Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 369
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Friday 16 January 2009
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1)  Australia ICOMOS 2007-2008 Annual Report available online
2)  Australia ICOMOS Intern to US ICOMOS
3)  Link to Heritage South Australia's Enews
4)  KEEPING THE PAST PUBLIC: The Documentation and Conservation of Modern Places - registration closes 23 January 2009
5)  News from ICCROM
6)  Research degrees in cultural heritage at Curtin University
7)  2010 Watch nominations are now being accepted - deadline for nominations is 15 March 2009
8)  Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) - course brochures now available
9)  News from ICOMOS International Secretariat
10) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Media Release -
Museum archaeologists confirm historic shipwreck site on Barrier Reef
11) Heritage Conservation Job Required
12) The Pacific Connection - trade, travel & technology transfer
13) Speak out in 2009! - Australia ICOMOS Canberra Talk Series

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1) Australia ICOMOS 2007-2008Annual Report available online
 
To view the above report, go to http://www.icomos.org/australia/, click on "Charters and Publications", then "Click here to visit the downloads page".

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2) Australia ICOMOS Intern to US ICOMOS
 
Members of Australia ICOMOS are invited to apply for nomination by the AI Executive Committee to the US ICOMOS Summer Intern Program.  US ICOMOS will only consider an Australian candidate for the internship who has been nominated by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat.  Applications must be submitted through the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat. 
 
Members must be full members of AI, aged between 25 and 35 years and have appropriate credentials.  Other conditions and criteria apply and these can be obtained from Timothy Hubbard, the Executive Committee member responsible for the liaising with US ICOMOS about the Program.  He can be contacted by phone on (03) 5568 2623 and by email at timothy@heritagematters.com.au.  Information about the 2008 Program can be obtained from the US ICOMOS web site at http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/International_Exchange_Program/Intern_Applications.htm .
 
The Executive Committee must make its recommendation to US ICOMOS by early February 2008.  Any Australia ICOMOS member who is interested in participating in the Program should lodge an expression of interest, addressed to Timothy Hubbard at the Secretariat by Monday 26 January 2009.  The US ICOMOS closing date for applications is late January 2009.  All applicants will be notified by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat on the outcome of their application.
 
On completion of the US ICOMOS internship, the successful applicant must provide a report (written, electronic or formal presentation) to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat discussing their experience and how the internship contributed to their professional development, and in particular how they consider the experience will assist them in contributing to the conservation of Australia's cultural heritage.
 
PLEASE NOTE: The Australian candidate for this internship must be recommended by the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee/Secretariat - please do not apply directly to US ICOMOS.
 
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3) Link to Heritage South Australia's Enews
 
To view the December 2008 issue of Heritage South Australia's Enews bulletin, visit
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/heritage/latest_e_news.html.

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4) KEEPING THE PAST PUBLIC: The Documentation and Conservation of Modern Places - registration closes 23 January 2009
 
Registrations are now open for the International Symposium and Public Lectures:
 
KEEPING THE PAST PUBLIC: the Documentation and Conservation of Modern Places

4 - 6 February 2009
University of Melbourne
Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning
 
FREE PUBLIC LECTURES:
Jolyon Leslie (Aga Khan Cultural Trust, Afghanistan)
"Cultural Space in Contemporary Afghanistan"
WED 4 Feb @ 6.00 (Sisalkraft Theatre, Arch Building)
 
John Allen (Avanti Architects,UK)
"Private Privilege - Public Duty: Examples of English experience in Modern Conservation"
THURS 5 Feb @ 6.00 (Sisalkraft Theatre, Arch Building)
 
SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONAL PLENARY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Hilde Heynen (K U Leuven)
"Designing welfare. The reconfiguration of public space in Flanders (1958-1978)"
 
Miles Glendinning (Royal College of Art,Edinburgh)
"The Forgotten Revolution? Northern Ireland's Heritage of Modern Reconstruction"
 
Elain Harwood (English Heritage)
"Protecting Post-War Heritage in England"
 
Laretna Adishakti ((Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia)
"The conservation management of Borobudur and surrounding townscapes"
 
*** And a number of expert architects, conservationists and historians from around Australia and NZ who will present papers and panel debates.
 
