Project 6: Reworlding Urban Cultural Heritage: community learning on urban area revitalisation and cultural heritage preservation through public and grassroots initiatives // University of Limerick

This project will investigate practices around engagement with communities to foster learning on topics such as revitalisation, regeneration and heritage preservation in urban areas. The PhD candidate will work with local organisations and community groups to engage them in activities to help examine issues raised during urban revitalisation activities and how to balance such revitalisation, modernisation and improved sustainability with the preservation of the cultural heritage embodied within the urban space.

PhD Researcher: Petra Žišt

Petra Žišt is a cultural anthropologist interested in design anthropology, science and technologies studies, ICTs, emerging technologies for transportation, mobility, health, and energy transitions. She primarily employs qualitative methods, including ethnographic and participatory approaches, to explore how people’s lived experiences and future visions can inform policy and technology development. As part of the Reworlding project, she investigates urban renovations within energy transitions, with a particular interest in community engagement in revitalization efforts. Her work explores how energy transitions and home modernizations can be more just and balanced, with respect to cultural heritage, social, environmental, economic concerns of people and more-than-human relationships.