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Fabric 2015 Conference – call for papers extended
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Australia ICOMOS Mentoring Program 2015 – calling for Victorian Members!
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Inaugural Dr Jim Kerr Memorial Address, Saturday 18 April, Sydney
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REDUCED staffing of Australia ICOMOS Secretariat office
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Australia ICOMOS Mentoring Program 2015 – calling for NSW Members!
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The Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific – Farida Shaheed Public lecture – 16 April 2015
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April CHCAP Seminar in association with Museum Victoria – Religion in museums – Crispin Paine
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2015 Heritage Address with Kristal Buckley: “World Heritage – a decade in review”
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Roslyn Lawry Award fund-raising event, Nova Cinema Melbourne
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Australian Government’s Protecting National Historic Sites programme – call for applications
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Archdiocese Celebrates the Lives of Two Pioneers – Book Launch 28 April 2015
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Review of IPPHA – call for submissions
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Port Arthur Talks, Wednesday 14 April 2015
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13th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference – Gold Coast February 2016 – call for abstracts
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(in)significance: a discussion about values and valuing in heritage – one-day symposium
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The International Scientific Committee on Theory and Philosophy of Conservation – call for papers of Values Assessment Systems
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“Sustainable Design” workshop, 11 April Sydney
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Ruth Redden’s Fellowship Report: GREENING HISTORIC BUILDINGS: A study of Heritage Protection and Environmental Sustainability
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2015 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation – call for entries – deadline extended to 30 April 2015
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ISDRS 2015 conference – registrations now open
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Book Launch – Water & Heritage: Material, conceptual and spiritual connections
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General Assembly 2014 Symposium – The Florence Declaration
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The Best in Heritage Event 2015 – Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-26 September 2015
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7th International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Construction – call for papers – deadline extended
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Heritage Tasmania E-news – March 2015
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Easter at Port Arthur – 3-10 April 2015
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News from ICCROM
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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1. Fabric 2015 Conference – call for papers extended
The Australia ICOMOS national conference Fabric – The Threads of Conservation will be held in Adelaide from 5 to 8 November 2015.
We are extending the Call for Papers until 10 April 2015. Formal paper and snapshot abstracts are encouraged on the three conference themes:
- Social fabric: Sustaining memory; Intangible values; Engaging communities
- Fabric and place: Understanding significance embedded in places, landscapes and sites
- Conserving fabric: Developing skills; Advancing technologies; Sustaining practice.
Please refer to the abstract submission requirements on the conference website.
A reminder that registrations will open in late April.
For further details about our keynote speakers, our conference themes and the call for papers, please visit the conference website.
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2. Australia ICOMOS Mentoring Program 2015 – calling for Victorian Members!
DEADLINE FOR FORMS AND EOIs EXTENDED
Back by popular demand! We are running this program in Victoria during 2015. This supports members to share their knowledge and networks with students looking toward careers in heritage.
A big thank you to all those who mentored in previous years, generously sharing your time and knowledge, as well as feedback at the end to allow us to improve the program.
When naming their favourite aspect of the program, the majority of past mentors named the personal contact (we both learned from each other; refreshing to talk to the younger generation; good to know there is actually a pool of interested people; like the opportunity to help a new person into the profession), and almost all felt that they were able to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge and career prospects of their mentee. And all respondents said they would be happy to mentor again (which we are hoping they will do!).
This year, students in heritage-related degree programs at Deakin, Latrobe and Melbourne universities can apply to be mentees, as can early-career ICOMOS members.
Last time we had more potential mentees than mentors, so we are hoping that many ICOMOS members based in Victoria will be interested to participate. Those who have mentored previously are welcome and encouraged to participate again.
What is required?
- While the mentoring arrangements will vary, we ask that you get together at least 3 times during the program (late April to the end of September) to discuss issues involved in your practice and the student’s study and work interests.
- There will be a social event held in late April to introduce mentoring pairs.
