The Center for Critical Conservation is based at the Bern Academy of the Arts in Switzerland. On December 3-4, 2026 there will be held the Critical Conservation Assembly #1: Communities of Practice.

As the first public gathering in the Critical Conservation Assembly series, the event invites participants to explore how communities of practice reshape conservation when it is understood as a collective practice that sustains and transmits knowledge, values, gestures, and forms of communal life.

Bringing together scholars, Indigenous custodians and knowledge holders, artists, craftspeople, conservators, curators, community heritage practitioners, activists, and cultural workers, the Assembly will create a space for collective knowledge production and exchange, approaching conservation as a relational, pluricultural, and political practice.

The full programme and information about the speakers are available here: https://centerforcriticalconservation.com/1590-2/

The event is free to attend and will take place both in person and online, making it accessible to participants across regions and disciplines.