Wilson)
Identity Re-engineering for Rebounding Peripheries (Godfrey Baldacchino)
Caraquet, or how to Become a Capital (Jacques CF Lanteigne)
Plenary Panel 3. Authenticity in Cultural Expression
Music in the Development of Place: Hey Rosetta! and the ‘New’ Newfoundland (Deatra Walsh)
The Tourism Narrative in Greenland (Hanne Fabricius)
Sustaining Culture and Livelihoods Through Ecotourism (Lillian Hunt and Kelly Vodden)
Concurrent Session A1: Policies and Programs that Support Culture, Place, and Identity
Federal Cultural Programs Supporting Culture, Place and Identity (Cynthia White-Thornley)
Using Historic Sites to Preserve Cultural Identity (Gerry Osmond)
To Create a Sustainable Engagement (Sophie Lacroix)
Concurrent Session A2. Change Agents at the Local Level
Animating Change in Rural Newfoundland (Jack Stanley)
Reflection of a Cultural Worker in Developing a Heritage Region (Cynthia Colosimo)
A case study from Ethiopia: promoting culture for tourism and community building (Leila Qashu)
Concurrent Session A3. Farms, Food, and Identity
Með allt á prjónunum (Yarns and Farms) (Myriam Dalstein)
Coastal Heritage Experience (Barbara Marshall)
Concurrent Session B1. Nature as Muse
Outdoor Recreation, Nature Tourism and the Tobeatic Wilderness Area: Environmentalism and Social Transformation in Rural Nova Scotia (Mark C.J. Stoddart)
Skalanes Nature and Heritage Centre (Ólafur Örn Pétursson)
Tuning and Being Tuned By the Boreal Forest and a Rural Community in Newfoundland (Marlene Creates)
Concurrent Session 2B. Crafts as a Symbol of Identity
Crafting Tradition: Exploring the Relationship Between ‘Traditional’ Crafts, Craft Workers, Government and the Market (L. Lynda Harling Stalker)
Textile Portraits From Iceland (Birna Kristjansdottir)
Crafting Cape Breton Space: A Case Study of a Cheticamp Folk Art Gallery (Laura Sanchini)
Concurrent Session 2C. The Art of Regional Development
The Old Rock’s Rockin’: A Cultural Anatomy of Modern Shetland (Andrew Jennings)
Art Ex: A Visual Art Experience in the Exploits Valley: Revision, Reinvent, Revitalize (Linda Nuotio-Flynn)
Community Theatre: An Asset for our Communities (Muriel Detcheverry et Marie-Thérèse Landry)
Concurrent Session 2D. Inventorying Cultural Assets
Mapping Cultural Resources in Branch: How the arts and cultural heritage are being used to develop a tourist industry, cultural industries and the economy of the Town of Branch (Michael Mooney)
Investigating the values of coastal landscapes on the Burin peninsula, NL (Ian Murphy)
Making the Most of Cultural Assets in Rural Newfoundland (Tony Oxford)
Concurrent Session C1. Mobilizing Place for Regional Collaboration and Development
Finding Place Among the Placeless: the Role of Regional Development in the Peace River Region, northern British Columbia (Sarah-Patricia Breen and Sean Markey)
Place-Based Development in Rural Regions (Sarah-Patricia Breen and Sean Markey)
Linking identity, territory and place: Exploring regional governance of the Gander River (Jen Daniels)
Concurrent Session C2. Regional Approaches
Gateway or Destination Tourism: Conflicting Paths Towards Culture, Place, and Identity (Laura Ryser, Greg Halseth and Don Manson)
The Cultural Economy of Nunatsiavut: The Story of the Labrador Inuit (Johannes Lampe)
Iceland’s Cultural Councils: Stimulating Creativity in the Regions (Dorothee Lubecki)
Concurrent Session C3. Spatial Planning
Productions patrimoniales et urbanisation dans un espace indien-océanique” – “Heritage Interpretation and Urbanization in an Indian Ocean Context (Olivier Naria)
The Placentia Institute of Newfoundland Studies (Doreen Neville, Rob Wells, and Wayne Power)
Lines of Thought and Architectural Responses in the North Atlantic (Roger Mullin)
Concurrent Session D1. Inventing Place
Resisting and Responding: Regionalism in Lisa Moore’s February and Michael Winter’s The Big Why (Shane Beehan)
German LandArt: from loser-regions to a distinct personality with the help of art and culture? (Peter Dehne)
Concurrent Session D3. Rural Residents
Issues around the Gentrification of Rural Coastal Communities (Jerry Dick)
Newcomers at the gates: place and space in small island contexts (Bojan Furst)
Siding and Songs: Life stories and the saving of an old church building (Annemarie Christie)
Concurrent Session D4. The Business of Cultural Tourism
Heritage Enterprise Development on the Island of Chiloe, Chile (Irene Novaczek)
Sense theReal.ca: Rural Experiential Attractions Linkage (Jane Smith Parsons)
Creating a Profitable Ticketing System to Benefit Rural Communities (Natacha Dugas and Marie-Thérèse Landry)
Concurrent Session E1. Preserving the Intangible Cultural Heritage
The Role of Museums to Promote and Preserve Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Indian Context (Shashi Bala)
Culture and Community-Based Museums in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador (Joan Simmonds and Candace Cochrane)
All Mummers ‘lowed In’: Inventing a Glocal Tradition (Ryan Davis)
Concurrent Session E2. Restructuring the Economy without Destroying Culture
Residents’ Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Tourism Development in les Îles de la Madeleine (E. Wanda George)
The Role of Tourism in Regional Development: Case of Indigenous Cultural Representations in Africa (Roselyne Okech)
Concurrent Session E3. The Young and the Restless
Young rural workers, the pursuit of education, and employment opportunities: Canadian and Irish perspectives (Gordon B. Cooke and Sara Mann)
Looking Back Towards the Future: Creating Cultural Projects in Seydisfjordur, East-Iceland (Rannveig Thorhallsdottir)