- There will be a brief evaluation questionnaire distributed at the end of the year that we ask all participants to complete and return.
How do I get involved as a MENTOR?
If you would like to contribute to this valuable (and enjoyable) effort this year, and be an ICOMOS MENTOR, please email an expression of interest to Georgia Meros at the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by 9 April 2015.
Please provide your contact details (email and a work or mobile number) and a brief outline of your field of professional experience and current practice. This will assist the Victorian Mentoring Team in matching mentors and mentees.
Mentors must be ICOMOS members, and can have professional experience in any sector of cultural heritage practice. We will try to ‘match’ by interest as many Victorian students and mentors as possible.
How do I get involved as a MENTEE?
Students in participating university courses will be advised of the application process by the focal point at their university.
Early Career ICOMOS members should email Georgia Meros at the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat for an information sheet and expression of interest form. These must be returned to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by 9 April 2015.
We will try to ‘match’ by interest as many mentoring pairs as possible.
When do we start?
We will be matching students and mentors next month, and will launch this year’s program with a social event in late April where mentoring pairs can meet.
We hope that all Victorian-based members will welcome this opportunity to participate in the efforts of Australia ICOMOS and its partners to support young professionals across a range of cultural heritage disciplines. And we hope that many of the fabulous mentors from the two previous rounds will put up their hand again this year.
Kristal Buckley (Deakin University)
Natica Schmeder and David Young (University of Melbourne)
Susan Lawrence (Latrobe University)
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3. Inaugural Dr Jim Kerr Memorial Address, Saturday 18 April, Sydney
The Inaugural Dr Jim Kerr Memorial Address
on the International Day for Monuments & Sites
1.15pm for 1.45pm start, followed by the optional tour at 4pm
An Australia ICOMOS event in association with the Sydney Opera House; the Heritage Division NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; and the National Trust of Australia (NSW).
Jim Kerr’s gift was to articulate with great clarity how the care of special places might be achieved. He disseminated his ideas widely for discussion and tested them on real, culturally vital sites around Australia. He would then again update his policy document, the Conservation Plan. The Annual Jim Kerr Memorial address pays respect to his legacy by perpetuating open enquiry into the understanding of place and the constant review of progress in conservation planning practice.
Date
- 18 April 2015
Time
- TALK – 1.15 for 1.45pm start, finishing at 4pm
Launch of the annual Jim Kerr Memorial Address by Dr Tamsin Kerr and others.
Memorial Address by Joan Domicelj AM - TOUR – 4pm
Optional short tour of the Sydney Opera House; numbers limited, pre-booking necessary
Address
- Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney 2000
Additional Information
- The inaugural address will be a free event thanks to generous sponsorship
Electronic Bookings Required
- Bookings accepted from 6 February 2015. Click here to register for either/both the talk and the tour
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4. REDUCED staffing of Australia ICOMOS Secretariat office
The Australia ICOMOS Secretariat office will be staffed at a reduced level between 1 April – 22 April 2015 inclusive.
Though the Secretariat will be staffed intermittently, responses to queries, processing of publications orders, etc may take longer than usual.
The e-news will still be published. Please ensure all submissions for the E-news are submitted by 2pm Thursdays – this deadline will be strictly adhered to.
Australia ICOMOS appreciates your patience during this time.
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5. Australia ICOMOS Mentoring Program 2015 – calling for NSW Members!
As many of you will be aware, Australia ICOMOS has recently undertaken mentoring programs in both the ACT and Victoria. The program supports members to share their knowledge and networks with students looking toward careers in heritage.
As the program was so enthusiastically received by both mentors and mentees, we are very pleased to now be offering it in NSW in conjunction with the University of Sydney.
When naming their favourite aspect of the program, the majority of previous mentors named the personal contact (we both learned from each other; refreshing to talk to the younger generation; good to know there is actually a pool of interested people; like the opportunity to help a new person into the profession), and almost all felt that they were able to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge and career prospects of their mentee. All respondents enjoyed it so much; they said they would be happy to do it again.
