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International Day for Monuments and Sites Adelaide event, Monday 22 April
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Imagined pasts…, imagined futures 2013 Australia ICOMOS conference – call for papers
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Cultural landscapes and the Glass Mountains seminar, Friday 3 May
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Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)
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ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2013
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Crinigan’s Hut Open Day, Sunday 21 April
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Announcement from AAA 2013 Organisers: Extension of Session Proposal Deadline
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47th Conference on Historic and Underwater Archaeology – call for papers
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Footscray Memorial Garden – officially opened 18 April 2013
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DOCOMOMO Australia / Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series
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Australasian Urban History/Planning History Group Biennial Conference, 2-5 February 2014
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New Sustainability and Heritage guidance sheets launched
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Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioners Workshop
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17th National Engineering Heritage Conference, Canberra, November 2013
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9th International Masonry Conference – call for abstracts
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Xi’an 2013 – International Conference of Modern Architecture Conservation – call for papers
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Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering 2010-2012 report available online
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Architecture at the Ragged Edge of Empire symposium – call for abstracts
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15th International Conference of National Trusts, Uganda, September-October 2013
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Tree Forum, WA, Friday 10 May
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New publication by ICOMOS Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Call for Papers: The Venice Charter at Fifty issue of Change Over Time
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Heritage Awards 2013
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Australian Studies Research Network presentations
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2013 West Australian Heritage Awards
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News from The Best in Heritage
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) bulletin – available online
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SITUATION VACANT Conservation Manager, Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority
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1. International Day for Monuments and Sites Adelaide event, Monday 22 April
Visit to Adelaide by Professor Laurence Loh, Architect
Hosted by The Adelaide City Council in Association with Australia ICOMOS
Date & Time: Monday 22 April, 5.45pm for 6pm start, with drinks after the event
Venue: Adelaide Town Hall, Queen Adelaide Room
THIS IS A FREE EVENT, with a renowned international speaker and promises to be a lively and stimulating lecture followed by refreshments afterwards.
More information is available in the Prof Laurence Loh talk – 22 April 2013, Adelaise Town Hall flier.
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2. Imagined pasts…, imagined futures 2013 Australia ICOMOS conference – call for papers
Imagined pasts…, imagined futures
31 October-3November 2013
Canberra, Australia
Call for Papers
‘Imagined pasts…, imagined futures’ is an exciting multidisciplinary conference that coincides with the centenary of the founding of Canberra as the imagined capital for a new nation. Australia ICOMOS is partnering with the Museum of Australian Democracy in the unique setting of Old Parliament House to take advantage of this opportunity for reflection on the role of heritage in sustaining communities and as a means by which communities shape and imagine their futures. The conference is seeking diverse perspectives on and approaches to heritage—from indigenous, local, national and world heritage, to tangible and intangible heritage, from landscapes to virtual communities. Taking the imagining of the city of Canberra as our inspiration, we encourage a focus on imagination, innovation and creativity – in the past, for the present and the future.
We now welcome abstracts for papers, presentations and performances that relate to the conference themes and sessions found on the conference website. Overviews, reviews, reflections and case studies concerning heritage from anywhere in the world are encouraged.
Abstracts should contain the following information:
- Your name, contact details and affiliation
- Title of paper
- Suggested Theme or Session for your paper [please also nominate whether your paper is a full paper (20 mins) or a snapshot (10 mins)]
- A succinct abstract of your paper, presentation or performance of 250 words
The deadline for abstracts for individual papers is 30 April 2013.
Please email proposals to Tracy Ireland (Conference Organising Committee).
Abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Academic Committee and you will be notified of acceptance during May 2013.
Selected papers and/or sessions will be published in Historic Environment.
Early bird Registration for ICOMOS Members (Full and Associate) $495, Non Members $595
(Registration will open in May 2013)
The main event at Old Parliament House will be preceded by a specialist Symposium on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes in the 21st Century Issues and Opportunities, so delegates visiting Canberra will have the opportunity to attend both the Symposium and Conference.
