Australia
ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 388
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS
Secretariat
Friday 29 May 2009
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1) Australia ICOMOS - Canberra Talk Series
2)
Study Tour - The culture and heritage of China, its management and the
pressures of tourism
3)
International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations
- call for papers
4)
18th Meeting of EPHC (22 May 2009) - Communique (Excerpt relating to Heritage
only)
5)
Links to recent DEWHA media releases
6)
Travel + Leisure's fifth annual Global Vision Awards - call for nominations
7)
Grand Designs Australia seeks projects that incorporate conservation
8)
APT 2009 Conference - call for registrations
Situations Vacant
9) Experienced Contract
Architect, Hocking Planning & Architecture (HP&A)
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1) Australia ICOMOS -
Canberra Talk Series
Australia ICOMOS -
Canberra Talk Series
THE FUTURE OF WORLD
HERITAGE - REFLECTING ON THE UNESCO CONVENTION
Dr Greg Terrill
Australia has a considerable interest in the ongoing
viability and effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention. It
therefore launched a proposal for a process to prepare for the 40th anniversary
of the Convention in 2012 and the inscription of the 1,000th World Heritage
site at about the same time. This discussion on the future of the
Convention is widely seen as the key initiative to have emerged in recent years
and has attracted considerable international support. The Australian
sponsored workshop on the future of the Convention, held Paris in February
2009, achieved solid outcomes and has created a key legacy for Australia's term
on the World Heritage Committee.
Greg Terrill is Assistant Secretary, International Heritage
& Policy in the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the
Arts. As World Heritage Commissioner, he is the head of Australia's
delegation to the World Heritage Committee and directly involved in the
deliberations by the Committee on the future of the World Heritage
Convention. Greg will offer his thoughts on the reflection on future of
the Convention.
Members and the public are welcome. Refreshments will
be available. This is part of a series of talks organised in Canberra by Australia
ICOMOS.
Time & Date:
5.00-6.30 pm, Thursday 4 June 2009 - the talk will actually start at 5.30.
Venue: Barton Room,
National Archives of Australia, East Block, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes
(enter from Kings Avenue side).
RSVP: To Duncan Marshall at marsd@ozemail.com.au
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2) Study Tour - The
culture and heritage of China, its management and the pressures of tourism
Study tour : 8-21 October 2009
Deakin University Museum Studies & Cultural Heritage
A few places are still available on this delicious trip -
max 24 travellers.
Aim
The tour will develop basic knowledge of Chinese culture in
the classical Middle Kingdom region bounded by Beijing, Xian and
Shanghai. The first focus is on the monuments of Chinese heritage
(practically all World Heritage-listed) as exemplars of the great dynastic
movements that shaped the major culture of Asia, influencing the rest of the world
in general and SE Asia in particular. Second, meetings with local heritage
managers will introduce Chinese approaches to managing the vast resource of
built and object heritage, including the influence of the Burra Charter on the
China Principles. The tremendous pressure of domestic and international tourism
will be the third focus of the tour - taking the participant-observer approach
to knowledge building.
Itinerary
Bejing: 4 days: Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City,
Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Beijing hutongs +
Chinese acrobat show, Peking duck dinner
Xian: Han Yang Ling
mausoleum, Big Wild goose pagoda, Terra Cotta Warriors, Muslim temple and
market
Shanghai: 5 days: Bund,
Old Town, museum, traditional linong district, supermodern city walk; + Souzhou:
World Heritage gardens; Zhouzhuang water town
Accompanied by
Dr Linda Young and Dr Qian Fengqi, Cultural Heritage Centre
for Asia & the Pacific, Deakin University
Cost
$2590 per person on twin share basis, plus $150 donation to
CHCAP (Deakin University), plus airport taxes $260, ex-Melbourne.
Total = $3000
$550 single supplement.
Includes:
• 3 star
hotel accommodation
• Meals as
indicated in the itinerary (almost all, most days)
• All
transfers and sightseeing tours with main entrance fees
• Private
air-conditioned coach/English speaking guides
• Flights
to Xian and Shanghai
• Air
ticket flying with Air China
Excludes:
• Tipping:
each person is expected to pay $5 per day person, direct to the tour guide.