This symposium will examine the myriad of challenges surrounding the documentation and conservation of twentieth century sites, including individual buildings, townscapes and communities. Emphasis will be focused on the architectural legacy of Modernism, in all its international guises, and on public sites. These discussions on Modern sites will be complemented by other presentations on the management of townscapes in contexts that are much older (for instance Afghanistan and Indonesia), but that face fundamental challenges presented by twentieth century effects of war and globalization.
 
The symposium public lectures, panels and plenary presentations will chart the processes of conservation through the themes of "Documentation", "Heritage Policy and Implementation" and "Conservation and Re-Use". Individual Invited speakers span a wide breadth of international experience from academic historians and conservation architects, to heritage practitioners and policy-makers.
 
The symposium is being hosted by the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, and the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne. The event is being generously sponsored and supported by: the Australian Research Council, the University of Melbourne, the Australian Academy of Humanities; Docomomo Australia, the Heritage Council of Victoria, and the Ian Potter Foundation. The symposium is convened by Dr Hannah Lewi with Prof Philip Goad, Prof Kate Darian-Smith, Dr David Nichols and Assoc Prof Julie Willis.
 
See www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/past-public for full details of the program and registration form.
 
Contact symposium convener Dr Hannah Lewi, hlewi@unimelb.edu.au for other details.

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5) News from ICCROM
 
Heritage news in the media worldwide
A monthly compilation of media articles on heritage topics. Obviously, these all reflect the viewpoints of the authors.
December 2008: http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2008_en/field_en/12press_en.shtml
 
 
New: AFRICA 2009 Newsletter
ICCROM is pleased to announce the publication of a bilingual (English-French) edition of AFRICA 2009 Newsletter 8. http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/various_en/01_05pubnewslafrica2009_en.shtml  
 
 
News from the Collections Unit documentation project
The documentation project update of the UNESCO- ICCROM partnership for endangered museum collections in developing countries.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/prog_en/01coll_en/archive-preven_en/2008_12documentation_en.shtml
 
 
ATH R Programme regional course concludes in Sharjah
The Regional Course on 'Conservation and Management of Heritage Sites in the Arab Region' concluded at the Beit Al Naboodah, Sharjah.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2008_en/events_en/12_05courseSharjahATHAR_en.shtml
 
 
Sharing conservation decisions course conclusion
The case study of the site of the Sacred Mount of Varallo was finalized during the last week of the course.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2008_en/events_en/12_02courseSharing_en.shtml
 
 
ICCROM
iccrom@iccrom.org 
http://www.iccrom.org

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6) Research degrees in cultural heritage at Curtin University
 
Would you like to improve your cultural heritage qualifications while obtaining a high level research degree at the same time?
 
As part of its commitment to improving museum and heritage education in Australia, Cultural Heritage at Curtin University of Technology in Perth now proposes to focus exclusively on research degrees while still encouraging coursework and classroom contact.
 
The Curtin course is renowned for fostering contact between students and the professional field; this will be maintained through practicum and project work.
 
In 2009 Curtin will offer two Master of Philosophy courses in heritage. The first, M. Phil (Creative Arts), gives students the opportunity to develop a major project in such fields as exhibition development, museum research , oral history, heritage interpretation and heritage management. Students will focus their research on a project with tangible outcomes and accompany their work with a philosophical, interpretive essay. They will also undertake coursework with their fellow students.
 
The second degree, M Phil (Cultural Heritage) is the classic research degree requiring a thesis, but students may also use one third of their degree time in coursework.
 
Although Honours is the usual pre-requisite for these degrees, prospective students with high grades in pass degrees will be accepted.
 
For further information please contact Dr Jennifer Harris at Curtin University of Technology: jennifer.harris@curtin.edu.au.

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7) 2010 Watch nominations are now being accepted - deadline for nominations is 15 March 2009
 
Launched in 1996 and issued every two years, the World Monuments Watch calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster. The 2010 Watch will continue this tradition of identifying endangered sites, while also encompassing sites with compelling issues or progressive approaches that could inform the field at large.
 
Watch listing provides an opportunity for sites and their nominators to raise public awareness, foster local participation, advance innovation and collaboration, and demonstrate effective solutions. The Watch nomination process also serves as a vehicle for requesting WMF assistance for select projects.
 
