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5 November

• Closing and Medals Ceremony
  You are cordially invited to the Closing Ceremony and the Medals Ceremony of the "Workshop_atelier/terrain WAT_Jinze (Qingpu - Shanghai) China 2008, International activity of the UNESCO Chair in Landscapes and Environmental Design of the University of Montreal (CUPEUM) CANADA.

4 November

• 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium (Quebec 2008): “Finding the Spirit of Place”. Summary of Results
  Summary of the Results of the 16th General Assembly, including information on: The newly elected Executive Committee, The new ICOMOS Charters , The Quebec Declaration on the Preservation of the Spirit of the Place, The Piero Gazzola Prize, The Raymond Lemaire Fund for Next Generation Skills. All documents are available on the ICOMOS web site: www.icomos.org

3 November

• CMPC BA: end of the journey for the second promotion of public programmes officers (December 2006-October 2008)
  The week of October 6 was dedicated to final exams and the presentation of dissertations of the second promotion of the BA on "Drawing up and implementation of public programmes", under the presidency of Gilles Suzanne, senior lecturer and in charge of this degree at the University of Provence, in the context of the EPA/University de Provence (Aix-Marseille 1) partnership...

27 October

• Developing a love of reading through Samoan stories
  The Samoan Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture (MESC) is hoping to develop a love of reading amongst Samoan school children with the launch of a range picture story books. The story books are written in Samoan and have been distributed throughout Samoa by the Ministry’s Literacy Task Force.

• Creation of an International Advisory Panel for the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development at Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
  ICG research Centre, Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights (CCDHR) has chosen to support the Commitment to Young Australians, an initiative of Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY). Dr Michael Leach, Acting Director, CCDHR signed 'A Commitment to Young Australians,' on Thursday, 18 September 2008. Other members present were Professor Fethi Mansouri (ICG Director), Dr Ismet Fanany and Dr Nicole Oke (ICG Researchers). As an organisation that signed the Commitment, CCDHR will be helping to create the social, cultural, political and economic environment in which the wellbeing and development of all children and young people can be assured. Prof Bill Logan has accepted the invitation from Prof Steffen Lehmann to join the International Advisory Panel set up for the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific that has been created at the University of Newcastle, NSW.
  ICG Bulletin - October 2008

24 October

• Buenos Aires and Montevideo to declare Tango as world cultural heritage
  The cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo carried out a joint presentation to UNESCO so that tango is declared world intangible cultural. In 2003, the UNESCO convention defined world intangible cultural heritage as the uses, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills of the communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals, that are part of their cultural heritage. In the meanwhile, in the proclamation program established in 2007 two classes of manifestations of intangible cultural heritage were distinguished: popular and traditional cultural expressions and cultural spaces.

• Special newsletter TRAINMONHER: Course in Split (Croatia)
  The third training course on-line of TRAINMONHER will take place in Split (Croatia), 29 September to 3 October 2008. This high historical and cultural place has been registered on the Unesco world heritage list since 1979. The Croatian Conservation Institute will receive the European partners´project.

• Condensed heritage - Castles and fortresses from the Crusade era
  European co-operation project with support of the European Commission within the framework of the “Culture 2000” program. Witnesses of fights and exchanges, some fortresses built in the Mediterranean East at the time of the Crusade by Franks, Greeks (Byzantine), Arabs, Armenian or Turkish, also reveal a dissemination of competences was decisive in the art of building and in the way in which the defence and attack skills of fortresses have evolved in general.

21 October

• A series of short films to commemorate the second World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
  To commemorate the second World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Communication and Information sector's Information Society Division and the Bureau of Public Information will screens a series of short films, selected from the Organization's audiovisual archives, on the theme of « Cultural diversity » Monday 27 October 2008 at 11h to 15h30 In the niveau Cinema - 1 (access by the Ségur hall) UNESCO, 7, place Fontenoy – Paris 7
  • 11 h : Les étoiles mondiales de la danse
    (52 minutes) – French – Gala tribute to Alicia Alonso - 1980 © UNESCO
  • 12 h : La formation des artistes de l'Opéra de Pékin
    (26 minutes) – English – Created more than 150 years ago, the Beijing Opera is training students to every entertaining disciplines - 1983 © UNESCO
  • 12h30 : In the Name of Music
    (27 minutes) – English - Y. Menuhin, M. Rostropvitch & friends for the 25e anniversary of the Int. Music Council - 1974 © UNESCO
  • 13h : Many Streams
    (30 minutes) – English – The influence between Orient & Occident in Japan- 1964 © UNESCO/NHK
  • 13h30 : La Médina de Fès
    (21 minutes) – French - 1977 © Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana/UNESCO
  • 14h : Festac '77
    (27 minutes) – English – 2nd edition of the Arts and Negro African cultures Festival held in Lagos, Nigeria - 1977 © UNESCO / Nigerian TV
  • 14h30 : Carifesta '81
    (54 minutes) – Spanish– Caribbean festival of arts - 1982 © UNESCO

