Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 623

  1. Archaeological Site Open Day in the City of Sydney, Saturday 8 March
  2. ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2014 – call for presentations
  3. 20th Annual National Trust Heritage Awards open for registration
  4. Call for EOI for two Co-opted members to the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee
  5. Brickwork Conservation Workshops – registration open
  6. Australia ICOMOS Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group – call for EOIs
  7. Improvements to the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 (TAS) – information session
  8. Calling AustICOMites attending 2014 General Assembly
  9. ICOM-CC Conference 2014 – Plenary Session information
  10. Australia ICOMOS / Docomomo Sydney Talk Series, 27 March
  11. The Resilience of Vernacular Heritage in Asian Cities, Singapore, November 2014 – call for papers
  12. Green Army legislation introduced to Parliament – Hon Greg Hunt media release
  13. NSW State Library Mitchell Reading Room
  14. “Sustaining Places of Worship” conference, 14 March, Adelaide
  15. Port Arthur Talks, Thursday 27 March 2014
  16. 18th ICOMOS General Assembly, Youth Forum – call for papers
  17. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, Melbourne
  18. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
  19. Book launch for Jane Lydon (ed.) Calling the shots, Brisbane, 2 April
  20. AICCM Fundraising movie night, Canberra, 20 March
  21. Call for Entries: 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
  22. “Efficiency and excellence in the public memory sector” symposium, Croatia, September 2014 – call for papers
  23. News from CyArk
  24. Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now
  25. ICAHM 2014 conference, China, October 2014 – call for papers
  26. ICOMOS ISC Theory & Philosophy conference, Latvia, May 2014 – call for papers
  27. Latest Global Heritage Review (GHR) bulletin available online
  28. Conference on UNESCO Conventions, Norway, March 2014 – registration deadline approaching
  29. SITUATIONS VACANT Manager Conservation & Manager Region Metropolitan, NSW Heritage Division, Office of Environment and Heritage

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1. Archaeological Site Open Day in the City of Sydney, Saturday 8 March

Hamilton Marino Builders is constructing a 16-storey mixed use building at 209 Castlereagh Street, on behalf of Lenland Property Development. Australian Museum Consulting is undertaking the historical archaeological excavations of the site. The excavations have exposed extensive remains of a terrace row of five houses, built in the 1850s and demolished in 1924 to make way for the construction of Bathurst House. The terrace was built over an 1820s building, possibly the Red Cow Inn.

Hamilton Marino Builders and Australian Museum Consulting have pleasure in opening the site to the public on Saturday 8 March 2014. Places are strictly limited and bookings are essential as small pre-booked groups only will be admitted. Viewing times will commence on the hour, twenty past and twenty to each hour between 10 AM and 3PM. Bookings can be made by sending an email to this email address. 

The site is on the corner of Bathurst & Castlereagh Streets, next to the Fire Station, and will be entered through a door on Bathurst Street.

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2. ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2014 – call for presentations

Presentations are now invited for the ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2014 – download the ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2014 – Call for Presentations for further information.

The details of the Symposium are outlined below.

Date & Time: Saturday 19 July 2014, 8.30am to 5.00pm

Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building Theatre, Bldg 120, ANU campus.

Cost: $70 full, $50 members of the host organizations, $30 concession & full-time students – registration details will be available by the end of April 2014.

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3. 20th Annual National Trust Heritage Awards open for registration

Saving Our Past For The Future: Heritage Awards 2014 – 20th Annual National Trust Heritage Awards open for registrations

The immaculate restoration of a now-vibrant wetlands in Tomago in the Hunter, the rebuilding one of Australia’s oldest churches in St Albans, the revival of Wollongong’s North Beach Bathers Pavilion and the reshaping of the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour. These were all projects recognised by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) at their Heritage Awards in 2013. Nominations are open again for this year’s competition.

The Awards have come to celebrate those people who are saving our past for the future. Not only do they showcase the work being saved for future generations to enjoy, they celebrate the often painstaking work that people undertake with impeccable attention to detail.

National Trust NSW CEO Brian Scarsbrick notes that The Heritage Awards are as much about our future as it is about our past. “We owe a debt of gratitude to all our award winners. What they have managed to give us what is always a wonderful gift for the future.”

The awards are the signature event of the Heritage Festival, which is held each year to celebrate Australia’s cultural heritage. The awards are now open and are accepting registrations up until  24 March 2014.

There are 11 categories.

