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Melbourne’s ‘Mini Australia ICOMOS Conference’, October 2014 – advanced notice
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AICOMOS Symposium ‘Grasping the intangible at heritage places’ – call for papers
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Australia ICOMOS / Docomomo Sydney Talk Series, 22 August
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AGHS Sydney Branch AGM and talk, 20 August, Sydney
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Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now
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New publication on Indigenous Networks
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Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, 27 August, Melbourne
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Conservation Management Planning workshop, Canberra, 27 September
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ISC SBH 2014 Study Tour & Symposia report
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“Historic Gardens and Climate Change” conference, 4-6 September, Germany
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“First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis: course, March-April 2015, Netherlands
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Remembering Frontiers: Marking the 86th Anniversary of the Coniston Massacre (NT), Sydney, 28 August
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LUXLAB Advanced Digital Imaging Workshops, UNSW, September 2014
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The Johnston Collection – What’s On
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, September 2014 – news
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Free heritage publication available on Getty website
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1. Melbourne’s ‘Mini Australia ICOMOS Conference’, October 2014 – advanced notice
On 17-18 October, Australia ICOMOS is holding two all-day symposia back-to-back, along with the Australia ICOMOS Annual General Meeting.
On Friday 17 October, the Activism symposium asks whether we need to return to an age of activism to retain and build on what achieved in cultural heritage conservation since the 1970s. Featuring presentations from successful activists in social media, local government, planning community action, the natural environment and the arts it will offer us a chance to reflect and look forward. The AGM will be held after the Activism symposium.
Our Saturday 18 October symposium will focus on Intangible Cultural Heritage, and will include the launch of the Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage.
More information on each event is provided below.
Each event is expected to be around $60 for members to cover catering and venue with a discount for those signing up for both events. Bookings will open later in August.
The Return to a New Age of Activism for Cultural Heritage?
- Friday 17 October, 9.00am-4.00pm (followed by the Australia ICOMOS AGM at 4.30pm)
- Deakin University City Campus
550 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Serious threats seem to be developing across Australia to the framework for the conservation of cultural heritage that has been so successfully built up over the last four decades. Long established legal and administrative frameworks have been under threat while funding for the active conservation of cultural heritage is being greatly diminished.
Paradoxically these threats seem to be developing at a time when community appreciation and support for heritage buildings and landscapes has never been greater. Poling and surveys regularly indicate that hearts and minds have been truly won over. But it seems that governments and politicians need to be reminded of that support, as the attention they give to heritage issues appears to be seriously waning.
Does this mean a need for a return to the activism of the 70s and early 80s? Is this political indifference a result of the complacency of organisations supporting the conservation of cultural heritage places like the National Trust and Australia ICOMOS? Is this complacency a result of our very success demonstrated by these polls and surveys?
Other groups supporting environmental conservation, fair-minded town planning, and a more enlightened approach to transport, have a better record of continuous campaigning but yet are being equally thwarted, while those in the arts sense the need for a new approach in the face of more and more funding cuts.
This symposium seeks to learn from prominent activists operating outside the area of cultural heritage. We plan to have 6 key speakers in three sessions though the day with plenty of time for discussion at each session. A final fourth session will take the form of a panel discussion where the relevance of this wider experience for cultural heritage will be examined.
Speakers already confirmed are:
- Michael Poland: Director Climate Campaigns, Get Up!
- Jackie Fristackie: Mayor, Yarra City Council
- Corinne Fisher: Convener, Better Planning Network (NSW)
- Professor Peter Tregear: Head, School of Music ANU
Grasping the intangible at heritage places
- Saturday 18th October, 9.00am-5.30pm
- University College
40 College Crescent, Parkville VIC 3052
This symposium will examine ideas about intangible cultural heritage, looking at a series of case studies to help us understand the complexity and diversity of these perspectives on heritage, and linking theory and practice.
A call for case study presentations will be in the next Australia ICOMOS newsletter.
The symposium will conclude with the launch of the Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage along with some delightful expressions of some cultural intangibles!
One of the aims of the symposium is to build a network of people in heritage and related disciplines who have an interest and experience in intangible cultural heritage, and to invite membership to the Intangible Heritage National Scientific Committee (NSC).