20 October

• World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. 27 October 2008 - Theme: "Audiovisual Heritage as a witness of Cultural Identity"
  Today is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, a day for reflecting on the power of film, television and radio to transmit ideas and information and in so doing nurture dialogue among and between communities around the world. While heritage permits us to understand the past, it also reflects the cultural identities and diversity of communities living today, with audiovisual heritage, in particular, being a primary means for contemporary societies to portray their values and express their creativity. Indeed, radio and television are the most widely used means of transmitting cultural products globally. As well as being important sources of information, the immediacy of sound recordings and moving images, with their power to span linguistic, cultural or other barriers, permit peoples from different walks of life to understand each other and share experiences directly.

17 October

• Pre-demolition Documentation - Site Visit - HOBSON'S BAY - VICTORIA - AUSTRALIA
  Victorian members of ICOMOS are invited to a special site inspection on Wednesday, 22 October between 12.00 noon and 2.00 pm. The City of Hobson’s Bay is about to issue a demolition permit for a c1854 timber cottage located at 31 Russell Place, Williamstown (Melways Map 56 B7). The building is much altered, in a ruinous condition and beyond reasonable rehabilitation, alteration and extension. An appeal against the refusal of a previous planning permit application indicated that VCAT supports demolition and appropriate redevelopment. One of the conditions of the demolition permit will be that the owner has undertaken full documentation of the significant fabric. Contact Dr Colin Long : colin.long@deakin.edu.au

• Historical archive of Francisco de Miranda available online (page 7)
  The Historical Archive of the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda was added in June 2007 to the UNESCO Committee of World Memory, besides being recognized as one of the most valuable documentary world heritage. After a long process, the Venezuelan Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO managed to digitize documents kept in the National Historical Archive and now they are available for everyone at www.bnv.gob.ve. This project is part of a world initiative that searches for the preservation of the documentary world heritage. Contact: natcom.venezuela@mre.gob.ve

• The Route of Cacao: a contribution to Development (page. 4)
  The Second meeting of experts of the project “the Route of Cacao towards an endogenous development”, was carried out in Emeralds, north of Ecuador, from August 24 – 26, 2008. Organized by UNESCO - Quito in coordination with UNESCO - Havana (Regional Office of Culture for Latin America and the Caribbean), the International Center for the Emerald Cultural diversity. The countries participanting were Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Spain and Argentina.

16 October

• Jefferson National Expansion: Kiley’s Iconic Memorial Landscape at Risk! - St. Louis, Missouri - USA By Lynn McClure and Alan Spears
  The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis was designed by two of the 20th-century’s most influential designers: architect Eero Saarinen and landscape architect Dan Kiley. Today, the Gateway Arch, as it is commonly known, is one of 391 protected sites within the U.S. National Park System, and was designated a National Historic Landmark twenty years ago for the significance of its monument and cultural landscape near the St. Louis riverfront; it is one of five Kiley-designed sites nationwide to have this designation.

13 October

• Expressions of Interest sought for inclusion of original work in the journal CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship
  US/ICOMOS, in partnership with the United States National Park Service is seeking expressions of interest from members of ICOMOS, who may wish to have innovative and original work considered for publication in CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship, which is published both in hard copy and electronically available at http://crmjournal.cr.nps.gov/Journal_Index.cfm. The objective of this initiative is to increase the dissemination among the readers in the United States and overseas of important ideas and experiences in cultural heritage management from all over the world. Note that ten percent of the readership is from outside the United States, and rising. Because the circulation is so large, this is a great way for selected authors to receive broad international exposure.

• DECLARATION OF ICOMOS - ARGENTINA - AGAINST THE INTERVENTION ON THE TOURISM HOTEL OF POSADAS, A MODERN MOVEMENT BUILDING BUILT BY SOTO AND RIVAROLA

• New blog for ICOMOS Perú
  The Peruvian Committee of ICOMOS inaugurated their new blog on August 15, 2008. The blog is intended as an instrument (as of now only in Spanish language) for the sharing and discussion of themes of patrimonial interest. Comments and participation on the on-going discussions are welcome, as is the sharing of news, your own blog articles (via mutual linking, if desired) and current or future events in any areas related to heritage preservation.

