Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 883

NEW ITEMS

  1. [NEW ITEM] End of Australia ICOMOS’ term as Chair organisation of Blue Shield Australia (BSA)
  2. [NEW ITEM] The Burra Charter turns 40 – Sydney Panel Discussion, 13 July, Uni of Sydney
  3. [NEW ITEM] ‘Three cheers to the old apple tree!’: wassailing, nostalgia and the heritage of apples, lecture, 4 July, Hobart
  4. [NEW ITEM] Heritage Address, Open House Melbourne, 15 July 2019, Melbourne
  5. [NEW ITEM] THE TRUST TALKS: Playing with the Past, 25 July, Brisbane
  6. [NEW ITEM] National Trust Queensland Heritage Awards 2019 – nominations open and close 5 August
  7. [NEW ITEM] Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions – applications open until 20 July 2019
  8. [NEW ITEM] Glebe Community Festival, 28-30 June (last days)
  9. [NEW ITEM] NCA survey on trees within Canberra’s National Triangle – have your say
  10. [NEW ITEM] Growing Victoria’s Botanic Gardens grants program now open – applications close 7 August
  11. [NEW ITEM] International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage, Egypt, 31 January to 2 February 2020 – call for abstracts: deadline 4 August
  12. [NEW ITEM] ICOMOS Annual Report now available online
  13. [NEW ISSUE] Read Heritage Tasmania’s latest news
  14. [NEW ISSUE] News from Sydney Living Museums

GA2020 SYDNEY ITEMS

TALKS / EVENTS / WORKSHOPS

CONFERENCE / SYMPOSIUM CALL FOR PAPERS & OPEN REGISTRATIONS

FORUMS / COURSES / AWARDS / GRANTS PROGRAMS / OTHER – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS / NOMINATIONS / SUBMISSIONS / EOI

SITUATIONS VACANT / WANTED

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NEW ITEMS

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1. [NEW ITEM] End of Australia ICOMOS’ term as Chair organisation of Blue Shield Australia (BSA)

At the beginning of July, Australia ICOMOS steps down as the Chair organisation of Blue Shield Australia (BSA). The Chair now passes to the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), another of the four Founding Organisations, for a two-year term.

Australia ICOMOS thanks Tanya Park for acting as our Chair of the BSA committee for the past two years, during which she has contributed her expertise and a significant amount of time contributing and co-ordinating the committee and its work. We also thank Catherine Forbes for being the Australia ICOMOS Proxy and for her substantial contributions, and Annabelle Tanuwidjojo for acting in the role of Secretary and Treasurer, also volunteering a great deal of time to take minutes, collate documentation and manage BSA funds. Thirdly, thanks to Robyn Riddett for her considerable contributions to the BSA committee over a number of years.

Tanya and Catherine will continue as the Australia ICOMOS representatives on the BSA committee.

Other Australia ICOMOS members who are interested in the work of disaster preparedness are encouraged to engage with the ANZ (Australia & New Zealand) Joint Cultural Heritage Risk Preparedness Working Group, from which Tanya and Catherine will provide the link to BSA.

Ian Travers
President, Australia ICOMOS

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2. [NEW ITEM] The Burra Charter turns 40 – Sydney Panel Discussion, 13 July, Uni of Sydney

Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter Panel Discussion
11.00am to 1.00pm, 13 July
University of Sydney

The Burra Charter is the bedrock for heritage practice in Australia. It sets out principles and procedures that have been applied throughout the country and overseas, since it was written in 1979. To acknowledge the Charter’s 40th anniversary, Australia ICOMOS is hosting a series of panel discussions to reflect on the document’s success and evolution, and to consider its capacity to respond to changing cultural assumptions, environmental conditions and professional practices. Questions to be posed as part the discussion may include, how does the Burra Charter work in practice, and how rigorously is it applied? Does it address all of the issues relevant to contemporary heritage and conservation practice? Is there a need for the Charter to respond more directly to intangible heritage? Is there a risk the Charter will be diluted through further reviews?

The second of these panel discussions will take place at the University of Sydney on Saturday 13 July 2019. It will form a discrete session within the conference Distance Looks Back, a joint meeting of the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) and the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ). Conference delegates will be entitled to attend the panel discussion, but it is also possible to register for the panel discussion as a standalone event. Ticket holders for this event will also be entitled to attend other Saturday morning sessions of the conference (see conference sessions here).

For more information and to book for this event, click here.

The discussion will be chaired by Cameron Logan from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at University of Sydney. If you would like to ask a prepared question on the day, please email your question to Cameron.

 


Supported by the Getty Conservation Institute

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3. [NEW ITEM] ‘Three cheers to the old apple tree!’: wassailing, nostalgia and the heritage of apples, lecture, 4 July, Hobart

‘Three cheers to the old apple tree!’: wassailing, nostalgia and the heritage of apples
presented by Alicia Marchant

The ancient practice of wassailing to the apple trees has had a resurgence in recent years in apple-growing regions around the world, including in Tasmania where wassailing is performed as part of the Huon Valley Mid-Winter Fest. First recorded at Fordwich in Kent in England in 1585, apple wassailing or ‘apple howling’ is performed annually on Old Twelfth Night after the Winter Solstice and involves a parading group moving noisily from orchard to orchard, singing a traditional wassailing song with gusto, and banging on pots and pans. The costumes worn are equally as loud, with bright tatters, Morris dress, greenery and foliage, furs and pagan animal masks. The task of this group is to make as much noise as possible to awaken the dormant apple trees to encourage new growth, and to scare away the evil spirits that could lurk and do damage to the precious fruit. Taking the Huon Valley wassail as focal point, this paper will examine the long history of wassailing to the apple trees, and its affective and heritage meanings. Wassailing provides a fascinating case study that raises questions around memory, story-telling and nostalgia, heritage landscapes and soundscapes, folk traditions and archival sources, to ask: what happens when the very British practice of wassailing is transplanted to Tasmania? What sorts of ‘pasts’ are recalled, and what emotional work does the wassail performance do within these contexts? 