Major Award Categories

1. Conservation – built heritage
A) Government/Corporate
B) Community/Individuals

2. Conservation- landscape

3. Conservation- interiors and objects

4. Adaptive re-use

5. Advocacy campaigns

6. Research and investigation / analysis

7. Education and interpretation

Individual Awards include

1. Lifetime Achievement Award

2. Cathy Donnelly Memorial Award (for female heritage professionals)

3. Trade / Skills Award – trades person/group of the year

To enter the awards click here.

The National Trust 2014 Heritage Festival Awards will be presented on Wednesday 14 May 2014 at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont.

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4. Call for EOI for two Co-opted members to the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee

I am contacting all Full members on behalf of the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee to encourage submissions for an Expression of Interest to be co-opted to the Executive Committee for the remainder of the year. I would like to acknowledge the contributions of two members of the EC who have recently resigned due to other commitments – Kate Cowie and Lance Syme – and thank them for their considerable efforts as members of the EC.

As well as these vacancies, we discussed at our last meeting in Hobart that we have some gaps in terms of geographic distribution on the committee and we would be keen to see particular EOIs that may remedy these gaps. This does not mean we would not welcome interest from you if you are not in the states, as outlined below, but that we would give priority to these areas. These co-options would be effective until the next AGM, to be held in October, and we would encourage any appointee to stand for election to the committee for 2015. Our next EC meeting is to be held in Perth on the weekend of 17-18 May and we would hope that appointees would be able to attend that meeting.

Participating in the EC is certainly a commitment, but I am sure my personal experience is echoed by many others who have been involved as an EC member. It is an excellent opportunity to contribute to Australia’s cultural heritage in a meaningful way, to gain a greater understanding of issues at a national level, to network with amazing people and actually have a bit of fun along the way.

Our priorities for EC membership at the moment are for EC membership that reflects:

  • ACT (state representative) – a necessary co-opted position; and
  • Northern Territory

However, we are open to all those interested – and this is an excellent way of getting more actively involved in Australia ICOMOS (AI). You will be working with an enthusiastic and friendly team of people and will have a lot of fun along the way. We are a welcoming organisation, and you will be helped settle into the Committee role both by induction policies that we have now prepared and by other EC members. It is a fast learning curve, but a good one!

Your time commitments would be: 3 x 1.5 day meetings for the remainder of this year; one of which will be associated with the AGM. The meetings are spread around the member states and usually associated with a professional/social event for members in that state. The schedule for the remainder of 2014 is: 17/18 May – Perth; 23/24 August – Sydney; 18/19 October (and AGM) – Melbourne (dates for the meeting in Melbourne are yet to be finalised but the meeting will take place in conjunction with an event/seminar).

All Executive Committee members make a significant commitment to the organisation, giving up not only their time but also paying the first $300 of travel costs to each of these meetings. Any cost over and above this will be reimbursed.

Form of application

If you wish to submit an EOI please provide:

  1. a brief statement of no more than 500 words outlining why you believe you would be suited to the position
  2. a copy of your Curriculum Vitae

If you are interested could you please forward an Expression of Interest as noted above, via email to the Secretariat, to reach us no later than COB Friday 21 March 2014. If you would like to discuss further or have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me (my mobile is 0419 816 525) or any other member of the EC. We look forward to hearing from you.

Elizabeth Vines OAM
President, Australia ICOMOS

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5. Brickwork Conservation Workshops – registration open

Australia ICOMOS is pleased to announce Brickwork Conservation Workshops
in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne
to be presented by Dr Gerard Lynch

Gerard Lynch is an internationally acclaimed and highly respected historic brickwork consultant, master bricklayer, educator and author. He followed a traditional apprenticeship as a bricklayer and over the years gained many awards, including the Silver and Gold Trowels from the Brick Development Association and is a Licentiate of the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Gerard is a former Head Lecturer of Trowel Trades at Bedford College, pioneering a revival of almost forgotten traditional craft skills; he is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on brick conservation, and is affectionately known as ‘The Red Mason’. 

Workshop dates

  • Brisbane: Thursday 13 March 2014
  • Sydney: Tuesday 18 & Wednesday 19 March 2014 – NOTE: this workshop now FULL
  • Adelaide: Tuesday 25 March 2014
  • Melbourne: Thursday 27 March 2014

Workshop program, registration and payment details are available by clicking on the relevant link below for each workshop.

