1. Australian Heritage Conference, Rymill House (SA), 18 April 2013

2. Registrations open for 2013 HCWA Seminar

3. In memoriam: Iva Mikl Curk, PhD (1935–2013), archaeologist and conservationist

4. “The History of Education and the Values of Cultural Heritage” lecture, WA

5. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)

6. Sydney Supreme Court Roof documentation available

7. Bundanon Trust event, Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale

8. Upcoming IPPHA courses

9. AGHS presents “The Gardens of Vladimir (Tom) Sitta” talk

10. AAA 2013 conference – call for session proposals

11. World Heritage Papers 34 available online

12. National Archaeology Week, 19-25 May 2013

13. “Historic cities in development: keys for understanding and action” project

14. APT Australasia presents Longford Academy 4, 6-10 May 2013

15. World Heritage Review issue on Small Island Developing States available online

16. XXIV International CIPA Symposium – call for papers

17. 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation – call for entries

18. News from The Best in Heritage

19. Events at the Australian National University

20. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available

21. SITUATION VACANT Built Heritage Consultant, Context, Melbourne

22. SITUATION VACANT Director, Heritage, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet

23. SITUATION WANTED Heritage Brickworker, Melbourne

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1. Australian Heritage Conference, Rymill House (SA), 18 April 2013

An Australian Heritage Conference (incorporating SA Perspectives) is to be held at Rymill House on 18 April 2013 together with the Heritage Icons Gala Dinner. This conference represents an opportunity to discover and contribute to making heritage the heartbeat of Adelaide and South Australia by contributing to progressive heritage and planning policy. The 2013 conference invites diverse stakeholders to focus on the “value of heritage” from National, South Australian and local heritage perspectives and regulatory regimes.

The agenda aims to explore the dimensions of the “value of heritage”:

• determining the drivers of the economics of heritage
• debating appropriate policies to unlock the value of heritage uncovering techniques to promote heritage nationally and internationally
• integrating cities and rural regions
• understanding and benchmarking best practice in managing and creating value in heritage
• considering progressive ways to better restore, sustain and enrich heritage for future generations

The desired outcomes of this Conference are to:

• Have speakers provide practical recommendations in relation to their topics presented to affect the aims of the Conference
• Have speakers form a Panel discuss and debate those recommendations with Conference delegates
• Draw conclusions and provide a summary of the Conference findings to policy makers and relevant stakeholders for consideration and action

Presenters include the Hon. Tony Burke MP Federal Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, the Hon. John Rau MP Minister for Planning, South Australia Professor David Throsby Department of Economics, Macquarie University and others.

For more information refer to the 2013 Australian Heritage Conference brochure and 2013 Heritage Icons Gala Dinner brochure or contact Kali Hunter on 0409 696 446 or by email.

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2. Registrations open for 2013 HCWA Seminar

The Heritage Council of WA’s 2013 Heritage Management & Planning Seminar will take place on 21-22 March in the historic setting of the Cottesloe Civic Centre. This two-day event will cover a range of topics along the theme of ‘Suburban Heritage – towards 2031’ and includes speakers from both inter-state and overseas. Registration is now open, with forms and a full program available from the State Heritage Office website.

The venue for this year’s informal dinner has been confirmed as the Indiana, Cottesloe Beach. This iconic venue sits at the heart of the Cottesloe Beach area and is a significant heritage landmark. The Indiana is surrounded by the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition and is a short walk from the Civic Centre, where the seminar will be taking place. Arriving at 7 pm, guests will be able to enjoy the sunset over the Indian Ocean with their refreshments.

When registering for the seminar please remember to note any dietary requirements, and indicate which of the activities you will be participating in.

Any queries to Callum Crofton on (08) 6552 4151 or email the State Heritage Office.