Where: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Ground floor, 91 Murray St (LINC Tasmania)

When: Thursday 4 July, 1.00-2.00pm

Cost: Free, free, free

Download the Alicia Marchant, 4 July talk flyer.

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4. [NEW ITEM] Heritage Address, Open House Melbourne, 15 July 2019, Melbourne

The Heritage Council of Victoria is very excited to announce that leading architect Kerstin Thompson will be giving this year’s Heritage Address as part of Open House Melbourne’s July 2019 programme.

Passionate about integrating our heritage into the future of our city, Kerstin Thompson has worked on award-winning architectural projects with heritage at their heart. Her recent project, The Stables VCA Faculty of Fine Arts & Music at the University of Melbourne received a Heritage & Educational Architecture Award from the AIA Victorian Chapter in 2018.

Details: 6pm, Monday 15 July, Federation Hall, University of Melbourne Southbank campus, 5/7-17 Grant Street Southbank

More information here.

Bookings here.

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5. [NEW ITEM] THE TRUST TALKS: Playing with the Past, 25 July, Brisbane

THE TRUST TALKS: Playing with the Past

Using gaming technologies and virtual reality to create immersive heritage experiences and enable new connections with our shared history.

DETAILS

Where: Queensland State Archives

When: Thursday 25 July, as follows:

• 4:45pm optional Free Tour
• 5:00pm drinks & canapes
• 6:00pm start
• 7.30pm finish

Cost: $16 (NTAQ members, Stare Archive Readers, students) / $27 (non-members)

THE SPEAKERS

Phil Manning – Senior Curator – Queensland State Archives

Topic: Playing with the Past at the Queensland State Archives

The changing nature of Queensland’s built environment is documented by photographs and architectural drawings. Using these, Queensland State Archives is experimenting with technology to ‘rebuild’ knowledge and interest in our cultural heritage.

Phil’s presentation will focus on two current projects, relating to St Helena Island Prison and a range of public buildings from the 1880s, using virtual reality and gaming technology.

Brett Leavy – Digital Storyteller, innovator, communicator, creator – Virtual Songlines

Topic: Virtual Maiwar – An immersive heritage time machine

Have you ever imagined walking around the riverside, following the track of the original custodians of Meeanchinn just one day before the first settlement of Brisbane Town in 1826? Brett will take you back in time and demonstrate how he merges computer technology with traditional knowledge to make 3D virtual landscapes that represents pre-colonisation landforms and embed traditional Aboriginal culture, language, artefacts, community, trade and much more into immersive learning experiences.

>>More information and bookings

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6. [NEW ITEM] National Trust Queensland Heritage Awards 2019 – nominations open and close 5 August

Each year, the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) awards outstanding projects and people that demonstrate excellence in the protection, conservation and celebration of Queensland’s environmental, built and cultural heritage.

The National Trust annual Queensland Heritage Awards are a prestigious acknowledgment of the quality of heritage work that is carried out across the State. The Awards seek to showcase the entrants and promote best practice, encourage innovation and collaboration, and celebrate the diversity of heritage places in Queensland.

For more information, visit this link.

The deadline for nominations is Monday 5 August 2019, 4.00pm.

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7. [NEW ITEM] Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions – applications open until 20 July 2019

After 10 years of European funding, 375 students and 65 countries, applications for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions are opened up to 20 July 2019. This international course on the conservation of heritage structures was the winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage “Europa Nostra”, and presents a unique opportunity to meet people from all over the world.

This Masters Course, which is running its 12th Edition, is organized by a consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, including the University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of Padua (Italy) and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic).

The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications.

A significant number of scholarships, ranging from 4,000 to 13,000 Euro, are available to students of any nationality.

Please find full details on the MSc programme, as well as the electronic application procedure, at the course website.

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8. [NEW ITEM] Glebe Community Festival, 28-30 June (last days)

Catch the last days of the Glebe Community Festival. Full festival programme is at this link; Bookings online via Eventbrite

In addition to the many events, there is also an Exhibition, which is multi-focus, with impressive sections on: a) Aboriginal Land: Glebe & Forest Lodge; b) The Glebe Environment; c) Villas of Glebe & Forest Lodge – pre-1870; d) Glebe People – photographs; e) My 2037 – photo competition for students; f) Improving Biodiversity in Glebe; g) Glebe in Print & Film. Also includes rolling audio-visual displays on a big range of topics – including local legends Prof. Bernard Smith; MP Tom Uren; union activist Jack Mundey; contemporary artists; & much more.

Festival highlights

FRIDAY 28 JUNE

FRI 28/6, Exhibition open 10am-6pm.

FRI 28/6, 2-2.30pm – free talk: Glebe Trams – transport historian Col Gilbertson tells tales of trams here from 1892-1958; lobbying for light rail (achieved in 2000) and tram history, which is on show at the adaptively-reused Tramsheds.

