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Heroes of Traditional Trades Photographic Competition – entry deadline extended to Saturday 7 November 2015
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Quality Conservation Forum at Fabric conference
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Australia ICOMOS FABRIC 2015 Conference – update
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Save the date: 4 December 2015 – ‘Next steps in Implementing the HUL’
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Congratulations to ICOMOS members elected at ADCOM
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Report from Australian Round Table: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management
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Keynote speech, tour and meeting of the Australia ICOMOS Intangible Cultural Heritage NSC, Adelaide, 5 November
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UPDATE – Energy and Sustainability NSC Meeting + Tour of Old Parliament House
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Broadbeach Burial Ground Commemoration, 15 November, Surfer’s Paradise QLD
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City of Vincent (WA) – Heritage & Eco Ideas Day, 7 November
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Special TrustTalks Event: Remembering William Cooper – Melbourne, 9 November
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Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now
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Copland Foundation grants and scholarships – closing date 15 November
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18th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, 7-9 December 2015, Newcastle
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International Conference Tourism & History, Portugal/Brazil, March 2016 – call for abstracts
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“Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage” conference, March-April 2016, Taiwan – call for papers deadline extended
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“Heritage in Transformation” conference, Poland – call for submissions deadline extended
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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International Conference, “Conserving Living Urban Heritage”, India, 26-28 November 2015
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NLA Community Heritage Grants (CHG) awarded
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Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) conference, 6-10 June 2016, Montreal – call for paper and poster proposals
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Survey: Impact of bird droppings on heritage buildings
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Call for 2016 US/ICOMOS Summer Internship Program Hosts
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University of Sydney: Ochre, Spinifex & Foil unlocks new science, industry and design potential
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“Review and finalize best practices (standards and guidelines) for archaeological heritage management at World Heritage Sites” conference, Florence, Nov-Dec 2015
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International Conference on Urban Risks (ICUR), Lisbon, June-July 2016 – call for papers
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National Trust (ACT) Heritage Awards, 12 November
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SITUATION VACANT Resident Exhibition Specialist, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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SITUATION VACANT Heritage Advisory / Consultancy Services (by tender), Queensland Rail
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SITUATION VACANT Manager, Heritage Register and Permits, Heritage Victoria
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SITUATION VACANT Senior Architect, Design 5 – Architects
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SITUATION VACANT Archaeologists for research, Port Arthur Historic Site
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1. Heroes of Traditional Trades Photographic Competition – entry deadline extended to Saturday 7 November 2015
Heroes of Traditional Trades Photographic Competition
We have extended the date for submission of entries, to encourage you to enter the competition! Online entries will now close Saturday 7 November 2015.
So, dig through your hard drives, search out the slide collection or flip through your photo albums – we want to see your photographic skill in capturing the tradespeople of heritage conservation!
The winning entry will receive $500 prize money, donated by the National Trust of Australia (South Australia).
You do not have to be attending Fabric 2015 to enter and non-ICOMOS members can also enter – so please spread the word!
If you are unable to contact your subject to get permission for your award-winning photo, don’t worry, just note this on the entry form. We will manage the copyright issue. If the subject is a group of people, please also still enter – permission not necessary.
As they say, “you have to be in it to win it”!
The Sydney Living Museums Soft Furnishings Group.
Image courtesy of Sydney Living Museums © Stuart Miller & Hayley Richardson
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2. Quality Conservation Forum at Fabric conference
Following consideration in early 2014 by Australian Heritage Agencies at HOCANZ of a proposal for an Australian Quality Framework to address shortcomings in Australian heritage conservation practice, Australia ICOMOS and the APT Australasia Chapter are moving to develop the Quality Framework proposal. Participation by heritage practitioners concerned about the loss of heritage conservation skills and experience will be important in ensuring that the proposed quality framework has a practical use.
You are invited to participate and to help shape this initiative. Click here for the final program (note, this has been updated from last week), which is intended to convey information about the scope of the event. More information about the forum is available at the conference website.
Bookings for the Quality Forum can be made as part of the Fabric Conference registration process. Alternatively please RSVP to Mary Knaggs or Donald Ellsmore with your intention to attend and pay the $45 fee (note correction to fee) to cover refreshments on the day.
Should you have any questions regarding this invitation please contact:
- Mary Knaggs, Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee Member – email Mary, or
- Donald Ellsmore, FAPT, Convenor, APT Australasia Chapter – email Donald
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3. Australia ICOMOS FABRIC 2015 Conference – update
Only six more sleeps to the Australia ICOMOS conference Fabric – The Threads of Conservation. We are still accepting registrations if you wish to now join over 220 fellow heritage professionals in Adelaide 5-8 November.