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3. Cultural landscapes and the Glass Mountains seminar, Friday 3 May
Cultural landscapes and the Glass House Mountains
A seminar about the heritage values of landscapes, using the Glass House Mountains as a case study
This event is supported by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s Cultural Heritage Levy. Hear engaging speakers and join the discussion with local people.
DATE & TIME: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm, Friday 3 May 2013
VENUE: Bankfoot House, 1998 Old Gympie Road, Glass House Mountains
COST: Residents of the Sunshine Coast $30.00; Non Residents $40.00
See the Glass House Mountains Cultural Landscapes Seminar Invitation for further information about this event, including details on how to book your place.
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4. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)
Deakin’s next cultural heritage seminar will be on Tuesday 23 April at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Cliff Ogleby from the University of Melbourne will speak on ‘The Joint Historical Archaeological Survey of the Anzac area, Gallipoli’.
This presentation will give an overview and preliminary results from the three government historical archaeological survey being undertaken on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. There have been three seasons of work to date, involving people from the University of Melbourne, The Australian Government, the New Zealand Government, the Turkish Government and the 18th March University in Canakkale.
The expedition combines extensive ground investigation looking for the remains of trenches and tunnels, the collection and conservation of artefacts, and mapping the results in a Geographic Information System. The 2012 season also employed ground penetrating radar (GPR) to detect trench remains under the main monuments at Lone Pine and the surrounds, The Nek and the car park at the 57th Battalion memorial.
Cliff is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He has over 30 years experience in the recording and documentation of cultural monuments, ranging from archaeological sites to rock paintings to buildings and structures. He is a foundation member of Australia ICOMOS, and has served on the ICOMOS ISC CIPA Heritage Documentation executive including 3 years as President. Cliff applies modern measurement and mapping technologies including photogrammetry, GIS, GPS, 3d laser scanning and field survey in archaeology and heritage documentation. He is also a member of the JHAS Gallipoli team.
Location (note new venue)
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A’Beckett Street
Melbourne (entry via William Street)
Date & Time
Tuesday 23 April , starting at 5.30pm
For further information or to RSVP, please email Steven Cooke.
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5. ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2013
ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2013
A Centenary of Celebrating heritage – The Centenary of Canberra 2013
Date: Saturday 20 July 2013
Time: 8.30am to 5pm
Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building Theatre, Bldg 120, ANU campus
Cost: $70 full, $50 members of the host organizations, $30 concession & full-time students
Themes
- Presenting Canberra’s heritage through a range of media
- How to reach the non-believer – significant places accessible to all
- Collections maketh the memories
- Bureaucratic and boring – where’s the fun in Canberra?
- What happened before the Federal bubble burst on this Limestone Plain?
Call for Presentations
Refer to the ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium – Call for Presentations for further information.
Deadline for submissions: Friday 3 May.
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6. Crinigan’s Hut Open Day, Sunday 21 April
Crinigan’s Hut Open Day
Wanderer Circuit Amaroo
(In the playground area)
Sunday 21 April 2013, 10.00am – 3.00pm
Guides, tours and live music
Bring your family and friends and join the Crinigans’ Family, Canberra Archaeological Society and Gungahlin community to share the story of Crinigan’s Hut and local archaeology.
For further information email Helen Cooke or phone Helen on 0408 443 243. Download the Crinigan’s Hut Open Day flier to distribute through your networks.
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7. Announcement from AAA 2013 Organisers: Extension of Session Proposal Deadline
The AAA 2013 Organising committee would like to announce that the deadline for session proposals has been extended by 3 weeks. Submissions are now due by COB Friday 3 May 2013. Session proposals should be submitted via this link.
The organisers particularly welcome session submissions linked with the conference theme (Complexities of Scale), but will certainly consider others. Session organisers should provide a title and brief outline (30 words, 210 characters) of the proposed session(s), with an estimate of the number of speakers and an estimate of the number of individual sessions required. Individual sessions will run for 1.5 hours and should include 4 or 5 presentations. Speakers may only present one paper during the conference, although they may be co-authors on other papers.
