{"id":4585,"date":"2026-03-26T16:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:46:50","slug":"what-do-we-need-to-know-in-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=4585","title":{"rendered":"What do we need to know in 2050?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures held a Futures Workshop for its &#8216;home&#8217; Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Linnaeus University in Kalmar. For four hours, we involved cirka 70 colleagues in intensive group work and plenary discussions about knowledge in the arts and humanities in transition, asking the challenging question &#8220;What do we need to know in 2050?&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022459-1-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4591\" style=\"width:433px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022459-1-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022459-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022459-1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022459-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As group leaders served Anders H\u00f6gberg, Gustav Wollentz, Emily Hanscam as well as our colleagues Bodil Petersson (Dean) and Corina L\u00f6we (Vice-Dean). The Dean and Vice-Dean emphasized that this was to be seen as the start of a process of long-term development for the Faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022447-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4590\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022447-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022447-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022447-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022447-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2026\/03\/1000022447-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures held a Futures Workshop for its &#8216;home&#8217; Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Linnaeus University in Kalmar. 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