Historic Preservation Lecture: Dr Charlotte Andrews, Bermuda National Trust
Bermuda World Heritage, World Heritage management from the local experience, presented by Dr. Charlotte Andrews, Bermuda National Trust
Hybrid Lecture September 21 | 6:00 pm CT, at NOCHI or Zoom
The ‘Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications’ in Bermuda’s East End gained World Heritage status in 2000 as ‘an outstanding example of a continuously occupied, fortified, colonial town dating from the early 17th century, and the oldest English town in the New World’. A living community with diverse heritage uses defines this historic and archaeological landscape and cultural tourism mainstay as a living World Heritage Site.
Bermuda World Heritage objectives—shaped by collaborative frameworks and community-led approaches—are shared by an involved Bermudian heritage professional. This reflection explores how the mid-Atlantic British Overseas Territory attempts to balance local needs and priorities with the UK State Party’s obligations to protect ‘outstanding universal value’ for humanity. The Bermuda/St. George’s experience has implications for World Heritage management as a highly specific, influential, and critical realm of heritage research and practice.
Bermudian Dr. Charlotte Andrews is Head of Cultural Heritage at the Bermuda National Trust, where she collaborates with fellow staff and community volunteers, partners and stakeholders and aims to broaden community participation.
She oversees the Trust’s islandwide portfolio of historic houses and cemeteries, museums and collections, archaeological and heritage research, and other cultural heritage programming. Her own heritage research and wider Trust advocacy includes a special interest in the ’Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications’ World Heritage Site.
Despite over twenty years in Bermuda’s cultural sector and a doctorate in Heritage & Museum Studies from the University of Cambridge, Charlotte’s understanding of heritage as a process of identity and community formation is ever expanding.
Light bites and wine will be provided.
Questions? Contact Brent Fortenberry at bfortenberry@tulane.edu.