Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No.
313
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Friday 7th December, 2007
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1) VICOMITES Christmas Function
2) 16th General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium:
Call for Papers
3) US ICOMOS Intern Program 2008
4) US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program report now available
online
5) Second call for papers Re-thinking the Role of Intangible
Heritage in Museums, Monuments, Landscapes, and Living Communities
6) Cultural Heritage and Impact Assessment workshop at IAIA'08
Conference
7) Hereduc Training Course
News from US ICOMOS……
8) Call for Nominations: US/ICOMOS Ann Webster Smith Award
9) More on Heritage Interpretation
10) Outcomes of Olinda, Brazil, Meeting On Historic Urban
Landscapes (Huls),
Situations Vacant....
11) Situation Vacant: Project Conservator
12) ** Thank you and farewell
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1) VICOMITES Christmas Function
ICOMOS members, friends and partners as well as
anyone interested in joining or re-joining ICOMOS are all cordially
invited to Xmas drinks at:
The Underground Cellar, Metropolitan Hotel (in the historic Melbourne
Meat Market)
Cnr Blackwood and Courtney Streets
NORTH MELBOURNE
Thursday 13 December
6-8pm
Cost: $25 includes finger food and (limited) drinks.
RSVP essential: by COB Friday 7 December (TODAY!) to Megan
McDougall 9637 9287, or e mail:
megan.mcdougall@dpcd.vic.gov.au
Melways map 2B, A9
Parking should be available nearby, and it is easily accessible by tram
(59,55or 19)
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2) 16th General Assembly and
International Scientific Symposium: Call for Papers
Quebec, Canada, September 29 - October 4,
2008
The Spirit Of Place
Between The Intangible And The Tangible
We are pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the 16th ICOMOS
General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium which will be
held in Quebec, Canada, from September 29 to October 4, 2008, is now
available on the General Assembly Web site at
http://quebec2008.icomos.org
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Laurier Turgeon, Ph.D., Coordinator
Scientific Committee, Quebec ICOMOS 2008
Michel Bonnette, Chair
Organizing Committee, Quebec ICOMOS 2008
INVITATION TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS
Participants are invited to submit papers for the symposium. All papers
must fall under one of the four sub-themes.
1.Re-thinking the Spirit of Place
2.The Threats to the Spirit of Place
3.Safeguarding the Spirit of Place
4.Transmitting the Spirit of Place
Selected papers that cannot be presented orally can be presented in the
form of posters (poster session).
For detailed information on the theme of the Scientific Symposium, please
see website
http://quebec2008.icomos.org
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3) US ICOMOS Intern Program
2008
Applications are now being invited for interns in
next years US ICOMOS International Exchange Program. Applications must be
made by nomination through Australia ICOMOS. Nominations will be
confirmed at the first meeting of the AI Executive Committee in 2008.
Applicants must be full members of Australia ICOMOS, have adequate
experience and the clear opportunity to travel in the middle of the year.
More information about the program can be found at
http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/International_Exchange_Program/Program_Overview.htm
.
If you are interested please contact Timothy Hubbard, the US Intern
Coordinator on (03) 5568 2623 or 0419 353 195.
All interns return with very positive comments about the life-changing
experience.
