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News from the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly
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IPPHA Professional Development Programs 2011 – 2012
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Summer School in Cultural Heritage Management
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National Trust of Australia (WA) seeks heritage consultants
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Streetwise Asia – Christmas Cards
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Australian Institute of Architects Shanghai Heritage Tour, 31 March – 11 April 2012
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Cantonese opera records call out
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Veterans’ grants – up to $10,000 for war memorial preservation
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Newcastle Archaeological Management Plan Review
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The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture – 10% discount offer
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Architects Board of WA media release
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New title – Managing Cultural Landscapes
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Heritage Victoria’s Inherit e-newsletter available online
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Education + Theory ISC newsletter available online
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Ukranian Architectural Avant-Garde Studies and Protection – call for papers
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Victorian Modern: 111 years of modern architecture in Victoria – 40th anniversary edition
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Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) bulletin – available online
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Fourth Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop – call for papers
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SITUATION VACANT Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, School of Design
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1. News from the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly
Dear Members and Colleagues,
I am sending you greetings from the beautiful city of Lyon. I have some excellent news to report from the 17th General Assembly in Paris. The first is that Kristal Buckley has been elected for a third term as Vice-President of ICOMOS. The election (as always) attracted an interesting range of candidates. Gustavo Araoz was re-elected as President (unopposed), Kirsti Kovanen from Finland as Secretary General, and Laura Robinson from South Africa as Treasurer General (unopposed). Overall we were very pleased with the outcome of the elections. The full details of the new committee can be found on the ICOMOS website, which has been redone with a total new look so worth a visit.
My second congratulations go to Jim Kerr who has received the accolade of acceptance as an Honorary Member of ICOMOS. There were over 40 nominations and only 11 Honorary Members appointed at this meeting. Honorary Membership is conferred by the General Assembly, at the proposal of a National Committee, upon individuals who have rendered distinguished service in the field of conservation, restoration and enhancement of historical monuments, sites, and groups of buildings. Jim joins an impressive list of international members, and two other Australians – Joan Domicelj and Sharon Sullivan.
As both a theoretician and a practitioner, Dr Kerr has made an outstanding contribution to the work of ICOMOS in particular and to heritage conservation generally, both within Australia and at the international level. Dr Kerr has influenced the development of an objective and rigorous methodology for heritage conservation that has become the accepted benchmark in Australia and has had a profound and beneficial influence on conservation internationally. He has inspired many colleagues and students through his personal and professional achievements during a distinguished career in heritage conservation.
I am sure you will all join me in congratulating both Jim and Kristal for their remarkable achievements.
More than forty Australians attended the meeting, and I believe this was the largest national delegation. I am always amazed – although not necessarily surprised – at the esteem in which our Australian members are held and the high respect that is given to our contributions and achievements at both the national and international level. A number of Australians gave papers at the Scientific Symposium, which overall received accolades. We also had the opportunity to meet with our Pacific colleagues and work towards some cooperative proposals. Our New Zealand colleague, Kevin Jones, had the unenviable task of acting as Head Teller for the committee elections and he executed this responsibility – in the face of some considerable confusion with the new voting process – with aplomb and extreme calm.
Australia ICOMOS co-hosted the Asia Pacific Regional reception with the national committees of China, Korea and Japan. This was deemed a huge success and provided a particularly good opportunity to mix with our neighbours and have discussions in an informal environment. Unfortunately I was unable to attend as I was sitting in the Credentials committee meeting. I know who had the better evening!
Needless to say there was considerable debate across each of the meetings for the Advisory Committee, the Scientific Committee and the General Assembly and a number of resolutions were adopted. Some were rejected and others subject to what I can only term as judicious rewording. It will come as no surprise that particular and at times emotive discussion characterised the interesting resolutions relating to the operation of ICOMOS that were distributed by email before the meeting. Two of the more controversial have been referred back to the Executive Committee for further discussion as no consensus could be reached in the available time-frame.
It would be remiss to finish without also acknowledging the opportunities that arose out of the multiple scientific committee meetings that were held on the last evening. This is yet another area that is characterised by a high presence and contribution from Australians.
Jane Harrington
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2. IPPHA Professional Development Programs 2011 – 2012
The Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage & the Arts (IPPHA) is pleased to announce its forthcoming professional development programs for the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012.
