Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 518

  1. US/ICOMOS 2012 International Exchange Program – Call for Applicants and Host Organisations
  2. Veterans’ grants – up to $10,000 for war memorial preservation
  3. International Day for Monuments and Sites – 18 April 2012
  4. ‘Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous Cultures’ course, Florence, July 2012
  5. Lovell Chen is moving office
  6. 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium – Final Communiqué
  7. Link to Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter
  8. Books available for review
  9. IPPHA enrolments open
  10. International symposium: “Cultural Heritage Protection in Times of Risk: Challenges and Opportunities”
  11. Media release – Future of 13,000 heritage places in limbo: Greens
  12. International Seminar: “Philosophy of Conservation and Praxis of Restoration”
  13. News from World Monuments Fund
  14. Preserving the Historic Road 2012 – call for abstracts
  15. Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural Conference, 5-8 June 2012 – call for papers
  16. SITUATIONS VACANT Project and Technical Archaeologists, Heritage Insight P/L
  17. SITUATION VACANT Sustainability Officer (Heritage), Australian National University
  18. SITUATION VACANT Permits Unit (Temporary part time), Heritage Victoria

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1. US/ICOMOS 2012 International Exchange Program – Call for Applicants and Host Organisations

US/ICOMOS expects to support a number of internships overseas and within the United States in historic preservation during the course of 2012. This program provides unparalleled opportunities for preservationists early in their careers to gain hands-on experience in a country other than their own. The program is geared toward those nearing the end of graduate school or with 1-3 years of professional experience. Placements are made by matching the skills/experience of each applicant with the needs of each host organization.

Prospective Interns

Applications from prospective interns are due 31 January 2012. Application procedures can be found on the Intern section of the US/ICOMOS website.

Prospective Host Organisations

US/ICOMOS also seeks host organisations, such as non-profits, government agencies, and private firms, who are potentially interested in hosting a US/ICOMOS intern, whether in the United States or overseas. Information on hosting US/ICOMOS interns and a letter of interest form can be found on the Host section of the US/ICOMOS website.

2012 Program Schedule

The general schedule for the 2011 program is as follows, with most internships taking place during the summer months but some internships occurring during the fall as well. US/ICOMOS is willing to work with host organizations to accommodate different schedules and durations of internships where necessary.

31 January

Applications from prospective interns due
Letters of interest from prospective host organizations due

30 May – 2 June

Intern orientation in Washington, DC

7 June – 10 August

Duration of summer Internships

14 – 17 August

Final program for summer Interns and orientation for fall interns

Program Overview

Since the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program was created in 1984, more than 600 young preservation professionals and over 70 countries have participated. The aim of the program is to promote an understanding of international preservation policies, methods, and techniques and to enable interns to make professional contacts and form personal friendships that will ensure a continuing dialogue between countries.

The program began with a one-time exchange between US/ICOMOS and ICOMOS United Kingdom. It since has expanded to involve between 10 and 20 preservation professionals annually depending on the level of funding available. US/ICOMOS is always looking for preservation organizations both in the U.S. and abroad to host interns and participate in this exciting program of cultural exchange. The program is made possible through generous grants from many U.S. foundations, government agencies and individual contributors, and ICOMOS National Committees of participating.

For more information, click here or email Donald Jones, PhD, Director of Programs.

PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS FROM AUSTRALIA PLEASE NOTE:

Applications must be made by nomination through Australia ICOMOS (AI). Nominations will be confirmed at the first meeting of the AI Executive Committee in 2011. We regret the awkward timing of the call and US ICOMOS is aware of the problem.

Applicants must be financial full members of Australia ICOMOS, have adequate experience and the clear opportunity to travel in the middle of the year.

Applications should be emailed to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by COB Monday 30 January 2012.

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2. 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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3. International Day for Monuments and Sites – 18 April 2012

About the theme for 2012

World Heritage – The theme for 2012 has been chosen to mark the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, which was adopted in 1972. The focus will be on “World Heritage and Sustainable Development: the Role of Local Communities” – which spans their involvement in the nomination process, management and conservation of properties, but also as actors and beneficiaries from a socio-economic perspective, and holders of indigenous management practices and traditional knowledge. ICOMOS welcomes the theme chosen as it represents a continuation of the theme of the ICOMOS 17th General Assembly Scientific Symposium.

Further information on the theme and the events celebrating The International Day for Monuments and Sites for 2012 will be available after the 17th General Assembly to be held in Paris, France (27 November – 2 December 2011).

The International Day for Monuments and Sites Coordinator, Kerime Danis, welcomes the AI members’ ideas on potential events. Please email your State Representative or email Kerime.

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4. ‘Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous Cultures’ course, Florence, July 2012

The University of Queensland will be in Florence, Italy in July 2012 teaching a course in cultural heritage management for Indigenous cultures. Students and professionals are welcome to attend.