FRI 28/6, 6-7pm – free talk: Shawna Chadlowe, CEO of Australian Wildlife Conservancy speaks about their national work monitoring wildlife sanctuaries, programmes on feral cats, foxes, weed and fire management and wildlife translocations.

SATURDAY 29 JUNE

SAT 29/6, Exhibition open 8am-4pm.

SAT 29/6, 11am-1pm: Glebe Aboriginal Cultural Bus Tour, $25 – meeting place: Tranby College (SHR item: cnr. Boyce/Mansfield St’s) – see where 1965 ‘Freedom Rides’ started from and ended (Sydney Uni. and Charles Perkins’ home) and tap the suburb’s rich Aboriginal history and culture. Bookings as above.

SAT 29/6, 6-7pm: Glebe’s Colourful Characters – A to Z, $20 – multi-media presentation on post-code 2037’s activists, adventurers, athletes, creatives, crooks, entrepreneurs, MPs, bigwigs & odd bods. By Lyn Collingwood with actor Dereck Cameron, singers Dale Dengate & Seamus Gil. Bookings as above.

SUNDAY 30 JUNE

SUN 30/6, Exhibition open 8am-4pm

SUN 30/6, 11am-1pm: Max Solling’s History Walk 2, Glebe, $10 – (meet: Mitchell St. (Wentworth Park end). Historian Solling (author of various books on Glebe, who led TGS’s first walk in 1969) leads a walk explaining its history and architecture. Handout provided. Bookings as above.

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9. [NEW ITEM] NCA survey on trees within Canberra’s National Triangle – have your say

The National Capital Authority (NCA) has commenced a project to develop a Tree Management Policy. The NCA manages and maintains approximately 18,000 trees across Commonwealth land. Due to a host of existing and emerging challenges, the NCA seeks a policy that has stewardship from the community and provides a strategic approach for future management. The first part of the process is to gather information about what people think about trees within Canberra’s National Triangle and the NCA invites you to complete a brief survey. The survey aims to gather as much input as possible to help the NCA further improve its understanding of how people use the Central National Area, what the community thinks about the treed spaces and what they would like to see more of in the future. The NCA is aware that this is an area of national significance, so it is hoping to reach a national audience with this initial work.

Here is the link to the survey.

Download the NCA_Tree Week 2019_DL Flyer_FINAL.

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10. [NEW ITEM] Growing Victoria’s Botanic Gardens grants program now open – applications close 7 August

This grants program is delivered by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) over two annual grant rounds. The first round is now open and closes 5pm, 7 August 2019.

The purpose of the grants program is to rejuvenate Victoria’s botanic gardens by upgrading and enhancing the physical assets and amenities of the gardens and by growing the gardens’ important role in research, conservation and education. The program also aims to address the risks posed by climate-related rainfall and temperature changes.

Definition of botanic gardens to be supported by this grant program:

‘Botanic gardens are recognised as being gardens that are open to the public and which grow plants for public enjoyment and for scientific, horticultural, conservation or educational purposes. These gardens may include institutions holding documented collections of living plants for scientific research, sharing of seed and plant material, and educational display and interpretation’.

It is recommended that managers of botanic gardens included on the Victorian Heritage Register consult Heritage Victoria for advice if physical projects and works are being considered for any grant application.

Applicants may apply for an amount of between $20,000 and $300,000 per project, per grant round. All applications and project proposals must demonstrate some contribution; either financial or in-kind, not necessarily equivalent to the amount of grant funding sought.

For more information, visit the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning website.

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11. [NEW ITEM] International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage, Egypt, 31 January to 2 February 2020 – call for abstracts: deadline 4 August

IEREK (the International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange) is an organisation concerned with the dissemination of research through academic events such as conferences, workshops, international schools, as well as publishing.

IEREK is currently working on establishing the 4th edition of the International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH). Following the success of its previews instalments, the CAH conference will be held in Egypt on a Nile Cruise travelling from Aswan to Luxor, with a program that shows the attendees the beauty of the Egyptian Heritage.

The conference is currently calling for abstracts, with a deadline of 4 August 2019. More information about the conference can be found at the conference website.

For participating authors publication is offered through the Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) Book Series published by Springer in collaboration with IEREK, in addition to an online journal that hosts the conference proceedings.

For more information on the series, please visit the Springer website.

This specific conference has already produced two books in publication with Springer, as per the links below.

A Culmination of Selected Research Papers from the Second International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH-2), Egypt 2018

Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts

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12. [NEW ITEM] ICOMOS Annual Report now available online

Click here to read the ICOMOS Annual Report.

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13. [NEW ISSUE] Read Heritage Tasmania’s latest news

To read the latest news from Heritage Tasmania, click on the link below.

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14. [NEW ISSUE] News from Sydney Living Museums

To read the latest news from the Sydney Living Museums, click here.

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GA2020 SYDNEY ITEMS

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GA 2020 – EOI Invited for Pre and Post GA2020 Tours and Events: deadline Friday 28 June

Expressions of interest (EOI) are invited for tours and events that might be offered (outside Sydney) before and/or after the Twentieth Triennial General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of ICOMOS (GA2020), which will be held in Sydney between 1 and 10 October 2020. #icomosga2020 – GA WEBSITE NOW LIVE

At GA2020 as many as 1,500 heritage experts will enjoy an engaging program of site visits, functions, workshops and a four-day Scientific Symposium on the theme of ‘Shared Cultures – Shared Heritage – Shared Responsibility’, which will leave a legacy for the management of cultural heritage and the communities that value and care for it in Australia and globally. There will be associated meetings of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committees, other ICOMOS committees, workshops training sessions and excursions to cultural heritage places.