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4) US/ICOMOS International
Exchange Program report now available online
Report on the 2007 Class of US/ICOMOS
International Interns in Historic Preservation now available online
at
http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/International_Exchange_Program/2007_International_Exchange_Program/2007_Internships.htm
or view the entire report as a pdf file
at
http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/International_Exchange_Program/2007_International_Exchange_Program/2007_International_Exchange_Report.pdf
Representing Interns from and Internships
in
Australia, Brazil, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Paraguay, Scotland, South Korea, Spain,
United States
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5) Second call for papers
Re-thinking the Role of Intangible Heritage
in Museums, Monuments, Landscapes, and Living Communities
The Province of
East-Flanders and
the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage
Presentation,
With the support of:
Provinciaal Archeologisch Museum - Ename
VIOE - Vlaams Instituut voor Onroerend Erfgoed
In collaboration with:
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and
Presentation (ICIP)
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural
Heritage
FARO, the Flemish Foundation for Cultural Heritage,
and the French Ministry of Culture, Sous-direction Archéologie,
Ethnologie, Inventaire et Systèmes d'Information (SDARCHETIS), Mission
ethnologie
are pleased to announce a second call for papers for the:
4th Annual Ename International Colloquium
to be held 26-29 March 2008 in Ghent, Belgium
Re-thinking the Role of Intangible Heritage
in Museums, Monuments, Landscapes, and Living Communities
This three-day international colloquium will present a wide range of
perspectives on the future of policy, funding, interpretive technologies,
and public involvement in the emerging field of Intangible Cultural
Heritage.
Plenary speakers will include:
Andrew Hall (South Africa), ICOMOS International Scientific
Committee on Intangible Heritage
Laurier Turgeon (Canada), Canada Research Chair in Heritage,
Université Laval
Marc Jacobs (Belgium), FARO - Flemish Foundation for Cultural
Heritage
Christian Hottin (France), Ministère de la Culture, Direction de
l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Mission ethnologie
Programme Themes
Since the adoption by UNESCO of the 2003
Convention for the Safeguarding of
the Intangible Cultural Heritage,
the public role of this major new aspect of heritage documentation,
conservation, interpretation, and community involvement has been
expanding, offering both challenges and opportunities to scholars and
heritage professionals all over the world.
The 78 states-parties who have already ratified or accepted the
Convention have initiated national inventories of Intangible Heritage,
even as the precise definition, context, and administration procedures
for its preservation are still being discussed.
The 4th Annual Ename Colloquium seeks to enrich this ongoing
international discussion by presenting innovative contributions from
heritage administrators, cultural economists, archaeologists, historians,
educators, and cultural policy specialists - as well as practitioners of
traditional intangible heritage - under the following three programme
themes:
Theme 1. Defining the Boundary between Tangible and Intangible
Is Intangible Heritage merely a new category of heritage subjects? Or
does it represent an entirely new approach that must effectively
integrate cu-rated objects, protected places, living traditions, and
collective memory? Through examples and case-studies we would like to
examine how we can identify the tangible dimensions of Intangible
Heritage; the intangible dimensions of Material Heritage; and complexity
of their interrelation. Is the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage
merely one of classification, or is it perhaps of an entirely different
interpretive quality?
Theme 2. The Challenge: Safeguarding or
Facilitating?
The UNESCO Convention defines
Intangible Cultural Heritage as being transmitted from generation to
generation and constantly recreated by communities and groups in response
to their environment, their interaction with nature, and their history.
In light of this dynamic definition, to what extent can we ever capture
or safeguard essential expressions of Intangible Cultural Heritage when
they are necessarily and constantly evolving? Does this challenge require
as much attention to the frameworks of public participation in heritage
as to specific expressions or sites? What innovative projects or
programmes have succeeded in bridging this gap?
Theme 3. Who Owns Intangible Heritage?
The traditional structures of
heritage administration are often focused on a national level. Certainly
this is true in the case of both UNESCO conventions (1972 World Heritage
and 2003 ICH), where the States Parties are the critical voices. But if
Intangile Cultural Heritage is an expression of community identity on all
levels, what of local or regional expressions of culture and identity
that may actually be in conflict or tension with the State? What role do
traditional rituals, art forms, and crafts play in the political,
economic, social, and cultural lives of the individuals and communities
that maintain them?
***
The deadline for abstracts for poster presentations, short papers (10
min.) and research papers (20 min.) on the three colloquium themes has
been extended until 7 January 2008.
All abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, in English, sent either
by fax to +32-55-303-519 or by email to
Claudia
Liuzza at
colloquium@enamecenter.org . Authors should include full contact
information (name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, phone,
fax\email
Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 February 2008.