The world is changing rapidly, and the adverse impacts of change are being felt disproportionately by Indigenous cultures. How should heritage practitioners respond to the challenges to Indigenous cultural heritage presented by large-scale mining and other significant development activities? What mechanisms exist for the identification, assessment and management of Indigenous cultural heritage values? Precisely what are the heritage values that require conservation? And, perhaps most importantly, what is the role of Indigenous peoples themselves in the conservation of their own heritage?

The University of Queensland is conducting a course entitled ‘Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous Cultures’ in July 2012, in Florence, Italy that will explore the fundamental concepts underpinning cultural heritage management within the context of Indigenous cultures. The course will take a strongly practical approach, exposing participants to the statutory frameworks and heritage challenges of Australia and the Pacific, North and South America, and South Africa. ‘Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous Cultures’ will be an intensive, exciting and thoroughly rewarding workshop series of direct application to students of archaeology, anthropology and cultural resource management, in addition to heritage practitioners of all backgrounds. Heritage students and professionals interested in working in developing countries will find the course of particular interest.

For more information click here or email Andrew Sneddon. 

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5. Lovell Chen is moving office

From Monday 23 January 2012, Lovell Chen’s new address will be:

Level 5
176 Wellington Parade
East Melbourne VIC 3002

Their telephone number remains the same – (03) 9667 0800

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6. 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium – Final Communiqué

17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
‘Heritage, driver of development’
27 November – 2 December 2011
Paris, France

Following on from the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, the following items are available online (click on the links to download):

Other information, as well as the papers given at the Scientific Symposium and the final report of the General Assembly rapporteurs, will be made available on-line on the ICOMOS web site in the coming weeks.

ICOMOS again expresses its thanks to the over 1000 members, partners and participants who so enthusiastically joined them in Paris and contributed to the fruitful debates.

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7. Link to Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter

To download the December 2011 issue of Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter, click here.

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8.Books available for review

Please contact Sandy Blair, the HE Reviews Editor, if you are interested in reviewing any of books below. The reviews will be included in Historic Environment issues during 2012.

Ashgate series: New Directions in Tourism Analysis
Book title: Tourists, Signs and the City: the Semiotics of Culture in an Urban Environment
By Michelle M Metro-Roland, Western Michigan University, USA, 2011

Manifestoes and Transformations in the Early Modernist City, edited by Christian Hermansen Cordua, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway, Ashgate 2010. This book is a broad, contextual exploration of the ideals and urban practices which are the foundations of our conception of the contemporary city, as well as examining the relations between urban ideals and their influence on urban praxis. Includes chapters on utopian idealism, the Howard’s Garden City, Vienna’s Ringstrasse, Harald Hal’s plan for Oslo and much more.

As usual, you get to keep the book in exchange for a 700-800 word book review to be published in Historic Environment.

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9. IPPHA enrolments open

The Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage & the Arts (IPPHA) is taking enrolments for the following two programs in early 2012:

  • Macassan History and Heritage: Building Understandings of Journeys, Encounters and Influences – Professional update symposium, Canberra 9-10 February 2012, click here for a detailed flyer
  • Innovation in Museum and Gallery Exhibition Practice – Short course in Canberra, 6-10 February 2012, click here for a detailed flyer

For questions and further information contact Sandy Blair.

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10. International symposium: “Cultural Heritage Protection in Times of Risk: Challenges and Opportunities”

Yildiz Technical University and ICOMOS-ICORP (International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness) are organizing an international symposium on “Cultural Heritage Protection in Times of Risk: Challenges and Opportunities” to be held on 15-17 November 2012, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The deadline for abstract submission is 20 March 2012.

Detailed information can be found by visiting the conference website.

For further information, please email the Conference Secretariat.

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11. Media release – Future of 13,000 heritage places in limbo: Greens

Australia ICOMOS is committed to the dissemination of relevant cultural heritage information. In line with this commitment we are circulating the following press release from the Australian Greens.

The Australian Greens are deeply concerned about the future protection of thousands of natural, cultural and Indigenous heritage places currently listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Greens spokesperson for Cultural Heritage, Senator Penny Wright, has written a letter to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Tony Burke seeking clarification about what will happen the to more than 13,000 places listed on the Register when it ceases to operate as a statutory register on February 19.

“Our enquiries indicate that only about 400 places from the Register have been transferred to either the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List and that was back in 2006. The Australian Government has had five years to oversee the transfer of the remaining places to relevant State, Territory and Local Government heritage registers and I am concerned to know what has happened since then,” Senator Wright said.

“I am apprehensive that those heritage places, which are so vital to our national identity, may not have any legislative protection after February 19.

“If legislative protection is lost, a significant part of the nation’s cultural heritage will be left vulnerable to degradation when future development decisions impacting these places are made.

“The Federal Government must show strong leadership on this issue to ensure that thousands of heritage places don’t lose their protected status from February 19 because of a poorly handled transition process.”