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3. In memoriam: Iva Mikl Curk, PhD (1935–2013), archaeologist and conservationist

With immense sadness, ICOMOS Slovenia wishes to inform you that Iva Mikl Curk, PhD (1935-2013), archaeologist and conservator, organizer and senior advisor, an honorary member of the ICOMOS Slovenia association has left the ranks of Slovene conservators.

She was a true professional, who was extremely knowledgeable on a broad range of subjects, chief amongst which was archaeology. Many high-profile projects and restorations were brought to the fore by her keen instincts, which she also used to bring the traps of careless modern development that prey on heritage and conservator alike, to the fore. Her sizeable bibliography offers plenty of proof of her commitment to Slovenian immovable, movable and spiritual heritage.

(Roman) antiquity was her main and biggest passion, especially the archaeological, historical and urban heritage of Ptuj/Poetovio. During the current interventions into the Dominican monastery and its lapidarium, she addressed her colleagues with an analytical letter, thoroughly thought out, with a clearly expressed personal view, in which she called for conscientious conduct that is mindful of the future.

She was the last president of the ICOMOS National Committee in former Yugoslavia and endeavoured to maintain the international connections she had fostered during her work, which is why she attended the ICOMOS General Assembly in Sri Lanka in 1993 and paved the road for the acceptance of the Slovenian ICOMOS Committee as an equal member among the National Committees. This was realized under new leadership the following year.

With her status as an Honorary Member of the Slovenian ICOMOS National Committee, she constructively followed the workings of the NGO and its members, being overjoyed by any and all of the assorted successes of the organization and its colleagues, whether at home or abroad.

To the intellectual that unceasingly strived to perfect and broaden her knowledge, who, despite her illness, still managed to meet with her colleagues and discuss various matters, we declare our gratitude for her work and commit her name to memory as an indelible part of the Slovenian cultural sphere.

Ljubljana
February 2012

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4. “The History of Education and the Values of Cultural Heritage” lecture, WA

The History of Education and the Values of Cultural Heritage
International Day of Monuments and Sites Lecture – WA

Prof Ian Reid has had a long career in university education and was behind the establishment of Curtin’s now defunct Research Institute for Cultural Heritage. He was also President of Museums Australia in WA and has made significant contributions to the debates around training and education opportunities associated with cultural heritage. Ian’s lecture addresses the theme of this year’s International Day of Monuments and Sites and is held in conjunction with the National Trust of Australia (WA) and the University of Western Australia’s Institute of Advanced Studies.

Time & Date: Tuesday 16 April, 6pm
Venue: Webb Lecture Theatre, Geography Building, UWA

Free but bookings essential (see the The History of Education and the Values of Cultural Heritage for details).

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5. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)

Deakin’s cultural heritage seminar series for 2013 will start on Thursday 21 March. The first seminar will be given by Professor Ian Lilley (University of Queensland) who will be speaking on “Sovereignty, translation and the integration of nature and culture in Asia-Pacific World Heritage”.

Abstract

The World Heritage ‘system’ is having trouble accommodating Indigenous demands for recognition and involvement. The sticking points concern matters of sovereignty and translation. Sovereignty encompasses the perceived threat to the integrity of the nation-state from Indigenous claims on the one hand and what Indigenous people see as the affront to their autonomy represented by the universalizing processes of the World Heritage system on the other. Translation is central to this tension, because the parties involved seem largely unable to appreciate each other’s presumptions and constraints. In terms of World Heritage policies, the problem has arisen largely because the we are not linking the priority “5 C’s” together properly, especially when it comes to matching up “communities” with “communication”. This is probably most evident in the continuing separation of nature and culture in the World Heritage system, despite the fact that many of the communities we deal with have been communicating for some time that they don’t approach their heritage this way. This seminar considers ways we all might do better in this connection, with a focus on our Asia-Pacific neighbourhood.