Since the program's inception, 544 sites have been included on the seven Watches. Nearly half the listed sites, representing 79 countries, have received WMF grants totaling $50 million. These WMF monies have leveraged an additional $150 million in assistance from other sources.
 
As the flagship advocacy program of the World Monuments Fund, the Watch is emblematic of WMF's commitment to inspiring heritage stewardship, forging partnerships, and advancing conservation.
 
In sponsoring the Watch program, WMF seeks to highlight emerging issues and opportunities in the field, confront urgent challenges, foster community engagement, and build capacities and constituencies for sustaining heritage protection in the long-term.
 
Additional information about the 2010 World Monuments Watch and downloadable PDFs of the Guidelines and Nomination Forms are available at http://www.wmf.org/watch.html .
 
Adobe Reader version 9.0 is required for the PDFs and may be downloaded for free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
 
Questions or concerns about the nomination or electronic submission process should be directed to watch@wmf.org.

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8) Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) - course brochure now available
 
CHCAP would like to advise that the 2009 Short Course brochure is now available.
 
The two-day intensive courses aims to develop professional skills, and are part of the Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies program at Deakin University, Burwood campus (Melbourne). Courses are taught by the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific.
 
For further information please visit the following web address:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/chcap/chms-short.pdf.
 
The brochure can also be accessed on the CHCAP website - http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/chcap/.
 
If you prefer, a hard copy can be mailed - please email chcap@deakin.edu.au with your postal address. Additional copies are available for organizations - kindly state the number required.

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9) News from ICOMOS International Secretariat
 
ICOMOS International Scientific Committees: New contact addresses
 
Since The General Assembly in Quebec in 2008, a number of International Scientific Committees have elected new boards and/or presidents. Please find in the following a list of new contact addresses.
 
ISCS: Stone
President: Stefan Simon
Vice President: Tamara Anson-Cartwright
Secretary General: Jean-Marc Vallet
Treasurer: Andrew Mc Millan
 
Contact
Stefan SIMON
 
Direktor
Rathgen-Forschungslabor
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Schlossstrasse 1a
14059 Berlin
GERMANY
 
Tel : 49 303 267 4910
Fax : 49 303 267 4912
Email : s.simon@smb.spk-berlin.de
Email : simon.kdc@t-online.de 
 
 
ICUCH: Underwater Cultural Heritage
President: Thijs Maarleveld
 
Contact
Thijs J. Maarleveld
 
University of Southern Denmark
Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10
DK-6700   Esbjerg
DENMARK
 
Tel: +45 6550 4152
Fax: +45 6550 1091
Email : t.maarleveld@hist.sdu.dk   
Web : http://www.icuch.org 
 
 
ICOFORT : Fortifications and Military Heritage
President: Milagros Flores
 
Contact
Milagros FLORES
 
National Park Service
Virgin Islands National Park
1300 Cruz Bay Creek
ST John
VIRGIN ISLANDS 00830
UNITED STATES
 
Tel / fax : 340 774 2585
Fax : 340 693 9301
Email : Milagros_Flores@nps.gov
Email : milagrosfloresicofort@gmail.com
 
 
IIWC: Wood
President: Gennaro Tampone
 
Contact
Gennaro TAMPONE
 
ICOMOS International Wood Committee
c/o Collegio degli Ingegneri della Toscana
Via della Scala 93
50123 FIRENZE
ITALY
 
Tel: +39 055 219 187
Fax: +39 055 282 362
Email: icomos.wood.committee@gmail.com 
Web: http://www.icomos.org/iiwc/  
 
 
ISCARSAH : Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage
Co-Presidents
Claudio Modena
ITALY
Email: modena@dic.unipod.it 
 
Stephen Kelley
UNITED STATES
Email: SKelley@wje.com
 
Secretariat
Lyne Fontaine
CANADA
Email: Lyne.Fontaine@pwgsc.gc.ca  
 
Web: http://iscarsah.icomos.org/  
 
 
ICLAFI : Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues
President: James K. Reap
 
