Master
of Conservation of Monuments and Sites (MCMS) in Raymond Lemaire
International Centre for Conservation. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Belgium - application deadline
extended
The Master of Conservation of Monuments and Sites (MCMS) is a 4
semester professional degree, spread over two academic years. The
ManaMa leads to the degree of Master of Conservation of Monuments
and Sites, obtained at the Raymond Lemaire International Centre
for Conservation. This is a post-initial master’s education
and research centre, offering an advanced international and interdisciplinary
study programme in the conservation and restoration of historic
monuments and sites...
RLICC. Master. Master in COnservation.
Belgium. Publicated: 31-3-2008
Historic
Environment – Call For Papers
In 2009 Historic Environment is planning to publish two thematic
issues and is looking for contributions:
Heritage and the Media. Newspaper articles, reports and
documentaries on both television and radio, along with websites
can all be vital resources for raising public awareness about heritage...
Heritage and Development. Marrying the agendas
of conservation and development is a perennial challenge. Urban
expansion, the arrival of new industries to an area, changing lifestyles
and tourism development all threaten the very survival of important
heritage resources...
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your thoughts
and ideas for a paper please get in touch with Tim Winter at tim.winter@usyd.edu.au
University of Sidney. Forthcoming issues
of Historic Environment. Publicated: 28-03-2008
Cultural
Research Salon - Our Creative Future: Rethinking the Cultural Landscape
March 28,2008 - Simon Fraser University, Canada. SFU Professor Alison
Beale's Communication 433 – Cultural Policy class will discuss
their research on issues related to urban cultural practices and
cultural infrastructure, as well as the role of creative spaces
in local communities. Throughout the spring, the class has examined
the links between physical infrastructure (buildings and facilities)
and “intangible” infrastructure—the programs and
policies that guide the way in which communities make use of these
cultural resources.
Simon Fraser University. Events. Cultural
Research Salons. Publicated: 27-03-2008
Nubia
revisited” The archaeological heritage of the 1960’s
On 14 of February, UCO in cooperation with the Supreme Council
of Antiquities and the Nubia Museum has organized, an inspirational
talk with Prof. Hans Ake Nordstrom, member of the Joint Scandinavian
Expedition to Nubia during the UNESCO Salvage Campaign in the sixties
, on “ Nubia revisited: The archaeological heritage of the
1960’s”. The event, which drew the attention of both
locals and foreign scholars working in the area, has been a good
opportunity for launching the idea of an International Conference
on the topic, to be organized next year on the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of the UNESCO appeal. This would be the first of this
kind to take place in Nubia and will serve not only to revive memories
of the past but also to envisage the perspective for the future
of the area.
UNESCO. Office in Cairo. Newsletter. Publicated:
31-03-2008
APPEAR
Guide on Managing archaeological remains in towns and cities now
online
The APPEAR (Accessibility Projects for the Sustainable Preservation
and Enhancement of Urban Sub-soil Archaeological Remains) Guide
on Managing archaeological remains in towns & cities, of which
ICOMOS is a project partner, is now available online. The APPEAR
guide will help all those involved in projects for enhancing urban
archaeological sites. It is based on the principles of strategic
management adapted by a number of researchers from different disciplines
and integrates all the factors and issues likely to occur during
what can often be a complex process. It offers a structured mechanism
for users to establish the goals to be reached within their areas
of expertise and to conceive and execute appropriate actions to
reach these with realism, flexibility and creativity.
APPEAR. Guide. Publicated: 28-03-2008
Brochure
on the Route of Cocoa
The UNESCO Office in Quito has produced an Informative brochure
on the Project of "the Route of Cocoa in Latin America and
the Caribbean: towards an endogenous development ", which this
office is also going to coordinate along with the Regional Office
for Culture in Havana. The objective of the brochure is the dissemination
of the importance and basic characteristics of this multisectorial
and international UNESCO project, to the countries involved as well
as to the general public interested in the Route of Cocoa.
UNESCO Office in Quito. News. Publicated:
11-03-2008
Publication
of Proceedings of the Meeting of Carriers of the Tradition of Cocoa
in Cuba
The Office of UNESCO in Havana has just published the proceedings
of the Meeting of Carriers of the Tradition of Cocoa in Cuba held
in November last year in the city of Baracoa…
UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin
America and the Caribbean. News. Publicated: 11-3-2008
Held
in Santo Domingo the meeting of the National Committees of the Slave
Route Project of Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic
The major objectives of the meeting were to assess the activities
carried out by the three National Committees in the period 2005-2007
and adopt a common strategy for the 2008-2009 biennium...
UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin
America and the Caribbean. News. Publicated: 11-3-2008
Presented
in Havana, Cuba, publication on Places of Memory of “The Slave
Route” in the Latin Caribbean
The multimedia was presented on 13 March in a ceremony organized
by the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the
Caribbean and the Casa de África (Museum of African Heritage)
of the Office of the Historian of Havana...
UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin
America and the Caribbean. News. Publicated: 11-3-2008
Call
for papers for the Series: Latin American Intangible cultural heritage
I
The Series "Latin American Intangible cultural heritage"
seeks, through the publication of studies and research related to
the PCI, to increase awareness of the Latin American population
through the knowledge of the cultural diversity as part of the cultural
wealth of the continent, with special emphasis on the importance
of its safeguard, and strengthening at the same time the scientific
production in the region. During the first year it is expected publications
on three large topics (celebrations, crafts and oral tradition),
starting first with traditional celebrations.
CRESPIAL. Call for papers. Publicated:
11-03-2008
Program
of Protection to the Ethnolinguist diversity of the Ministry of
Culture seeks to conserve five native languages on the verge of
extinction
Since 1914, when missionary groups arrived to the forests of the
Vaupés, members of the Kuveo indigenous community started
to understand that to defend themselves from the white men they
needed to speak their language. That was at least what they told
them: in order to be able to take a place in the world, they needed
to speak Spanish. Similar cases throughout the country demonstrate
that the expansion of Spanish has led to several languages on the
verge of extinction. For that reason, the Ministry of Culture, in
the so-called International Year of Languages declared by the United
Nations, launches its Protection Program to Ethnolinguist Diversity…
CRESPIAL. News. Publicated: 11-03-2008
Alasita
will be presented to UNESCO to be known around the world
The Municipal Government, through the Higher Office of Cultures,
and the Viceministry of Development of Cultures and other institutions
will present before the United Nations Organization for Science,
Education and Culture (UNESCO) a traditional Fair of the Alasita
and the Ekeko to be inscribed in the representative list of cultural
heritage.
Bolivian Information Agency - BIA. News.
Publicated: 11-3-2008
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POST-TERRA
2008: How ancient materials aid understanding of earth architecture
Coming on the heels of the recent launch of the Nigerian Building
Code, which contains a section on earth construction, the forum
offered an opportunity for the exchange of views on what could be
brought to bear to improve the 'earth' section of the Code, writes
ISHANLOSEN ODIAUA, of the Architecture Department, Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa University, Bauchi. MORE than one third of the world's population
lives in earth (mud) buildings. This material can be found in almost
all parts of the world and it has been used by man, all through
recorded history, in the creation of accommodation for all his activities.
(...)
The Guardian Newspapers Limited. Publicated:
3-3-2008
Assistance
to the Mossul University in order to establish a High Institute
for Cuneiform Studies and to revive the Assurbanipal Library
The High Institute for Cuneiform Studies will offer a number of
graduate students the chance to continue their higher education
in cuneiform studies. The site of the building for the High Institute
covers an area of about 40 000 m2. The institution will have administration
offices, classrooms, rooms for researchers and visiting professors.
It will be supplied with modern equipment and and furniture, galleries
of varying scale for the display of cuneiform texts, reading rooms,
a computer library, laboratories for managing clay tablets, archaeological
finds, chemical materials and facilities for making gypsum copies.
Moreover, the project comprises five guest-housing units as well
as other servicing buildings, and a hall for meetings and symposiums
with a capacity of 300 people. At present, the building stands at
foundation level. The University is currently seeking financial
support to complete and appropriately equip the building.
UNESCO. Helps in Reconstructing Iraq. Publicated:
10-3-2008
Lençóis
Project (Brasil)
(in portugueses) O Projeto Lençóis compreende um amplo
espectro de ações relacionadas à documentação
do patrimônio arquitetônico do estado da Bahia, com
o emprego de tecnologias digitais. As atividades foram iniciadas
em agosto de 2003, a partir de um projeto de pesquisa submetido
ao CNPq, denominado DIGIFOTO – Fotogrametria Digital na Conservação
e Restauro, e tinha como objeto de trabalho a cidade de Lençóis
na Chapada Diamantina. Embora o projeto tenha sido aprovado pelo
CNPq, este alocou ao mesmo apenas uma bolsa de produtividade em
pesquisa, que foi empregada para custear as atividades de campo
e parte das despesas com os trabalhos. Além disto, o projeto
contou com uma bolsa de iniciação científica
PIBIC/CNPq, e alguns estudantes voluntários.
Lençóis Patrimônio
Arquitetônico. Publicated: 3-3-2008
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