Ian Lilley is Professor in UQ’s Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit. He oversees ATSISU’s research activities and the University’s Indigenous postgraduate support program, and facilitates other research on Indigenous matters. He has undertaken archaeological and cultural heritage studies throughout mainland Australia as well as in Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea and various parts of the Pacific. He did his PhD fieldwork in PNG, investigating ancient indigenous trading systems. His current projects focus on World Heritage and Indigenous people, local capacity-building in cultural heritage management, globally and in the Asia-Pacific, and on developments in Pacific archaeology in New Caledonia, where he does field research with French colleagues. Ian is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as Secretary-General of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association and Convenor of the International Heritage Group NGO. He is a World Heritage Assessor for the UNESCO advisory body ICOMOS and Secretary-General of the ICOMOS International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management. His other professional interests are archaeology and identity, archaeology’s role in contemporary society and archaeological ethics.

Location (note new venue)

Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A’Beckett Street
Melbourne (entry via William Street)

Date & Time

Thursday 21 March, starting at 5.30pm

For further information or to RSVP, please email Steve Cooke.

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6. Sydney Supreme Court Roof documentation available

The 1820s roof of the old Supreme Court Sydney is most important surviving example of colonial roof carpentry, but is unknown to most conservationists and historians. At the initiative of Anne Bickford, archaeologist, and with the financial support of the Vera Moore Trust, I have been able to commission a complete set of drawings by Franz Reidel. These are available for any reasonable use, subject to acknowledgement.

To see the drawings, send an email to Miles Lewis and he will respond with a DropBox invitation.

In the DropBox file ‘Building Culture’ is Miles’ discussion of roof carpentry ‘5.04 Roofs’, to which Reidel’s complete drawings are appended. General users may need to know that the ‘Australian Building’ notes on Miles’ website are being successively updated, illustrated, and placed in this DropBox file. So a number of other items will be found there as well.

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7. Bundanon Trust event, Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale

The Bundanon Trust presents
Stephen Kellert and Glenn Murcutt in Conversation with Janne Ryan oF ABC’s By Design

This is a unique opportunity to hear American Social Ecologist Stephen Kellert and Architect Glenn Murcutt share their perspectives on the connection between nature and humanity and the need for environmental conservation and sustainable design and development. Stephen Kellert is the Tweedy Ordway Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology and Senior Research Scholar at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Glenn Murcutt’s architecture is recognised in Australia and internationally through awards such as the RAIA Gold Medal and the prestigious Pritzker Prize. He has designed distinctive buildings that both respond sympathetically to a particular Australian landscape setting and environmental conditions and ‘touch the earth lightly’ visually and environmentally through the use of practical vernacular materials and innovative technology. The acclaimed Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre, was designed by him in association with Wendy Lewin and Reg Lark.

Presented in association with University of Western Sydney.

Date: Sunday 14 April 2013
Time: Gates open at 1.30pm; Talk commences at 2pm
Venue: Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale
Cost: Tickets $20 adult, $15 concession
Bookings essential: call (02) 4422 2100 or email Bundanon

Viewing of Boyd Education Centre after talk.

Cafe and Bar on site (No BYO – Riversdale is licensed premises)

Visit the Bundanon Homestead and Arthur Boyd’s studio, open every Sunday 10.30 am – 4 pm.

Allow 20 minutes to travel to Riversdale from the Nowra turnoff. Turn right into Illaroo Road at the set of lights just before the bridge over the Shoalhaven River at Nowra.

Bundanon is Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s gift to the Australian people. Bundanon Trust supports arts practice and engagement through its residency, education, exhibition and performance programs. In preserving the natural and cultural heritage of its site Bundanon promotes the value of the landscape in all our lives. Click here for further information.

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8. Upcoming IPPHA courses

The Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage & the Arts (IPPHA) is pleased to offer the following professional development courses for March/April 2013. (Click on the links to view course fliers)

• Key issues in Native title

  8-12 April 2013 at the Australian National University, in collaboration with the Australian Government’s Attorney-General’s Department.