We are excited to publish the abstracts of the three Keynote speakers, Julian Smith, Susan McDonald and Neale Draper below. Fabric will be a great conference, see you there!
Indigenous cultural heritage management in Australia – sustaining the cultural fabric of living peoples and landscapes
Dr Neale Draper, Principal Heritage Consultant, Neale Draper & Associates
The key themes of the Australian ICOMOS FABRIC 2015 conference: social fabric, fabric and place, and conserving fabric, with their associated questions and issues, are considered by a non-indigenous heritage consultant who works primarily with Aboriginal people on cultural heritage assessment and management projects and native title research. This has been a rapidly-evolving field of professional practice for the last 30 years, most recently adapting to the emergence of many regional Aboriginal corporations, cultural institutions and businesses concerned with cultural heritage and land and natural resource management, with continuity of cultural traditions and values, and with community education – largely as a result of a substantial increase in native title determinations and associated Indigenous Land use agreements.
Australia’s recent mining, energy and infrastructure boom period provided both challenges and economic benefits for many Aboriginal communities, and also provided a relatively short-lived career path for hundreds of heritage professionals in archaeology, anthropology, and other fields. In the aftermath of the boom a crisis has arisen in finding the economic resources for Aboriginal heritage protection and recognition both for communities and for support services from heritage professional. There have also been some political initiatives to alter fundamentally the legislative protections for Aboriginal heritage in relation to development and mining approvals. Nonetheless, the process of Aboriginal traditional owners and native title holders across the country progressively taking charge of the management of their cultural heritage and relationships with the wider community and Government is an evolutionary change that continues to gather pace.
From this perspective, each of the FABRIC themes is examined in turn, using examples from current and recent heritage consulting projects from the Pilbara and Western Australian Goldfields, to regional South Australia and Adelaide itself. There are some new directions and priorities emerging from the interaction of Aboriginal people and other stakeholders and there are challenges both old and new – but most of all, there is ample evidence of a strong, living fabric of Aboriginal cultural identity, traditions and language continuing to imbue the Australian landscape and waters with cultural meaning and identity. Aboriginal communities are highly proactive in the maintenance and promotion of their cultural heritage throughout Australia, not just in the remote outback, which in turn is changing the roles of heritage practitioners who assist and interact with Aboriginal communities and cultural heritage issues.
Place + people = fabric: conserving fabric and sustaining values in the 21st century
Susan Macdonald, Head of Field Projects, Getty Conservation Institute, USA
Heritage places are testament to humankind’s creative responses to place, climate, social conditions and needs. Place, people and the physical fabric that results are therefore inextricably linked. Sustaining the multiple values inherent in our heritage places over the long-term relies not only on technical expertise but also on an understanding of the relationships between these values and how to sustain them. As improved understanding of the multiple values that contribute to cultural heritage significance has expanded, curiously and unfortunately there has been a decline in the knowledge, skills and support for conserving the physical fabric of places. This paper seeks to identify the issues affecting conservation practice, questions the implications for the current framework for heritage management and begins to suggest potential approaches to address these often, interrelated challenges.
In many parts of the world government support for heritage conservation has decreased generally in the last decade or so, as pressure on the public purse intensifies, and securing the intervention needed to conserve fabric has become increasingly challenging. Weaker legislation, reduced authority for heritage agencies, less emphasis on standard setting and policy development and a reduction in the availability of advice from governments are taking their toll on the quality of conservation work. Reduced funding for physical works, the sell-off of the government estate and loss of know-how on how to best care for these historic building types, reduced technical education and training for professionals and craftspeople and shifting patters of procurement are also contributing factors. All together these factors are eroding the significance of heritage places and severing the connections between place, fabric and people, which are often core to their values.
Therefore it is timely to reassess how in the 21st century we can sustain the necessary know-how to secure good conservation outcomes. What are the potential implications of the current framework for heritage conservation that exists in many parts of the world today? In the current scenario, what is the role of the private and non-government sectors in setting and maintaining standards for work, ensuring we have well trained and experienced practitioners and are able to sustain the traditional craft skills and supplies of materials needed to adequately care for our heritage? Are there useful models that can be adapted to the specific local circumstances and that may have relevance in Australia? What opportunities are there for the sector to work better together to secure improved outcomes for the conservation of the fabric of places and sustain the link between people, fabric and place that is often critical to significance? By beginning to answer these questions the paper hopes to provoke more detailed discussion on the critical issues.
‘Everyday Use’
Julian Smith, Executive Director, Willowbank, Ontario, Canada, President ICOMOS Canada
Alice Walker grew up as the youngest of eight children in a sharecropper’s family in the American south. Her wonderful short story, Everyday Use, is about quilts, and about quilting, and about family, and about confronting change.