In late May, we will announce the conference sessions that have been accepted and place a call for Paper Abstracts to be submitted. Conference registrations will open in late May.
For enquiries, email Julie Jerbic or call Julie on (07) 5580 8677.
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8. 47th Conference on Historic and Underwater Archaeology – call for papers
SHA Québec 2014 – 47th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology
8-12 January 2014, Québec City, Canada
The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) and Advisory Council for Underwater Archaeology (ACUA) present the 47th Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, to be held 8-12 January 2014, in Québec City, Canada, on the theme “Questions That Count: A critical evaluation of historical archaeology in the 21st Century”.
The call for papers is available at the conference website.
Follow the conference on Twitter: #sha2014.
The Call for Papers is open from 1 May to 10 July 2013.
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9. Footscray Memorial Garden – officially opened 18 April 2013
Footscray Memorial Garden commemorates the 550 soldiers from Footscray who died in World Wars One and Two. Their deaths were devastating for the soldiers’ families, friends and the wider Footscray community.
The plaques in this Memorial Garden were moved from the Avenue of Honour that once lined Geelong Road, Footscray. Although the original number of soldier plaques is unknown, over 225 have now been recovered. Ten other plaques are located at the RSL at 48 Geelong Road. A further 43 names are listed here, representing those soldiers to whom plaques were dedicated but not recovered. Each plaque represents one soldier’s death.
For further information, download the Footscray Memorial Garden brochure.
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10. DOCOMOMO Australia / Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series
Japans Industrial Revolution – worth valuing?
Nirayama Furnaces
Japan’s heritage is often thought of as wooden temples, stone based castles, cherry blossom and Mount Fuji but there is a reasonable amount of heritage relating to the early period of industrialisation – Japans Industrial Revolution as some call it, which occurred from 1850 to 1912. The modernisation of Japan was a significant event in the late 19th century where a near colony dominated by Imperial powers rose to modernise, defeat Russia and become a colonial power in its own right all in about 50 years. One might even call it an outstanding event and suggest that surviving sites might indeed have universal and outstanding values worthy of World Heritage listing.
The KY World Heritage project began by the recognition by some Japanese, principally Ms Koko Kato, that some sites may have UOV. This idea garnered support to form a committee with funding available to undertake investigation and inspections. Dr Iain Stuart and Dr Michael Pearson are Australian ICOMITES on the panel of official foreign advisors to the KY committee. We have the role of assisting the representatives of the Japanese Government and other interest groups prepare a Draft Nomination document.
This talk by Dr Iain Stuart, speaking in a personal capacity, outlines the key places under consideration and their historical context, with comments on the process of nomination and how the project has evolved over time.
Dr Iain Stuart is an archaeologist who has worked in Government and in private industry over the last 30 years. He considers himself “from Melbourne” although he has lived in Sydney since 1993. He is a Board Member of TICCIH and of the Australasian Society of Historical Archaeology as well as being a long-term member of ICOMOS.
Members of the public are welcome!
Time & Date: Thursday 2 May 2013, 5.30pm for 6pm start
Cost: Members $7, non-members $12, payable at the door. Wine and nibbles will be provided.
Venue: Godden Mackay Logan, 78 George Street, Redfern
RSVP: email Jane Vernon or call (02) 9319 4811. Please note: RSVP is essential as places are limited.
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11. Australasian Urban History/Planning History Group Biennial Conference, 2-5 February 2014
Australasian Urban History/Planning History Group Biennial Conference
Landscapes and Ecologies of Urban and Planning History
Wellington, New Zealand
2-5 February 2014
The 12th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference (UHPH) will take place in Wellington, New Zealand between February 2 and 5, 2014 hosted by the Victoria University of Wellington School of Architecture.