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6. Australia ICOMOS Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group – call for EOIs

At its AGM Australia ICOMOS resolved to review its 2001 Statement on Indigenous Cultural Heritage, and to consider the preparation of a Reconciliation Action Plan. Reconciliation Australia encourages all organisations to prepare Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) setting out what they will do to contribute to reconciliation in Australia, and it is working with organisations across Australia to turn their good intentions into real actions. RAPs are developed through the organisation as a whole, with opportunities for all members to contribute. For more information about RAPs visit the Reconciliation Australia website which includes endorsed RAPs, such as that prepared by the National Trust of Australia (WA).

Australia ICOMOS is forming a working group of members to advance the RAP process and to establish a timetable for its completion. Several members have already agreed to serve on the working group and this is a call for expressions of interest from additional members.

EOIs can only be accepted from individuals who are current financial members of Australia ICOMOS. However, Australia ICOMOS is extremely conscious that the proposed RAP will be enhanced by active involvement of Aboriginal people and Aboriginal people who are interested in contributing to this project at any point are strongly encouraged to contact the conveners of the working group or the Australia ICOMOS Membership Secretary to explore opportunities for membership.

If you are interested in joining the working group please email Lance Syme or email Meredith Walker with an Expression of Interest (EOI) by Friday 21 March.

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7. Improvements to the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 (TAS) – information session

Changes to the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 come into effect on 1 March 2014.

The key change for owners and managers of places entered on the Tasmania Heritage Register has been to improve and simplify the process when seeking approval for works.

The main change is that a separate works application will no longer be required. Simply lodge a development application with the local council and it will be forwarded to the Heritage Council.

The changes create a single application, single advertisement and single permit process. Owners and developers will benefit with reduced fees, less paperwork and clearer and more consistent decisions that incorporate local council and Tasmanian Heritage Council decisions into a single permit.

Heritage Tasmania and the Heritage Council are holding information sessions for architects, archaeologists, planners, cultural heritage practitioners and others working in the heritage sector.

Session details

HOBART: Thursday 13 March, 2pm at Elizabeth Street Pier (followed by wine and cheese)

LAUNCESTON: Friday 14 March , 2pm at the Tramsheds, Invermay (followed by wine and cheese)

To RSVP, please email Heritage Tasmania by Monday 10 March 2014. For further information contact Ester Guerzoni on 1300 850 332.

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8. Calling AustICOMites attending 2014 General Assembly

Dear Australian ICOMites,

The next General Assembly (GA) will be held in Florence, Italy between 4th to 15th November 2014.

The Australian contingent is always very well represented at General Assemblies and I am sure Florence will continue to be likewise.

A GA includes allied meetings of the Advisory Council of national presidents, the Scientific Council for the ISCs, and individual ISCs holding their own meetings and some may also organise specialised excursions.

At past GAs AustICOMOS members gathered for an Oz Dinner (invariably plus a few honorary “Aussies”).

As we travel so far, several Australians seek to minimise expenses by sharing an apartment rather than hotel rooms.

Australia ICOMOS members who intend to go to Florence, please email Sue Jackson-Stepowski by 14 March 2014. NOTE those seeking to hire an apartment intend / need to do so speedily i.e. within the next month.

In your email please advise:

  • name of person(s) attending the Florence General Assembly
  • name of person(s) attending the Advisory Council meeting
  • name of person(s) attending the Scientific Council meeting
  • name of person(s) attending an ISC meeting(s), and if so please state which ISC meeting(s)
  • interest in sharing accommodation and if so what type : single bedroom/twin share room/double share room/other (please state)

Many thanks,
Sue Jackson-Stepowski

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9. ICOM-CC Conference 2014 – Plenary Session information

Wednesday Plenary Session

Wednesday’s plenary session will challenge delegates to think about how conservation can help build strong culture for the benefit of society. This session examines how conservators can help strengthen communities which have been damaged through war, natural disaster, or displacement, as well as supporting a sense of identity within thriving communities.

Invited Speakers

Fr. Milan Ted D. Torralba

Fr. Milan Ted D. Torralba is a priest, heritage advocate and canon lawyer. He studied at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, where he obtained his academic degrees in philosophy, theology, and canon law, pursued a Master of Arts in Linguistics. He has a Master in Cultural Heritage degree from the same university. Since its founding in 1996, he has served the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Permanent Committee for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (PCCHC) as its Executive Secretary, and Chair of Tagbilaran Diocese’s Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church.

Click here for full bio

Jeremy Barns

As the Director of the National Museum, Jeremy Barns has the mandate of preserving national cultural treasures across the Philippines, and in the recent disasters, eight of ten declared national cultural treasures, were seriously affected. He offers unique insights on the Museums sector from the perspective of key decision makers. Educated in Australia and the Philippines, his contribution is important for bridging links between conservation in Southeast Asia and Australia. He believes it is of vital importance that conservation as a profession is able to engage stakeholders at the highest levels of government and institutions.

