Evren Uzer is a NYC based educator, urban planner and community practitioner working on civic engagement in planning and design. Her current research focuses on activism, critical heritage studies and feminist spatial practices. She is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Parsons School of Design, USA, and also holds a researcher position at School of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Feras Hammami is associate professor of conservation, placed at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research concerns the politicization of cultural heritage, and the opportunities heritage activism may provide for fighting injustices in cities. He is currently working on ’hopeful’, or more purposeful approaches to heritage, and on reconciliatory heritage practices. He previously conducted research in relation to sites located in Palestine, Botswana and Sweden.