Media contact – Jennifer Maisel 0417 173 508

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12. International Seminar: “Philosophy of Conservation and Praxis of Restoration”

ICOMOS Italia will be deepening of the themes of the 50th anniversary of the Chart of Venice by hosting an international seminar with the theme “Philosophy of Conservation and Praxis of Restoration”, dedicated to Roberto Di Stefano. The seminar will be taking place in November 2012.

More information can be found in the Philosophy of Conservation and Praxis of Restoration – CALL FOR PAPERS.

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13. News from World Monuments Fund

To read the latest news from the World Monuments Fund, click here.

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14. Preserving the Historic Road 2012 – call for abstracts

Preserving the Historic Road 2012
20 -23 September 2012
Indianapolis, Indiana

The CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS for the 2012 Preserving the Historic Road conference to be hosted in Indianapolis this coming September is now in progress.

The deadline for paper abstracts is 12:00 midnight (Pacific Time) 31 January 2012.

Long known as the Crossroads State, Indiana has notable historic roads and scenic byway corridors including the Historic National Road, the Ohio River Scenic Byway, Indiana Historic Pathways, the Lincoln Highway, the Whitewater Canal, the Dixie Highway and the Michigan Road. Founded in 1821, Indianapolis was designed by Alexander Ralston, an apprentice of Pierre Charles L’Enfant. Nicknamed the Circle City, Indianapolis is centered on historic Monument Circle. In the 1900s, as a part of the City Beautiful movement, the noted landscape architect George Kessler created a plan for parklands and boulevards throughout the City. Today, after forty years of progressive planning, Indianapolis is one of the most dynamic and walkable cities in the United States.

Information on the conference and submitting an abstract is available here.

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15. Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural Conference, 5-8 June 2012 – call for papers

Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural Conference
5-8 June 2012
Gothenburg, Sweden

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2012.

The inaugural conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies will be held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2012. The Association of Critical Heritage Studies, to be launched at this conference, will establish (in association with the International Journal of Heritage Studies) an extensive network of heritage scholars across the globe in order to debate and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of heritage studies. We see Critical Heritage Studies as a synthesis emerging from diverse disciplinary fields, in particular public history, memory studies, museology, cultural heritage, tourism studies, architecture and planning, conservation, as well as cultural geography, sociology, cultural studies and policy, anthropology, archaeology and ethnomusicology, and encourage people working in those areas to submit papers or propose sessions/workshops that address the inter-disciplinary nature of heritage studies.

For further information about the conference and the call for papers, click here and visit the conference website.

Also read the ‘Identical’ reconstruction and heritage authenticity document.

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16. SITUATIONS VACANT Project and Technical Archaeologists, Heritage Insight P/L

For further information regarding these vacancies, click on the links below. The deadline for applications is 23 January.

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17. SITUATION VACANT Sustainability Officer (Heritage), Australian National University

Sustainability Officer (Heritage)
Environment, Sustainability and Heritage, Facilities and Services , ANU Central Services
Position Level: ANU Officer Grade 6/7 (Administration)
Salary Package: $64,284 – $74,455 pa plus 17% superannuation
Reference: G679-11MY

The Australian National University (ANU) has a number of sites on its various campuses that exhibit Indigenous, European or natural heritage values, through inclusion on the various Commonwealth, State and Territory Heritage Registers. The heritage of the University lies not only in the places which it owns, but also in its history as an educational institution and the people and events that have taken place at this institution. We are seeking an enthusiastic Heritage Officer to work as part of a small team in implementing the ongoing programs for the identification, recognition, analysis and conservation of those places that it controls with heritage values.

The successful applicant will possess experience in heritage programs and have the ability to work as part of a driving team to achieve key results.

If you have a passion for heritage values, we want to hear from YOU!

For further enquiries, please email John Sullivan or contact him on (02) 6125 6605.

Closing Date: 5 February 2012

Click here for links to further information on this role.

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18. SITUATION VACANT Permits Unit (Temporary part time), Heritage Victoria

Expressions of Interest are invited for temporary part time (0.5 FTE) work at Heritage Victoria’s offices working within the Permits Unit. The position would be for a period of up to 7 months commencing start of March 2012 and for 2.5 days per week.

The successful applicant would be required to assess and prepare recommendations for permit applications for proposed works at places included in the Victorian Heritage Register particularly works forming part of the Victorian Government’s Regional Rail Link Project and other major transport infrastructure projects. The work would require the preparation of written reports for recommendations to the Executive Director, the provision of pre-application advice, meetings with applicants and other relevant stakeholders and site visits.

If you would like to lodge an Expression of Interest please forward details of your experience in heritage conservation or the assessment of development approvals to:

Janet Sullivan
Acting Manager Permits
Heritage Victoria

Email Janet

Enquiries can be made by phoning Janet on (03) 8644 8907.

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

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