Click here for full bio

Visit the conference website for more information.

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10. Australia ICOMOS / Docomomo Sydney Talk Series, 27 March

DOUGLAS SNELLING: AUSTRALASIA’S MISSING LINK TO CALIFORNIA MODERNISM

Snelling

Douglas Burrage Snelling (1916-1985) was one of Asia-Pacific’s most significant interpreters of California modern design and architecture innovations from the 1930s to the 1970s – particularly luxury lifestyle themes popular in Beverley Hills and Palm Springs and ‘Polynesian pop’ aspects of the tiki style. Inspired by a stream of apprentices from Frank Lloyd Wright – notably Richard Neutra, Harwell Hamilton Harris and Gordon Drake – he was briefly employed by Beverley Hills architect Douglas Honnold and received technical instructions from John Lautner on how to build the southern hemisphere’s first ‘infinity’ (spill-edge) swimming pool.

Snelling was a fore-runner (from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s) of the ‘indigenous modern’ (pseudo thatched roofs) thrust in luxury Asia-Pacific resorts and residences. This movement peaked with Peter Muller and Kerry Hill’s hotels in Bali and Amanresorts from the 1970s to the 1990s and included Sydney residences with tribal-style roofs in corrugated steel by Richard Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury during the 1980s and 1990s. Snelling can be regarded as ‘the missing link’ practising architecture and multi-disciplinary design in Sydney between the departure of Wright’s former students Walter and Marion Griffin in 1935 and the 1950s career beginnings of a new generation of organic modernist architects and designers who later became known as ‘The Sydney School’.

This talk will cover Douglas Snelling’s pan-Pacific career from birth in England to adulthood in NZ, his two working stints in Hollywood, his successful professional life in design and architecture in Sydney, schemes for resorts and houses across the South Pacific, retirement to Hawaii and role as a diplomat for the King of Cambodia. Snelling’s eldest son Christopher will show and explain key family memories from the late 1960s to Douglas’ death in 1985.

SPEAKERS

Davina Jackson M.Arch (history and theory) is a visiting research fellow with Goldsmiths College of Art at the University of London and an associate editor Arts Music Architecture with Berlin science publishers De Gruyter Open. She is the Sydney author of an RMIT PhD thesis on Douglas Snelling and author of the Australia-Pacific architecture summary in the forthcoming Routledge World of Modernism anthology.

Christopher Snelling is the eldest of Douglas Snelling’s three sons and Manager of the Powerhouse Discovery Centre at Casula. He is a former marketing director for the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Members of the public are welcome!

Time & Date: Thursday 27 March 2014, 5.30 for 6.00pm start
Cost: Members $7, non-members $12 payable at the door. Wine and nibbles will be provided.
Venue: GML Heritage, 78 George Street, Redfern
RSVP: email Jane Vernon or call (02) 9319 4811. RSVP is essential as places are limited.

Download the DOCOMOMO – AUSTRALIA ICOMOS TALK_27 March 2014 flyer.

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11. The Resilience of Vernacular Heritage in Asian Cities, Singapore, November 2014 – call for papers

The Resilience of Vernacular Heritage in Asian Cities
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
6-7 November 2014

This conference focuses on the interplay between cultural practices and the production of urban space and place-making that creates the living vernacular heritages of neighborhoods and communities of the city. Emphasis is given to community efforts and collective empowerment through heritage preservation practices that are found to enhance sustenance of the natural environment as well as resilience towards environmental threats. The attention given to the vitality of vernacular heritage for its own sake and in creating foundations for disaster resilience is an as yet understudied dimension of research on such contemporary issues as the right to the city and spatial justice. Papers on disaster risk reduction for monumental heritage preservation would also be welcomed as long as they discuss the role of ordinary people and communities in constructing their everyday lives in and around these monuments, through which the monuments become meaningful spaces for their everyday life-spaces.

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: 31 JULY 2014

For further information, visit the conference website.

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12. Green Army legislation introduced to Parliament – Hon Greg Hunt media release 

Australia ICOMOS is committed to the dissemination of relevant cultural heritage information. In line with this commitment we are circulating the following media release from the Hon Greg Hunt, dated 26 February 2014.

The Coalition Government is delivering another key election commitment with legislation to establish the Green Army introduced to Parliament today.

The Green Army is a voluntary programme that will encourage hands-on, practical, grassroots action to support local environment and heritage conservation projects across Australia.