These events are:
- Managing Small Museums at a Heritage Place – Short course, Narryna Heritage Museum in Hobart, Tasmania 23-27 January 2012
- Macassan History and Heritage: Building Understandings of Journeys, Encounters and Influences – Professional update symposium, Canberra 9-10 February 2012
- Innovation in Museum and Gallery Exhibition Practice – Short course in Canberra, 6-11 February 2012
- Cultural Landscapes: Current Issues and Approaches in International Heritage Practice – Professional update, Canberra, 27 April 2012
- Physical Conservation of buildings and Structures – short course, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, 9-14 April 2012
For more information visit the IPPHA website.
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3. Summer School in Cultural Heritage Management
Enrolments are now open for the Summer School in Cultural Heritage Management, to be held at the University of Canberra from 15-21 January 2012.
For further information click here.
All enquiries to David Young via email.
Australia’s leading professional development program in heritage conservation is now in its 21st year!
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4. National Trust of Australia (WA) seeks heritage consultants
The National Trust of Australia (WA) is seeking consultants for concept and content development for a walk trail through Cottesloe, WA, in conjunction with the Curtin Family Home. The proposed walk trail aims to increase year-round interpretation of the Curtin family, their home, their connections with the surrounding suburbs and the development of Cottesloe in the early part of the 20th century.
The project will make use of state of the art technology to give visitors the ability to interact in an engaging way with the technology and the environment and provide them with layers of information that they can explore before they take the walk, on the walk or at a later time.
The project is part of a submission to the Your Community Heritage grants program. Submissions are due on Friday 16 December 2011.
Please email Anne Brake or contact her on (08) 9212 1116 for a brief and further details.
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5. Streetwise Asia – Christmas Cards
Your Christmas card shopping this year can make a real difference by supporting the third heritage school project being undertaken by Streetwise Asia to upgrade a heritage school in Canayaon, Bohol, in the Philippines.
Streetwise Asia is committed to improving the educational facilities of poor children in Asia. School communities are transformed when facilities are improved. By purchasing a gift card (with hand crafted sketch of the Canayaon School on coloured card), you will be contributing to this Streetwise Asia 2012 project. Last Christmas over $3,000 was raised from the sale of cards which supported the 2011 school project. In 2012, Streetwise Asia is again assisting a very poor school with over 500 students who currently occupy a heritage timber school building, which is in very poor condition. In 2010 and 2011 together with AusAID we have completed two life changing school projects at the Kuguita School on Camiguin Island, and Tocdog School in Bohol both in the Philippines.
We will send you hand crafted Christmas cards corresponding to each gift. Your total purchase price will be a donation to the Streetwise Asia Fund, and is therefore Tax Deductible. All proceeds go to the project – there are no administrative costs taken out of the fund.
The Streetwise Asia Christmas card ORDER FORM 2011 can be used to select your cards. Each card contains a specific note about the project related to your gift. Cards will be posted within 72 hours of receipt of order. Your tax deductible receipt will be included with your Xmas cards.
The Streetwise Asia – Heritage School Restoration Projects in the Philippines shows how Streetwise Projects money has been effectively spent in the past.
Any queries, email Streetwise Asia Fund Coordinator Elizabeth Vines or call her on (08) 8362 6399 (work hours).
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6. Australian Institute of Architects Shanghai Heritage Tour, 31 March – 11 April 2012
In search of old Shanghai
Explore Shanghai on this unique tour with expert guide Anne Warr, to a depth that has never been offered before.
Building on Anne’s extraordinary knowledge, explore the laneways, the riverside, the rooftops, the villas, the lilongs (lane houses) and the mighty edifices of the British Bund; visit the world-heritage-listed garden city of Suzhou, the ancient water town of Zhujiajiao, and some of the newer towns built to house Shanghai’s increasing population.
Meander along the narrow lanes of the old Chinese city, the tree-lined streets of the former foreign concessions, the wartime Jewish ghetto and the 21st century extravaganza of Pudong, and much more.
For more details and contact information, download the In search of Old Shanghai brochure.
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7. Cantonese opera records call out
The Museum of Chinese Australian History has 3 collections of Cantonese opera gramophone records that date from the 1920s-1950s. They understand that some of these items are quite rare. They are putting together a grant proposal to get this collection of records cleaned, digitised and catalogued (in Chinese and English) so that they can be made available for further research and for their use in exhibitions and public programs.