GA2020 will also provide opportunities for prior or subsequent visits to other parts of Australia, so that delegates may experience and learn about other heritage properties and stories or participate in related activities such as workshops and Australia ICOMOS Members may have the opportunity to contribute to GA2020 in ways other than during the Sydney event itself.

A selection of ‘official’ pre and post tours and events will be included in the GA2020 program and registration process. Expressions of interest are encouraged from Australia ICOMOS Members, and both government and non-government organisations who would be prepared to offer a pre and/or post GA2020 tour or event. This is on the basis that the GA2020 Managers will facilitate bookings, but the host will provide venues, local travel arrangements and program content, including any necessary staffing, support materials or catering. It is expected that delegates will book their own internal domestic flights, if required, based on suggestions from the tour and event organisers, preferably with the GA2020 official airline partner Qantas.

The GA2020 team is looking to offer a small selection of high-quality tours and other events, across a broad spectrum of heritage places.

Expressions of Interest should include the following information:

  • name and contact details (email address and contact number) of the proposed host (person / people / group / organisation)
  • background, size, experience and capability of the organisation
  • name and nature of the proposed event
  • 50 word ‘promotional paragraph’ for the proposed event
  • timing and duration, including indicative dates and program/itinerary
  • proposed event venue(s) and transport arrangements
  • minimum and maximum participant numbers
  • cost to delegates (excluding GA2020 booking / administrative fees)
  • any requirements, restrictions, limits or opportunities
  • how and why the proposed event or tour aligns with the GA2020 theme

The EOIs received will be evaluated by the GA2020 Executive Committee, having regard to the location and nature of the offer, the proposed host, resource implications and potential to align with the GA2020 theme. Subject to the volume and nature of the offers received, it is expected that applicants will be notified of the outcome during August 2019.

Expressions of interest should be should be lodged here by 5pm, Friday 28 June 2019.

Additional information of no more than 4 pages maximum may also be sent to the GA2020 Team by email.

PLEASE NOTE: so that they can be correctly added to the information that is submitted via the online form, please name any additional information files that are sent by email as follows:

  • GA2020_pre-post-tours_YOUR NAME, eg. “GA2020_pre-post-tours_Sally Smith”.

If you are submitting more than one file, please use the following file naming convention:

  • [GA2020_pre-post-tours_YOUR NAME_no], eg. “GA2020_pre-post-tours_Sally Smith_1”, “GA2020_pre-post-tours_Sally Smith_2”, etc.

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TALKS / EVENTS / WORKSHOPS

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Turramurra heritage walk with architectural historian Zeny Edwards, 7 July, Sydney

The ‘Brushbox Avenue’ of Prestigious Homes – Turramurra heritage walk with architectural historian Zeny Edwards

Time: 10.30am
Date: Sunday, 7 July 2019
Location: Please meet in front of ‘Wychwood’ residence, 17 Ku-ring-gai Avenue, Turramurra
Cost: ranges from $15-25

Architectural historian Zeny Edwards will lead us on an exploration of Turramurra’s ‘Brushbox Avenue’ of grand Federation period residences set in generous and well-proportioned garden settings.

Join the Twentieth Century Heritage Society of NSW & ACT as we go back in history and find out why it is considered one of the most intact Federation-period streets in the Sydney metropolitan area.

>>MORE INFORMATION & BOOKINGS

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UPDATED The National Endangered Skills and Trades Show, 13-14 July, Canberra – bookings open

Rare trades but not as you know it. This event is incorporating both traditional trades and endangered skills from a range of industries (did someone say neon sign tube bending?) to demonstrate the need to reinstate apprenticeships for the future of our workforce. The ACT Government is currently looking at a pilot program to re-energise training in collaboration with artisans in business, and the lobbying being undertaken around this event is crucial. Held at The Fitters Workshop, next to Canberra’s biggest craft market, the demonstration event itself is expecting 15,000 through the doors over the weekend. Major cultural institutions such as the National Film and Sound Archives [who need trainees in analogue sound engineering] will be participating and supporting the advocacy.

Most excitingly, a partnered symposium with the National Museum of Australia will also be held on the Saturday evening with speakers discussing how heritage skills can be used to create bespoke solutions for modern issues and new industries. Lobbying begins and ends in Canberra, lets make this count!

Visit the Endangered Skills and Trades Show website for more information.

Free but you can register here.

UPDATED INFORMATION

The event and symposium has gone live – this is a lobbying event supporting heritage skills and trades, which need to have a renewed education pathway in Australia. We are expected to have ACT government, media and we are trying for federal government representatives. It would be excellent if the room were totally full demonstrating the community interest in heritage and the important part it plays in the community and our economy. 

The speakers are all very interesting and have a special take on their professions and their future my abstract will be on the economic necessity of heritage conservation to ensure unique creative niche industries in a global world. Suggested inclusions are welcome. 

Please help us fill the auditorium and please make this event known to your local member, policy maker, boss and community leader. 

Particularly with an ACT election looming, it about time we had parties heritage policy front and centre. 

See the event flyer

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Harrietville Chinese Mining Village archaeological excavation, October 2019 – bookings open

The Uncovered Past Institute is excited to announce that the second archaeological excavation of the 19th century Harrietville Chinese Mining Village, planned for October 2019, is now open for bookings. Members of the public as well as archaeology students can help fund the project by participating in this excavation.