Secretariat
Gideon Koren
 
c/o law offices
36 Keren Hayesod str.
JERUSALEM
ISRAEL
 
Tel: +972 2 561 91 11
Fax: +972 2 566 77 80
Email : gidi@bklaw.co.il 
 
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 US/ICOMOS: Registration now open for the 12th US/ICOMOS International Symposium "Preservation in Peril - Disaster Planning, Rapid Response, and Sustainable Recovery in the 21st Century"
 
New Orleans, 11-15 March 2009
 
The theme of the symposium derives directly from recommendations generated by the 2006 Preserve America Summit (also held in New Orleans) and the 2008 11th US/ICOMOS Symposium - US Participation in the Global Heritage Community - which was held in Washington.  The 12th US/ICOMOS Symposium seeks to discuss and develop the outlines of a national model for disaster preparedness, recovery, and sustainable response regarding heritage sites that also can be incorporated when providing US disaster relief assistance overseas. New Orleans was selected as the location for the conference because of its obvious relevance to the symposium topic and the desire for US/ICOMOS to help contribute to the city's recovery efforts by bringing people (and their dollars) to New Orleans to learn from its experience.
 
Conference Hotel
The Hotel Monteleone, located in the French Quarter, will be the conference hotel and site of all plenary and break-out sessions.  http://www.hotelmonteleone.com
 
Registration
Early registration ends on 30 January 2009. You can download a registration form in PDF format Please or register on-line here
 
Website
All information is also available on http://www.usicomos.org/symposium 
 
Contact
Donald G. Jones, PhD
Director of Programs
US/ICOMOS
401 F Street, NW, Suite 331
Washington, DC  20001
 
Tel.: +1 202-842-1866
Fax: +1 202-842-1861
 
Email: don.jones@usicomos.org
 
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Symposium: SOUTH CITY - Modernist Urbanism in the Southern Hemisphere: Past, Present, Future
 
Edinburgh, January 22-23, 2009
 
Agenda
The 'South City' Symposium seeks to provoke a stimulating interaction between the heritage and future of modernist urbanism in the southern hemisphere. Organized jointly by Docomomo International Committee on Urbanism Landscape, the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies (ECA) and the University of Edinburgh, it brings together a range of experts on urbanism in South America, Africa and Southern Asia, together with a range of original films, to pose the question of what contribution the considerable legacy of modernist planning and architecture, dating mainly from the postwar years, can make to the challenges of the vastly expanded urban growth of the C21.
 
Program
Thursday 22 January
 
Masterclass by Prof. Frederico de Holanda: 'Brasilia, Modern City/Eternal City' (17.30 to 20.30)
 
Friday 23 January
 
Main Symposium
 
-         09.30-09.55: Prof. Paul Jenkins (Heriot-Watt University/ECA): Introductory/overview paper: 'Brazil and Lusophone Africa: the contextual relevance of modernism for the future'
-         10.00-10.25: Dr Soledad Garcia (Edinburgh College of Art): 'Urban transformations in the River Plate Delta: Modernism and the challenges of globalization'
-         10.30-10.55: Dr Stephen Cairns (University of Edinburgh): 'Big cities, little narratives: Jakarta and the unbounded city'
-         10.55-11.30: Coffee break
-         11.30-11.55: Dr Ola Uduku (ECA): 'Modernist built heritage and contemporary challenges in W and S Africa'
-         12.00-12.30: Dr Richard Williams (University of Edinburgh): 'Sexuality, Modernism, and Architecture: the case of Brazil'
-         12.30-13.00: Lunch break
-         13.00-14.00: Prof Frederico Holanda: 'Metropolitan Brasilia: metropolitan aspects of the capital and the Brazilian city in general'
-         14.00-14.30: Concluding discussion and launch of Docomomo South Group. Chair: Ola Uduku
-         14.30-16.30: Selection of MoMo Urbanism films on Africa and South America
 
Booking Arrangements
Thursday 22 January Masterclass: Tickets should be pre-booked through Mrs. Moira Seftor, Administrator of ECA School of Architecture, 0131-221-6072, m.seftor@eca.ac.uk 20 pounds for general public, 7.50 pounds for students, 5 pounds for ECA students, free for Conservation students.
Location: Hunter Lecture Theatre, ECA, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.
 