  A 5-day advanced short course on key conceptual and methodological issues and arguments pertinent to the theory and practice of native title anthropology.

• Physical conservation of buildings and structures

  15-19 April 2013 at Kakadu National Park and Pine Creek Historic Township, NT

  A 5-day field-based Professional Development Short Course covering a range of physical conservation issues and strategies for conserving buildings and structures in place. In 2013, for the first time, this course will be delivered in collaboration with Kakadu National Park and will provide hands on access to an intriguing range of historic buildings within the park and Aboriginal associations with and perspectives on these.

• Memory of the World: assessing the material records and links to other forms of heritage in international practice

  Wednesday 24 April at the Australian National University, Canberra

  A one-day Professional Update which explores our growing heritage of archives and documents, oral and visual recordings, as well as the strong links to places and intangible aspects of heritage, with case studies from Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

Where detailed flyers are available, registration is now open at the IPPHA website.

There are just a few places left for the Kakadu course so get in quickly!

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9. AGHS presents “The Gardens of Vladimir (Tom) Sitta” talk

Australian Garden History Society (AGHS)
Illustrated talk “The Gardens of Vladimir (Tom) Sitta”

Date & time: Wednesday 27 March, 6pm for 7pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Annie Wyatt Room, National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill, Sydney
Cost: Members: $20, Guests: $30, includes light refreshments.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: Email Jeanne.

PLEASE NOTE: Bookings must be made before payment. Payment confirms Booking. Payments for all events must be made prior to the event by either:

• cheque to Australian Garden History Society and mailed to: Jeanne Villani, 90 Cabbage Tree Road, Bayview NSW 2104
• bank transfer to: Australian Garden History Society, Sydney & Northern NSW Branch, ANZ Bank, Centrepoint Branch. BSB 012 040; Account 1017 62565 – payment to include your name and the function)

SPEAKER: Maren Parry

Sitta is a prize-winning Landscape Architect and founder of Terragram and Co-founder of Room 4.1.3.

Known for his innovative sometimes iconoclastic designs, often introducing extensive plantings into his urban projects.

“..one of the most inventive, disturbing and memorable garden designers of our times” (Raxworthy)

Maren Parry (now a Senior Design Manager for the City of Sydney) give’s an insider’s account of some of his projects from the eight years she spent working at Terragram.

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10. AAA 2013 conference – call for session proposals

Call for Session Proposals for AAA 2013
Conference Theme: Complexities in Scale

The Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Annual Conference is a major event for archaeologists, members and non-members, to get together, present papers and posters or just find out about the latest archaeological discoveries. AAA has about 1000 members and the Annual Conference typically attracts about 400 delegates from Australia and overseas.

AAA2013 will be hosted by Archaeology & Palaeoanthropology, University of New England. The theme for 2013 will be ‘Complexities in Scale’ and we hope to embrace a variety of approaches that explore the diverse spatial and temporal scales in understanding archaeological data sets in the context of radiometric and other chronologies, environmental and climatic data and explanatory frameworks.

Submissions are invited for proposed sessions which will take place over 3 or 4 days, following a welcome reception on the evening of Sunday 1st December 2013. Especially welcomed are session submissions linked with the conference theme ‘Complexities in Scale’, but others will certainly be considered. Session organisers should provide a title and brief outline (maximum of 30 words and 210 characters) of the proposed session(s) with an estimate of the number of speakers and an estimate of the number of individual sessions requested. It is advised that you prepare your 30 word, 210 character session outline before you log on to the conference website. Individual sessions will run for 1.5 hours and should include 4 or 5 presentations. Speakers may only present one paper, although they may be co-authors of other papers.

As they become available, details about the venue, registration, accommodation and other AAA2013 information will be available posted on the conference website.

Registrations will open in early May 2013 and access details will be circulated through various email list-servers including the one via which you received this notice.

The call for sessions is now open and should be submitted via this link below by COB 12 April 2013.