Highlights of the first excavation in October 2017 can be seen in this video.

Our 2017 team of 10 staff and 36 participants discovered the foundations of at least 19 buildings, and partially excavated two of these. During Season 2 we aim to complete the excavation of these two buildings, and also excavate the communal kitchen where all the meals for the Chinese miners were cooked. The largely undisturbed Village site includes mine workings, water races, building foundations, and gardens: a rare survivor of the heyday of Chinese gold mining in Victoria.

See the Uncovered Past Institute website for participation fees and the program.

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Autumn in New York: Deco Weekend, 10-13 October 2019

The Art Deco Society of New York (ADSNY) invites you to our vibrant, exhilarating, gleaming Art Deco capital to enjoy an immersive extended weekend to explore and celebrate some of the world’s most recognizable examples of Art Deco architecture and design. In addition to the city’s interwar treasures and mementos of Jazz Age culture, we will dine in iconic hotspots that embody our favorite era.

Through a series of engrossing programs – led by acclaimed architectural, design, and culture historians – we’ll delve deep into 1920s and 1930s New York: home to the flapper, the speakeasy, and the belief that anything goes. This program focuses on the development of New York’s unmatched skyscrapers, which transformed the city into a modern, glittering metropolis.

For more information, visit the Art Deco Society of New York website.

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CONFERENCE / SYMPOSIUM CALL FOR PAPERS & OPEN REGISTRATIONS

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Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Barcelona, 16-18 September 2020 – abstracts due 30 June 2019

The deadline for abstract submission to the 12th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2020) is 30 June 2019.

Registration and submission of abstracts should be performed online. Detailed information is available here.

You can email the conference Secretariat for any questions.

The 12th edition of the International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2020) will take place on 16-18 September 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. This edition signals the 25th anniversary of the SAHC conference series, which started also in Barcelona in 1995. The 12th SAHC conference will be held at Barcelona’s World Trade Center, a sea-view conference resort located in Barcelona downtown, near the Port Vell (Old Port).

IMPORTANT DATES

* Deadline for abstract submission: 30 June 2019
* Announcement of accepted abstracts: 30 September 2019
* Deadline for submitting the full paper: 15 January 2020
* Announcement of accepted papers: 31 March 2020

The conference proceedings (including full papers only) will be submitted for indexation in the Data Citation Index – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and in SCOPUS database. In addition, the best papers presented at SAHC 2020 will be selected by the Organizing Committee after the conference for submission of expanded versions in the Special Issue of the International Journal of Architectural Heritage.

Follow us on the conference website and social networks (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter) for all the latest updates.

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CHNT conference, 4-6 November 2019, Vienna – call for Papers, Short Papers (Round Tables), Science Slam and Posters: deadline 30 June

Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (CHNT) conference
Monumental Computations: Digital archaeology of large urban and underground infrastructures
4-6 November 2019
Vienna, Austria

Call for Papers, Short Papers (Round Table) and Posters

Please mind our new guidelines and template for submitting the “long abstract”. The guidelines are valid for papers, short papers (round table) and posters! The guidelines for poster (printed version) we will soon publish on CHNT Homepage.

Deadline for submissions: 30 June

More information about the call is available at this link.

Call for Apps

This year we will again organize an APP AWARD. We will soon publish the criteria and guidelines on our webpage.

Call for Science Slam

We will do it for the second time and organize a Science Slam – “This is how we know…” We will soon publish the criteria and guidelines on our webpage.

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Making Conservation, AICCM conference, Melbourne, 13-15 November 2019 – call for papers: closes 1 July

Submissions close: 1 July 2019

At the AICCM National Conference 2019, we invite you to consider how we make our profession. Broadly divided into three themes – making conservation sustainable, innovative and connected – we want to know what excites you, what challenges you, and what you want to discuss further.

What treatments are inspiring you, what new project have you developed, what plans do you have for the future? Where should conservation be heading, both locally and globally, and how are we going to get there? How are we making conservation now and how can the way we make conservation shape the future?

Join us at the Pavilion at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, 13–15 November 2019 and continue the conversation. The three day conference will include two and a half days of presentations, an afternoon of tours, a panel discussion on conservation education, welcome drinks and an evening soiree.

Each day of the conference will centre around one of the three themes:

Making Conservation Connected

• How are we/should we make conservation inclusive, collaborative, visible, accessible and connected across communities?

Making Conservation Sustainable

• How can the profession grow and develop?
• What do we need from conservation education and what are the challenges or opportunities we are working with?
• How can conservation respond to climate change and how will this affect our work?

Making Conservation Innovation

• What treatments, projects, developments or ideas are exciting and inspiring you, or challenging you to do things differently?
• How can conservation shape the future?

The organising committee welcomes abstracts of 250 words on these three distinct but connected topics. Suggested formats include:

• Papers (20 mins)
• Lightning talks (5 mins)
• Panel discussions (45 mins – 1 hr)
• Other facilitated discussion, debate, critique, networking or interactive sessions
• Posters
• Short video presentations
• Tours (to be facilitated through the tour afternoon)

If we have not listed your preferred session format here, contact us to discuss your idea. Abstracts/queries can be emailed to Albertine Hamilton.

More information at the conference website. Download the AICCM2019_CallForPapers leaflet.