Urbanisation represents a dynamic flux of social histories and natural ecologies woven together across time. The interaction between settlement and landscape told through conflict, discovery, heroism, failure, imagination and policy at different scales presents a rich lode for histories informed by an environmental perspective.
This conference affords a special opportunity to explore these interrelationships but will welcome all contributions related to urban and planning history in Australia and New Zealand.
Wellington is an inspired location in which to consider the complex relationships between cities and their settings. It is situated in a dramatic landscape, with the built environment perched between rugged, bush-clad hills and a magnificent harbour.
The Conference Committee has made a call for paper abstracts. The updated deadline for submitting abstracts is 30 April 2013. Further information on the Call for Papers and conference subthemes can be found at the conference website.
Please contact Morten Gjerde by email with any queries.
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12. New Sustainability and Heritage guidance sheets launched
The Hon. Matthew Guy MLC, Victorian Minister for Planning, has launched New Sustainability and Heritage guidance sheets. The guidance sheets show that relatively simple interventions can result in significant cost savings, an increase in the home’s star energy rating and reduce global warming impacts.
The guidelines were developed from a study undertaken by RMIT University Centre for Design for the Heritage Council of Victoria, the Building Commission, the Office of the Victorian Government Architect, the Department of Planning and Community Development and the Department of Sustainability and Environment, and was supported by the Heritage Chairs and Officials of Australia and New Zealand. A number of heritage house styles typically found in Victoria are examined such as Victorian brick terraces, Californian bungalows as well as more contemporary homes.
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13. Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioners Workshop
Friday 17 May 2013
The next SHAP workshop will be held on Friday 17 May 2013 to kick off Sydney’s National Archaeology Week activities. AHMS and JCIS are hosting, at the Big Dig Centre in The Rocks. This year we are structuring the workshop around the theme:
Significance and Stuff
All the big questions and maybe a few big answers!
- What is significance?
- How do you assess it?
- What do the heritage agencies say?
- What are the alternative views?
- What is a threshold and how do you know when you’ve crossed it?
AND THE STUFF! Of course there will be the usual benefits of a SHAP gathering: good company, a chance to catch up and network, the opportunity for updates from professional associations, food and some partying after.
Register your interest by emailing Fenella Atkinson, who will keep you up to date with plans as they come together. Let Fenella know if you would like to present.
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14. 17th National Engineering Heritage Conference, Canberra, November 2013
The 17th National Engineering Heritage Conference is to be held 17–20 November 2013, at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. It is hosted and organised by the Canberra Division of Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia and is being held in Canberra as part of the Centenary celebrations of the naming of the city. The theme, “Canberra 100 – Building the Capital, Building the Nation”, has been selected to highlight the contribution all states and territories of the Commonwealth have played in creating and sustaining the nation and its capital. A pre-conference tour is also planned covering, among other things, some of the sites that were considered for the National Capital.
The call for abstracts has officially closed, but proposals for papers can still be considered if they are emailed directly to Keith Baker within the next two weeks. More information is available at the conference website.
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15. 9th International Masonry Conference – call for abstracts
9th International Masonry Conference
Guimarães, Portugal
7-9 July 2014
The 9th International Masonry Conference is a joint initiative from the University of Minho and the International Masonry Society. This Conference series has become a great forum for dissemination of the latest scientific and technical developments, and for the exchange of new ideas in emerging topics in masonry.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 30 June 2013. The abstracts should be submitted through the conference website after the registration of the authors “First time registration” and accessing the “Restricted Area. You should select the option “Author” to proceed with the submission process. In your private area you can also track the abstract status. Note that in the submission you can choose from a topic or a special session, according to the subject of your abstract. For details about the topics and special sessions, please check the conference website.
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16. Xi’an 2013 – International Conference of Modern Architecture Conservation – call for papers
Xi’an 2013 – International Conference of Modern Architecture Conservation
Other MoMo, Other Heritage
8-10 October 2013
Xi’an, China
Deadline for submissions: 1 June 2013
Conference themes
- The Travels of Archi-MoMo
- MoMo of East & West
- MoMo in A.O (Asia & Oceania)
- Xtreme MoMo
- Historic City Walls and Modern Metropolitan
For further information, see the 2013 Xi’an Conference – Other MoMo Other Heritage call for papers.