For questions or requests for additional information, please visit
www.enamecenter.org
or contact
Eva
Roels at
colloquium@enamecenter.org . We hope you will find this colloquium to be
of interest and please feel free to distribute this announcement to any
interested colleagues. We look forward to seeing you in Ghent next March
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6) Cultural Heritage and Impact
Assessment workshop at IAIA'08 Conference
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) are intended to provide an
integrated analysis of the biophysical, social and cultural heritage
impacts of development projects or strategies. Methods for identifying
and considering biophysical and social conditions and impacts are
established; information and experienced professionals are generally
available. However, in many parts of the world, the cultural heritage
aspect of EIA and SEA is considerably less well
developed. The separation of cultural and environmental practitioners in
most countries has resulted in a lack of experience
and a scarcity of methods and tools for addressing cultural heritage in
EIA and SEA. Various types of institutions recognize the need for
strengthening the cultural heritage component of impact assessment and
have a role; they include: international and regional development
agencies, national governments, private corporations, EIA consulting
?rms, and cultural organizations.
A workshop on “Cultural heritage and impact assessment” has been included
in the program of the annual conference of IAIA (International
Association for Impact Assessment), that will be held from May 4-10,
2008, in Perth, Western Australia. For more information about IAIA please
visit the site
www.iaia.org
We would like to invite you to participate in the Conference and in the
session on “Cultural heritage and impact assessment”. Submission of a
paper should be done online until 7 February 2008 additional
information appears on p. 9 of the Preliminary Program. The Preliminary
Program also contains information about registration for the Conference
and hotels in Perth.
Prior to the Conference, the organizers of the session (Arlene Fleming
and Julio de Jesus) will contact participants to start the process of
preparation of a document on Best Practice Principles of Cultural
Heritage for Impact Assessment, to be published and disseminated by
IAIA.
We hope you accept this invitation and look forward to hear from
you.
With our best regards
Arlene Fleming (halandarlene@msn.com)
Julio de Jesus (julio.jesus@netcabo.pt)
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7) Hereduc Training
Course
Dear Colleague
We would like to inform you of another European heritage project,
HEREDUC, a European partnership, formed with the aim of developing new
approaches to heritage education. The project has developed a handbook
for teachers entitled Heritage in the Classroom and an In-service
Training Course. For more information about these and other HEREDUC
activities, please consult their website, at
www.hereduc.net
.
Next spring, from April 24th to May 1st 2008 the in-service training
course: “Teaching with heritage in secondary education” will be organised
for the second time in the historic castle of Alden Biesen in Bilzen,
Belgium
(
www.alden-biesen.be
). Beginning with a theoretical introduction to what
heritage and heritage education is, the course will go on to explore the
castle of Alden Biesen and the surrounding area as a case studythrough
observation and exploration exercises, active workshops and guided
visits.
This course is primarily aimed at secondary school teachers and teacher
trainers, however others working in the heritage sector can also apply
for a European grant to participate.
We would greatly appreciate your help in informing your colleagues in
your country or institution about this course. A free copy of Heritage in
the Classroom can be obtained by contacting Ms. Veerle de Troyer at
veerle.de.troyer@g-o.be
.
With Best Regards
Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation
Abdijstraat 13-15 9700 Oudenaarde BELGIUM
tel + 32 55 30 03 44
fax + 32 55 30 35 19
www.enamecenter.org
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News from US ICOMOS……
8) Call For Nominations
The US/ICOMOS Ann Webster Smith Award For International Heritage
Achievement
For more information please visit US ICOMOS
website
www.icomos.org/usicomos
DEADLINE
All nominations for the 2008 Ann Webster Smith Award must be received in
the office of US/ICOMOS by February 15th,
2008.
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9) More on Heritage
Interpretation
Join your colleagues from around the globe May
11-15, 2008 in Sokcho, Republic of Korea on the shores of the East Sea
for the third annual international conference of the National Association
for Interpretation.
For registration information and conference details, please visit
http://interpnet.com/ic
.