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ICADS 15th World Congress on Art Deco, Buenos Aires, 5-15 November 2019 – call for papers: closes 1 July

Congress Theme

The Congress theme is Art Deco Melting Pots in relation with the Congress program that will show on site the Art Deco Rioplatense, a trend that borrowed ideas, images, and materials from different parts of the world to shape modern eclectic design, architecture and town planning.

The Art Deco era embodied the climax of eclecticism in a context of fast communications, combination of tradition and innovation, integration between industrialization and craftsmanship, intersection of arts and design, intellectual and artistic desacralization of images and secular traditions in composition and ornamentation.

The three sessions of lectures will present Art Deco Rioplatense in all its manifestations: architecture and decoration, art and design, urbanism and landscaping by local scholars. The program will include other presentations concentrated on the transfers, assimilations, and mixes in the emergence of characteristic regional art deco trends.

For more information about the event and the call for papers, visit the congress website and see the call for papers document.

The call for papers closes 1 July 2019.

For those of you who wish to attend this event, also see: Tips_On_Booking_Air_Travel_To_The_World_Congress_on_Art_DecoR.

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ISC Theory conference on Indigenous Cultural Heritage, 13-15 November 2019, Canada – call for papers deadline 15 July

ISC Theory conference on Indigenous Cultural Heritage
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
13-15 November 2019

The conference/gathering on Indigenous Cultural Heritage is organised by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration and co-hosted by the First Nations House of Learning (FNHL) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in collaboration with ICOMOS Canada and the ICOMOS ISC for the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites. The conference/gathering will focus on the recognition of the diverse and multiple forms of Indigenous Cultural Heritage representation, developing new approaches to World Heritage criteria, valorisation, conservation and restoration.

The principle aim of the conference is to provide a forum for dialogue with Indigenous communities in developing new approaches and best practices for World Heritage criteria, valorisation, conservation and restoration that both recognises and ensures the protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in all its diverse forms.

The call for papers is now open and closes 15 July 2019.

For more information, see the ISC Theory conference_call for papers leaflet.

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FORUMS / COURSES / AWARDS / GRANTS PROGRAMS / OTHER – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS / NOMINATIONS / SUBMISSIONS / EOI

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Sign up to the “Building Peace through Heritage” appeal for the 43rd UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku (9 July 2019)

We are pleased to inform that the UNESCO has invited the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco (the Foundation) to 43rd Edition of the World Heritage Committee, in Baku 30 June-10 July 2019.

Specifically, on 9 July 2019, the Foundation will hold a conference entitled “Building Peace through Heritage with the Life Beyond Tourism Movement”, with keynote speakers from UNESCO, ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM, with the recent Foundation’s Appeal “Building Peace through Heritage” that will be officially presented to that exclusive audience together with the list of the signatories (individuals and organisations) available on the web.

If you have not yet subscribed the Appeal, we invite you:

1. to join the Life Beyond Tourism Movement (click here to start the process)

2. to sign the Appeal, available at this link until 30 June 2019. In doing so, you / your institution will be enlisted in the official directory of the signatories of the Appeal that will be delivered to UNESCO at this event.

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Advanced Short Training Courses in Structural Analysis of Existing Buildings, Monuments and Historical Constructions

The courses integrated in the SAHC Masters Course can now be attended separately, without the need to enroll in the Masters Course.

These courses are of interest to those interested in the conservation, repair and strengthening of built heritage, be it monuments, other cultural heritage buildings or existing buildings in general. This includes mainly civil engineers and architects, but also, for some courses, art historians, archaeologists and others interested in cultural heritage buildings and in complementing or updating their knowledge with the most recent professional and scientific approaches and techniques.

The attendants can be professionals such as consultants, employees of building contractors, building material producers and suppliers, heritage authorities and others, as well as graduate students (MSc or PhD) enrolled in other programs.

Detailed information can be found in this leaflet or by visiting the SAHC Masters Course website.

For further information, please contact the SAHC Secretariat via email.

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2019 ACT Heritage Awards nominations open and close 28 June 2019

The National Trust Awards recognise projects in the ACT that make a significant contribution to the conservation of the built, indigenous and natural environment.

Which projects are eligible?

  • projects located in the ACT, and which make a contribution to the public domain, are visible from the street or public place or have public access; and
  • have been completed within the last 3 years (no earlier than 1 January 2016).

Intangible Heritage can be anything, but must be distinctly ACT, and can include icons or an aspect of ACT culture or life. This must be strongly evident over the past 3 years.

For more information and to download the nomination form, visit the ACT National Trust website.

Nominations close 28 June 2019.

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Australian Garden History Society’s Nina Crone Award – applications open and close 30 June

The Nina Crone Award is a grant to encourage students in the writing of Australian garden history. The award comprises a prize of $2,000 (five awards are to be granted) and a certificate – and the prospect of publication in the Society’s journal, Australian Garden History.

Papers should be for original research relating to Australian garden history and should be limited to 1000 to 1500 words. Photographs and illustrations may be included.

Expressions of interest, in the form of a brief abstract of 50–100 words, are invited. Submissions can be sent electronically or by post to Australian Garden History Society, Gate Lodge,100 Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne VIC 3004.

Eligibility and basis of submissions

The award is open to students only, nationally. Articles must be on a topic related to Australian garden history and must not have been previously published. All associated research must have been completed within the last two years.

Download the 2019 Nina Crone Award flyer.