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2. AICOMOS Symposium ‘Grasping the intangible at heritage places’ – call for papers
Australia ICOMOS Symposium ‘Grasping the intangible at heritage places’ + Launch of NSC-Intangible Cultural Heritage
Saturday 18 October, 2014 University College, Melbourne
A key aim of this one-day symposium is to explore the concept of intangible cultural heritage in relation to places and start building case study examples for a tool box of good practice.
Papers are to be 10 or 15 minutes, with 5 minutes for questions and discussion.
Case studies which demonstrate an aspect of intangible heritage are invited, including:
- identifying and recording intangible heritage
- retaining and sustaining heritage values
- interpretation
- linking theory and practice
- challenges and opportunities in applying the Burra Charter
A range of heritage places and experiences is sought.
Abstracts of around 100-200 words should be emailed to Meredith Walker by 6 September 2014.
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3. Australia ICOMOS / Docomomo Sydney Talk Series, 22 August
Approaches for the Conservation of Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage: The Madrid Document
The Madrid Document was developed by members of the ISC20C during 2011 and has since been internationally circulated for comment. It’s now been translated into a dozen languages, available to download on the ISC20C website.
Currently, the Madrid Document refers only to architectural heritage but as a result of comments received during consultation, the ISC20C is broadening its scope to encompass guidelines for all types of heritage places of the Twentieth Century- landscapes and ensembles in particular. ISC20C President Sheridan Burke will explain the Document and the path ahead. Input and participation in this work is welcomed.
But how does the Madrid Document work in practice? Heritage architect Jyoti Somerville has spent almost a decade conserving the Seidler designed Tuck House at Gordon and she will talk about the way in which the Madrid Document can practically apply day by day.
Louise Cox will chair a Q and A session to follow.
Members of the public are welcome!
Time & Date: Friday 22 August 2014, 5.30 for 6.00pm start
Cost: Members $10, non-members $15 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 NSW CHAPTER ICOMOS TALK_22 August flyer.
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4. AGHS Sydney Branch AGM and talk, 20 August, Sydney
Notice of AGHS Sydney Branch 2014 Annual General Meeting
and
Presentation by Professor Jennifer Milam: Jardins Anglo-Chinois in Eighteenth Century France
Date: Wednesday 20 August 2014, 6pm for 7pm – 8.30pm.
Venue: Annie Wyatt Room, National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill.
Event summary: Short Annual General Meeting of the Australia Garden History Society (AGHS), Sydney Branch – Members interested in being on the Branch Committee are most welcome – please contact Secretary James Quoyle, on (02) 9519 5250 or email James for a form. Followed by a special talk: Jardins Anglo-Chinois in 18th Century France by Jennifer Milam.
For further information, download the AGHS Sydney Branch AGM & J Milam talk flyer.
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5. Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now
Read the latest edition of the Heritage Council’s eNewsletter, Heritage Matters.
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6. New publication on Indigenous Networks
Indigenous Networks: Mobility, Connections and Exchange
Edited by Jane Carey, Jane Lydon
This edited collection argues for the importance of recovering Indigenous participation within global networks of imperial power and wider histories of “transnational” connections. It takes up a crucial challenge for new imperial and transnational histories: to explore the historical role of colonized and subaltern communities in these processes, and their legacies in the present.
For further information and to order a copy, click here.
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7. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, 27 August, Melbourne
The next CHCAP seminar at Deakin University will be a presentation by Jenny Moles, Senior Member, Planning Panels Victoria on “Recent approaches to consideration of heritage amendments and planning permits”.
Abstract
Jenny will address the approach traditionally taken by Planning Panels to assessing new heritage controls and policies and how it has changed in response to recent amendments to the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The nature of social and economic matters which are relevant considerations will be discussed as well as the role of building condition. Jenny will also outline and comment on the most recent VCAT and Supreme Court cases concerning the assessment of planning permission under the Heritage Overlay and where integrated decision-making applies.
Biography
Jenny Moles is a Senior Member with Planning Panels Victoria where she has chaired numerous panels dealing with proposed heritage controls. She has a varied planning background, principally with State Government. She is a former Member of the Historic Buildings Council and chaired the Advisory Committee Review of Heritage Provisions in Planning Schemes.