Heritage news- Devices and regulations on heritage in France
By Laetitia Di Gioia
ISBN : 978-2-915611-03-8
As a result of a request of the Burgundy CNFPT delegation to the Research Center on Culture and Museums, this work offers an overview of the regulations in the field of archeology, inventory, historic monuments and sites, as well as museums. As a synthesis of the studies, works and law texts on the topic, its objective is to document these fields in a multidisciplinary way by presenting the most recent elements, in an historical perspective and from data in context. It is aimed at anyone preparing the government competitive exams or students or professionals who wish to have a detailed vision on the organization of these sectors and heritage conservation policies.

Hors les murs : Les rendez-vous de la revue Hommes & Migrations - Les migrations latino-américaines d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
Le 3 novembre de 18h30 à 20h à la Maison d’Argentine (Paris)
Depuis plus de 40 ans, la revue Hommes & Migrations diffuse des connaissances sur les migrations en France et dans le monde et contribue au débat citoyen en publiant des dossiers thématiques sur les réalités de l’immigration, les politiques publiques, et le dialogue interculturel. La revue prolonge la réflexion sur ces questions en programmant, après chacune de ses parutions, débats ou conférences avec les auteurs publiés. Prochain rendez-vous : Les migrations latino-américaines d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, le 3 novembre de 18h30 à 20h à la Maison d’Argentine (Paris).

Metals and Archeology in Norte Grande: Desert of Atacama, North of Chile
Within the framework of a cooperative work between the ESCoM-FMSH and the Chilean audio-visual team “Azapa Productions” (http://azapa.net), it was possible the recording and publication of the second part of the archaeological Co-operation project of Conicyt-CNRS. This research took place in the desert of Atacama, north of Chile, and includes archaeological excavation in the Las Fundiciones site (II region of Antofagasta), and Huantajaya (I region of Tarapacá) besides the presentation of the research results of the “Mines and neolithic metallurgy in southwestern France”, in the prehistoric mining district of Cabrières (Herault) in France. The lecture was given by doctor Jean Louis GUENDON (CNRS) at the University of Chile, Santiago of Chile.

The Economic Dimensions of Carnival of Buenos Aires: Impact or Economic valuation? by Mónica Lacarrieu
The carnival of the city of Buenos Aires refers almost exclusively to a story of misunderstandings and tensions in which its "devaluation" as both testimonies selected for this introduction show has been both simultaneous and contradictory, one of the features the "murgueros", its leading characters" value most. Both the socio-political prejudice that this festivity associated with "Negroes" has brought about, and its popular character make it a contradictory celebration for its participants as it is built upon the idea of "open to the entire world" although it is despised by those in power...

Authenticity
A special issue of the Journal of Preservation Technology (APT Journal, Vol. XXXIX (=39), Number 2-3, 2008) on Authenticity has been just published. It includes papers by Christina Cameron and the new ICOMOS President Gustavo Aroz. It will be indexed shortly on APTs web site at www.apti.org

The journal Oralidad
The journal Oralidad, published since 1988 by UNESCO Regional Office of Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, is devoted to the promotion and safeguarding of the oral traditions in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Region.

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• US preservationist elected President of ICOMOS
  October 4, 2008, Québec, Canada. Gustavo F. Araoz, AIA, was elected President of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) during the organization’s 16th General Assembly and International Scientific Colloquium, held in Quebec City, Canada, from September 29 to October 4, 2008. Mr. Araoz currently serves as Executive Director of the United States Committee for ICOMOS (US/ICOMOS), headquartered in Washington, DC. He is the seventh President of ICOMOS, and the first American ever elected to this office. ICOMOS was founded in 1965 to create an international network of professionals and supporters of heritage conservation and has grown to become the pre-eminent global historic preservation organization...

10 October

• Kristal Buckley re-elected as ICOMOS Vice-President
  At the conclusion of last week’s 16th ICOMOS General Assembly, Kristal Buckley from Australia ICOMOS was one of five Vice-Presidents elected to serve for the next three years under new ICOMOS President Gustavo from US/ICOMOS. The new Secretary-General is Bénédicte Selfslagh (Belgium), and the new Treasurer-General is Jadran Antolovic (Croatia). We look forward to working with the new Executive Committee over the next three years.
  We congratulate the organising committee, led by Michel Bonnette, and hosts ICOMOS Canada (President François Leblanc) on a successful General Assembly. Some 30 Australians were among the 800 or so delegates, presenting 10 of the more than 100 papers and contributing several of the more than 200 posters to the Scientific Symposium on the theme Finding the Spirit of the Place. The Québec Declaration on the Spirit of Place was adopted at the end of the Assembly, and ICOMOS Iran issued an invitation to the 17th General Assembly in Isfahan in 2011.
  Peter Phillips. President, ICOMOS Australia

