LECTURE: TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER, 18:00 for 18:30 at the SAAO AUDITORIUM, OBSERVATORY

SPEAKER: JENNA LAVIN

 

TITLE: HERITAGE INVENTORIES – WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW AND WHY?

ABSTRACT:

The National Heritage Resources Act provides a number of tools that can be used for the pro-active conservation and management of significant heritage resources. Many of these tools have been, as yet, underutilised. However, this is slowly changing with increased interest in the completion of heritage inventories at a municipal level. This talk will discuss the tools that are available and the consequences of implementing these tools for heritage management. This talk will also reflect on various case studies of heritage inventories that have been completed and how these inventories have or intend to shape the evolution of places including the City of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Knysna and Napier.

BIO:

Jenna Lavin is an archaeologist with an MSc in Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments. Since 2016 she has headed up the heritage division of CTS Heritage, a Cape Town-based heritage management company. She has a wealth of experience in the heritage

management sector. Jenna’s previous position as the Assistant Director for Policy, Research and Planning at Heritage Western Cape has provided her with an in-depth understanding of national and international heritage legislation. Prior to joining CTS Heritage, her eight years of experience at various heritage authorities in South Africa means that she has dealt extensively with permitting, policy formulation, compliance and heritage management at national and provincial level and has also been heavily involved in rolling out training on SAHRIS to the Provincial Heritage Resources Authorities and local authorities. Jenna is a member of the Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners (APHP), and is also an active member of the International Committee on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as well as the International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM). In addition, Jenna has been a member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) since 2009. Since 2016, Jenna has drafted over 250 Screening and Heritage Impact Assessments throughout South Africa.