• Visa:
$40
Non-Melbourne departures can be arranged: Sydney (Air
China), Perth (Cathay Pacific); others need a domestic leg to/from Melbourne.
Bookings:
$100 deposit (paid to the university) required by 5 June
2009.
For full details, contact Linda Young: linda.young@deakin.edu.au,
(03) 9251 7130
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3) International Conference
on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations - call for papers
Hosted by Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation,
Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University
Thursday 19 November - Friday 20 November 2009
Venue: hd3.008/3.009 (Melbourne campus at Burwood,
Deakin University Venue Direction
Please send 250 word proposals by 15 August 2009 to Ms
Chippy Sunil chippy.sunil@deakin.edu.au.
Background
The recent transnational turn in the study of migration has
signified a shift in conceptual thinking and methodological approaches to
researching migration, and post-migration communities. While previous research
has focussed on isolated aspects of social networking, cultural adjustment, and
economic empowerment, recent studies are beginning to examine the migration
settings themselves, where modes of local, national and transnational practices
are negotiated in the context of intercultural interactions. This Conference,
therefore, proposes to examine outcomes of migration and immigration as
essential dimensions for contextualizing discussions about national identity,
intercultural relations and citizenship, and the formation and representation
of cultural identity.
We invite proposals for papers that address the following
questions:
• With
increasing diversity in a globalised world, what kinds of multicultural
societies can we envisage for our increasingly diverse communities?
• What kind of
cultural and national identities will be formed within these societies and what
role will they play in the public sphere?
• Do
transnational connections translate into weaker notions of local belonging or
can they be used as a resource to strengthen local communities?
• Do migrant
and minority ethnic groups experience a sense of inclusion?
• How is this
sense of inclusion recognised or manifested in a multicultural society?
• Does
government policy contribute to building a sense of belonging and inclusion
among recent migrants and other ethno-cultural groups?
• What types
of intercultural relations exist in a culturally diverse society?
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What is the role of these intercultural relations in
fostering inclusive and ethical visions of citizenship?
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
•
Multiculturalism, Identity and Citizenship
• Race,
Ethnicity and Intercultural Relations
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Transnational Work and Temporary Migration
• Muslim
Diaspora in the West
• Moving Beyond
Xenophobia: Race Relations and Social Inclusion
•
Transnationalism and Global Ethics
For more details on the conference: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/icg/events/conf-2009.php
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4) 18th Meeting
of EPHC (22 May 2009) - Communique (Excerpt relating to Heritage only)
Australian environment ministers made fundamental progress on
the national management of waste, chemicals and water at the 18th meeting of
the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) in Hobart.
Council also welcomed the Australian Government's proposal to
include four prominent national properties in an initial World Heritage
Tentative List for possible future inscription onto the World Heritage list.
The initial Tentative List will be submitted in late 2009 and will include Cape
York, West MacDonnell Ranges, Cooloola Extension to Fraser Island and the
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia Extension.
HERITAGE
Enhancing Cooperation on Heritage
Council agreed to a revitalised and expanded Cooperative
National Heritage Agenda as the basis for enhanced national cooperation on
heritage issues.
World Heritage Governance Intergovernmental Agreement
Council welcomed the initial report from the Australian World
Heritage Advisory Committee (AWHAC), agreed to revised Terms of Reference
clarifying AWHAC's important role in providing advice on Indigenous issues, and
agreed to appoint several new and replacement members to AWHAC. It was also
agreed the Chair of Council would write to the Australian Research Council
highlighting the need for better targeted research for Australia's World
Heritage properties. Council noted that a World Heritage Intergovernmental
Agreement will be provided for its consideration in November 2009.
World Heritage Tentative List
EPHC endorsed the Commonwealth's proposal to include the
following four properties in an initial Tentative List to be submitted in late
2009: Cape York (Qld), West MacDonnell Ranges (NT), Cooloola Extension of the
existing Fraser Island World Heritage Area to include the mainland opposite and
the small strait between, and an extension to the existing Gondwana Rainforests
of Australia to include additional areas within the same geographic range of NE
New South Wales and SE Queensland largely contiguous with the existing World
Heritage Area. Extensive consultation will now follow with stakeholders.
