How you can save yourself - and the country - $96 each time you visit a heritage site

Everyone human is a walking house of heritage. Heritage is under your feet, around you, and in you (literally and metaphorically). This talk will consider what ‘heritage’ is, how it is managed and present emerging research on the very real concrete benefits of heritage – as the very real burdens when heritage is damaged (solastalgia anyone?). This presentation uses case studies beginning at the very venue of this presentation and extends outward include fracking, fire, flood and friendships to understand how heritage keeps us healthy.

About the speaker: Sven Ouzman is an archaeologist who works in northern Australia and southern Africa on rock art, climate change and heritage, graffiti, storymapping, and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property. For more see: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/sven-ouzman

This talk is one of three talks in the program for ‘What Makes Us Sick and What Makes Us Well?’, presented as part of the Pint of Science Festival.

When: Doors 6.30pm, Event 7-9 pm, Wednesday 20 May 2026

Where: Paddington Ale House, 141 Scarborough Beach Road, Perth WA

Cost: $15

For more information and registration: https://pintofscience.com.au/event/what-makes-us-sick-and-what-makes-us-well/