Previous international conferences of the National Association for
Interpretation include San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 2006) and Vancouver,
Canada (March 2007). Experiences from these conferences are available for
viewing on the same website.
The conference will bring together 150 to 300 delegates from 30 to
40 nations in an effort to create opportunities for professional
development for attendees and establish a network for professional
associations and individuals involved in heritage interpretation around
the globe. This capacity-building network will allow the exchange of
ideas and facilitate working partnerships between nations with
established interpretive organizations and developing nations that need
assistance with the promotion and instigation of interpretive facilities
to enhance tourism experiences, benefit local economies, and sustain
sensitive cultural and natural heritage resources.
Lisa Brochu, Associate Director
National Association for Interpretation
PO Box 2246 Fort Collins, CO 80522
toll-free phone (within U.S.): 888-900-8283
Phone: 970-484-8283 Fax: 970-484-8179
naiprograms@aol.com
NAI International Conference - May 11-15, 2008 - Sokcho, Republic of
Korea -
www.interpnet.com/ic
NAI National Workshop - November 11-15, 2008-
Portland, Oregon -
www.interpnet.com/workshop
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10) Outcomes of Olinda, Brazil,
Meeting On Historic Urban Landscapes (Huls),
Briefly Available On The Web
The Olinda Meeting on “Historic Urban Landscapes in the Americas”
took place from 12 to 14 November in Olinda (PE), Brazil. There’s general
agreement among participants that significant progress was made in the
understanding, conceptualization and operationalization of Historic Urban
Landscapes as a broader approach to urban heritage conservation. While
there’s still much to sort out and structure, nevertheless a Cultural
Itinerary is slowly emerging towards improving ways and means to preserve
historic cities.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has created a temporary weblink where
you will find the papers, Powerpoint presentations, as well as some
related documents to this meeting. This link will be available for 10
days, starting from 29 November 2007. After Saturday 8 December this link
will cease to exist, so please ensure timely downloading, if interested :
http://www.unesco.org/tools/fileretrieve/af9bca5.zip
Furthermore,the Final Olinda Report, as
discussed on 14 November, has been posted on the Cities website of the WH
Centre at :
http://whc.unesco.org/en/cities
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11) Situation Vacant:
Project Conservator
Founded in 1985, Artlab Australia is a division
of Arts SA, part of the South Australian Department of Premier and
Cabinet. Artlab is responsible for the conservation programs of the South
Australian collecting institutions, including the Art Gallery of South
Australia, South Australian Museum, History Trust of South Australia,
State Library of South Australia, and Carrick Hill Historic House. In
addition to this, Artlab undertakes approximately 40% of our work for a
wide range of local, interstate and international clients, including
state and federal collecting institutions.
Artlab seeks to recruit a Projects Conservator to provide conservation
services for large objects (including sculptures and monuments, buildings
and sites, and large technology objects).
The Projects Conservator will be required to: apply best practice
conservation techniques to assess, treat and research large objects;
support the management of projects; undertake preventive conservation,
exhibition preparation and training activities; and to work
collaboratively and with flexibility in a team environment.
The Projects team works closely with conservators in other sections
(Objects, Paintings, Textiles, Paper and Preventive) along with
specialist sub-contractors.
A degree in Conservation of Cultural Material or equivalent, specialising
in objects conservation, is essential.
This is a temporary position (12 months) at the PO1 level ($47,134 -
$57,846).
Applicants must address the Position Description, which is available from
Joanna Barr on 08 8207 7520 or email
artlab@dpc.sa.gov.au
Applications to Joanna Barr, Principal Conservator Projects, Artlab
Australia, 70 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide 5000, close on 11 January
2008.
12) ********Thank you and
farewell
As this is my last day at
Australia ICOMOS I would like to express my appreciation for the support
everyone has shown over the past four years. In particular, thanks
to those of you who have sent your kind words to me over the past two
months since I announced I would be leaving.
All the best, Nola
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Nola Miles, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood Victoria 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
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