07 May 2019, Starts: 17:30

What is an artefact? Resident relationships with Majapahit heritage in Trowulan, Indonesia

Talk by Dr. Tod Jones, Curtin University, Western Australia Australia

Burghfield House, Dornoch. Organised by UHI Centre for History. Contact them for further details, or how to join by videoconferencing, on historyevents@uhi.ac.uk

Dr Jones will talk about  his work with residents of Trowulan, Indonesia -  once the central city of the vast Majapahit maritime empire - and those residents' relationship to Majahapit artefacts.  His talk questions our notions of what an artefact is, and has implications for heritage management.