Here in NSW, students in the Masters of Heritage Conservation and Masters of Museum and Heritage Studies at the University of Sydney can apply to be mentees, as can early-career ICOMOS members.
We expect to have many people seeking to be mentees, so we are hoping that many ICOMOS members based in NSW will participate.
What is required?
- While the mentoring arrangements will vary, we ask that you get together at least 3 times during the program (mid-May to end of September 2015) to discuss issues involved in your practice and the student’s study and work interests.
- There will be a social event held in mid-May to introduce mentoring pairs.
- There will be a second organised event (detail TBC).
- There will be a brief evaluation questionnaire distributed at the end of the year that we ask all participants to complete and return.
How do I get involved as a MENTOR?
If you would like to contribute to this valuable (and enjoyable) effort this year, and be an ICOMOS MENTOR, please email an expression of interest to Georgia Meros at the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by 23rd April 2015.
Please provide your contact details (email and a work or mobile number) and a brief outline of your field of professional experience and current practice. This will assist the NSW Mentoring Team in matching mentors and mentees.
Mentors must be ICOMOS members, and can have professional experience in any sector of cultural heritage practice. We will try to ‘match’ by interest as many NSW students and mentors as possible.
How do I get involved as a MENTEE?
Students in participating university courses will be advised of the application process by the focal point at their university.
Early Career ICOMOS members should email Georgia Meros at the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat for an information sheet and expression of interest form. These must be returned to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by 23rd April 2015.
We will try to ‘match’ by interest as many mentoring pairs as possible.
When do we start?
We will be matching students and mentors next month, and will launch this year’s program with an event, in mid-May where mentoring pairs can meet.
We hope that all NSW based members will welcome this opportunity to participate in the efforts of Australia ICOMOS and its partners to support young professionals across a range of cultural heritage disciplines.
Anita Krivickas, Mary Knaggs and Kerime Danis on behalf of Australia ICOMOS
Cameron Logan and Annie Clarke, University of Sydney
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6. The Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific – Farida Shaheed Public lecture – 16 April 2015
Conjugating the past present and future: human rights issues in cultural heritage, history teaching and memorialisation processes
Farida Shaheed has been Independent Expert and Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights at the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights in Geneva for the past five years. She has been a strong advocate for maintaining and strengthening people’s access to and enjoyment of cultural rights in countries around the world. She has conducted numerous fact-finding missions including to Botswana and Vietnam and she reports regularly to the UN Human Rights Commission.
For more information please see the attached flyer.
Where: Deakin City Centre, Level 3, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
When: Thursday 16 April 2015, 6pm-8pm.
Free Event but as seating is limited please email Andrea Witcomb to reserve seating by 15 April 2015.
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7. April CHCAP Seminar in association with Museum Victoria – Religion in museums – Crispin Paine
A History, Culture & Collections seminar in association with Deakin University CHCAP Seminar Series.
Museums are full of things once considered ‘religious’ – even ‘sacred’. Increasingly museums are recognizing this, and trying to interpret their collections’ religious as well as artistic and scientific meaning.
What’s more, some people still see museum objects as sacred, and ask for them back or ask to venerate them. How should museums respond?
Museums have an unique opportunity to help people understand what this ‘religion’ business is all about.
Crispin Paine is a retired curator and heritage consultant and an editor of the journal Material Religion. In 2013 he published Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties. Crispin is extending a family visit from the UK to find out what is happening in Australia in the field of the material culture of religion; he hopes this seminar will help him learn a little about developments in Australian museums.
When: Wednesday 22 April 2015
Where: Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens
Cost: Free entry.
Please book to reserve a seat.
For inquiries or other information email Deborah Tout-Smith or call 03 8341 7386.