The cultural heritage world is facing change – moving out of the comfortable confines of a self-contained field with its own rules and regulations. The definition of fabric in the Burra Charter is being constantly challenged by new shades of interpretation. Our field is becoming part of broader conversations, about sustainability and lifestyle and language and creativity. Disciplinary boundaries are being broken and refashioned. PTN, ICOMOS, IUCN, Habitat III, the Post-2015 Development Agenda – these are all interconnected. It is wonderful, this slow opening up of conversations between previous solitudes.
However, we must not lose sight of the ‘quilt’ – the making of the quilt, the caring for the quilt, the passing down of both the knowledge of quilt-making and the exquisite beauty of the patina of everyday use. It is the fabric of the quilt that connects us to who we are. Without it, we are at risk of being adrift in a broad sea of conversations without an anchor.
In Canada, Willowbank is one effort to provide such an anchor while encouraging the exploration. We are an independent nonprofit institution, providing an alternative path to working in the cultural heritage field. We use the same curriculum to train carpenters, stone masons, community activists, gardeners, urban planners, architects, theorists. Our faculty is aboriginal and non-aboriginal. Our method of teaching is both apprenticeship and academic. Why? Because the slow process of the lime burn, the sweaty teamwork of timber framing, the intricate pinning of a damaged gravestone, the planting and harvesting of a community medicinal garden – these are as important to our students as designing the adaptive reuse of an abandoned factory, collecting cognitive maps in an at-risk neighbourhood, discussing the relationship between Nara and HUL. It is a respect for cultural heritage that comes from an appreciation of its gritty day-to-day reality. And that appreciation then connects us to the broader world.
We are all surveyors of the fabric, in our own ways. Not perhaps in the sense of Sir Bernard Fielden at York Minster, but surveyors nonetheless, of our own quilts and tapestries. And in ways that are physical as well as intellectual, sensual as well as rational. Ours is not a field of theory, but of theory and practice inextricably intertwined. That is the joy of it, and of this conference.
Deborah Lindsay, Kevin O’Sullivan and Michael Queale
Co-convenors
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4. Save the date: 4 December 2015 – ‘Next steps in Implementing the HUL’
Federation University Australia and Deakin University are together organising a symposium titled: ‘Next steps in implementing the ‘Historic Urban Landscape (HUL)’, a symposium in honour of Dr Ron van Oers’, to be held in Melbourne, Australia on 4 December 2015.
The symposium brings together Australian and international experts, researchers and practitioners, to honour and build on the late Dr Ron van Oers’ significant legacy in developing and activating UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (2011) by charting the way forward for the HUL in Australia and the potential contribution from Australia to the global community. We are especially keen to invite people that are ready to participate in the next steps – by creating and implementing the agenda for the future of this process.
Information about the program and how to register will be circulated soon – but for now, please ‘save the date’. If you are not currently on our circulation lists please send your contact details to Jolanta Nowak by email.
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5. Congratulations to ICOMOS members elected at ADCOM
Congratulations to Sheridan Burke who was elected to the role of President of the ICOMOS International Advisory Committee last Wednesday at the ADCOM meeting in Fukuoka, Japan. The Advisory Committee is composed of the Presidents of National Committees and International Scientific Committees and its function is to advise the ICOMOS Board and to make suggestions and recommendations on the priorities and directions of the program.
We are delighted that Sheridan will bring her considerable experience and skills to this role, and will be in a position to continue to positively influence ICOMOS after her previous role on the International Executive and her many other contributions to this organisation. Deirdre McDermott, President of Ireland ICOMOS, was elected as the Vice President, and our Sue McIntyre-Tamwoy was elected as an Officer of the Scientific Council. Well done to all!!
Elizabeth Vines
President, Australia ICOMOS
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6. Report from Australian Round Table: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management
Australian Round Table: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management
Melbourne, Wednesday, 7 October 2015
What difference does it make to apply a rights-based approach to heritage management?
What are the barriers and enabling factors in implementing a rights-based approach to heritage conservation?
A 1-day round-table was convened in Melbourne to explore these questions with 16 natural and cultural heritage practitioners and researchers from many corners of Australia.
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7. Keynote speech, tour and meeting of the Australia ICOMOS Intangible Cultural Heritage NSC, Adelaide, 5 November
A meeting of the Intangible Cultural Heritage National Scientific Committee (NSC) will be held in association with the Australia ICOMOS Fabric Conference. All are invited. It will include an update on activities, a keynote speaker, Mandy Paul (Senior Curator Exhibitions, Collections and Research, History SA) on Intangible heritage, difficult histories and the Migration Museum, and a specially tailored tour of the University of Adelaide Collections.