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17. Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering 2010-2012 report available online
The Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) has just issued its triennial report 2010-2012. Got to the ISISE website, hover over “Newsletters” then choose “Reports” from the drop-down menu.
ISISE is a Research, Development and Innovation Unit created in 2007 that involves the Structural Engineering Groups of the universities of Coimbra and Minho, Portugal. In the reporting period 2010-2012, ISISE consolidated its leading role in Structural Engineering, with a total number of researchers of 130, secured funding for two new laboratories, two Erasmus Mundus advanced master programs and about 10 million euro in contracted research projects. Continuing its quest for excellence, with real impact in science, technology and the economy is our goal.
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18. Architecture at the Ragged Edge of Empire symposium – call for abstracts
Architecture at the Ragged Edge of Empire: Race, Place, Taste and the Colonial Context
Brisbane, Australia
27-28 June 2013
In his History of Queensland (2007), the historian Raymond Evans described the penal outpost of Moreton Bay (est. 1824 and later to become the colony of Queensland in 1859) as existing at the “ragged edge of Empire.” Initially a site of secondary punishment¬¬ for reoffending convicts, ensuring it was both geographically and morally remote from the imperial centre, the later colony was also climatically diverse (ranging from the sub-tropical to the tropical), racially conflicted (the Indigenous population at times outnumbering convicts and settlers four to one) and ethnically diverse (having the highest percentage of mainland European migrants within the Australian colonies). Undermining the ideal of a homogenous (British) settlement, such contingencies also effectively threatened, in the words of Evans, to undermine the creation of a new Britannia in the Southern semi-tropics.
The aim of the symposium Architecture at the Ragged Edge of Empire: Race, Place, Taste and the Colonial Context is to consider factors or contingencies of the colonial experience that challenged, worked against, or sat alongside the more formal (governmental) representations of colonisation. It will also consider their impact on, or expression through, colonial and/or settler architecture. While colonial architecture is often assumed to approximate that of ‘home’, especially in formal and material terms, a question regarding architecture’s disciplinarity –it’s conceptual framing as an aesthetic or a high art – is often difficult to reconcile with the climatic, geographical, ethnic and racial complexity of the colonial context. By attaching architecture to philosophical and aesthetic concepts of beauty (such as the sublime or picturesque) and artistic agency (imagination, association, genius or judgement), western architecture has also been historically linked to specific climatic, racial and social ideals. Building on Kay Anderson’s thesis (2002) that European contact with Australian Aboriginesgenerated a “crisis” for Enlightenment ideals of humanism, the symposium seeks to consider whether the climatic, geographical, racial and ethnic variations presented by the colonial context also challenged and/or altered western conceptions of architectural practice.
Papers that consider factors or contingencies that challenge the colonial context and its architectural representation are invited. These may explore but are not limited to the following topics:
Place
While the deterministic role of climate and landscape on colonial architecture is commonly argued, the disciplinary positioning of architecture within the colonial context is rarely considered. How was the practice of architecture framed or viewed by architects working in colonialsettings? Could the entanglement of taste (architecture as a cultivated rather than mechanical art, painting instead of engineering) be maintained? What effect did the topographical and climatic diversity revealed by colonisation have? Was architecture rendered mute or reduced to a technical practice in such circumstances? Was it possible to cultivate an artistic practice or architectural culture within tropical/sub-tropical/arid settings? Did the aspiring artist/architect need to leave for more temperate climes in order to develop an aesthetic sense or could these concerns be addressed locally (southern versus northern colonies, or east versus west)? Or, from a slightly difference perspective, did colonial communities view climate as degenerate or redemptive, and did climate theorists explicitly address the arts/ architecture alongside the problems of labour and national character?