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8. 2015 Heritage Address with Kristal Buckley: “World Heritage – a decade in review”
Museum Victoria would like to invite you to attend the 2015 Heritage Address with Kristal Buckley: “World Heritage – a decade in review” on Tuesday 14 April at Museum Theatre, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens.
After almost a decade at the coalface of world heritage, Deakin University academic Kristal Buckley will reflect on her years as a vice-president of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
This year’s Heritage Council of Victoria’s Heritage Address will feature Ms Buckley discussing the role of ICOMOS as the organisation celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2015 and the challenges that lie ahead for heritage on the world and local stage.
Kristal Buckley has had more than 25 years experience as a cultural heritage practitioner, including roles in government, teaching, consulting and non-government organisations.
In her role with ICOMOS, she has worked with the World Heritage Convention, and with cultural heritage issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
What: 2015 Heritage Address with Kristal Buckley: “World Heritage – a decade in review”
When: Tuesday 14 April
Location: Museum Theatre, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens
Start: 6pm
Bookings are essential. To book please email Museum Victoria Discovery Lectures
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9. Roslyn Lawry Award fund-raising event, Nova Cinema Melbourne – UPDATED
Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies at Deakin University invite you to a private screening of the 3-hour film NATIONAL GALLERY.
Frederick Wiseman’s NATIONAL GALLERY takes the audience behind the scenes of a London institution, on a journey to the heart of a museum inhabited by masterpieces of Western art from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. NATIONAL GALLERY is the portrait of a place, its way of working and relations with the world, its staff and public, and its paintings. In a perpetual and dizzying game of mirrors, film watches painting watches film.
This private screening is a fund-raising event for the Roslyn Lawry Award, the annual prize in Deakin University’s Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies program. Alumni, friends, museum and heritage people – all welcome! Donations can be added to the ticket price when booking online.
Date & time
Friday 17 April, 6.00-9.30pm (NOTE NEW DATE)
Venue
Nova Cinema, Carlton
Cost (NOTE REDUCED COST)
- General – $25 entry + $2.49 booking fee (incl canapes)
- Deakin Alumni & Students – $15.50 + $2.19 booking fee (incl canapes)
Booked tickets only – Pick up tickets from the Deakin desk at the Nova Cinema from 5.30pm. Cinema rules dictate that no tickets can be sold on the evening of the screening – booked tix only. Canapés courtesy of the Faculty of Arts Alumni Office; buy your own drinks.
NOTE: tickets must be booked by Monday 13 April.
To Book:
- General – CLICK HERE
- Deakin Alumni & Students – CLICK HERE
Download the UPDATED – NATIONAL GALLERY private screening flier.
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10. Australian Government’s Protecting National Historic Sites programme – call for applications
The Australian Government is now calling for applications under the Protected National Historic Sites Programme.
The Australian Government will support site owners and managers of the 58 places on Australia’s National Heritage List recognised for their historic heritage values by offering grants of between $25,000 and $1 million (GST exclusive) under the Protecting National Historic Sites programme.
The programme will provide funding of up to $11.5 million (GST exclusive) over three years from 2014-15 to conserve, maintain and protect these places for their historic heritage values. All eligible site owners and managers are encouraged to apply.
Applications close 2:00PM (AEST) Wednesday 22 April 2015.
For more information on the Australian Government’s Protecting National Historic Sites programme, including programme guidelines, application form and eligibility requirements, please visit the website.
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11. Archdiocese Celebrates the Lives of Two Pioneers – Book Launch 28 April 2015
On 28 April 2015, the Perth Archdiocesan Historical Commission will be launching the biographies of Archbishop Patrick Clune CSsR by Fr Christopher Dowd OP and Bishop Martin Griver by Odhran O’Brien at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth commissioned the books during the restoration of St Mary’s Cathedral, completed in 2009. Both Archbishop Clune and Bishop Griver made significant contributions to the design and development of St Mary’s during their respective terms of office. The lives of Martin Griver (1814-1886) and Patrick Clune (1864-1935) also tell the story of faith, empire and social justice during the challenging early years of the local community and Church in the 19th and 20th centuries.