Australian Government officials are continuing to consult jurisdictions on
possible future inclusions on the Tentative List, including with the Victorian
Government on the way forward with its submission for the Victorian Goldfields.
EPHC noted that following these discussions there will be a subsequent
discussion by Council in late 2010/early 2011 of other properties that might be
included in an update to Australia's Tentative List.
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5) Links to
recent DEWHA media releases
$1.8 million funding for Fraser Island
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090529.html
Plans for remediation of former HMAS Platypus site
approved
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090527.html
Australian icon gets greater environmental
protection
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090522.html
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6) Travel +
Leisure's fifth annual Global Vision Awards - call for nominations
Information about important
preservation projects around the world is being gathered for Travel +
Leisure's fifth annual Global Vision Awards. Any projects that are in the
fields of CULTURAL PRESERVATION (music, crafts, literature, language,
food, traditions, etc) and HISTORIC PRESERVATION (architecture,
buildings, archaeological sites) are eligible.
View last year's winners at http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/2008-global-vision-awards/ .
Nominated projects can be small or
big, run by a single individual or a larger non-profit organization,
government, or private company - as long as they are doing important work in
the preservation of buildings, historic sites, or culture in general: food,
music, art, dress, local traditions. Of special interest are projects that
use preservation as an engine for economic development and support for local
communities. The other important thing is the timing: the project should either
be nearing completion or (fairly) recently completed, or just breaking ground -
something that signals momentum.
Anyone who'd like to nominate a
project for these awards should contact Jaime Gross jaime_gross@yahoo.com by 3 June 2009.
Please include either a brief
description of the project (with weblinks where available) or more detailed information
such as what the project has achieved so far in the realm of preservation, what
its upcoming goals are and why it's important.
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7) Grand Designs
Australia seeks projects that incorporate conservation
Grand Designs Australia (the TV show) is coming to the The
LifeStyle Channel and projects all over Australia that may incorporate
historical areas/buildings, preserving or building around heritage sites,
sustainable design/living across the Australian landscape are being sought.
For further information or to suggest a project, contact
Fremantle Media:
email: granddesigns@fremantlemedia.com.au
tel: 03 9947 0291
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8) APT 2009 Conference
- call for registrations
The Association for Preservation Technology International
(APT) is accepting registrations for its Annual Conference:
APT LA 2009
November 2-6, 2009
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
Preservation in the City Without Limits
For detailed conference information and on-line registration
visit www.apti.org.
Note: Registration fees increase after September 7 and
again after October 18.
Los Angeles and APT
Los Angeles represents the quintessential American city of
the late 19th and 20th centuries. Technological and social changes allowed an interconnected,
yet scattered, collection of towns and villages to grow (sprawl) into one of
the world's major metropolitan regions comprising five counties. At the hub of
this metropolitan agglomeration, Los Angeles invites rigorous debate between
those seeing an urban utopia and those who envision a dystopian nightmare of
race riots, air pollution, traffic jams, endless sprawl, and rapidly increasing
density. Somewhere in the middle, for better or worse, lies the real Los
Angeles, the model for the post-war 20th century American metropolis and
(sometimes considered jaded) blueprint for the World City.
The APT LA 2009 Conference in Los Angeles will address the
scientific, engineering and technical ramifications of preserving the modern
metropolis and its expansive body of historic resources through the four
Conference tracks in the program.
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9) Experienced Contract
Architect, Hocking Planning & Architecture (HP&A)
HP&A is an established and well credentialed heritage practice with a range of
projects. HP&A requires an experienced architect to lead the contract
documentation and administration activities of the practice. Applicants must be
able to demonstrate the translation of project designs and research into best
practice heritage outcomes. The right person will have pride in their
professional standards and be interested in heritage and educational
projects. Salary is negotiable and there is opportunity for advancement within
the practice.
Please address applications and questions to: admin@hocking-hpa.com.au
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
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Burwood Victoria 3125
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