| Planum
Newsletter - September 2007
The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban
planning, territorial development and architecture. In these months
Planum has collected many fascinating documents, of different kinds
(papers, video, photos, etc.). Our last communication had timely
news on events held all around the world, but at the same time,
several new sections of the magazine were implemented. This newsletter
includes all the latest updates and soon to follow more articles
of great interest by Planum authors!
The Planum Association. Newsletter. Publicated:
18-09-2007
Exhibition:
Retour de Babel - Towering Babel
Anciennes aciéries de Dudelange - Luxembourg - 27 April
- 28 October 2007
Retour de Babel Towering Babel opens its doors on April, 27th with
a concert of the funk brass band Tarace Boulba. This exhibition
dedicated to migrations heritage is one of the highlights of the
year 2007. In the biblical myth of the Tower of Babel, diversity
is regarded as divine punishment for the arrogance of the human
race wishing to build a tower to reach the heavens.
European Institute of Cultural Routes.
Events. Exbihitions. Publicated: 17-09-2007
A
forum for diversity and cultural heritage - Cuba - 21 September,
2007
On September 21 at 10:00a.m. (Cuban time), the webpage www.foroscubarte.cult.cu
will become a place for dialogue where prestigious intellectuals
from Cuba and abroad will participate, as well as all those interested
in the topic, to discuss the diversity of the world cultural heritage
as expression of the people’s cultural treasure.
CUBARTE. News. Forum. Cuba. Publicated:
14-09-2007
Exhibition
"Vauban the European"
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days and the 300th anniversary
of Vauban's death, the French delegation to the European Commission,
is organizing an exhibition to raise awareness in Europe of Louis
XIV's personal engineer. Vauban traveled over 3,000 km a year, voyaging
about 180,000 km during his lifetime: he thus understood the actual
condition of France and its neighbours. "Vauban the European"
allows the visitor to discover the European heritage of defense
and territorial planning left by Vauban. Photographs by Franck Lechenet
and an authentic miniature model of the 'ideal' system of fortifications
will be presented. Original manuscripts will moreover show how Vauban
was renowned throughout Europe. A virtual map of Europe during Vauban's
time, portraits, and various other audiovisual and multimedia elements
will display his work and life.
Association Vauban. Exhibitions. France.
Publicated: 13-09-2007
Curso
de Gestão e Prática de Obras de Conservação
e Restauro do Patrimônio Cultural
O curso Gestão de Restauro visa formar um quadro de profissionais
para gestionar e gerir obras e serviços em edificações
de valor cultural. As idéias e técnicas mais avançadas
sobre as habilidades de um gestor nos âmbitos conceituais,
técnicos e humanos são apresentadas aos participantes,
de modo que eles compreendam a necessidade de se romper com paradigmas
e dogmas. Os mais recentes documentos internacionais e nacionais
sobre a proteção ao patrimônio construído
demonstram que são necessárias ações
baseadas em decisões coletivas, compartilhadas no contexto
interno e externo dos eventos...
Centro de Estudos Avançados da Conservação
Integrada (CECI). Cursos. 2008. Publicated: 13-09-2007
CyArk
World Hazard Map Project on Global Warming and Cultural Heritage
Sites
CyArk announces its newest experimental internet project, the CyArk
(http://archive.cyark.org/hazards)
World Hazard Map. This interactive map is intended to ultimately
result in tools that will allow researchers and others to determine,
analyze, and evaluate natural and man made hazards facing sites
of cultural heritage around the world. In addition to determining
the hazards and resulting risk to any given site, the tools will
allow the prioritizing of endangered sites based on quantitative
methods.
CyArk. High Definition Heritage Network.
Hazards. USA. Publicated: 13-09-2007
Action
Plan for the safeguard of the Cultural Space of the Brotherhood
of the Espíritu Santo of Villa Mella
The Action Plan includes the organization of several Workshops aimed
to the preservation and strengthening of the social memory of the
group as well as its music and dances. The next Workshop will deal
with the manufacture of the musical instruments used by the members
of the Brotherhood in the celebrations of the Espíritu Santo
and in the funeral rites and on the musical instruments used by
other cultural expressions of Villa Mella. The following Workshops
will present the elaboration techniques of the adornments using
crepe paper and recycled materials and will promote chindren´s
creativity, so that children learn to creatively use the elements
of the culture of Villa Mella…
UNESCO. Intangible Heritage. Proyecto de
Salvaguarda. Publicado: 03-09-2007
Exhibition:
Living Heritage: Exploring the Intangible
24 September–31 December 2007 (tentative dates), Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia
The photo exhibition, which is currently on display on the fence
of UNESCO Headquarters in Paris until November 2007, will be displayed
in the interior and exterior of the Economic Commission for Africa
(ECA) in Addis Ababa. This exhibition will be launched on the occasion
of the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations and the photographs on
view outside will give special focus to African Intangible Cultural
Heritage and remain on display for several months.
UNESCO. Office in Addis Ababa. Culture.
News. Publicated: 03-09-2007
India National Culture Fund set up, private
funds wellcome
The Minister for Tourism and Culture Mrs . Ambika Soni has said
that the Government has established a National Culture Fund (NCF)
in which national and international corporations can contribute
for various cultural activities including conservation and restoration
of monuments. The total amount committed in the last three years
is Rs. 1 Crore from Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and US $43,900
from the World Monuments Fund (WMF).