As Catholic bishops, Griver and Clune were charged with both the spiritual and earthly care of the Catholic community in Western Australia. In addition to vigorously travelling the expanse of Western Australia for their pastoral duties, they built churches and schools, established charitable organisations and campaigned for better social welfare on behalf of the underprivileged.
As individuals they present interesting biographical subjects. A friend of Bishop Rosendo Salvado, the founder of New Norcia, the Spaniard Martin Griver was both a surgeon and a scholar of saintly reputation. His accounts of travelling the Western Australian outback in the 1850s & 1860s provide a unique glimpse into colonial life in the antipodes.
Meanwhile, Irishman Patrick Clune was a renowned preacher who was appointed a chaplain in World War I and later acted as an intermediary between Lloyd-George and the Irish leaders during the Irish War of Independence.
These two clergymen have played significant roles in the religious, social and historic fabric of Western Australia. Now we honour the lives of Martin Griver and Patrick Clune through these detailed historical works.
‘Odhran O’Brien’s study of Bishop Griver and Fr Christopher Dowd’s biography of Archbishop Patrick Clune are valuable contributions to Western Australia’s historical writing. They add significantly to our small stock of good biographies of religious leaders.’ Professor Geoffrey Bolton
Please join us for the launch of these works:
Date: 28 April 2015
Venue: The Redemptorist Monastery of North Perth
Time: 5:45pm for 6:00pm start.
RSVP at Heritage Perth’s Website or call 08 9201 10 14
Pre-launch book purchase can be organised by contacting Odhran O’Brien
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12. Review of IPPHA – call for submissions
The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences will be conducting a Review of the Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts (IPPHA). This is part of a cycle of reviews that the College conducts to ensure that our education programs and research are of the highest quality.
You are invited to make a submission in response to the IPPHA Review _Terms of Reference.
The review panel will meet to hear submissions from individuals or groups on Thursday 23 April 2015.
Written submissions should be emailed to IPPHA by COB Monday 20 April.
The review panel will meet with significant stakeholders. The review panel reserves the right to invite individuals to make a submission and/or contact individuals to seek clarification of submissions that they have made.
Please send an email to IPPHA if you wish to meet individually or as a group with the panel on Thursday 23 April 2015 and they will contact you regarding the schedule.
All submissions should be emailed to the Executive Officer, Research School of Humanities and the Arts.
Further information regarding the review and IPPHA can be found in the IPPHA Review Document. Further information regarding IPPHA can be found at the IPPHA website.
Membership of the Review Panel
- Professor Paul Pickering, Director, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, CASS, ANU (Chair);
- Dr Michael Pearson, Chair, Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts, ANU;
- Professor Laurajane Smith, Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, CASS, ANU;
- Associate Professor Tracy Ireland, Heritage, Museums & Conservation, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra;
- Adjunct Professor Ken Taylor, Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, CASS, ANU.
Secretariat
- Executive Officer, Research School of Humanities and the Arts
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13. Port Arthur Talks, Wednesday 14 April 2015
Local heroes ~ the Tasman Peninsula and the First World War
presented by Dr Lysbeth Ford and James Parker
The Honour Roll for the Tasman Municipality lists 30 men associated with the Peninsula who died in the First World War. Dr Lysbeth Ford has researched their histories and will present her findings in this talk. James Parker has used this research to tell the story of the Australian involvement in the war. Lysbeth and James have presented this work twice before and hope to do so more times during the centenary of WWI, because, despite the title, this is a tale of loss and sacrifice which must be told – in the hope that, one day, the message might be understood.
ALL WELCOME!
When: Wednesday 14 April 2015 at 5.30pm
Where: Junior Medical Officer’s Conference Room
For more information call (03) 6251 2324 or please see the Port Arthur website.