Race
While British colonial institutions governed theearly penal and settler societies of Australia, the populations of these new communities were often heterogeneous, ethnically diverse, and racially conflicted. In Australia, this was perhaps made most explicit by the imbalance of settler and indigenous populations and the conflict and dispossession that resulted, and further complicated by the ethnic diversity of settler populations themselves. Such conditions were often mirrored in colonial settlements the world over.
While racial and ethnic diversity and conflict are acknowledged as attributes of the colonial condition, their impact on the architecture of white settlement is less considered. How did issues of race, ethnic heterogeneity, hybrid populations or racial conflict impact on colonial architectural practice? Did architecture participate in broader agendas of cultural representation, racial division and/or ‘reform’? Did ethnic and racial diversity challenge the authority of colonial institutions and/or Enlightenment and humanitarian values of universality and equality? Were “hybrid” communities viewed, in accordance with nineteenth century theories on race—as potentially infertile, unproductive and lacking in character (Young 1995, Beasley 2010)— or did they make explicit and support alternative models, such cosmopolitanism? Was the ‘other,’ external or internal, framed by discourses other than that of colonisation or ‘empire’?
Taste
A final issue to consider is the problem of taste. Within Australia, colonised initially under a penal system and later through free settlement and migration schemes, significant proportions of early populations were often illiterate or semiliterate, valued for their physical labour rather than their intellectual capacity. Cultural refinement, as Evans has suggested, though not entirely lacking, often remained somewhat at a discount—at best a luxury and at worst a distraction. What role did the concept of ‘taste’ play in these societies? What was the impact on the practice of architecture of such a demographic mix? How was architecture viewed by such communities (technical practice or higher art) and was it valued? Did architecture, and the broader arts, play a role in the lives, education and ‘improvement’ of such communities or was it the sole domain of government and a wealthy elite? Was a culture of architectural taste developed and if so how and by whom?
This symposium invites papers that consider the above and related issues, both within Australia and other colonial contexts. We invite abstracts of up to 300 words for 20-minute papers.
Please submit abstracts to Deborah van der Plaat via email no later than 10 May 2013.
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19. 15th International Conference of National Trusts, Uganda, September-October 2013
15th International Conference of National Trusts
“Our heritage, our future”
Cultural diversity for Responsible Development
30 September – 4 October 2013
Entebbe, Uganda
For more information and to register please visit the conference website or email the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda.
The call for papers is still open.
There are a limited number of bursaries available to help participants who need financial assistance to attend.
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20. Tree Forum, WA, Friday 10 May
Following on from the Landscape Forum in 2011, which involved people from the National Trust of WA, ICOMOS and the Australian Garden History Society, Australian Garden History Society’s WA branch running a Tree Forum on Friday 10 May, with sponsorship from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Ellenby Tree Farms and the Arbor Centre.
Most of the concerns raised at the Landscape Forum related to the lack of protection for trees in the metropolitan area and on the fringes, including orchards in the hills and the vineyards and old olive trees in the Swan Valley. Therefore we are running a Tree Forum in order to provide an opportunity for a cross-section of experts and enthusiasts to engage in a dialogue about trees in Perth and beyond. Some of the speakers will be familiar to those who attended the Landscape Forum, including Craig Burton and Stuart Read, but we also have Australia ICOMOS expert Jane Lennon presenting on trees as markers in cultural landscapes.
The early bird rate expires on Friday 19 April. Click here to register.
If necessary, it is possible to register by obtaining an invoice and payment via bank to bank transfer or by cheque. In either case, please email Caroline Grant.
Download the Tree Forum flier.
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21. New publication by ICOMOS Bosnia and Herzegovina
The ICOMOS National Committee in Bosnia and Herzegovina has published the book Firduz-begov hamam: Revitalizacija arheoloskog lokaliteta/Firduz-bey’s hammam: Revitalization of the archaeological site.
The book is an outcome of a round table session organised for occasion of 18th April – The International Day for Monuments and Sites, in 2011, thematically dedicated to the cultural heritage of water.