Mandy Paul’s talk will consider what impact does does migration have on intangible cultural heritage? How does a museum, established to interpret the history of migration to South Australia and to collect its material culture, document and contribute to the maintenance of intangible cultural heritage? What place does place play in remembering? And how can a museum negotiate the presentation of contested and difficult histories in the public realm?
Over the last two decades Mandy has worked in social history museums and as a consultant historian specialising in native title history. She holds postgraduate qualifications in history and museum studies, and her most recent exhibition and (co-authored) publication is Interned: Torrens Island, 1914-1915 (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2014).
The meeting venue is the Ira Raymond Room, Level 3 Hub Central, North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide, and the meeting will take place at 12.30-3.30pm, Thursday 5 November 2015.
To register please email the ICH-NSC.
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8. UPDATE – Energy and Sustainability NSC Meeting + Tour of Old Parliament House
Adelaide, Thursday 5 November 2015
We will start with a short NSCES meeting, and then have a tour of the energy and sustainability aspects of Old Parliament House, led by Andrew Klenke, Associate Director, Swanbury Penglase.
We would like to welcome all those with an interest in energy and sustainability in heritage. We encourage young members, students and young graduates to come along and join us. We invite you to actively participate in the committee and our projects.
WHERE: The Pilgrim Church Meeting Hall behind the Adelaide Town Hall
WHEN: 2pm Thursday 5th November 2015
Please RSVP by email if you are coming* – numbers for the tour are limited.
*Please bring your own (electronic or paper) agenda and location plans – click on link below for these.
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9. Broadbeach Burial Ground Commemoration, 15 November, Surfer’s Paradise QLD
In 1965 soil contractors working at Broadbeach disturbed human remains. The discovery was recognised as a traditional Aboriginal burial ground. You are invited to hear about this important aspect of Queensland Aboriginal history.
Sunday 15 November, 11.00am – 2.30pm
Gold Coast and Hinterland Historical Society
RSVP to Michael Aird by email or phone 0417 760 160
For more information, download the Broadbeach Burial Ground Event invitation.
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10. City of Vincent (WA) – Heritage & Eco Ideas Day, 7 November
The City of Vincent is holding a Heritage & Eco Ideas Day (Expo) on Saturday 7 November 2015 from 11am to 4pm. The event will provide information about how to restore, renovate & extend your heritage house to make it truly sustainable.
You can:
- View sustainability and heritage product selections under one roof
- Take advantage of a free design consultation
- Get the inside knowledge from presentations by design experts and restoration specialists
Visit the City of Vincent website for more information and download the Heritage & Eco Ideas Day 2015 flyer.
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11. Special TrustTalks Event: Remembering William Cooper – Melbourne, 9 November
Special TrustTalks Event: Remembering William Cooper
Monday 9 November 2015
5.45pm for a 6pm start
National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
6 Parliament Place,
East Melbourne, Victoria
William Cooper was one of the greatest Australian activists of the twentieth century, and yet his story remains unknown to many. To celebrate Cooper’s life and legacy, the National Trust has invited his grandson Alf Turner (Uncle Boydie), who is a Yorta Yorta elder, and his great-grandson Kevin Russell, to share the extraordinary story of his historic fight for human rights.
This special talk will examine Cooper’s historic 1938 protest against Kristallnacht and the treatment of Jews in Germany leading up to World War II, which is now recognised both here and in Israel, as well as Cooper’s extraordinary Indigenous activism including his petition to George VI calling for Aboriginal rights, and the 1938 Day of Mourning. (Photo courtesy of Alick Jackomos, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, archive image JACKOMOS.A06.BW—N4416.34A.)
Enquiries: contact Felicity Watson at (03) 9656 9818 or email Felicity.
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12. Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now
Read the latest edition of the Heritage Council’s eNewsletter, Heritage Matters.
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13. Copland Foundation grants and scholarships – closing date 15 November
The Copland Foundation Grants
The Copland Foundation funds projects throughout Australia that fall under the umbrella of Alex Copland’s interests, namely:
- The study, management, conservation, acquisition, and interpretation of collections
- The study, management, conservation, acquisition and interpretation of relevant historic architecture
- The provision of education programs, whether for staff of such museums, institutions, societies, organisations or for the general public
- The purchase of art works and/or other artefacts, to be identified on public display by the purchaser as a gift from the Copland Foundation
The Copland Foundation Attingham Scholarships
Each year, The Copland Foundation also provides scholarships to attend study programmes in the offered by the UK Attingham Trust that explore historic residences, their collections and landscapes.
Applications for grants and the scholarships close on 15 November.
Details and application forms are available on the Copeland Foundation website.
Please direct enquiries to the Copland Foundation by email.
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14. 18th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, 7-9 December 2015, Newcastle
18th National Conference on Engineering Heritage
“From the past to the future”
7-9 December 2015
Newcastle
The 18th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference is fast approaching.