Closing date: 30 June 2019

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Heritage Conservation Field Study, 7-25 October 2019, Italy – apply by 12 July 2019

Heritage Conservation Field Study – Experience the care of Italian heritage first-hand
Monday 7 October – Friday 25 October 2019

Bring your knowledge to the next level of experience in Italy. The objective of the field study is to learn about different ways of preserving, conserving and displaying heritage objects and monuments. You will study how professionals in the museum sector interact with works of historical importance.

This is a unique opportunity:

* to learn about, and apply, professional conservation techniques
* to thoroughly examine works displayed or stored in a variety of locations
* to engage in a constructive debate on the challenges and issues related to preventive conservation and the preservation of historical objects and artefacts in museums, churches and other exclusive locations

The tour is aimed at providing conservators, registrars, collection managers, museum curators, architects and selected students with specialist training in preventive conservation, from theory through to practice. This experience will be of interest to a range of participants with different levels of expertise; from seasoned conservators and museum staff to students with little prior knowledge.

The primary location of the field school will be the Capodimonte Museum in Naples with site visits in Rome and Florence. Under the direction of Carolina Izzo and the guidance of selected Italian experts, supervised by museums’ head of conservation, participants will have a unique professional experience in the original home of conservation.

For full information and an Itinerary, visit this link.

Places on the tour are limited and are granted at the discretion of the tour director. If you would like to apply for a place on this tour, please contact Carolina Izzo by email.

You will then be emailed a questionnaire to complete to accompany your application. Once you have returned this to us we will contact you within 7 days to offer successful applicants a place on the tour. You will then need to pay the initial $1,000 deposit to secure your place.

Applications for the tour close on Friday 12 July.

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SITUATIONS VACANT / WANTED

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[NEW] SITUATION VACANT Senior Strategic Planner, Heritage Team, City of  Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is seeking a Senior Strategic Planner to join our small heritage team, championing the City’s Heritage Strategy and its implementation. The team provide a platform for heritage in the city, including its value to communities and its role in urban renewal and city growth. The role will be responsible for a wide range of high profile projects including overseeing heritage incentives and grants, heritage reviews and heritage planning scheme amendments.

$106,988 + 9.5% Superannuation (prorata)

Temporary from 12 August 2019 to 18 May 2020 (Part Time 0.8)

Applications close on Monday 8 July. For more information, visit this link.

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[NEW] EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST SOUGHT Various Senior heritage professional opportunities, Context, Melbourne

Expressions of Interest sought

Are you a senior professional looking for a new opportunity to join a dynamic team of experienced of heritage professionals?

Do you have experience in any of the following areas?

• heritage planning/panel/expert witness

• cultural landscapes assessments and management

• Aboriginal cultural values assessment and anthropology

• historical and thematic research

Context is seeking expressions of interest from experienced people to join our team of specialists.

If you are keen to make a difference, and want to work with industry leaders across a diverse portfolio of great projects, get in touch with us via telephone (03) 9380 6933. Or send a short statement about your skills, background and experience, attach your CV and email Julian Siu, Manager, Consulting.

Let’s get the conversation started.

Download the Context EOI v4 flyer.

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SITUATION VACANT Environmental Heritage Advocate, National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne

The National Trust is seeking an Environmental Heritage Advocate to support our small and dynamic heritage advocacy team, while helping us to grow our impact and reach across communities in Victoria. We are looking for candidates with expertise in a discipline such as planning, ecology, horticulture, garden history, or botany, to build the National Trust’s role as the state’s premier advocate for environmental heritage, including significant landscapes and trees.

The Environmental Heritage Advocate will work with the Advocacy Team to develop dynamic advocacy strategies to achieve tangible outcomes in the protection of environmental heritage assets across the state, building relationships with a broad range of community and government stakeholders.

For further information, visit this link.

Applications close on Sunday 30 June.

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SITUATION VACANT Built Heritage Consultant, Ecology and Heritage Partners Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Ecology and Heritage Partners Pty Ltd is an established consultancy with highly experienced cultural heritage and ecological teams. The Company specialises in cultural heritage and ecological based projects throughout Australia for a range of Government agencies and corporate clients. We currently have offices in Melbourne, Geelong, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and Sydney. Given our large amount of project work across multiple industries, we need to expand our team of over 20 in-house cultural heritage professionals.

Due to a sustained increase in workload, we are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic individual who wishes to develop and contribute their experience and skills as a Built Heritage Consultant, with the role providing excellent prospects in a growing business for the right person. The position is to be based in our Melbourne office, primarily as part of our Victorian operations.

For more information and to apply visit this link. Applications close 19 July 2019.

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SITUATION VACANT Research Assistant – Built Heritage, Ecology and Heritage Partners Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Ecology and Heritage Partners Pty Ltd is an established consultancy with highly experienced cultural heritage and ecological teams. The Company specialises in cultural heritage and ecological based projects throughout Australia for a range of Government agencies and corporate clients. We currently have offices in Melbourne, Geelong, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and Sydney. Given our large amount of project work across multiple industries, we need to expand our team of over 20 in-house cultural heritage professionals.

Due to a sustained increase in workload, we are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic individual who wishes to develop and contribute their experience and skills as a Research Assistant for our Built Heritage team, with the role providing excellent prospects in a growing business for the right person. This role requires keen research, writing and analytical skills, and will suit an extremely motivated individual who enjoys working in a close-knit, supportive team environment. The position is to be based in our Melbourne office, primarily as part of our Victorian operations.

For more information and to apply visit this link. Applications close 19 July 2019.

