Australia
ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 396
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS
Secretariat
Friday 24 July 2009
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1)
Reminder - IMPORTANT notice re: staffing of Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
3)
Wanted: Australia ICOMOS member for Disaster Guidelines Steering Committee
4)
Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) LA 2009 Conference
Registration Open
5)
Call for Conference Papers - Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures, Catania,
Sicily
6)
Symposium: Old - New: Rethinking Architecture in Asia, Thailand
7)
Tenders for Interpretation Plan - Kingston & Arthur's Vale Historic Area,
Norfolk Island
8)
Victoria's $2 million Heritage Grants program
9)
Significance 2.0 - Part 6 is now available online!
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1) Reminder - IMPORTANT notice
re: staffing of Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
The Australia ICOMOS Secretariat will be staffed at a reduced
level between
COB Friday 17 July and Wednesday 12 August.
Thank you to all Australia ICOMOS members who have renewed
their membership thus far - it is much appreciated. Please note that
membership renewals will not be processed during the above time period.
The E-news will still be published. Please ensure all
submissions for the E-news are submitted by 12 noon Thursdays.
Though the Secretariat will be staffed intermittently,
responses to queries, orders, etc may take longer than usual.
Australia ICOMOS appreciates your patience during this time.
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2) The Australian National University's
Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts announces new
professional development programs
The Australian National University is pleased to announce
that more information is now available on the new Institute for Professional
Practice in Heritage and the Arts' core activities and range of professional
development programs. An initial program of activities is available on
the new Institute website at http://rsh.anu.edu.au/ippha
The Institute will be making a call for individual members
and organisational partners in late 2009. There is an interesting range of
programs under development so far and any other suggestions for areas worthy of
professional development are welcome.
The next scheduled event is on Tuesday the 18 August which
will be a professional update session on World Heritage and Buffer Zones,
including a summary of the recently released World Heritage paper 25 and its
implications for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Please visit http://rsh.anu.edu.au/ippha/
for contact details and further information.
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3) Wanted: Australia ICOMOS
member for Disaster Guidelines Steering Committee
A Steering Committee has just been formed by Australia ICOMOS
to develop disaster guidelines which will be posted on our website and provided
to government, community and other organizations.
The guidelines will aid in the response to the damage wrought
by disasters (e.g., fire and flood) on cultural heritage places. As a starting
point, we have draft Bushfire Guidelines prepared by AI members in 2003,
following the Canberra fires. For the sake of topical and geographical
diversity, we are now looking for one or two Steering Committee members from
the northern part of the country (northern NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory)
with experience of the impact of floods on heritage places.
Conduct of the Steering Committee will be primarily via
email, which will be coordinated by Project Manager Natica Schmeder. No travel
is required. The Steering Committee is expected to produce a substantive
draft of the Disaster Guidelines by the end of October, for presentation at the
AI Executive Committee meeting in November. The draft Guidelines will
then be released to the general Australia ICOMOS membership for comment.
Those interested in serving on the Steering Committee, please
send a brief letter explaining your pertinent experience and interest to: Natica@dodo.com.au
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4) Association for Preservation
Technology International (APT) LA 2009 Conference Registration Open
Preserving the Modern Metropolis-APT in Los Angeles
The Association for Preservation Technology International
(APT) is accepting registrations for its Annual Conference, Preservation in the
City Without Limits, scheduled for November 2-6, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Registration can be completed on-line at www.apti.org.
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; more than 200 towns, cities, and municipalities; and more than 15
million residents. At the hub of this metropolitan agglomeration, Los Angeles
invites rigorous debate between those seeing an urban utopia-complete with fast
cars, movies stars, high-tech jobs, surf boards, fruit orchards, and mountain
resorts-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.
Conference Highlights - Keynote Speaker, Tuesday, November
3
Preservation in an Age of Economic Challenge-More
Necessary Than Ever
Kevin Starr, University Professor and Professor of History at
the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, will argue that
the preservation of historic structures at a time of economic challenge, such
as we are now experiencing, makes more than mere economic sense.