The Museum is aware that Cantonese Opera has been included on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list and are interested in getting in touch with people who might be able to offer them some advice on how to learn more about their collection and its significance and how the collection might relate to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage listing. They know that many recordings of Cantonese opera have not survived in China, which makes collections such as these of greater significance.
If you can help or know someone who might be able to offer them some advice please contact Dr Sophie Couchman, Curator at the Museum of Chinese Australian History on (03) 9662 2888 or email Sophie.
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8. Veterans’ grants – up to $10,000 for war memorial preservation
The latest Restoring Community War Memorials grants program funding round has opened, and will help even more Victorian veterans groups in their efforts to renew or repair local community war memorials.
The Program offers RSLs, local councils, ex-service organisations and community groups the opportunity to apply for grants of up to $10,000.
Eligible projects for funding can include repairs to broken statues, barriers, fences, foundations or other parts of memorials and repairs on honour roles.
For example, last year Orbost RSL received $10,000 for a range of works to the Orbost War Memorial including repairs to the historical clock, the addition of new plaques and installation of new fencing.
This program is just one of the ways our Veterans’ Unit is working with local governments, key ex-servicemen organisations and community groups to ensure the sacrifice of our veterans is never forgotten, especially in the lead up to ANZAC centenary celebrations.
Applications for the Restoring Community War Memorials Grants close on 31 January 2012.
For more information click here or phone 1300 366 356.
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9. Newcastle Archaeological Management Plan Review
Contract No. 2012/220Q
Tenders are invited and will be received up to 2.00pm, Tuesday 13 December 2011 to:
Update the Newcastle Archaeological Management Plan 1997, including a revised heritage planning framework, management strategy, updated inventory of potential archaeological sites, presented as GIS mapping datasets and in SHI database format, to comply with the requirements of the NSW Heritage Office.
Documents are available electronically.
For further information please email Sarah Cameron, Heritage Strategist,The City of Newcastle, or contact her on phone: +61 2 4974 2785, fax: +61 2 4974 2804.
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10. The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture – 10% discount offer
The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture provides an unprecedented look at the history of Australian architecture. This magnificent book documents and analyses Australian architecture and architects from indigenous beginnings to colonial, modern and contemporary eras.
To order click here – enter ARCH2011 at the checkout to receive 10% off.
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11. Architects Board of WA media release
Philip Griffiths, Australia ICOMOS member, was a Board Award by the Architects Board of Western Australia on November 30. To read the media release, click on the link below.
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12. New title – Managing Cultural Landscapes
Managing Cultural Landscapes
Edited by Ken Taylor and Jane Lennon
One of our deepest needs is for a sense of identity and belonging. A common feature in this is human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a remarkable flowering of interest in, and understanding of, cultural landscapes. With these came a challenge to the 1960s and 1970s concept of heritage concentrating on great monuments and archaeological locations, famous architectural ensembles, or historic sites with connections to the rich and famous. Managing Cultural Landscapes explores the latest thought in landscape and place.
For further information and to order, click here.
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13. Heritage Victoria’s Inherit e-newsletter available online
To view the November issue of Inherit, click here.
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14. Education + Theory ISC newsletter available online
The Fall 2011 newsletter of the International Scientific Committee on Education+Theory can be read here.
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15. Ukranian Architectural Avant-Garde Studies and Protection – call for papers
DoCoMoMo International Conference
Ukranian Architectural Avant-Garde Studies and Protection
Kharkov, Ukraine
1-3 February 2012
The aim of this conference is to concentrate efforts of architects, scientists, cultural community, state and local authorities of the Ukraine on the studies and protection of the architectural heritage, remaining from the turbulent twentieth century, as well as creating conditions for involvement in the case of the international experience, primarily through the creation in our country the chapter DOCOMOMO International – an international NGO, which today is systematically documenting and protecting monuments of the Modern Movement in more than 50 countries.
For further information, click here.
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16. Victorian Modern: 111 years of modern architecture in Victoria – 40th anniversary edition
Robin Boyd published his first book ‘Victorian Modern: 111 years of modern architecture in Victoria’ in 1947. Just prior to his death in 1971 Robin was in discussions with publishers to arrange a new edition of this important and very influential book. Unfortunately with Robin’s untimely death the new edition did not proceed and the book has continued to be ”out of print’ and unavailable for the past 60 years.