The preliminary program is now available, click here.
The organising committee looks forward to welcoming you to the Newcastle Museum at a time of rapid change.
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15. International Conference Tourism & History, Portugal/Brazil, March 2016 – call for abstracts
International Conference Tourism & History
University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal) / Caxias do Sul (Brazil) Portugal
10-11 March 2016
Abstract submission deadline – 30 November 2015
This conference aims to provide the ideal opportunity to present, share and reflect on the relationship between Tourism & History based on cultural heritage tourism (tangible and intangible) of the countries belonging to the Iberoamerican region, with particular emphasis on cultural heritage classified by UNESCO as “World Heritage”.
The sub-themes are:
- Theme 1. Tourist and cultural resources, products and experiences in the context of the ibero-american identity
- Theme 2. Cultural/Heritage Tourism & ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
- Theme 3. Cultural/Heritage Tourism & Marketing
- Theme 4. Tourism, History & Science
- Theme 5. Tourism & Intangible Heritage
- Theme 6. Tourism, Architecture and Design
Information on the Conference Theme, Call for Abstracts, Deadlines, Venue, Keynote Speakers and other information can be found on the conference website.
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16. “Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage” conference, March-April 2016, Taiwan – call for papers deadline extended
Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage
31 March – 4 April 2016
Taipei, Taiwan
Call for papers deadline: 30 November 2015
In the context of rapid cultural and economic globalisation, over half of the World’s population now live in urban areas. Through rural migration, new economic opportunities and enhanced global mobilities, cities and towns have expanded dramatically resulting in challenges to their character and identity. ‘Inheriting the City’ invites academics, policy makers and practitioners to consider the ways that heritage is being protected, managed and mobilised in rapidly changing and pressurised urban contexts. This multidisciplinary event will explore the type of heritage, both tangible and intangible, that cities and towns will pass to future generations, and the processes through which the heritage of cities is being re-made, re-presented and re-used.
The conference will be held March 31 – April 4, Taipei City, Taiwan in the magnificent Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and will bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners from across the globe for a stimulating five days of presentations, study visits, discussions and networking . We are pleased to announce that the conference will be opened by keynote speakers Lai Chee Kien, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and Tim Winter, Research Professor at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne.
The Ironbridge Institute for Cultural Heritage aims to provide critical dialogue beyond disciplinary boundaries and we invite papers from all disciplines and fields including, but not limited to: anthropology, architecture, archaeology, art history, cultural geography, cultural studies, design, ethnology and folklore, economics, history, heritage studies, landscape studies, leisure studies, museum studies, philosophy, political science, sociology, tourism studies, urban history, urban/spatial planning.
For the full call for papers, broad themes, and further information, please visit the conference website and download the Call_for_Papers_Inheriting the City_Taiwan_2016 postcard.
To submit a paper, please send a 300 word abstract by email as soon as possible but no later than 30 November 2015.
This conference is organised by the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham, in association with: National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Central University and National Taipei University of Education.
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17. “Heritage in Transformation” conference, Poland – call for submissions deadline extended
On 22-24 June 2015, the “Heritage in Transformation” conference was held to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of ICOMOS.
ICOMOS Poland are planning to edit the conference publication ‘Heritage in Transformation’ and invite authors to submit proposals of articles until 15 November 2015. Articles should be emailed to this address.
Download the Heritage in Transformation – Format publication for more information about this. Additionally, please note that the content of the articles is limited to the topics of the Conference.
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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. International Conference, “Conserving Living Urban Heritage”, India, 26-28 November 2015
The UNESCO Chair, Culture, Habitat, and Sustainable Development at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology, invites practitioners and researchers inducing historians, architects, heritage conservationists, faculty members of universities and institutions to participate in the International Conference, “Conserving Living Urban Heritage: Theoretical Considerations of Continuity and Change”, to be held in Bangalore on 26-28 November 2015.
Click on the link below for more information.
1. Conference Flyer which has details of the Conference Program
2. Registration form for the Conference
The conference has a number of well-known speakers from India and overseas who are experts in their fields. We encourage you to please attend and participate in an event, which seeks to be one of many in the future, to help guide the direction of heritage conservation in India.
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20. NLA Community Heritage Grants (CHG) awarded
From the works of Norman Lindsay to historic Beaconsfield gold mine artefacts to more than 1,100 Cretaceous-age marine fossils and works by Hermannsburg school painters – these are just some of the collections to benefit from the 2015 Community Heritage Awards.
The CHG program, which is managed by the National Library of Australia (NLA), provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, Indigenous and multicultural groups, genealogical and historical societies from inner cities to the most remote parts of Australia. The grants are designed to assist with the preservation and improved access to locally owned but nationally significant collections.