Friday 23 January session: Admission free of charge; no need to pre-book. Location: Common Room, University of Edinburgh Architecture, 20 Chambers St, Edinburgh. (directions from Chambers St main entrance: at back of entrance hall turn right; Common Room is on right side of corridor beyond this).
 
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Heritage Care Through Active Citizenship: European Conference on Civil Society Organisations active in the Field of Heritage
 
Mechelen, Belgium, March 23-24, 2009
 
The European Conference on Civil Society Organisations in the Field of Heritage will address the questions of active citizenship, civil society and volunteer organisations (NGOs) in the European heritage sector. The conference will provide a platform for European organisations active in all fields of heritage - both tangible and intangible to share relevant experiences, good practices and success stories.
 
At the conference 180 European participants will represent the diversity of the European civil society for heritage. The attendees will be mostly representatives of European heritage NGOs and prominent European heritage experts. Chief executives from national heritage authorities and representatives of international organisations will also significantly contribute to the content of the conference.
 
Themes include:
-         support of voluntary heritage initiatives
-         quality management in heritage NGOs
-         visibility of heritage organisations
-         creation of (international) heritage networks
-         the value of cultural heritage for society
-         intercultural dialogue
 
Conference programme
A provisional schedule and an overview of the workshops and confirmed speakers are available on the conference website www.heritageorganisations.eu. More detailed information and abstracts will be added soon.
 
Registration
Please download the registration form and return the filled out copy to the conference secretariat. The registration fee is 50 euro. Please note that only 180 participants can attend the conference. Registration will be closed on February 28, 2009. The organisation of the conference will cover the costs for all hotel accommodation in Mechelen. Participants should not make any arrangements for their accommodation. You will receive more information after you have registered.
 
Conference website:
www.heritageorganisations.eu
 
Contact
Conference Secretariat
 
Tijl Vereenooghe
 
Email : conference@heritageorganisations.eu 
 
Huis De Zalm
Zoutwerf 5
B-2800 Mechelen
BELGIUM
 
Tel : +32 (0) 15 20 51 74
Fax: +32 (0) 15 20 54 23
 
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OWHC: Call for Candidacies for the Jean-Paul L'Allier Heritage Prize

En francais : http://www.ovpm.org/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=1&pid=402&newlang=fra  
 
Description
This prize is awarded every second year by the Organization of World Heritage Cities to a city that is a member of the OWHC and that has distinguished itself by its achievements in the conservation, enhancement or management of property inscribed on the World Heritage List, and located on its territory.
 
Eligibility
A city that is a member in good standing of the Organization of World Heritage Cities and that has been so for the three preceding years may submit its candidacy to be awarded the Jean-Paul L'Allier Heritage Prize.
 
Timetable of the program
April 30, 2009 - Deadline for the reception of the candidacies
 
May to July 2009 - Study by the jury of the candidacies received
 
August 2009 - Announcement of the winning city
 
September 2009 - Award of the Jean-Paul L'Allier Prize for Heritage in Quito
 
Achievements evaluated
The purpose of the prize is to recognize and to reward an achievement or a number of achievements of a city that is a member of the OWHC, in terms of conservation, enhancement or management of property inscribed on the World Heritage List, and that is located on the territory of the candidate city.
 
The achievements must have been implemented directly by the candidate city or by a person or a body that is supported, directed or influenced by the candidate city. If the achievement was not implemented directly by the candidate city, the latter's participation in the implementation must have been significant.
 
Further Information
For more detailed information on the Candidacy file, Jury members and criteria, please visit http://www.ovpm.org/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=1&pid=402&newlang=eng&mm=1114 .
 
Contact:
Email: news@ovpm.org  
 
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Call for Papers: STREMAH 2009 - Eleventh International Conference on Structural Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture
 
22 - 24 July 2009, Tallinn, Estonia
 
Organised by: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
Sponsored by: WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
 
Website
View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/stremah2009rem1b.html, or submit an abstract directly by sending an email to: cshiell@wessex.ac.uk.
 
Contact
Claire Shiell
 
Conference Secretariat, STREMAH 2009
 
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ashurst Lodge
Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA.
 
Tel: 44 (0) 238 029 3223
Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853
Email: cshiell@wessex.ac.uk
 
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Scholarships for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions
 
Applications for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, approved and financially sponsored by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Programme, have just opened.
 