2011 is the 40th anniversary of Robin’s death and to acknowledge this and his significant contribution to design culture and intellectual pedigree of the state of Victoria the Robin Boyd Foundation have published a commemorative edition of ‘Victorian Modern’, which is a facsimile of the original. This edition of ‘Victorian Modern’ has been published by the foundation with the generous assistance of a number of our members and supporters. It is the foundation’s first project in the role of publisher. The book has been printed locally by Vega Press and we are delighted with the result.
In a manner that characterised Robin’s future writings and lectures, ‘Victorian Modern’ first reviews the history and development of architectural design in Victoria before proposing an approach for the future – in this case ‘The Victorian Type’ a well designed and affordable modern home. ‘Victorian Modern’ was the first book to identify and document the importance of architects such as Harold Desbrowe-Annear, Robert Haddon and Walter Burley Griffin. In their innovative designs that responded to materiality, landscape, place and the Australian lifestyle Robin identified the qualities that he felt should be the basis for development of the next generation of houses to be designed for the 1950s. Design qualities that still resonate and influence us today as the basis for good design.
“Victorian Modern’ is a very beautiful book. It was designed by Robin using a number of different typefaces, presented on a variety of paper stocks, and illustrated with contemporary photographs together with Robin’s own delightful sketches. It is indeed rare to find a copy today, as it is so cherished by those fortunate to have retained their original or those lucky enough to source a copy second-hand. For those who know of it, but do not have a copy, it is highly sought after and deserving to be introduced to current generations who may not yet be aware of it.
The Robin Boyd Foundation is committed to promoting a greater awareness of the legacy pf Robin Boyd, a man who made an outstanding contribution to both his profession and to the general community, as well as continuing Boyd’s work in fostering wider community awareness of the benefits of good design. We believe that republishing ‘Victorian Modern’ and introducing the book and Robin’s approach to design to a new generation of readers will benefit both of these objectives.
Full details of the book are provided on the Boyd Foundation website.
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17. Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) bulletin – available online
To view the December 2011 issue of the GCI bulletin, click here.
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18. Fourth Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop – call for papers
Fourth Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop
CREATIVE CONNECTIVITY AND THE MAKING OF PLACE
Living Smart by Design
Bandung, Indonesia
5-7 July 2012
Call for Papers: Abstracts due by 6 FEBRUARY 2012
Building on the successes of previous Arte-Polis international conferences and design workshops in 2006, 2008 and 2010, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) is proud to present Arte-Polis 4, an international conference and workshop with the theme ”Creative Connectivity and the Making of Place: Living Smart by Design”. This biennial event is an initiative of the Architecture Program at ITB’s School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development in collaboration with other creative institutions, to be held from Thursday till Saturday, 5 to 7 July 2012 in Bandung, the place in Indonesia with a long heritage of creative culture, communities, collaboration, and connectivity.
The aim of Arte-Polis 4 is to connect together practitioners, academics, community leaders, government officials, policy-makers, artists and other creative professionals from diverse disciplines and regions around the world concerned with the quality of life and connected nature of creative communities in urban, rural and pastoral places. Its objective is to share and learn from international and local experiences regarding current issues, best practices and policy implications of creative connectivity on place-making.
Further details can be found in the Arte-Polis 4 Conference & Workshop information leaflet.
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19. SITUATION VACANT Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, School of Design
The School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a junior faculty member to join the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, beginning in July 2012.
The School seeks a scholar and practitioner for an entry-level, tenure-track position who will contribute to the visibility and strategic vision of PennDesign, through collaboration with the Dean, other department and program leaders, and faculty. The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level.
The successful candidate’s qualifications will include:
- a record of original research related to historic preservation
- evidence of professional practice (in private, public or nonprofit sector)
- potential for leadership in the field
- the ability to teach core courses as well as advanced specialty topics
A PhD or other terminal degree is required. Desirable areas of specialty include:
- history of architecture, landscape or technology
- historic site management
- documentation and recording methods
- community centered preservation advocacy
We encourage individuals with a commitment to leadership, scholarly research, and multidisciplinary practice, conducted in a lively intellectual environment, to apply for this position.
For further information on this role, download the Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation position description.
Applications close 15 January 2012.
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