Click here to read or download the publication.
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22. Call for Papers: The Venice Charter at Fifty issue of Change Over Time
Change Over Time is a new, semiannual journal publishing original, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles on the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the built environment. Each issue is dedicated to a particular theme as a method to promote critical discourse on contemporary conservation issues from multiple perspectives both within the field and across disciplines. Themes will be examined at all scales, from the global and regional to the microscopic and material. Forthcoming issues will address topics such as economics and heritage, professionalism, vandalism, interpretation and display, the public good, and the Venice Charter at 50.
Call for Papers
Change Over Time seeks papers for its The Venice Charter at Fifty (Spring 2014) issue. Download the Change Over Time_The Venice Charter at Fifty – call for papers for further information.
Visit the Change Over Time webpage for more about the journal.
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23. Heritage Awards 2013
The President Mr Ian Carroll OAM, The Chief Executive Officer Mr Brian Scarsbrick AM and the Board Members of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) invite you to the Heritage Awards 2013, to be held at the heritage-listed Doltone House Jones Bay Wharf.
Time & Date
Wednesday 8 May, 11.30am-2.00pm
Venue & Parking
Doltone House – South Pier, Piers 19-21 Upper Deck
26-32 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont Point NSW
Click on the following link for Venue Parking information: JBW Invitation Directions Map
Flat rate $14 at Wilson’s Jones Bay Wharf Car Park, must be validated at the venue
RSVP & Cost
Early Bird RSVP Friday 19 April
- Single tickets $95
- Table of 10 $900
RSVP Tuesday 30 April
- Single tickets $105
- Table of 10 $1000
Dietary
Please inform us of any special requirements
Dress Code
Business
Please Note New Venue & New Day
Bookings
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24. Australian Studies Research Network presentations
Join the Australian Studies Research Network from 5-7pm, Friday 10 May at History House (133 Macquarie Street) to hear:
Multispecies Belonging in the Time of Extinctions
Prof. Deborah Bird Rose, MQ & UNSW
Questions of belonging are never far from the discourses of identity in settler societies. Nonhumans, both animals and plants, have been part of the discourse right from the beginning. Only recently, though, have animals (in particular) been seen as *participants* in questions of belonging. The complications animals bring to belonging become even more knotty in this time of anthropogenic extinctions. Professor Bird Rose will address these issues through a case study drawn from the multispecies ethnography that is her current research project.
Postgrads, professional historians and members of the public are particularly welcome. Wine and snacks will be served, and we will adjourn for early dinner nearby. For more information, please contact Lisa Ford via email or Nancy Cushing via email.
The Australian Studies Research Network has a great line-up this year, save the dates:
- 14 June – Dr Wendy Michaels, Equal Rights for Mothers and Fathers
- 9 August – Prof. Ian Tyrrell, Roosevelt and Settler Conservation
- 13 September – Paul Irish, Revisiting Bennelong Point: Urban Aboriginal Settlements and the Origins of the Aborigines Protection Board
- 11 October – Dr Paula Hamilton, Memory and Sensory Urbanism
- 8 November – Professor Grace Karskens, TBA
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25. 2013 West Australian Heritage Awards
The winners of the 2013 West Australian Heritage Awards have been announced. The historic town of Toodyay dominated the awards by winning three of the 11 categories, other winners include the WA Ballet Centre, Maylands; Kulahea, Cottesloe; Heritage Buildings at Brookfield Place, Perth and Edenvale, Pinjarra. Find out more
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26. News from The Best in Heritage
19 – 21 September 2013 In partnership with EuropaNostra Under special patronage of ICOM
The conference programme has been finalised. With Twenty-four laureates from nineteen countries coming from five continents, it will offer a truly global survey of best museum, heritage and conservation practice of today. As there is noticeable increase of tourists visiting Dubrovnik already now in the pre-season, be sure to make your travel and accommodation arrangements soon, and to register on-line here. The series of video presentations from last year’s conference continues on YouTube with material from Museu do Papel from Portugal, MuseoTorino from Italy and Swedish Air Force Museum. Enjoy!