In early May the conference sessions will be announced and and paper abstracts invited.

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11. World Heritage Papers 34 available online

ICOMOS member Anita Smith and many other pacific heritage colleagues contributed to the publication World Heritage Papers 34 – World Heritage in a Sea of Islands – Pacific 2009 Programme.

Click here for more information and to download the publication.

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12. National Archaeology Week, 19-25 May 2013

National Archaeology Week (NAW) is a week of activities aimed at increasing public awareness of Australian archaeology and the work of Australian archaeologists both at home and abroad, and to promote the importance of protecting Australia’s unique archaeological heritage. In May each year an exciting nationwide program of event and activities is held, including public lectures, seminars, exhibits, demonstration excavations and displays. Events will be promoted in each state and on the NAW Facebook page.

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13. “Historic cities in development: keys for understanding and action” project

This project was launched in 2008 by the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) on the initiative of the City of Lyon, in partnership with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (within the framework of the France-UNESCO Convention and extrabudgetary funds from the Netherlands), the Council of Europe, the Getty Conservation Institute and ICOMOS, represented by its International Committee on Historic Cities and Villages (CIVVIH). The CIVVIH played an active part in identifying project managers and participating in the project’s steering committee.

The purpose of this compilation of case studies is to encourage cities and World Heritage sites to share their practices and issues in a concrete way, as well as to reinforce the importance of taking heritage values into account as an initial step in urban development projects.

Click here for further information.

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14. APT Australasia presents Longford Academy 4, 6-10 May 2013

APT AUSTRALASIA CHAPTER – ‘LONGFORD ACADEMY’
5-Day Program in Advanced Conservation Techniques
Woolmers and Brickendon Estates, Tasmania
6-10 May 2013

An initiative of the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) Australasia Chapter, Woolmers Estate, Brickendon, the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) and Heritage Tasmania, this year’s program will focus on “Quality and Sustainability – investigation and repair of significant building fabric”.

The fourth ‘Longford Academy’ (LA4) is a short program in the conservation of traditional structures held at Woolmers and Brickendon Estates at Longford, Tasmania (World Heritage inscribed).

For more information see the APT Longford Academy 4 Notice with link to booking form. Bookings close in April. For enquiries, email the convenor.

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15. World Heritage Review issue on Small Island Developing States available online

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The UNESCO World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States coordinates and develops activities in these areas, providing support for the preparation of new nominations to the World Heritage List, and conservation and management assistance for sites inscribed on the List with a view o sustainable development.  

To download the World Heritage Review issue on this topic, click here.

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16. XXIV International CIPA Symposium – call for papers

XXIV International CIPA Symposium
“Recording, Documentation and Cooperation for Cultural Heritage“
Strasbourg, France
2-6 September, 2013

Paper & abstract deadline: 10 April 2013

CIPA Heritage Documentation is a dynamic international organization that has twin responsibilities: keeping up with technology and ensuring its usefulness for cultural heritage conservation, education and dissemination. This dual role linking Culture and Science is exhibited in our parent organizations – ICOMOS – International Council of Monuments and Sites and – ISPRS – International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

CIPA accomplish these two sometimes conflicting goals in a variety of ways. CIPA’s bi-annual congress provides a platform for the exchange of ideas, best practices as well as scientific research papers. We wish to celebrate our 45th anniversary in Strasbourg, France at our XXIVth International Symposium. The CIPA symposium 2013 will be a unique opportunity to listen to key figures in cultural heritage documentation and conservation from around the world.

The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) will be represented by Dr. Stefano De Caro, who is the Director General of this important intergovernmental organization. Dr. De Caro’s presentation will underline the need for training in the field of conservation and the key role of documentation.

Dr. Fabio Remondino, ISPRS Commission 5 President, will give a keynote about developments and technology advances for 3D recording and modeling cultural heritage.

