The Maricel Museum hosts a conference on heritage and climate change this Friday as part of the international WRENCH project

The Rocamora Room of the Maricel Museum will host this Friday, May 8, at 6 p.m., the conference Narrar, cuidar, hacer: notas sobre la relación entre patrimonio y cambio climático en Sitges, given by researcher Giusy Pappalardo, from the Institute of History of Science of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

The session proposes a reflection on the role of cultural heritage in the context of the global climate crisis. From an interdisciplinary perspective, the conference proposes understanding heritage as a living element: not only as that which is preserved, but also as that which narrates, activates memories and opens spaces for action in the face of contemporary challenges.

The proposal is part of the international project WRENCH (Whisper of Time. Heritage as Narratives of Climate Change), which understands heritage both as an element at risk and as a tool capable of explaining these risks and contributing to imagining new forms of collective response. In this sense, it is proposed that heritage is lost not only when it physically disappears, but also when it ceases to generate narrative and meaning.

The conference will combine a global perspective —with examples of communities facing climate challenges, especially linked to the maritime environment— with an approach focused on Sitges. In this case, the focus will be on the historical and cultural relationship with the sea, as well as on the tensions and opportunities that this relationship poses in terms of conservation, memory and action.

In addition to the presentation of international cases, the session will include a more open and participatory space for reflection, aimed at exploring possible lines of work and action from the local context.

Giusy Pappalardo is a researcher on the WRENCH project at the Institute of History of Science of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a professor of landscape planning at the University of Catania (Italy). Her research focuses on territorial planning with a community approach and in the field of environmental humanities.

With this activity, the Sitges Museums reinforce their commitment to contemporary reflection and to the role of heritage as a tool for understanding and facing the great challenges of the present.