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21. Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) conference, 6-10 June 2016, Montreal – call for paper and poster proposals
The organisers of the Montreal ACHS 2016 Conference, with the theme “What does heritage change”, are calling for paper and poster proposals.
The session abstracts are available online as is the call for proposals.
Deadline: 1 November 2015
The proceedings of the Congress will be the subject of a publication, which will be issued in French and English. Each session chair will be in charge of selecting the best papers presented. A Scientific Committee will make the final choice. Other options for publication (electronic, or paper journals) will be made available to participants and will be announced soon.
More information is available at the conference website.
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22. Survey: Impact of bird droppings on heritage buildings
A research project is under way to examine the issue of bird droppings on buildings and we need 10 minutes of your time. While we cannot promise you any immediate benefit from participating in this research, we assume that the outcomes of the study may well inform your professional practice.
Many commensal birds, such as pigeons, sea gulls, starlings etc., are on record as perching and roosting on buildings, statues and other heritage items. Their droppings not only create unsightly deposits, but also have deleterious effects on the fabric by aiding its decay. There are a large number of bird deterrent systems available on the market, but very few have been tested for their effectiveness.
The study has a number of components (field observation, experiment, survey). One of these is this on-line survey. We are seeking to gain an understanding of how heritage practitioners perceive bird behaviour in relation to heritage building conservation, to gauge what deterrence methods you have employed, and to what degree you perceive bird deterrent techniques to be effective when used. We would like to enlist your help as a heritage practitioner and will be asking you about your experiences
- What kinds of birds are the problem?
- What techniques have you used (if any)?
- What technique does, in your experience, work?
The study is being conducted by Melissa Pike (Honours Student) from the School of Environmental Sciences at Charles Sturt University and supervised by A/Prof Dr Dirk HR Spennemann and Dr Maggie Watson.
You are invited to participate in the research study by filling out an online survey which should take about 10 minutes of your time to complete. Be assured that the survey is fully ANONYMOUS. By participating, you give your consent for your information being used for the research study.
The Questionnaire can be found at this web address.
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23. Call for 2016 US/ICOMOS Summer Internship Program Hosts
Some of you will know that one of our most beloved programs here at US/ICOMOS is our summer internship program, which we call “IEP” (International Exchange Program). For over 30 years, we have placed emerging US heritage professionals (graduate students and recent graduates) in summer heritage-related internships in other countries. AND, we place emerging heritage professionals from outside the United States with US-based heritage positions. To date, we have placed over 700 heritage professionals.
The key to this program is identifying Sponsors and Host Organizations. Host Organizations actually host the intern as an “employee” for the summer. Sponsors help arrange intern placements with other organizations. These organizations can be units of government, institutions, historic sites, and even private firm such as conservation architects.
Over the years, we have been pleased to work with a number of ICOMOS national committees, sometimes as Host but more often as Sponsors (ie. they arranged a placement with a heritage organization in their country). ICOMOS Australia, ICOMOS Turkey and — most recently in 2015 — ICOMOS India have been among our collaborators.
The 2016 Call for Hosts and Sponsors (see link below) explains our 2016 program in more detail and includes a link to an online form where organizations can indicate their interest in working with us. The deadline for submitting the form is 30 November 2015.
New for 2016, we are targeting intern placements to positions where the intern will have some exposure to work in one of the six Themes US/ICOMOS has adopted for our 50th anniversary. These include Climate change and heritage, Heritage in Times of Conflict and Disaster, World Heritage Management, Cultural Landscape Practice, Heritage as a Pillar of Sustainable Development, and helping diverse American communities tell their stories. This last Theme relates to United States communities that derive some aspect of their cultural identity from a place abroad. Sometimes diasporic, this includes the heritage of African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Filipino-American, etc.
One inestimable side benefit of the IEP has been the close relations it has created between us and other ICOMOS National Committees with whom we have partnered. Please have a look at the Call (link below) and consider submitting a proposal.
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24. University of Sydney: Ochre, Spinifex & Foil unlocks new science, industry and design potential
In a stunning new exhibition at the University of Sydney’s Tin Sheds Gallery, Ochre, Spinifex & Foil (OSF) investigates three materials embedded in Indigenous history and culture and unlocks their science and creative potential in art, architecture and manufacturing.
The materials and ideas explored are part of ongoing university and industry applied research, revealed for the first time in the Sydney exhibition.
Interrogating ochre, spinifex and foil, the exhibition presents new pathways in design knowledge arising from the two-way exchange of Indigenous and non-Indigenous science, and provides greater understanding of the innovative potential of these materials in Australian industry and practice.
The University of Sydney’s Professor Michael Tawa from the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning said: “Ochre and spinifex are in abundance across this country and have been an integral part of Indigenous culture for thousands of years.