From industry, Ramtin Attar, Principal Research Scientist, CTO- Autodesk Research (Canada) will contribute with an overview of the latest development of information technology that could assist conservation experts in documenting our endangered heritage resources around the world.

Furthermore, the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) will present ARCHES, A System Supporting Heritage Inventory and Management, which has been developed by GCI and World Monuments Fund (WMF) to provide the international heritage field with a purpose-built, web-based GIS to help inventory and manage immovable heritage.

Along with these keynote speeches, important ICOMOS International Scientific committees have joined CIPA to organize joint sessions. For this reason a session on Energy Efficiency in Heritage Buildings will be chaired by Peter Cox, president of this committee. This activity will be an opportunity to explore tools supporting the assessment of performance in this important area. Moreover, the committee on Risk Preparedness and the Stone Conservation committee will also provide a platform to evaluate the role of documentation tools for the mitigation of risk to cultural properties and the conservation of stone monuments. Finally, a documentation of World Heritage Sites will be jointly organized with the collaboration of the International Association of World Heritage Professionals.

CIPA 2013 will not only be a technology platform to learn about heritage documentation best practices and research, but also an unique opportunity to learn about key initiatives around the world.

Consider submitting either a scientific paper for peer review or a practical project paper.

Call for Full Papers

Submission of Full Papers for peer-review before 10 April 2013.

Important dates

• 15 June: reviews will be sent to the authors
• 15 July: full reviewed papers upload

Accepted peer-reviewed papers will be published in the CIPA/ISPRS Annals.

Call for Abstracts

Submission of abstracts (Approx. 500 words) before 10 April 2013.

Important dates :

• 15 May: notification of paper acceptance (oral or poster)
• 1 July: project papers upload

Accepted project papers will be published in the CIPA/ISPRS Archives.

At least one author per paper must be registered before 15 July (submissions are limited to one paper per corresponding author).

Online registration will be opened on 18 March 2013.

CIPA 2013 Sessions

Special Sessions

• SS1. Energy Efficiency in Heritage and Traditional Buildings
• SS2. Risk Preparedness
• SS3. Stone Conservation
• SS4. Documentation of World Heritage Sites
• SS5. International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage Documentation
• SS6. Semantic in Cultural Heritage Documentation
• SS7. 4D historical city models
• SS8. 3D Digital Libraries
• SS9. Joint session with the Charter of London on visualization of Heritage
• SS10. Digital Heritage Inventories
• SS11. CIPA Sustaining Members

Sessions on Recording Cultural Heritage

• SR1. Terrestrial laser scanning and 3D imaging
• SR2. Aerial laser scanning and 3D imaging
• SR3. Low-cost sensors and open-source algorithms
• SR4. UAV applications
• SR5. Mobile Mapping Applications
• SR6. Recording with 3D cameras
• SR7. Other appropriate recording applications

Sessions on GIS and information management for Cultural Heritage

• SG1. Open-source GIS tools and applications
• SG2. Scene analysis and 3D reconstruction
• SG3. Applications of BIM
• SG4. Modelling methods for architecture and archaeology
• SG5. Animations
• SG6. Cloud and Cultural Heritage

Sessions on Education, Training and Communication for Cultural Heritage

• SE. Education
• ST. Training
• SC. Communication

For further information, visit the conference website.

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17. 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation – call for entries

UNESCO Bangkok is currently accepting entries for 2013 UNESCO Asia‐Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. These are a great way for Australian adaptive reuse and conservation projects to receive recognition in the international heritage arena and quite a number of Australian projects have received awards to date.

The UNESCO Heritage Awards was established in 2000 in response to increasing threats to our built heritage. The main objective of the Awards is to recognize and acknowledge outstanding achievements and contributions made by the private sector and public‐private initiatives in addressing these growing concerns, and subsequently protecting these diverse, yet vulnerable places.