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14. 13th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference – Gold Coast February 2016 – call for abstracts
Proposals are welcome for the 13th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference (UHPH) to be hosted by Griffith University and held on the Gold Coast, Queensland between Sunday 31 January – Wednesday 3 February 2016.
Conference Theme: Icons: The making, meaning and undoing of urban icons and iconic cities
The use of icons (projects, places, plans, people and/or practices) to tell stories of urban environments is longstanding. The stories which these icons produce tell us something about ourselves and our everyday urban lives, as well as the social, environmental, economic, political and cultural context of urban environments. They can also prompt questions about the histories and realities of the icons themselves. Moreover, cities increasingly strive for distinctiveness of some kind in an increasingly globalised world. This distinctiveness is frequently achieved through the making of new urban icons, visual, tangible, imaginary and or real. The striving for iconic status can be problematic when it marginalises and polarises people and ways of being. Meanings can also be ascribed which have little relevance to the wider urban context.
This conference offers a special opportunity to explore these histories of iconographies – past, present, prospective. Suggested sub themes relate to the histories and/or planning of the following in urban and regional settings:
- New critical appreciations of neglected and established urban icons and icon-making processes.
- Planning and development of hard and soft infrastructures, including monuments, buildings, streetscapes, precincts, landscapes, plans and projects, branding etc.
- The import/export of iconic ideas.
- The environmental impact of urban icons.
- Dealing with the heritage of icons (cultural, natural, indigenous).
Papers should be based on original research and may focus on one or a combination of sub themes. In addition, proposals related to other aspects of urban and planning history, in and of relevance to Australia/New Zealand, are welcome. Full papers will be peer reviewed for publication in the conference proceedings. You are required to register and attend the conference for your paper to be published in the proceedings.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by 14 April 2015.
Abstracts are to be submitted on the abstract template and emailed to Caryl Bosman.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers (4000 words text max) for publication in the peer reviewed conference proceedings.
A conference website with further information will be available soon.
Hosted by: Griffith University, Urban Research Program
Conference Convenors: Dr Caryl Bosman, Dr Aysin Dedekorkut–Howes and Paul Burton
Please contact Caryl Bosman for more information.
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15. (in)significance: a discussion about values and valuing in heritage – one-day symposium
The one-day symposium will comprise short presentations and themed panel discussions, with ample opportunities for participation and debate. Many of Australia’s leading heritage researchers, teachers and practitioners will participate from diverse fields including museums, libraries and archives, archaeology, digital humanities, conservation and heritage studies. The symposium will appeal to those with an interest in critical heritage studies and reflective heritage practice and is also recommended for postgraduate students.
The symposium will explore the history, theory and practical application of the concept of significance and broach the idea of insignificance.
Questions to be addressed include:
- What is standard practice for the application of significance in heritage, museums, archives, libraries and other locations?
- What is being taught at tertiary levels on the theory and application of significance?
- How does significance assessment intersect with concepts of ethics, social justice and sustainability?
- How do recent critiques of nature/culture dichotomies impact on significance assessment?
- How does recent research into the affective and emotional dimensions of heritage impact significance assessment?
- Are there clear and well-understood distinctions between materials, materiality and values?
- How do concepts of significance work within the digital domain?
- Are values past, present or future oriented?
- What is the ongoing influence of modernist concepts of universal value?
- What are the challenges for implementing a threshold-based values approach?
- What are the current critiques and do they have traction?
- What theoretical roadblocks, research and creative directions for practice might we recognise in responding to such questions?
Conveners: Tracy Ireland and Steve Brown
Date/place: Friday 15 May 2015, University of Canberra
Registration (from 7 April):
Full fee: $50
Full time students: $20
For more information please click here.