For further information please visit http://www.aptconference.org/
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5) Call for
Conference Papers - Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures, Catania, Sicily
The first World Conference on Volcanoes, Landscapes and
Cultures will be held in Catania, Sicily, 11 -14 November, under the
auspices of UNESCO, the Council of Europe and relevant Italian Institutional
and Academic authorities.
The conference objective is to provide answers to the
increasing demand for comprehensive policies focusing on the protection and
enhancement of the huge natural and cultural heritage represented by volcanic
landscapes and territories together with the people living therein, all over
the world. Conference organizers are looking for papers addressing preferably
one of the topics of the four major themes:
§ Nature
and science
§ Nature
and culture
§ Volcanoes
and sustainable development
§ Volcanoes
and tourism
Please note - deadline for abstracts is 15 September and submitters
will be notified by the end of September.
For more information about registration, modality of
participation, call for papers and other matters, please visit: www.etnacatania2009.com.
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6) Symposium: Old - New:
Rethinking Architecture in Asia, Thailand, 20-21 August
Opposing views, such as old and new, are apparent in
architecture in Asia and have raised several questions among architects and
societies. Although countries in Asia have been undergoing a process of
rather rapid transformation from traditional (old) to modern (new) for over a
century, the two have not blended together smoothly.
Keynote Speakers will include:
§ "Architecture and Cultural Significance", Professor Rahul Mehrotra.
§ "Copying
the Tradition: Brand New Old Buildings", Dr. Pierre Pichard.
§ "Conservation
as a Catalyst in the Development of Historic City", Professor Dr. Harsha
Munasinghe.
Symposium details provided in Thai and English can be sourced
at http://www.arch.su.ac.th/th/news/detail.php?ContentID=138&GroupID=12
For more information, please contact Faculty of Architecture,
Silpakorn University, Na Pralan Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand,
Email: SilpakornADS@gmail.com
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7) Tenders for Interpretation
Plan - Kingston & Arthur's Vale Historic Area, Norfolk Island
The Administration of Norfolk Island invites tenders for the
planning, design, preparation and implementation of an Interpretation Plan for
the Kingston & Arthur's Vale Historic Area (KAVHA). The Plan will need to
address visitor experiences and expectations as well as the local community's
continuing daily uses of the Historic Area. It will be of a standard suitable
for a place of Territory, National and potential World heritage significance.
Tender documentation and further information are available
from:
The KAVHA Office
No 11 Quality Row, Kingston
Norfolk Island 2899
Telephone: +6723 23101
e-mail: bbaskerville@admin.gov.nf
Tender closing time and date: 3. 00 pm Friday 31st July
2009
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8) Victoria's $2 million
Heritage Grants program
Victoria's Heritage Grants program, an initiative of the
strategy Victoria's Heritage: Strengthening our communities provides
funding for:
§ Repair
and conservation of heritage places and objects
§ Community
collections management
§ Interpretation
of heritage places and objects
§ Local
government heritage studies and advice
Information brochures and application forms are available for
download at http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/Funding/Heritage-Grants.aspx
Enquiries about the program should be directed to Heritage
Victoria on (03) 8644 8909 or via email at heritage.grants@dpcd.vic.gov.au
Please note applications close on Thursday 6th August 2009
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9) Significance 2.0 - Part 6 is now
available online!
The Collections Council of Australia is pleased to announce
that the complete version of 'Part 6 - Significance in action -
applications' is now available ONLINE.
If you own a hard copy of Significance 2.0 - a guide to
assessing the significance of collections, you will know that only a
summary of this section was printed in the book. Now you can access Part 6 in
its entirety.
Click
HERE http://significance.collectionscouncil.com.au/online/848
to read the full case studies for the applications of interest to you.
By the way, the book is freely available online, or can still
be purchased for $29.95 by clicking HERE or send an email to: info@collectionscouncil.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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