In 2005, UNESCO launched the Jury Commendation for Innovation. This award recognizes newly‐built structures which demonstrate outstanding architectural design that is well integrated into historic contexts.

Deadline for submission is extended to 30 April 2013.

Click here to find out more about the Awards and how to submit your own project entry.

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18. News from The Best in Heritage

The conference programme is growing steadily. Twenty-four laureates coming from all over the world will elaborate on the creative and innovative approach which earned them an award, will interact with the audience and take part in moderated discussions. With Global Heritage Forum, Europa Nostra’s 50th anniversary celebration and rich cultural and social programme we are getting set for an inspiring professional gathering. As a prelude to the September event, we continue our series of video presentations from last year’s conference: The Intan from Singapore, Antwerp Central Station from Belgium and Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine from Oslo.

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The Best In Heritage and eCULTVALUE project offer a special free of charge dialogue day in Dubrovnik on first day of the conference, 19th September. Meet challenging ideas from the ICT sector and see what benefits new technologies may offer to museums. What are the experiences of the awarded museum and heritage projects with ICT sector? Let us exchange best practice examples within the EU funded project eCultvalue. Everyone registered for the Best in Heritage is kindly invited to the Dialogue Day starting on the 19th in the morning hours at the conference venue – „Marin Držić“ Theatre. Detailed information will be available soon on our website.

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Europa Nostra’s European Heritage Congress will take place in Athens from 13 to 17 June 2013.The highlights of this exceptional event, which will mark the 50th anniversary of Europa Nostra’s continuous action in favour of cultural and natural heritage, is the European Heritage Awards Ceremony at the Odeion of Herodes Atticus under the Acropolis, co-hosted by Maestro Domingo and European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou. The General Assembly open to all members will be chaired by President Plácido Domingo at the New Acropolis Museum. The detailed programme is available at Europa Nostra website. Register now here

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SOME OF THE PROJECTS FROM IN THE PROGRAMME

The Canadian War Museum, in partnership with the Ottawa Public Library and CBC, brought the “Human Library” program to Ottawa. The Museum featured one-on-one conversations with individuals who have fascinating personal life experiences and stories thus creating a unique and memorable experience , truly bringing Canada’s history to life. For their innovative and inspirational project that redefined the meaning of the term “living history”, the Canadian War Museum for “Human Library” is the recipient of the 2012 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive! presented by the Canadian Museums Association. More..

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The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2012 laureate, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Kulturen der Welt from Cologne, demonstrates a commitment to serve its multicultural public adults and children alike both in its exhibitions and in educational activities. All visitors will find something to admire and reflect upon. The museum is not only a window on world cultures but also, and predominantly, a place showing how cultures are formed and how they perceive one another, through exposure to one another. The museum holds up a mirror to prejudice and takes its visitors on a journey, which is simultaneously beautiful, exciting, clever and sophisticated. More..

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“Improve a Heritage Site” is a nationwide action project where groups of children and young people up to 18 years of age improve and rehabilitate a heritage site or cultural monument. They learn about cultural heritage in the vicinity of their home and take part in practical work, such as mending the heritage site, monument or cultural landscape. Since the implementation of the project, 1128 heritage sites have been rehabilitated and more than 22,500 children and young people involved in the improvement work. The project has received EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012 – Education, training and awareness-raising (Grand Prix). More..

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19. Events at the Australian National University

THINKING SPACES

Thinking Spaces presents a series of night time installations on the campus of the Australian National University. Installations will run nightly from sunset, 15-27 March.

Timed to coincide with the Canberra Centenary and the 50th anniversary of the Menzies Library, Thinking Spaces celebrates the people and places that have helped shape the cultural and intellectual landscape that is the Australian National University. Large-scale projections drawn from archival photographs and films of ANU people and events will be featured at select locations, re-inscribing local histories and celebrating moments of inspiration and discovery. When you visit the installations on campus use your mobile phone to launch the Thinking Spaces website, where you’ll have access to unique recordings and stories behind the installations. Thinking Spaces invites you to get involved and contribute to the making of the project. If you’re an ANU student or a staff member, past or present, you may have a story or even a photo of a particularly memorable moment of life on campus more details can be found on the Thinking Spaces website.

