We are living in a time of increasing dependence on and encountering with synthetic materials, such as plastics, in our day-to-day life. “The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019 Congress” will kickoff on May. 29th and continues till May 31st, 2019 in Pharmacy Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019, whose general theme is “Plastics heritage: history, limits and possibilities” intends to emphasize the synthetic material’s “plasticity” that makes them crucial in today’s globalized world and to understand the chameleon capability of plastics, their limits and possibilities.
Under the aegis of the Plastics Heritage European Association (PHEA), the Portuguese Center for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT) will host the Plastics Heritage Congress 2019.
This congress aims to address plastics history and heritage by encouraging papers that contribute to a deeper understanding of the socioeconomic culture and material culture of historic polymeric materials (HIPOMS) in their various representations and functions in society.
The main theme embraces the concepts of history, limits and possibilities of plastics heritage as organizing principles, thus perceiving their impact on the consumer and their technical and scientific developments.
Pharmacy Museum:
This museum dedicated to the evolution of the Portuguese pharmaceutical history and technology, this award-winning cultural space is of international recognition. Focusing on the development of the science of pharmacy from the 15th century until today, the museum recreates antique Portuguese pharmacies so that the visitor can profoundly experience their progress.
The program committee suggests the following non-exhaustive sub-themes for contributors of individual papers, and posters:
- Plastics history (historic polymeric materials [Hipoms] manufacturing, engineering, companies)
- Plastics heritage (Hipoms in art, design, everyday use, technical objects and architecture)
- Collecting Hipom objects
- Conservation of Hipoms (artefacts, technical heritage, material characterization)
- Documentation and reproduction (archives, data bases, digital scanning, 3D-printing etc.)
- Plastics limits (degradation, waste problems, environmental impacts, history of social interactions)
- Plastics and emotions: impact on consumers and design Personalization
Sponsors:
- AGI – AUGUSTO GUIMARÃES & IRMÃO
- BAQUELITE LIZ
- CELOPLÁS
- CIRES
- PSAPLAST
- PIEP
- TAP (OFFICIAL CARRIER)
- ASSOCIAÇÃO DE TURISMO DE LISBOA
- MÃE D’ÁGUA
- JANZ
Partnerships:
- Plastics Heritage
- Museu de Leiria/Câmara Municipal de Leiria
- Museu da Farmácia
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