This Master Course is organized by a Consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, composed by University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of Padua (Italy) and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic). The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications.
 
A significant number of scholarships, ranging from 4000 to 21000 Euro, are available to students of any nationality.
 
The Consortium is also available to host outstanding third-country scholars who are interested in contributing to the Master Course Programme. Interested third-country scholars may receive scholarships for teaching and research activities for a period of up to three months.
 
Please find full details on the MSc programme, as well as electronic application procedure, on the website: http://www.msc-sahc.org/
 
Contact
SAHC Scretariat
 
Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions
University of Minho (Dept. Civil Engineering)
4800-058 Guimaraes
Portugal
 
E-mail: secretariat@msc-sahc.org
Tel: + 351 253 510 498
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
 
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Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form
 
Guangzhou, China, 4 - 7 September 2009
 
The Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF 2009), co-hosted by South China University of Technology and Guangzhou Urban Planning Bureau, will take place in Guangzhou, China from Friday 4 September to Monday 7 September 2009.  The theme of the conference is Urban morphology and urban transformation.  The organizers and the Council of ISUF invite participation in the Conference by interested academics and professionals.  Topics on which proposals are particularly welcome include:
 
-         Urban morphological theory
 
-         Urban morphology, planning and design
 
-         Urban morphology and architectural design
 
-         New developments in research on building typology
 
-         Typological research, planning and design
 
-         Cities in transition
 
-         Cities in a global era
 
-         Urban form in Asia
 
-         Traditional urban form
 
-         Urban heritage and change
 
-         Geospatial technology in urban morphology
 
Enquiries and suggestions concerning the conference should be forwarded to Professor Yinsheng Tian (e-mail: ISUF2009@scut.edu.cn), or Dr Kai Gu (e-mail: k.gu@auckland.ac.nz).  The Conference organizing committee comprises Yinsheng Tian and Yunding Lu, South China University of Technology; Dong Wang and Haojun Ye, Guangzhou Urban Planning Bureau; Kai Gu, University of Auckland; and J. W. R. Whitehand, University of Birmingham.
 
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Latest IFLA News Briefs
 
The latest issues of the IFLA News Briefs are downloadable at:
http://www.iflaonline.org/publications.php 
 
Website:
http://www.iflaonline.org
 
Contact:
Christine Bavassa, Executive Secretary
 
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
European Foundation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA)
The European Region of IFLA
 
Rue des Palais, 44 B 21
B-1030 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 211 33 79
Fax: +32 2 218 89 73
E-mail: admin@iflaonline.org 
 
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Call for Candidacies: Torsanlorenzo International Prize
 
The "TORSANLORENZO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE" 2009 is offered with the aim of highlighting completed projects and promoting the quality of forest and urban green spaces.
 
There are three sections, as follows:
 
-         Section A - Landscape Design in Transformation of the Territory - Actions for environment restoration, renewal and recovery;
 
-         Section B - Urban Green Spaces - The quality of projects in cities: squares, neighbourhood green spaces, urban and private parks;
 
-         Section C - Private Gardens in Cities and Suburbs.
 
The Prize is open to landscape architects, agronomists and foresters worldwide or other professionals involved in landscape and environment projects and enrolled on national and international professional registers. Projects that have already won other prizes are not eligible.
 
Interested professionals should ensure that the documentation cited in art. 4 will be sent by post or express courier or delivered directly by hand no later than Friday 6 March 2009.
 
The Jury will meet on Friday 27 March 2009 at 10 am at the Prize site and the Prize-giving ceremony will take place on Saturday 9th May 2009 at 10am.
 
Website
For further information see the web site http://www.premiotorsanlorenzo.it 
 
Instructions and rules (PDF): http://www.premiotorsanlorenzo.it/pagine_ENG/Regulation%20and%20annex%202009..pdf  
 
Contact
Organising Committee of the "TORSANLORENZO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE".
 
