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As the global tourism industry continues to expand, solutions to its impacts on environment, cultural authenticity and community wellbeing are urgently needed. Artists and architects have a key role to play in the search for answers.

Reimagining Tourism is a two-day conference exploring the ways that artists, architects and heritage experts can help tourism serve local communities better. Part of PRAKSIS’s long term project An Urgent Situation: Rethinking tourism through art, architecture and community, the event is a collaboration with the Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre, Balinese hotel and culture hub Samong Haven and Oslo-based architect Don Lawrence.

Focusing on the situation in Zambia, this international gathering brings together a dynamic lineup of artists, architects, policy makers, tourism experts and museum leaders from Zambia and around the world to explore creative routes towards a more ethical and inclusive tourism industry.

Reimagining Tourism is supported by an award from the Nordic Culture Fund’s Globus programme.

Key topics include:

• How is tourism impacting the evolution of Zambian culture and identity?

• How can tourism policies address the long-term needs of local communities?

• What role can art, design, and the living practices of heritage play in the design and implementation of sustainable tourism models?

About Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre (LuCAC)
LuCAC is a recently established, not-for-profit and artist-driven art centre located in New Chamba Valley, Lusaka. LuCAC hosts an art gallery, a library, and a residency, dedicated to the advancement of Zambian contemporary Art and its role in national development.

About Samong Haven
Samong Haven is a hotel and centre for culture and learning under development in Sumberkima, Bali. It serves as a space where exchange and learning support capacity building within the community while showcasing the rich cultural heritage and vibrant natural environment that surrounds it.

About Don Lawrence
Don Lawrence is an award-winning architect based in Oslo, Norway. In 2013 he established Don Lawrence Arkitekt AS, a practice that explores the interface between art and architecture in its search for design responses that fully integrate structures into their surroundings. For more information visit www.don-lawrence.com

About PRAKSIS
PRAKSIS is a non-profit arts catalyst that fosters creative practice and knowledge production through collective activity and the exchange of ideas, skills and information. PRAKSIS seeks to establish dialogue between artists, thinkers and organisations locally and internationally, at all career stages, and across diverse cultures and disciplines.