Date: Wednesday 27 August 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 Bar Humbug. 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
NEXT CHCAP SEMINAR (24 September 2014):
- ‘Heritage diplomacy, and moving beyond the UNESCOization of heritage studies’
Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University
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8. Conservation Management Planning workshop, Canberra, 27 September
Conservation Management Planning:
the What, Why and How for Historic Gardens, Landscapes and Buildings
A workshop organised by the Australian Garden History Society, ACT Monaro Riverina Branch
Date & Time: 8.45am to 2pm, Saturday 27 September 2014 – this date is during Floriade so it may suit people from outside the region to combine the workshop with a visit to Canberra.
Venue: St John’s Anglican Church precinct, 45 Constitution Avenue, Reid
The term Conservation Management Plan (CMP) is frequently used in the “heritage business” but is foreign to most of us. Just what are CMPs? How do they work? Why do we need to know about them?
The ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of the AGHS has put together a workshop to help answer some of these questions. Appropriately, the workshop will be at St John’s Reid, one of Canberra’s most historic sites.
For further information, including the program and registration form, download the Conservation Management Planning registration brochure.
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9. ISC SBH 2014 Study Tour & Symposia report
ICOMOS ISC on Shared Built Heritage 2014 Study Tour and Symposia in South-East Asia
joint report by Sue Jackson-Stepowski (ISC SBH Vice President) (Australia)
and Claus-Peter Echter (CIVVIH Executive) (Germany)
The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage (SBH) organised a Study Tour, Symposia and series of Round Table meetings in South East Asia between 13 and 24 April 2014. Historic cities visited were UNESCO World Heritage “Melaka Straights” jointly inscription of George Town and Melaka in Malaysia, and Bandung in the Java highlands of Indonesia.
In addition to representatives from each host country, delegates came from Australia, Germany, China, Japan, Poland and Canada. The joint members of ISCs SBH and CIVVIH who participated were Claus-Peter Echter, Siegfried Enders and Sue Jackson-Stepowski.
The South East Asia cities’ visits were organised in cooperation with ICOMOS Malaysia, State of Malaka, State of Penang, City of George Town, ICOMOS Indonesia and the City of Bandung, as assisted by several ‘not-for-profit’ associations.
To read the entire report, click on the link below.
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10. “Historic Gardens and Climate Change” conference, 4-6 September, Germany
“Historic Gardens and Climate Change – Recommendations for Preservation”
Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Germany
4-6 September 2014
Die Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation (Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, SPSG) Berlin-Brandenburg invites you to the international conference “Historic Gardens and Climate Change – Recommendations for Preservation”
The consequences of global climate change are also clearly apparent in the Berlin-Brandenburg region: extreme weather events with storms and cloudbursts, and increasingly frequent droughts, are new environmental phenomena that affect the conservation and care of the gardens in the World Heritage Site, ‘Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin’ and other historic gardens, too. In which way the discipline of garden conservation should react to these challenges up to now has been discussed only in its beginnings.
Concern for the survival of the cultural heritage entrusted to them has led the Prussian Palaces and Gardens in Berlin and Brandenburg Foundation (SPSG), which cares for gardens covering some 750 hectares, to address the issues of climate change at an early stage and with a view to the future. After having organized two preparatory symposiums the international conference ‘Historic Gardens and Climate Change’ brings together and discusses multi-disciplinary research findings and proposals for their preservation, aiming to produce practical guidelines for action.
The conference will take place at the Nikolaisaal, Potsdam and the park of Sanssouci palace. It will be funded by the German Environmental Foundation (DBU) geförderte and organized in cooperation with the German UNESCO Committee and ICOMOS-IFLA.
For further information, download the ‘Historic Gardens and Climate Change’ conference information.
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11. “First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis: course, March-April 2015, Netherlands
First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
- Dates: 30 March – 24 April 2015; Four week course
- Application deadline: 22 September 2014
According to the Emergency Events database EM-DAT , from 2000-2012, around 2.9 billion people were adversely affected by disasters caused by natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, floods, storms etc.). Another 1.5 billion people are living in countries afflicted with civil strife and violent conflicts, states the World Development Report of 2011 . The resultant damage and losses to life and property including those to cultural heritage are rising.
For communities ripped apart by such catastrophes, cultural heritage has the potential to bridge communal divides and provide sense of continuity as well as identity during an unfolding humanitarian crisis. Yet, is it possible to safeguard cultural heritage while humanitarian aid and security operations are underway? When is the right time to intervene? How could we ensure that cultural recovery becomes a force for stabilization and building back better?