It’s an opportunity for young Australians aged 17-24 to gain training and experience in environmental and heritage conservation fields and explore careers in conservation management.

The Green Army will commence with the rollout of 250 projects and approximately 2,500 people undertaking on-the-ground environmental activities in the first year. It will grow to become Australia’s largest-ever environmental workforce with 15,000 participants by 2018.

Participation in the Green Army will be open to a diverse range of young people, including school leavers, gap year students, graduates and job seekers.

Participants will be eligible to receive a Green Army allowance and will also have the opportunity to undertake training. Team Supervisors will be paid a wage consistent with the Gardening and Landscaping Services Award.

The Australian Government will shortly be undertaking a tender process for Service Providers, who will engage the Green Army Teams, manage activities to ensure projects are completed and report regularly on progress.

Local councils, community groups and natural resources management organisations will have the chance to develop and submit Green Army project proposals for consideration. Applications will open shortly.

Already 150 projects have been committed and these will be delivered in the initial rollout.

The Green Army will make a real difference to the environment and local communities through projects such as restoring and protecting habitat, weeding, planting, cleaning up creeks and rivers and restoring cultural heritage places.

Projects may be carried out across urban, regional and remote Australia on public land, Indigenous-held lands, or private land where there is a clear community and environmental and heritage benefit.

Further details on the Green Army are available online.

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13. NSW State Library Mitchell Reading Room

Australia ICOMOS is committed to the dissemination of information that may interest the readership of this E-newsletter. In line with this commitment we are circulating the following information about a petition that readers of the E-newsletter may like to participate in. The inclusion of this item is for the information of E-newsletter readers only and is not an indication of the position Australia ICOMOS holds on this matter.

Australia ICOMOS has been made aware of the conversion of the Mitchell Reading Room at the NSW State Library and is concerned that an appropriate consultation process may not been undertaken prior to this conversion.

Those who are interested in learning more about this matter and/or taking part in the Save Mitchell Library petition can visit this link. 

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14. “Sustaining Places of Worship” conference, 14 March, Adelaide

Sustaining Places of Worship – a multi-faith conference
St John’s Anglican Church & Hall
Halifax Street, Adelaide

Friday 14 March 2014
9am for 9.30am start, concluding 1pm

This conference follows the success of the event entitled ‘Sustaining Places of Worship – New Ideas for South Australia’ which took place on Friday 14 September 2012.

The purpose of this 2014 conference is to explore current methods and ideas in the Practical Conservation and repair of church buildings in South Australia. There will a diverse range of speakers and topics and plenty of opportunity for delegates to contribute through debate and networking.

Split into two sessions, the morning will begin with a series of short talks by the guest specialists followed by a refreshment break. The second session with allow the delegates an opportunity to be involved in their choice of two discussion workshops chaired by the specialist speakers and involving questions and answers relating to the speakers’ earlier talks.

Speakers

  • Liz Vines, Conservation Architect and President of ICOMOS Australia
  • Ian Hamilton, Heritage Specialist with Grieve Gillett Architects, Adelaide
  • Keith McAllister, Principal with Adelaide based masonry contractor HSR Group
  • Phil Roach, Building Services Manager SA with Lucid Consulting
  • Stephen Schrapel, Senior Heritage Architect with the State Heritage Unit, DEWNR

For further information, click on the following links

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15. Port Arthur Talks, Thursday 27 March 2014

Jane Franklin at Port Arthur
presented by Dr Alison Alexander

In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world, and was probably the best travelled woman of her day. Born in late eighteenth century London and married at the age of 36 years to Sir John Franklin, she travelled widely, and with an original ambition to live life to the full she was equally desirous of making her kind and mild husband a success. Arriving in Tasmania in 1837 when Sir John became governor, she swept like a whirlwind through the colony: attempting to rid the island of snakes; establishing a scientific society and the Hobart regatta; and adopting an Aboriginal girl to name a few of her many activities.

In 1837 the Franklins visited Port Arthur. In her diary and letters, Jane Franklin, an acute observer, gave a full and frank description of her visit. This paper analyses this description.

Alison Alexander has written 24 books about Tasmanian history, ranging from commissioned histories of a variety of institutions and areas, to biographies. Her most important books are: The ambitions of Jane Franklin (2013), and Tasmania’s Convicts (2010).

ALL WELCOME!

When: Thursday 27 March 2014 at 5.30pm

Where: Junior Medical Officer’s Conference Room

Download the ‘Jane Franklin at Port Arthur’ flier.