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Held every three years, the General Conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) will return to Latin America for the first time since the 1986 edition in Argentina. The city of Rio de Janeiro will welcome some 3,000 museum professionals from all over the world between 10 and 17 August 2013. Participants from various cultural and professional backgrounds will discuss the conference theme, Museums (Memory+ Creativity) = Social Change, while a museum trade and institutional fair will reflect new trends in the field. For the official website click here.
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Winners for the European Museum of the Year Award, Special Commendations, the Silletto Prize and the Kenneth Hudson Award will be announced at a special award ceremony which will take place as part of the European Museum Forum Annual Assembly from 15‐18 May at the Gallo Romeins Museum, in Tongeren, Belgium. It is a great opportunity for museum professionals to come together and discuss changing roles of museums and challenges in the current economic, social and political climate of Europe. For more information and to register, visit the official website.
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SOME PROJECTS FROM THE BEST IN HERITAGE 2013 PROGRAMME
The Restoration of the Number 2 Blast Furnace in Sagunto, Spain is the Grand-Prix laureate of EU Award for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2012. By revealing the beauty of this 1920s blast furnace, it has allowed the recovery of the most significant remains of what was the major iron and steelwork industry of the Mediterranean basin operating from 1917 to 1984. Besides its powerful imagery and commemorative nature, the educational potential of the blast furnace was a determining factor in preventing its demolition when the iron industry of Sagunto was definitively closed. More..
Mbaru Niang in Wae Rebo Village, Flores Island, Indonesia is the 2012 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Excellence laureate. The community-led rebuilding project, initiated by the voluntary effort of Rumah Asuh Foundation, is exceptional for the way that it successfully engaged with a broad range of conservation issues at the local level. Through the valorization of traditional knowledge in continuing architectural form and construction practices, the project has re-established sustainability of the local built environment and has promoted the pride and spirit of the community. More..
The purpose-built, glass-walled museum overlooking Glasnevin Cemetery was opened in 2010 by the not-for-profit Glasnevin Trust to enrich visitors experience of the cemetery and their knowledge and understanding of Irish history through the lives of the leading public figures buried there. In 2012 it has received the European Museum Forum Kenneth Hudson Award.The museum transforms public perception of cemeteries and has turned an unexpected place into a vibrant historically informative experience about life and lives. Public is firmly at the heart of their endeavour. More..
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27. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.
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28. Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) bulletin – available online
To view the April 2013 issue of the GCI bulletin, click here.
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29. SITUATION VACANT Conservation Manager, Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA)
Conservation Manager
Salary Range: $93,957-$100,355
PAHSMA manages three of the eleven sites in the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage property: the Port Arthur Historic Site, Coal Mines Historic Site and Cascades Female Factory Historic Site. The first two are located on the Tasman Peninsula, while the Female Factory is in South Hobart. We were looking for a Conservation Manager, who will be responsible for managing capital and maintenance works relating to the conservation of historic fabric and structures and ensuring that the cultural heritage values of the Port Arthur Historic Sites are maintained and protected. This position will be part of the management team within the Conservation and Infrastructure Department, and is based at the Port Arthur Historic Site.
Job kits (including Statement of Duties and Selection Criteria) can be obtained from the Human Resources Coordinator (contact details below), the Port Arthur Historic Site website or the Tasmanian Government Jobs website.
Enquiries to: Dr Jane Harrington, Director Conservation & Infrastructure, Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, Port Arthur, Tasmania 7182, phone (03) 6251 2330, fax (03) 6251 2322, mobile 0409 344 598, or email Jane.
Applications (addressing selection criteria) to: Philip Johnston, Human Resources Coordinator, Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, Port Arthur, Tasmania 7182, phone (03) 6251 2357, fax (03) 6251 2322, or email Philip.
Closing Date: Monday 29 April 2013
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