“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture evidences innate, place-based design intelligence and capacities for adaptation and innovation. In this exhibition, traditional uses of ochre and spinifex, and traditional practices of dressing and shelter responding to regional conditions and climates are placed side by side with current scientific research and understanding.
“There is much we can learn from Indigenous history and knowledge for the future of architecture and the built environment. By looking closely at the traditions of Indigenous culture we can adapt these long-standing practices and knowledge as we look forward to develop novel solutions to contemporary problems in conservation, material technology and dwellings,” said Professor Michael Tawa.
In the heart of the gallery, visitors move between the spinifex and foil exhibits to a spectacular tableau of traditional Warmun ochres on-loan from the remote East Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Each exhibit explores the untapped potential of these materials: ochre in cultural conservation; spinifex as a renewable biomaterial and substitute for fossil fuel polymers and toxic glues; and foil in energy-efficient building construction.
OSF exhibition curator and a durability research architect, Gina Levenspiel, said: “I think that our knowledge of some materials lags behind the urgent demands of our time, our growing ecological footprint and the protection of cultural intellectual property and resources.
“The materials that are explored in this exhibition were chosen for their design quality, for their capacity to contest incorrect or outdated notions of cultural materials, and for their ability to indicate new directions in design.
“The exhibition also illustrates new knowledge that has evolved in Australian design over the last decade, raising important questions related to authenticity, preservation, cultural capital and sustainability,” she said.
As visitors move through the three displays, the exhibition also raises issues around the ethical exchange of scientific and cultural knowledge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the transmission of traditional knowledge; the protection of cultural intellectual property in the commercialisation of spinifex; and the ongoing fabrication of energy-efficient buildings.
Ochre, Spinifex & Foil is presented by the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning in association with Tin Sheds Gallery in support of the University’s 2015 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Integrated Strategy Wingara Mura-Bunga Barrabugu, Thinking path to make tomorrow.
What: Ochre, Spinifex & Foil
Where: Tin Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney, 148 City Road, Darlington
When: Until 6 November 2015
Opening Hours: Tues-Friday 11am-4pm
About the curator
Gina Levenspiel is the curator for Ochre, Spinifex & Foil. A durability research architect, she is currently completing her PhD at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation under the title, ‘The poverty of conservation: Architecture, materiality and the Burra Charter’.
The collaborators
- Ochre:- Warmun Art Centre Gija Contemporary Art and University of Melbourne, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation.
- Spinifex:- The Myuma Group and University of Queensland Aboriginal Environments Research Centre with the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
- Foil:- Kevin O’Brien Architects and Ametalin
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25. “Review and finalize best practices (standards and guidelines) for archaeological heritage management at World Heritage Sites” conference, Florence, Nov-Dec 2015
You are invited to the international conference “Review and finalize best practices (standards and guidelines) for archaeological heritage management at World Heritage Sites”, in Florence, 30 November – 3 December 2015.
The conference is co-promoted together with the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) and high reputable specialists and experts from all over the world will deliver their reports at the conference.
The participation of external observers is welcome and a special section of the program will be just dedicated to Q&A; an extraordinary opportunity for upgrading skill and knowledge in management of world archaeological heritage sites and for extending professional and scientific contacts.
Program and conditions of participation are available on the Foundation’s Life Beyond Tourism Portal.
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26. International Conference on Urban Risks (ICUR), Lisbon, June-July 2016 – call for papers
Abstract submission deadline – 15 November 2015
The CERU – European Centre on Urban Risks – is very pleased to welcome you to the International Conference on Urban Risks (ICUR).
ICUR intends to gather practitioners, researchers and other specialists that study or deal with different risks on urban areas, in order to share their experiences and practices, to discuss risks from diverse perspectives and to cope with the latest results of research.
The conference topics will range from the concepts and methods on risk management to the risk assessment of a variety of urban risks, like the risks induced by natural and technological hazards, environmental, health and societal risks, and also comprising topics dedicated to risk treatment and communication.
This wide range of topics makes this conference a valuable gathering place for all players involved in urban risk related issues, as well as for different stakeholders. The conference will be bilingual (English and Portuguese), although the use of English will be encouraged due to the selection of the best papers to be published in a peer-reviewed international journal.
The event will be held in Lisbon on 30 June-2 July, 2016. Lisbon is a wonderful city and is very much worth visiting, especially in summertime.
Click on the links below for more information.
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27. National Trust (ACT) Heritage Awards, 12 November
The National Trust of Australia, ACT invites you to the The National Trust (ACT) Heritage Awards Presentation 2015.