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16. The International Scientific Committee on Theory and Philosophy of Conservation – Call for papers of Values Assessment Systems
The International Scientific Committee on Theory and Philosophy of Conservation in collaboration with Romualdo Del Bianco Foundatione organized the international scientific conference in Florence, 5-8 March, 2015. The theme of the conference was “How to assess built heritage? Assumptions, methodologies, examples of heritage assessment systems”. During the conference over 20 contributions were presented.
Following on from the conference, the International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration plan to edit the publication “How to assess built heritage”. A call for papers on Values Assessment Systems has been put forward. The publication will be financed with the EU grant (Smart Value Project). The authors of contributions presented in Florence and all colleagues interested in this topic are warmly invited to submit their relevant articles.
Proposals of articles should be prepared according to the Guidelines for Authors (maximum 12 pages) and emailed to the International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration.
The deadline for submission of papers is 30 May 2015.
Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 July 2015.
For further information, please contact the International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration.
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17. “Sustainable Design” workshop, 11 April Sydney
Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Architects, NSW Chapter with participation by Caroline Pidcock, Anne Warr, Murray Brown and a structural engineer.
Topics include:
- significance-guided decision-making
- sustainability and design considerations in common interventions
- structural issues and solutions
- value of retaining authentic fabric.
The presenters of this workshop have practical and academic experience in heritage, sustainability and design in Australia, and overseas practical and academic experience.
Information and booking links for the full Sustainable Heritage Conservation series can be found below:
NEXT WORKSHOP: 11 April: Sustainable design
National Trust Centre, Millers Point
18 April: Interior plaster, decoration and finishes – part 1 research
National Trust Centre, Millers Point
25 April: Interior plaster, decoration and finishes – part 2 conservation
National Trust Centre, Millers Point
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18. Ruth Redden’s Fellowship Report: GREENING HISTORIC BUILDINGS: A study of Heritage Protection and Environmental Sustainability
The ISS Institute Board and CEO, Ms Bella Irlicht AM, would like to announce the release of the Ruth Redden ISS Institute Fellowship Report: “GREENING HISTORIC BUILDINGS: A study of Heritage Protection and Environmental Sustainability.”
This report explores issues currently experienced in heritage related industries (with a focus on built fabric), related to making historic buildings perform more sustainably – a concept popularly termed Greening Historic Buildings. The information presented is a culmination of research, interviews, site visits, workshops, conference papers and round table discussions in which the Fellow, Ruth Redden, participated while in New York City as a participant of the 2013 Association for Preservation Technology International’s (APTi) conference on ‘Preserving the Metropolis’.
To download a copy of the report please click here.
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19. 2015 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation – call for entries – deadline extended to 30 April 2015
Entries are now being accepted until 30 April 2015 for the 2015 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. The awards programme recognizes the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and public-private initiatives, in successfully restoring structures of heritage value in the Asia-Pacific region.
For more information about the program visit the Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation website.
Download the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation flier.
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20. ISDRS 2015 conference – registrations now open
The Tipping Point: Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity
The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) is pleased to announce their 21st Annual conference to be held 10-12 July 2015 in Geelong (Melbourne) Victoria, Australia.
For pricing and information on registration, including early bird dates, please click here.
Registration includes:
- Conference bag
- Conference program
- Attendance to all sessions from Friday 10th – Sunday 12th July 2015
- Attendance to the Welcome Reception
Please ensure you read the registration information before you register.
Please click here to register – either log in or create a user account with Ex Ordo and select Register on your Dashboard.
Keep up to date with all conference information as it develops on the website.
For all event inquiries please email Mahaela Jackson or call 03 9244 5435
For academic inquiries, please email Yamini Narayanan
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21. Book Launch – Water & Heritage: Material, conceptual and spiritual connections
The publication follows up on a Heritage and Water conference in Amsterdam, the first of its kind. Its main purpose is to credibly present the importance and value of heritage and historical experience for water and sustainable development, and vice versa, present the importance of water management for the protection of heritage. It presents evolving insights and concepts about Water and about Heritage from a variety of disciplines, policy and public perspectives illustrated with case studies and aims to connect decision makers with experts such as engineers, archaeologists, historians, geographers, ecologist and landscape architects.