Torsanlorenzo Gruppo Florovivaistico Soc. Coop.
Agr Via Campo di Carne, 51
00040 Tor San Lorenzo - Ardea - Rome (Italy)
 
Tel: +39 06-91 01 90 05
Fax: +39 06-91 01 16 02
Email: info@premiotorsanlorenzo.it

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10) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Media Release -
Museum archaeologists confirm historic shipwreck site on Barrier Reef
 
Australian National Maritime Museum archaeologists working off the coast of North Queensland are now convinced they have located the site where HM Colonial Schooner Mermaid ran aground and broke up on the Great Barrier Reef  in 1829.
 
Surveying the site on Flora Reef, some 20 km out from Cairns, they have found further metallic objects including heavy copper sheathing which they are convinced came from the ship's hull. 
 
"We're now certain this is a discovery of major historical importance," the leader of the museum team, curator and maritime archaeologist Kieran Hosty, said today.
 
"There have been several attempts to find this site over the past 40 years or so, but it's always proved elusive...  There's a sense of elation here now."
 
The Australian National Maritime Museum expedition with scientists from James Cook University and the Museum of Tropical Queensland along with ANMM maritime archaeologists and divers set out from Cairns on New Year's Day to search for the Mermaid wreck site.
 
Flora Reef was one of several possibilities suggested in historical evidence.
 
Surveying Flora Reef on Sunday (4 Jan) the museum team's magnetometers (metal detectors) located a site "of interest" where divers subsequently identified promising clues including a pile of anchor chain and an anchor which corresponds in many ways to Mermaid's.
 
Along with the copper sheathing, the latest finds include sheathing nails, ship's fastenings and lead patches, all of which conform to documented information on the wooden schooner.
 
The divers have also found a quantity of canister or casement shot, ball-bearings of the type fired from the cannon known to be on board Mermaid, along with a pulley sheath stamped with a broad arrow, the 19th century mark of government ownership - and Mermaid was a government ship.
 
"All these things, along with the objects we found earlier have convinced us that these are indeed the traces of HMCS Mermaid," Hosty said.
 
The team will remain in the area for a few more days to determine the extent of the wreck site and help Commonwealth authorities determine the necessary safeguards to protect what is now identified as a heritage site.
 
Divers and archaeologists will use the opportunity to record the site in detail with cameras and metal detectors.  Most of the objects will be left in place, but a few will be removed for closer laboratory investigation.
 
"A lot of work remains to be done in interpreting the site," Hosty said. "It will be interesting to see if the physical evidence on the site accords with the historical accounts of what happened on the day the ship struck the reef."
 
HMCS Mermaid ran aground and was wrecked on an unidentified reef on 13 June 1829. The captain and crew took to the ship's boats and were rescued 11 days later by a passing merchant ship, the Admiral Gifford.
 
The 21-metre wooden vessel was already well known in Australian waters, having circumnavigated the continent on a voyage of exploration under the command of Lieutenant Philip Parker King RN.  
 
The present expedition, with 25 personnel in two Cairns-based research vessels Nimrod Explorer and Spoilsport, is being sponsored by the Silentworld Foundation, part of Silentworld Ltd, an Australian shipping company.
 
For further information, see earlier News Releases on the Australian National Maritime Museum website at http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=403
 
Media information, Bill Richards 0418 403 472

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11) Heritage Conservation Job Required
 
Bournemouth University Heritage Conservation graduate seeks work, willing to work in any location, Currently at Arundel Castle West Sussex UK. Speciality is Building Conservation and Landscape Management.
 
For more information please contact Roddy Weaver by email hwicce99@hotmail.com

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12) The Pacific Connection - trade, travel & technology transfer
 
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & PLANNING
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
19-22 FEBRUARY 2009
 
A three day conference exploring connections in the built environment between the Australia, the United States, and the Pacific region.
 
For further information, see the flyer attached to this email.

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13) Speak out in 2009! - Australia ICOMOS Canberra Talk Series
 
Would you like to give a talk on some interesting heritage topic to the Canberra membership during 2009?
 
Every few months Australia ICOMOS organises a talk in Canberra on a heritage subject which might be of interest to members and others.  The talks so far have been as simple as a slide show about an exotic heritage place through to presentations about more weighty methodological issues.  We are in the process of working out the talks program for 2009 and are looking for proposals.
 
If you have a topic you would like to talk about, please contact Duncan Marshall at marsd@ozemail.com.au with any suggestions.

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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 Victoria 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia

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