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16. 18th ICOMOS General Assembly, Youth Forum – call for papers

18th ICOMOS General Assembly
ICOMOS Youth Forum
11 November 2014
Florence, Italy

Call for papers: Facilitating entry into working life for young professionals

On behalf of ICOMOS Italy, ICOMOS has the pleasure of launching the call for papers for the ICOMOS Youth Forum “Facilitating entry into working life for young professionals” taking place in the context of the 18th General Assembly on 11 November 2014 at the Auditorio al Duomo, Florence, Italy.

The Youth Forum will discuss the questions: What specific training is needed and what technical contribution can young professionals make to meeting the challenges of heritage conservation and emergency situations? What organisational, technical and scientific responses are needed?

For all further details, download the call for papers.

Deadline for abstracts: 20 March 2014 (age limit for authors: 40 years).

Further information

  • Youth Forum Scientific Secretariat and address for sending abstracts – email this address
  • For more information on the 18th General Assembly, click here (further practical information will be posted in March 2014)

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17. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, Melbourne

Welcome to another year of seminars by from the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific at Deakin University. To all our presenters last year, a big thank you!! We hope you will continue to participate in CHCAP seminars and keep us posted on your research progress.

We launch 2014 with a presentation by Dr. Denis Byrne (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney) titled “Reclamation: Making landscape in Pearl River Delta/reflections on the culture-nature binary”.

Abstract

Since at least the Song Dynasty (960-1279) people in the Pearl River Delta have been ‘reclaiming’ the delta seascape to create new farmland. More recently reclamation in the Delta and up and down the China coast has been undertaken for port and airport construction, urban expansion, fish farm and theme park construction. The English term ‘reclamation’, implying a recovery of something already ours, is reflective of the modernity’s vision of a subservient nature. But activity in the reclamation zone also speaks to the permeability of the land-sea border and the tension between human projects and natural processes, especially when we think of 21st century climate change and its promise of inundation. Reclamation seems like a good fact and metaphor for thinking about ICS’s research theme ‘Heritage and Environment’ which, rather than just a combination of two research areas, is vitally interested in the culture-nature binary that haunts them and ways of transcending it.

The specific history of reclamation in the Pearl River Delta is entwined with the history of work-travel and immigration between there to California, Australia and other destinations and the transnational flow of environmental knowledge that accompanied it.

Biography

Denis Byrne joined the Institute in 2014 as a Senior Research Fellow specialising in heritage studies. He is an archaeologist whose work has been in Indigenous heritage conservation in Australia and in the cultural politics of heritage in Southeast Asia. His books Surface Collection (Rowman & Littlefield 2007) and Counterheritage (Routledge in press 2014) challenge Western-derived heritage practices in Asia and explore new approaches to the writing of archaeology and heritage. He is currently researching the transnational heritage of migration in the Australia-Asia sphere.

Date: Monday 7 April 2014

Time: 5.30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 3, Deakin Prime, City Campus, 3/550 Bourke Street, Melbourne

DINNER: The seminar will be followed by dinner around 7 p.m. at a nearby restaurant. Please RSVP to Yamini Narayanan by email for dinner booking.

Email list: To be included in the CHCAP email newsletter distribution list, email  Yamini Narayanan

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18. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available

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

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19. Book launch for Jane Lydon (ed.) Calling the shots, Brisbane, 2 April

Calling the shots

Museum of Brisbane and Aboriginal Studies Press invites you to the launch of Calling the shots, edited by Professor Jane Lydon (UWA).

To be launched by art historian and curator Djon Mundine.

The launch will be followed by a panel discussion with Jane Lydon, Michael Aird, Shauna Bostock-Smith and Djon Mundine (facilitator)

Date & Time: 6:00pm, Wednesday 2 April 2014

Venue: Museum of Brisbane, Level 3, City Hall, Brisbane

Bookings: click here

Calling the shots is published by Aboriginal Studies Press.

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20. AICCM Fundraising movie night, Canberra, 20 March

The AICCM (Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials) ACT division will be hosting a fundraiser movie night at Palace Electric Cinema on Thursday 20 March. Members of AICCM and affiliated heritage organisations, families and friends are invited to join us for the movie and popcorn or choctops. Proceeds from this fundraising will support the AICCM in further our work of promoting the conservation of cultural heritage material within Australia and improve access to information and expertise in community and regional areas.

Tickets are available via the TryBooking website (search for AICCM) or CLICK HERE.

Download the AICCM Movie Night flyer.