Editors: Willem J.H. Wilems and Henk van Schaik
The book will be officially launched at the World Water Forum 2015, South Korea.
For more information and to order a copy of the book, please see the attached Water & Heritage flyer.
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22. General Assembly 2014 Symposium – The Florence Declaration
At the 18th General Assembly (Florence, Italy, November 2014), the Scientific Symposium “Heritage and Landscapes as Human Values ” wanted to promote a broad discussion able to provide insights for improving the intercultural dialogue and placing the human being at the centre of the cultural debate, where heritage and landscape values represent a shared synthesis. Following presentations by 170 speakers and debates, the General Assembly adopted the “The Florence Declaration on Heritage and Landscapes as Human Values regarding the values of Cultural Heritage in building a peaceful and democratic society”. This Declaration encourages an in depth reflection on the ethics and processes of heritage management, and a shared concern regarding the challenges that current and future generations will have to deal with. All ICOMOS Committees and members are encouraged to make this declaration widely known.
Download the Florence Declaration in English or French.
The papers that were presented in Florence will soon be published by ICOMOS Italy in both hard and electronic format on the ICOMOS web site (ebooks with ISBN). All remaining accepted posters and contributions of registered participants will be made available electronically on the ICOMOS website.
For more information on the General Assembly outcomes click here.
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23. The Best in Heritage Event 2015 – Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-26 September 2015
The Best in Heritage is an international, annual survey of award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects. More than Twenty projects from the world, proclaimed the best in the previous year on national or international level, are invited to the conference to present their success stories. In brief, they display and celebrate excellence from the field of museums and heritage. The conference is taking place at the end of September in Dubrovnik.
Information is collected on all awarded projects from the past year and made available on the website. From the list, The Best in Heritage Advisory board makes a selection of projects to be invited to take part in the event. The aim is to have a diverse and interesting programme offering an insight into innovative practices, successful management approaches, extraordinary professionalism and present day trends and tendencies.
To view the draft programme and for more information please visit the Best in Heritage Website.
To view the video presentations from the 2014 laureates, please click here.
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24. 7th International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Construction – call for papers – deadline extended
The Organizing Committee has opened the Call for Abstracts for the 7th International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Construction.
The conference will be held in Florence, Italy, from 19-21 November 2015.
It is an international conference promoted by the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, the Florence University and some other universities from Europe and Asia, subjected on:
1. Civil Engineering, reconstruction, sustainable construction, materials and technologies,
2. Architecture and Design, urban planning, urbanism,
3. Environmental engineering, energy, green buildings,
4. Geotechnics, seismicity hazard analysis and prevention,
5. Construction, structural mechanics, transport problems,
6. Technologies and operational methodologies for conservation and
7. The fruition of the heritage: cultural value-based travel, routes and landscape. New uses and enhancement of monuments.
Papers selected will be indexed on SCOPUS, for upgrading the professional ranking.
The deadline for abstracts is 15th April 2015 (note date extension).
For more information about the conference and the call for papers, visit the conference website.
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25. Heritage Tasmania E-news – March 2015
The March issue of Heritage Tasmania’s e-news is now available online. Click here for a copy of the Heritage Tasmania March 2015 e-news.
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26. Easter at Port Arthur – 3-10 April 2015
The popular short ‘Port Arthur History Plays’ and a heap of educational and entertaining family fun activities will be offered at the Port Arthur Historic Site over the Easter holiday break, a great time to bring the family and spend a day or two at Port Arthur this Easter. Activity costs are included in the cost of site entry.
For more information click here.
Bookings and inquiries 1800 659 101 or the Port Arthur Website.
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27. News from ICCROM
To view the latest news from ICCROM, click here.
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28. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia
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