Date & time: Thursday 12 November, 6.00 – 7.00pm; drinks from 5.30pm, Awards from 6.00pm
Venue: The Menzies Room, National Archives of Australia, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes ACT
FREE ENTRY
RSVP Essential: ph (02) 6230 0533 or RSVP by email
Presentations will be made by Mr Mick Gentleman, MLA.
The National Archives is currently hosting an exhibition which will be open from 5pm for people attending the awards to view. Stories of our soldiers at Gallipoli – in their own words. Embark on a journey with our soldiers at Gallipoli. From the excitement of enlisting, to the terror of battle. Life would never be the same. A partnership exhibition based on a concept developed by the State Library of NSW.
Download the NT Awards Invite.
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28. SITUATION VACANT Resident Exhibition Specialist, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Resident Exhibition Specialist, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
LookEar is a Melbourne-based heritage interpretation design company that was part of an international team that designed a series of museum exhibition spaces in the world heritage site of Atturaif, on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A resident person is now required to work as part of the Site Management Team during the documentation, fabrication and installation phases. The position is for an initial period of approx. 10 months with a possible extension.
Tasks include:
- Provide day-to-day input and advice regarding the contractor’s detailed designs, documentation, fabrication and installation of the museum exhibitions
- Represent LookEar on all design decisions and provide on-going feedback and information to the Australian-based support team
Applicants should have qualifications and experience in relevant disciplines such as graphic design, interior design, industrial design and/ or museum studies. Applicants also need to be aware that Saudi Arabia can be a challenging place in which to live, and need to be mindful of their abilities to successfully deal with a variety of day-to-day issues.
A full position brief with selection criteria is available on request.
For further information contact David Huxtable by email or on 0419 592 886.
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29. SITUATION VACANT Heritage Advisory / Consultancy Services (by tender), Queensland Rail
Queensland Rail has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Environment & Heritage Protection and the Queensland Heritage Council authorising Queensland Rail to self-regulate its compliance with the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 and related statutory requirements.
A committee established and maintained by Queensland Rail (Queensland Rail Heritage Committee – QRHC) will have primary responsibility for operations described in the MOU. The MOU establishes a framework for and supports the delegation of some functions of the DEHP to Queensland Rail.
The QRHC includes representatives from business groups within Queensland Rail, a representative from DEHP and an independent heritage consultant with appropriate experience to provide advice and technical support.
The purpose of this tender is to have independent heritage advisory / consultancy services available to meet the intent of the MOU.
Closing date for tenders is Friday 13 November 2015 at 5.00pm Brisbane, Queensland.
For more information, click here.
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30. SITUATION VACANT Manager, Heritage Register and Permits, Heritage Victoria
The position of Manager, Heritage Register and Permits with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Heritage Victoria, is now open for applications.
The Manager, Heritage Register and Permits leads a team responsible for the delivery of key statutory processes under the State Heritage Act 1995. The role has delegated decision-making responsibilities, and provides specialist high level advice and direction to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria, the Department and key stakeholders.
Please find the job description and other details at this link.
The nominated contact person for enquiries is Steven Avery, Manager Heritage Services on (03) 9938 6896. The nominated closing date is 4 November 2015.
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31. SITUATION VACANT Senior Architect, Design 5 – Architects
EXPERIENCED CONSERVATION ARCHITECT
Design 5 – Architects, a well-established practice based in Chippendale, Sydney, are seeking a Senior Architect with a minimum of 5 years’ experience to join our team on a range of conservation related projects. We have a broad range of interesting and challenging projects, from adaptive re-use and detailed conservation work to new structures in significant contexts. We are seeking someone with good design, contract documentation, and communication skills, and preferably proficient in Vectorworks. Knowledge of traditional construction and experience in running projects is essential.
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32. SITUATION VACANT Archaeologists for research, Port Arthur Historic Site
Excavations at Port Arthur: archaeologists wanted!
The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority is seeking a professional excavation crew for the next round of research at the World Heritage-listed Port Arthur Historic Site in Tasmania. In 2016 a major excavation will be conducted targeting the ablutions yard area of the penitentiary complex at the heart of the convict-era settlement. We are seeking qualified and experienced archaeologists for the excavations (5 positions) and to undertake site excavation recording and surveying (1 position).
Details of the vacancies, Statements of Duties and Application Forms are available from the Tasmanian Government website at. Applicants should follow all of the instructions carefully.
Additional background material on the excavations and notes for the excavation crew about working at Port Arthur are available from David Roe (contact David by email). Candidates for the positions will find it useful to consult this additional material before completing their application.
The 2016 excavations will be the largest ever undertaken at Port Arthur. The crew will have a rare opportunity to be a part of a major research excavation that seeks to better understand the history of this key site and of the hidden behaviours of the convicts who once were its main occupants.
Applications close on 13 November.
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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
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia
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