1. Heritage as Praxis

This subtheme repositions heritage as a dynamic method of engaging with spatial, ecological, and socio-cultural transformations.

• Adaptive reuse
• Living heritage
• Dynamic conservation
• Spatial agency
• Socio-cultural continuity
• Ecological resilience
• Settlement transformation
• Craft traditions
• Material cultures
• Heritage futures
• Climate resilience
• Sustainability transitions
• Community empowerment
• Global South epistemologies
• Archaeology of settlements
• Heritage craft economies
• Building cultures
• Embodied knowledge systems
• Everyday urbanism
• Cultural sustainability
• Landscape urbanism
• Resilience thinking
• Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)
• Cultural continuity and change
• Vernacular environmental practices
• Craft-based innovation
• Repair cultures and maintenance ecologies

2. Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Explores vernacular wisdom, ecological intelligence, place-based learning, and ethical pedagogies rooted in living traditions.

• Indigenous knowledge systems
• Vernacular wisdom
• Place-based learning
• Experiential pedagogy
• Community-engaged education
• Ecological intelligence
• Sustainable design traditions
• Knowledge transmission
• Ethical pedagogies
• Cultural literacy
• Community empowerment
• Sustainability transitions
• Global South epistemologies
• Environmental humanities
• Ethno-ecology
• Indigenous cosmologies
• Heritage-based curricula
• Embodied learning
• Intergenerational knowledge transfer
• Folk ecologies
• Biocultural diversity
• Decolonial pedagogies
• Vernacular science and technology
• Indigenous methods in research
• Learning from cultural landscapes

3. Digital Palimpsests

AR/VR, drones, LiDAR, AI, photogrammetry & digital twins shaping new futures of documentation and collaboration.

• Digital documentation
• Photogrammetry
• LiDAR
• Drone mapping
• AR/VR environments
• Spatial computing
• Digital twins
• AI-assisted heritage analysis
• Immersive interpretation
• Collaborative digital platforms
• Digital transformation
• Community empowerment
• Sustainability transitions
• Museum informatics
• Digital archives and repositories
• 3D reconstruction and simulation
• Virtual heritage (VH)
• Computational humanities
• Data-driven conservation
• Remote sensing for heritage
• HBIM workflows
• Crowdsourced heritage mapping
• Digital accessibility
• Mixed-reality exhibits
• Human–AI collaboration in heritage
• Digital ethics and data governance

4. Cultural Landscapes & Memory

Climate resilience, ecological memory, sacred geographies, water systems & nature–culture relationships.

• Cultural landscapes
• Ecological memory
• Climate adaptation
• Sacred geographies
• Water heritage systems
• Post-disaster recovery
• Landscape resilience
• Environmental humanities
• Ritual ecologies
• Nature–culture interdependencies
• Climate resilience
• Sustainability transitions
• Indigenous knowledge systems
• Global South epistemologies
• Historical ecology
• Memoryscapes
• Environmental archaeology
• Biocultural heritage
• Olfactory heritage
• Soundscapes and aural ecology
• Coastal and riverine heritage
• Agrarian landscapes
• Traditional hydrological systems
• Ecoregional planning
• Climate justice in heritage
• Disaster risk governance
• Environmental stewardship

5. Ethics, Governance & Transregional Exchanges

Community stewardship, cultural diplomacy, heritage governance and transregional knowledge flows.

• Conservation ethics
• Participatory governance
• Heritage policy
• Community stewardship
• Transregional knowledge flows
• Cultural diplomacy
• Cross-cultural exchange
• Sustainable governance frameworks
• Inclusive conservation
• Policy futures
• Community empowerment
• Sustainability transitions
• Global South epistemologies
• Climate resilience
• Museology and curatorial ethics
• Archaeological governance
• International conventions
• Heritage legislation & regulatory frameworks
• Intangible heritage safeguarding
• Urban heritage governance
• Resource management and cultural rights
• Diaspora heritage networks
• Heritage economics
• Heritage tourism
• Ethical digital heritage practices
• Intellectual property & traditional knowledge
• Comparative heritage frameworks