Travel Impact Newswire. Newsletter. September
2007. Publicated: 28-08-2007
Al
Sirah Al Hilaliyya, an unique Arab epic
Once upon a time, a famous tribe migrated from the Arabian Peninsula
to Egypt. The Bani Hilal then conquered North Africa, before their
final defeat one hundred years later. This actual story took place
between the tenth and the twelfth century. Narratives about the
Bani Hilal tribe have passed down from generation to generation,
from Morocco to the Indian Ocean. It is the single most widespread
narrative of Arabic Oral Literature...
UNESCO. Cairo Office. Culture Unit Newsletter.
August 2007. Egypt. Publicated: 28-08-2007
Antica
Nubia, Egitto e Sudan" Exhibition in Roma (Italy)
The Cooperation between Egypt and Sudan in the field of Cultural
Heritage includes not only practical shared actions but also promotional
events. This exhibition, held in April 2007 was organized by the
Istituto Superiore per le Tecniche di Conservazione dei beni Culturali
e dell’Ambiente “ Antonino de Stefano”, with the
authorities of both countries and the support of UNESCO Cairo Office.
The panels of the Joint mission to Nubia , which show the sites
from Khartoum to Aswan, were exhibited at the “ Biblioteca
Vallicelliana”. The exhibition will also be displayed in Erice
and Locri ( Italy) on August 2007
UNESCO. Cairo Office. Culture Unit Newsletter.
August 2007. Egypt. Publicated: 28-08-2007
SOS
Mediterraneo Agency: a new tool for heritage protection
The Mediterranean cultural heritage is probably the richest and
most varied in the world. The SOS Mediteranneo Agency will be committed
to the promotion of scientific research and technical support, conservation
and enhancement, protection and safeguard of this common archaeological,
artistic, architectonic and environmental heritage. Particular attention
will be paid to the coastal developing countries.
UNESCO. Cairo Office. Culture Unit Newsletter.
August 2007. Egypt. Publicated: 27-08-2007
WEBSITE
WHO OWNS NATIVE CULTURE?
Resources for understanding current debates about the legal status
of indigenous art, music, folklore, knowledge and sacred places.
A clearing house for a variety of information on the struggle for
control of knowledge possessed by indigenous societies worldwide,
with general sources on indigenous rights, materials on biological
knowledge and "biopiracy", materials on “sacred
places”, “art and music” and “native religions
and 'plastic medicine men'”.
Who owns native culture website. Publicated:
27-08-2007
Intangible
cultural heritage inventories in Europe
Proceedings and presentations of the "International seminar
on Principles and Experiences of Drawing Up ICH Inventories in Europe",
14 - 15 May 2007, Tallin, convened to exchange experiences in view
of the complicated nature of the process of inventory making, the
somewhat contradictory practices carried out so far and the profound
impact that this process eventually implies on local, national,
and international level.
UNESCO. Culture. Intangible Heritage. France.
Publicated: 27-08-2007
The
International Journal of Intangible Heritage - Volume 2/2007 is
online
Some 20 articles, among others "Key Factors in Implementing
the 2003 Convention", "Life and Tradition of the Ababda
Nomads in the Egyptian Desert", "The Problems and Opportunities
of Content-based Analysis and Description of Ethnic Music",
"Museums and the Intangible Heritage: the Case Study of the
Afrikaans Language Museum", "Born in Europe: an International
Programme on Representing Migrant Experiences in European Museums".
IJIH. The National Folk Museum of Korea.
Volumes. Korea. Publicated: 27-08-2007
UNESCO
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – Feasibility study launched
UNESCO has now launched a public consultation on the objectives,
practicalities, costs and expected results of a “World Day
for Audiovisual Heritage” to be celebrated annually on 27
October to build global awareness of the various issues at stake
in preserving the audiovisual heritage.
UNESCO. Communication and Information.
News. France. Publicated: 27-08-2007
Deadline
Extended - ICOMOS Thailand International Symposium 2007
The deadline for submission of abstracts to ICOMOS Thailand International
Symposium 2007 "INTERPRETATION: FROM MONUMENT TO LIVING HERITAGE"
has been extended. The new deadline is August 31st, 2007.
The ICOMOS Thailand. News. Publicated:
27-08-2007
Thirty-eight
new inscriptions for Memory of the World Register
Thirty-eight items of documentary heritage of exceptional value
have just been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register,
bringing the total number of inscriptions since 1997 to 158. The
UNESCO/Jikji Prize for 2007 was awarded to Phonogrammarchiv, an
institute within the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
UNESCO. Press Release. Nº 2007 –
65. France. Publicated: 20-06-2007
Centre
for Restauration & Conservation of Monuments in Tirana
UNESCO-BRESCE is implementing a centre for restoration and conservation
of monuments in Tirana, on the basis of a grant provided by the
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the aim to build capacity
within the Albanian administration, concerned with the protection
of monuments and mobile artefacts, to ensure the safeguarding of
monuments. The Centre for restoration and conservation of monuments
will provide two training courses 18 month duration): one on the
restoration of architecture and the other on restoration of frescos,
mosaics, stucco, stone and wooden artefacts. Twenty technicians/specialists
employed within the Albanian Ministry of Culture and its specialized
Institutions will attend the first session.
UNESCO. Office Venice. News. Italy. Publicated:
27-08-2007 |