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21. Call for Entries: 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Entries are now being accepted for the 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The Awards were established in 2000 to recognize the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and public-private initiatives, in successfully conserving structures of heritage value in the region. In 2013 the award cycle received entries from the widest geographic spread to date, with a total of 47 projects submitted from 16 countries across Asia and the Pacific.

With support from the Sino-Ocean Charity Foundation the programme will continue this year to expand and explore new and exciting issues related to exemplary heritage conservation practice.

Entries for the 2014 Award programme must be submitted with an official entry form, project description using the official format, occupant comment form(s), owner consent form, rights authorization form, including drawings and photos in hard copy and on CD before 31 March 2014.

Click here to visit the official heritage awards website and to download the e-brochure and entry forms.

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22. “Efficiency and excellence in the public memory sector” symposium, Croatia, September 2014 – call for papers

The Useful Heritage
Efficiency and excellence in the public memory sector
Inter-University centre, Dubrovnik,
28 September 2014

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Best in Heritage is a two-day conference about professional excellence in public performances of heritage institutions demonstrated by the 24 presentations of awarded museum, heritage and conservation projects from all over the world. This year, we add to this conference of excellence a one day symposium to be held on Sunday 28 September on the theme of “Efficiency and excellence in the public memory sector”. The book volume of presented contributions will be pre-published for the conference, distributed to the participants and made available on-line.

Contributions should come from all the institutional facets of heritage: we all have our notion of what should be praised as excellence and how to achieve it, – for the noble and practical reasons, – in a world that offers but more and more challenges to this ambition. This may seem too wide an approach, but from the point of our users we are parts of the public service using collective and social memory for the quality of living. Our excellence in public memory cannot exist without being well selected, researched, conserved, cared for and responsibly and beautifully communicated. We prepare our theatre behind the scenes but our users are generally interested in the end effect.

Our claim is that all heritage organisations and institutions (museums, conservation, libraries, archives, hybrid and cyber institutions, heritage actions and networks, living heritage etc.) continue to demonstrate a constant convergence of their practices. Their theories converge to imply the need for a common science, – a higher conceptual level. This emerging science (Heritology? Mnemosophy, Cultural Heritage Science?) is another cohesion factor for the many diverse heritage occupations which each have their own theories (e.g. Museology, Archivistics, Librarianship, Computer science etc.).

Besides sharing ICT and theory, the heritage sector also shares a focus on visitors and users and the same mission in society: we all want to turn the heritage from the past into a noble and scientifically based wisdom that can then be used for the harmonious development of our society. Those shared values, together with the analysis of good daily practice, from eco-museums to citizen heritage action, should be the leitmotiv of the papers and presentations received.

This Call for papers is in fact a plea for like-minded sympathizers and allies to join us in the project of a future grand profession, uniting all our heritage occupations in a concerted effort to turn our collective public memories into a Useful Heritage.

For more information please visit the symposium website.

Contributions should be received latest by 30 April 2014.

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23. News from CyArk

CYARK NEWSLETTER, VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2

  • Mount Rushmore and CyArk Expand on Digital Preservation Work

Building on a five-year partnership with Mount Rushmore National Memorial, this month two members of the CyArk team braved face-freezing temperatures in South Dakota and installed a new exhibit in the visitor center that details the process of digitally preserving the entire mountain sculpture through laser scanning, which took place in May of 2010. Additionally, the CyArk team used scanners to generate a digital record of several artifacts from the carving of the giant Mount Rushmore sculpture; including a hand drill, motorized drill, and a forge and press for casting drill bits. Read more»

  • Monumental Data, Monumental Data Access Challenges

With the benefits of open source data, computer programs, and models for 3D printing becoming widely recognized, many heritage aficionados have inquired about CyArk’s policy for sharing the data captured in the field at heritage sites, which resides in our archive. CyArk is committed to openly sharing heritage data with the public because we believe that educating the public about heritage sites inspires individuals to become advocates in protecting these places. However, as a secure repository for the millimetrically accurate digital records of many at-risk or sensitive heritage sites, CyArk must also respond to site managers’ concerns about security and protecting these places of cultural, national, or religious importance. If you’ve ever been curious about how CyArk arrived at our data sharing policy, read more»

  • Hall 600 Scanned at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice

Longtime CyArk partner, Erwin Christofori, shared his experience and some preliminary data from the scanning of Hall 600 at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice in a guest blog. Erwin’s engineering firm, Christofori und Partner, was hired to conduct 3D laser scanning of Hall 600, where the Nuremberg Trials took place. The digital preservation of this space was part of a larger conservation and education initiative at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Read more»

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24. Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now

Read the latest edition of the Heritage Council’s eNewsletter, Heritage Matters.