“First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis” aims to equip participants with necessary skills and knowledge to provide timely response in emergency situations. The training identifies areas of joint programming between culture and humanitarian sectors to make certain that the affected communities participate in their own recovery. Developing cost effective strategies for risk reduction and disaster preparedness of cultural heritage forms a core component of the training.
For further information, visit the ICCROM website.
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12. Remembering Frontiers: Marking the 86th Anniversary of the Coniston Massacre (NT), Sydney, 28 August
This event will feature artists, activists and academics as well as the screening of the award-winning documentary “Coniston”.
Date & time: Thursday 28 August, 9.30am
Venue: University of Technology Sydney
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Conference Room
Level 3, Mary Ann House, 645 Harris St
For further information, download the Remembering Frontiers flier.
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13. LUXLAB Advanced Digital Imaging Workshops, UNSW, September 2014
For the first time in Australia, this professionals workshop focuses on practical understandings of new imaging technology for preservation, conservation and, visionary uses in exhibition. LUXLAB Workshop #1 draws on the experience and technologies of Kyoto University’s Advanced Imaging Lab that has scanned of over 8000 seminal artworks and national treasures throughout the world.
LUXLAB is a new initiative of the National Institute for Experimental Arts at UNSW Art & Design, bringing these technologies to the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) sector regionally while joining a network of laboratories located in the United Kingdom, Europe, Egypt, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and South Korea.
High-resolution optically resolved scanning is a process for scientific recording of cultural heritage, art and archival material which does not involve image interpolation. It is a vital for conservation and preservation, providing true-color, exceptional quality and very high resolution images. These images are the best possible resources for scientific analysis and colour science, but also provide cultural organisations with unparalleled opportunities for making their collections available for diverse public audiences. LUXLAB engages with the frontiers of imaging technologies, with 4K and 8K revolution in screen and tablets, in immersive environment design and web enabled streaming.
For more information registration please visit the website and select the workshop sessions of interest.
Download the LUXLAB WORKSHOP GALLERIES UNSW brochure.
Location
UNSW Galleries
Cnr Oxford St & Greens Rd
Paddington NSW
Contact
Rachael Kiang
Program Manager (NIEA & UNSW Galleries)
Executive Officer (NIEA)
Tel +61 (0) 2 8936 0619
Mob +61 (0) 421 773 683e
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14. The Johnston Collection – What’s On
Click here to read the latest news from the Johnston Collection.
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15. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.
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16. ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne, September 2014 – news
ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, 15-19 September 2014, Melbourne, Australia
ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Dinner
Cargo Hall, South Wharf, 18 September, 7.00-10.30pm
Eat, dance, network, and catch up on the gossip. The Conference Dinner is the place to relax, catch up with old friends, and make new ones.
The dinner will be held at heritage Cargo Hall on South Wharf (in the past the site of many immigrant arrivals to Melbourne). This venue is located just next to the conference centre, with fabulous views of the city. Melbourne is a vibrant culinary centre offering a variety of cuisines from around the world. Experience this mix of cultures while enjoying the company of your colleagues in a relaxed and informal setting at the ICOM-CC conference dinner.
The stand up event will allow you to taste gourmet delights and fresh local produce, sample award-winning wines and craft beers and also have the opportunity to purchase that last minute gift to take home with you.
Food includes Thai, Spanish, and ‘Fast Food’ all with vegetarian options. And yes! There’ll be singing and dancing, and we’ll let the band have a go also.
Conference program now available on the website
The Committee is excited to announce that the ICOM-CC 2014 Conference Program is now available online.
Further information on this event is available at the conference website.
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17. Free heritage publication available on Getty website
The publication The Role of Public-Private Partnerships and the Third Sector in Conserving Heritage Buildings, Sites and Historic Urban Areas has been posted on the Getty website as a free online publication. This publication is directed toward those working in the cultural heritage sector. While it is not a guide to the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs), it aims to foster an understanding of their underlying concepts and demonstrate how and where they have been used to create successful heritage conservation outcomes.
You can access the publication by clicking here.
Hard copies can be purchased through the link above also.
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in the Australia ICOMOS Email News are not necessarily those of Australia ICOMOS Inc. or its Executive Committee. The text of Australia ICOMOS Email news is drawn from various sources including organizations other than Australia ICOMOS Inc. The Australia ICOMOS Email news serves solely as an information source and aims to present a wide range of opinions which may be of interest to readers. Articles submitted for inclusion may be edited.
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia
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