ANU HERITAGE TOURS

The ANU Heritage Office is offering a suite of guided tours throughout March to highlight the varied and significant aspects of the Acton Campus. The tours are approximately 1.5 hrs in duration. The tours take on a casual format, encouraging ongoing discussion while strolling through the campus. These tours are also under development in self-guided format and will soon be available on the ANU Heritage website. Please contact Amy Guthrie, Sustainability Officer – Heritage at this email address to reserve your places as numbers are limited. The following tours will be offered in March:

• Monday 18 March
  12.30pm-2.00pm
  Political History of ANU Tour
  Meeting Point: Street Theatre, University Avenue

• Wednesday 20 March
  12.30pm-2.00pm
  Landscape of ANU Tour
  Meeting Point: Street Theatre, University Avenue

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20. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available

To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.

• Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin_11 March 2013

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21. SITUATION VACANT Built Heritage Consultant, Context, Melbourne

Context is looking for a skilled and enthusiastic built heritage specialist to join our team. Based in our Melbourne office, this position is full-time (or 0.8 by negotiation).

The Built Heritage Consultant will be involved in heritage assessments, heritage advice services including impact assessment and conservation management plans. You’d be working with a diverse and highly skilled team, and would get the chance to contribute to a great range of projects, expand your knowledge and broaden your skills. In this role you would be managing smaller projects. It is a middle level position, with great opportunities for advancement.

Your training could be in any of the built heritage disciplines: architecture, architectural history, landscape architecture, or archaeology, and you might also have or be working towards a cultural heritage qualification. Experience in working in consultancy practice is essential.

You will have excellent research, writing, and field survey skills, and to be able to undertake the assessment, policy formation and written documentation of culturally significant places, including buildings, sites and cultural landscapes.

We are looking for someone who combines the ability to be a team player, with the initiative and motivation to be self directed and forward thinking. In a busy consultancy practice, your skills in prioritising and time management would be valued. A commitment to quality is essential.

Our workplace is friendly and we value a strong team culture. We offer opportunities for training and professional development, through internal projects and externally.

For a copy of the position description and details of how to apply, please contact Mary Ward (03) 9380 6933 or email Context. context@contextpl.com.au.

Closing date for applications is Monday 25 March 2013.

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22. SITUATION VACANT Director, Heritage, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet

The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet, has created a Heritage Division to support the Minister for Heritage in providing a single, coordinated voice for heritage in NSW addressing both Aboriginal cultural heritage and historic heritage. The position of Director, Heritage has been advertised and further information is available by clicking here and in the Position Profile – Director Heritage.

Applications close Monday 25 March 2013.

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23. SITUATION WANTED Heritage Brickworker, Melbourne

Samuel-James Wilson, from the UK is a fully qualified, award winning Bricklayer achieving a NVQ Level 2 and 3 (with Distinction and Merit) and a GOLD at the Harrogate Flower Show 2011. He has also just completed a scholarship with The Prince’s Foundation, where he achieved a Level 3 NVQ in Heritage Brickwork. He will be officially graduating from this course in June and will be presented this award by Prince Charles.

He has over 9 years experience in the building trade. During this amount of time he has learned a very varied amount of skills and knowledge. He now specialises in Heritage work but he is comfortable in picking up a trowel on any building site.

In July this year he will be traveling to Melbourne to live with his family. He has just been granted a 12 month working visa and he is now looking to make contact with people in the trade.

More information about Samuel can be obtained by clicking on the links below.

• Samuel’s LinkedIn page
• Samuel’s Blog

Email Samuel in relation to any potential work opportunities you may have.

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Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
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