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25. ICAHM 2014 conference, China, October 2014 – call for papers

ICAHM 2014 Annual Conference
Jishou City, Hunan Provence, China
20-23 October 2014

The International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) is holding its Annual Conference in Jishou, China this year to present and discuss on the topic “Universal Standards for Archaeological Heritage Management”.

The call for papers and posters is now open

Abstracts must be 100-300 words in length and should be submitted via the website.. The deadline for submission is 15 June 2014.

For detailed information please visit the conference website.

Download the ICAHM 2014 conference – Save the date.

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26. ICOMOS ISC Theory & Philosophy conference, Latvia, May 2014 – call for papers

ICOMOS ISC Theory & Philosophy – Conference
“Heritage Trends in the Mirror of Social Change. Conservation Reality – 50 Years after Venice Charter”
8 – 10 May 2014
Riga, Latvia

The next conference of the International Scientific Committee (ISC) for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration will be held in Riga (Latvia) on the theme “Heritage Trends in the Mirror of Social Change. Conservation Reality – 50 Years after Venice Charter”. The main organizer is Prof. Ojars Sparitis.

The main subject of the discussion in Riga will be current problems of theory and practice of heritage protection, especially in the Venice Charter context. The additional topic (separate session) will be post-socialism heritage – perception and conservation.

The contributions will be delivered by ISC Theory Members, however, we also reserve time for some presentations prepared by other participants. Proposals for papers (title and 1-2 pages abstract) should be submitted before 15 March 2014 to this email address. The conference proceedings will be published.

The declaration of participation in the conference should be submitted to this email address by 1 April 2014. Participants who are not members of our Committee will also be invited.

The International Scientific Committee for Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration will hold its annual meeting in Riga.

Any enquiries can be directed to this email address. Also see the information in the ISC Theory & Philosophy 2014 conference – Call for Papers.

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27. Latest Global Heritage Review (GHR) bulletin available online

To view the latest issue of the GHR bulletin, click here.

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28. Conference on UNESCO Conventions, Norway, March 2014 – registration deadline approaching

International Conference on UNESCO Conventions
“Using natural and cultural heritage in sustainable development”
24 – 26 March 2014
Bergen, Norway

The University of Bergen invites you to the international conference on the UNESCO 1972, 2003 and 2005 conventions: Synergies for development, ”Using natural and cultural heritage in sustainable development”.

The registration is open, and you can register here.

Final Registration Deadline: 10 March 2014

Following the 1972 convention, several UNESCO Member States expressed concerns that a bias towards tangible heritage was being established and proposed that legal instruments to protect also traditional cultural practice were sorely needed. Subsequent work in UNESCO eventually led to the 2003 convention on intangible heritage. Similarly, the 2005 convention on diversity of cultural expressions was also motivated by experience with the 1972 convention and the need to supplement it. It seems to be timely in 2014 to view the three conventions together and critically discuss how they can be useful instruments in protection and promotion of the whole range of cultural expressions and obtain synergies. Culture for development has been discussed at recent UNESCO related events, but sustainable development remains a critical issue in a world with increasing population. It remains unclear whether and how cultural practices for interaction with nature in the past, e.g. linked to agriculture and fisheries, can help protect biodiversity and promote sustainability. An important question is therefore how to not only protect but also actively use natural and cultural heritage at present and in future.

For further information, visit the conference website.

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29. SITUATIONS VACANT Manager Conservation & Manager Region Metropolitan, NSW Heritage Division, Office of Environment and Heritage

Manager Region Metropolitan

Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Location: Hurstville
Job Grade/Classification: Environment Officer Class 14
Employment Status: Permanent Full-Time
Vacancy Ref: OEH 039-14

Manage and lead the development, implementation and delivery of heritage initiatives, programs and services at a regional level, with a focus on Aboriginal heritage.

For further information, click here. Applications close Wednesday 12 March.

 

Manager Conservation

Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Location: Hurstville or Parramatta
Job Classification: Environment Officer Class 14
Employment Status: Permanent Full Time
Vacancy Ref: OEH 056-14

Lead multidisciplinary teams including architects, landscape architects, archaeologists and planners in the assessment and development of proposals and the appropriate management of heritage items working in partnership with all levels of government to achieve best practice in heritage conservation.

For further information, click here. Applications close Sunday 16 March.

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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
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Burwood VIC 3125
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