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SITUATION VACANT Conservation Architect, Ecology and Heritage Partners Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Ecology and Heritage Partners Pty Ltd is an established consultancy with highly experienced cultural heritage and ecological teams. The Company specialises in cultural heritage and ecological based projects throughout Australia for a range of Government agencies and corporate clients. We currently have offices in Melbourne, Geelong, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and Sydney. Given our large amount of project work across multiple industries, we need to expand our team of over 20 in-house cultural heritage professionals.

Due to a sustained increase in workload, we are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic individual who wishes to develop and contribute their experience and skills as a Conservation Architect for our Built Heritage team, with the role providing excellent prospects in a growing business for the right person. This role requires keen research, writing and analytical skills, and will suit an extremely motivated individual who enjoys working in a close-knit, supportive team environment. The position is to be based in our Melbourne office, primarily as part of our Victorian operations.

For more information and to apply visit this link. Applications close 19 July 2019.

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SITUATION VACANT Aboriginal Heritage Engagement Consultant, The National Trust of Western Australia

The National Trust is seeking a consultant to establish an ongoing framework and strategies for meaningful engagement of Aboriginal communities associated with its heritage. This project meets the National Trust’s ongoing commitment towards a greater valuing and understanding of Aboriginal cultural heritage. It ensures this heritage is properly recognised and incorporated into all National Trust projects and programs and is an integral part of the National Trust’s commitment to reconciliation.

The consultant should demonstrate expertise and experience in working with Aboriginal people, particularly in Noongar Boodja. Experience working in cultural heritage management is desirable but not essential. The National Trust has a strong preference for employment of an Aboriginal person in this role.

More information is available at this link.

For a copy of the project brief please contact Kelly Rippingale by email or call (08) 9321 6088.

The deadline for applications is 3pm WST, 12 July.

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SITUATION VACANT Heritage Consultant, GBA Heritage, Sydney

GBA Heritage is a well-established heritage consultancy practice, respected for our role in heritage asset management, advisory services and liaison on heritage issues. Our multi-disciplinary team provides services ranging from conservation and adaptive re-use advice, skilled liaison with government bodies throughout NSW, and the preparation of heritage impact statements, conservation management plans, archival recordings, cultural tourism and interpretation plans, in addition to Land and Environment Court appeals. We have a broad base of private, corporate and government clients, offering the opportunity to become involved in a wide range of challenging projects.

We are seeking a highly motivated Heritage Consultant who can work both independently and as part of a medium-sized team of skilled professional staff.

You will have considerable experience in the heritage field with a good understanding of complex heritage assessments, a familiarity with the relevant legislation, excellent project delivery skills, including the preparation of coherent, legible reports. You will also have a strong track record of establishing trusted advisor/client relationships. Your role will include the provision of responsible, rational and creative expert heritage advice to clients, architectural colleagues and building contractors.

For more information, see the GBA Heritage Consultant – long form_June 2019 position description.

This position is full time. Those wishing to apply for this position are encouraged to send a cover letter and their resume by email to GBA Heritage.

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SITUATION VACANT General Manager, Lovell Chen, Melbourne

Lovell Chen Architects and Heritage Consultants are looking for a highly experienced General Manager to fill a strategic senior position within our busy office in East Melbourne.

Reporting directly to the practice Principals, the General Manager will be key to the successful ongoing operations and future direction of the practice.

About you

You will be a great team player who is excited by the prospect of a busy and varied role, and will have the following key attributes, competencies and skills:

· a proactive and strategic approach

· excellent organisational and people management skills

· an understanding of the specific requirements relating to the Design and Construction sector

· knowledge of systems and processes involved in the successful operations of a multidisciplinary practice

· excellent written and verbal communication skills

You will have training or qualifications in Business Administration and/or have a strong record of relevant experience.

If you believe you have the key attributes required for this busy role, we’d love to talk to you. All submissions will remain strictly confidential.

Please email a covering letter and CV to Kate Gray by email.

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SITUATION VACANT Heritage/Conservation Projects Manager, International Conservation Services, Sydney

We have full-time opportunities for Sydney-based heritage/conservation project managers to use hands-on project management and heritage skills in a wide variety of site-based heritage and art projects. Salary is commensurate with experience in the range of $61,560 – $90,480 plus 9.5% superannuation.

Our growing Objects and Outdoor Heritage Team has a variety of roles that are both hands-on and project-management based. These roles will suit people with a background in heritage conservation, who like to work on a variety of materials and projects, and who enjoy working outdoors with occasional travel.

Role

You will be involved in devising and implementing conservation methodologies, preparing quotations and tender submissions, negotiating conditions of contract, managing projects and teams, preparing condition assessments and reports, and working closely with clients and subcontractors.

Team

Conservation work undertaken by the Objects and Outdoor Heritage Team includes a wide range of work for public institutions and private clients covering heritage sites, sculptures, monuments and memorials, artworks, metal objects, organic and plastic objects, ceramics, stone and glass objects, and archaeological and industrial artefacts. The team also regularly consults on and writes condition assessments, maintenance plans and treatment proposals.

Projects

Site-based conservation and heritage projects form a significant component of the work, with a requirement for both hands-on technical and project management skills. Projects include conservation of heritage objects and materials in or on buildings, engineering structures, ruins, monuments, and outdoor artworks.

For more information, including the application process, see the ICS Heritage/Conservation Projects Manager position description.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt.

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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros
Secretariat Executive Officer
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia

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