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The success of the first five conferences under the above title
has been beyond expectations. It is with great pleasure that we announce
the Sixth event in this series, with the hope that you will be able
to join us and contribute to this effort. This year we are honored
by the continued patronage of UNWTO and the participation of the Jordanian
Department of Antiquities, and The Legado Andalusi of Granada, Spain.
The Main Theme of this year will be "Documentation
and Risk Management of the Cultural Heritage (CH)"
While documentation has long been recognised as an important tool
for Cultural Resource Management and the Conservation and Preservation
of CH sites and artifacts, it is gaining more and more importance
in Risk Management, not only in the case of naturally occurring
threats such as weathering, flashfloods, corrosion and earthquakes,
but in anthropogenic agents. This is especially true of threats
caused by Wars and Terrorism.
Therefore this conference will focus on new methods of documenation,
digital or othererwise, how these processes serve the purpose of
protection of the Cultuarl Heritage and how this is especially useful
before, duirng, and after conflicts occur. Case studies, where documentation
has specifically helped in the protection of the CH, are important.
Furthermore, in view of WATCH's special interests, contributions
related to other means for protection against war and terrorism
will also be accepted.
Theme
- Documentation of the Cultural Heritage: Techniques, Processes
and Tools (to include Tangible and Intangible CH);
- Comparison of old and new tools of documentation ;
- Digital methods;
- Spatially based databases: Archaeological Information Systems,
GIS and Electronic Databases;
- Photogrammetry, 3D techniques, Virtual presentations and Multimedia;
- Risk management. Documentation as a tool for conservation, risk
management, and day to day management of sites and historic collections.
The value of documentation for protection of CH in troubled areas
of the world;
- Evaluation of various approaches and techniques of documentation.
Best Practice approaches.
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