7 October

• Understanding Roots (Sri Lanka)
  Narabamu Sri Lanka’ is a Sri Lanka Tourism venture, focussed on igniting a sense of passion among Sri Lankan’s of our own culture, heritage and a desire to explore areas of beauty, which go unnoticed among locals due to lack of publicity and awareness. This 360 degree campaign is intended to kindle a desire in the domestic traveller to enjoy Sri Lanka’s varied attractions. Hitherto unknown areas of ecological value and aesthetic beauty will be highlighted as well as places of cultural and historical value. It is intended to be an interactive programme where local communities will take ownership and be participatory in sharing values, cultural roots and other qualities unique to their location with fellow Sri Lankans.

• Sustainable living in small historic coastal cities: Essaouira, Morocco; Kotor, Yugoslavia; Mahdia, Tunisia; Omisalj, Croatia, Saida, Lebanon
  Small Historical Coastal Cities: The initiative on Small Historical Coastal Cities (SHCC) was launched in 1996 on the Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) platform for intersectoral cooperation. It had as its main objective the promotion, among public policy-makers, of the principles of an integrated approach to the sustainable social and urban development of small and medium-sized historic cities in South-Eastern European and Mediterranean coastal regions. The initiative has its origin in a meeting of a group of experts in Malmo in 1996...

6 October

• Thematic debate on languages at UNESCO’s Executive Board
  A thematic debate held at UNESCO on 7 October as part of the 180th session of the Executive Board will examine the linguistic dimension of sustainable development, efficient multilingual education, as well as the respective costs and advantages of monolingualism versus multilingualism. The debate, entirled Protecting Indigenous and Endangered Languages, and the Role of Languages in Promoting Education for All in the Context of Sustainable Development, will be opened at 10 a.m. by the Chairman of the Executive Board, Ambassador Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï of Bénin.

• Industrial metallurgy in western Europe in the Copper Age
  The town the Capitelle du Broum, which dates from the Copper Age (3000-2400 B.C.), is the only industrial metallurgical establishment of western Europe of that time strongly associated with the copper mines and metallurgical activities. It is part of the mining site of Cabrières, one of the earliest French centers of production of copper and metallurgy, complex and unique in western Mediterranean. The excavations of the Capitelle du Broum (2000-2002), first part of a French-Chilean archaeological project that concentrates on the “prehistoric copper mineral operations”, allowed to update the oldest metallurgic structures of western Europe in the context of a town of dry stone walls cabins with double wall, a classic of the interior of the Montpellier region.

2 October

• ICCROM - News from the media: September 2008
  A compilation of media articles on heritage topics. Obviously, these all reflect the viewpoints of the authors.
  ICCROM. News Archive

• PDF Delft University Newsletter nº8. September 2008
  In September, less than five months after the disastrous fire, the new year students will start their architecture course in the "new" faculty building at the Julianalaan. The conversion of the existing building into BK City has been executed in an unbelievable short period of time. During the course of the year the other departaments, including MIT will also move to the new site...
  Delft University. Newsletter

1 October

• Signing the UN joint programme on Culture and Development: “Heritage for Social and Economic Development” under “Delivering as One UN” in Albania
  The Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Sali Berisha and, the Ambassador of Spain to Albania, Manuel Montobbio, presided today in Tirana (Albania) over the launch of the UN joint programme on Culture and Development, a $3.3 million programme under the “Delivering as One UN” pilot in Albania funded through the Spain Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Achievement Fund.
  UNESCO. BRESCE

• Master's Course in Urban Development and Reconstruction
  The objective of the Course is to address spatial, economic and institutional issues in the city of developing countries as well as transition economies. Focusing on governance and participation, it provides students with the analytical and professional skills required for designing,managing and implementing urban development and reconstruction projects. Deadline application: 14th November 2008; location: Venezia; duration: 12 months
  Università Iuav di Venezia. Master

25 September

• Exhibition: Sri Lanka Cultural Heritage
  From 17 September to 30 November 2008 in Tokyo
  The Sri Lanka Cultural Heritage Exhibition will be held at theTokyo NationalMuseum from 17th September to30th November 2008. The Governments of Japan andSri Lanka have accorded their highest priority to holding this cultural event. The Exhibition is co-organized by the Sri Lanka Government and the ‘Yomiuri Shimbun’ with the support of theTokyo NationalMuseum. A large number of Sri Lankan artifacts will be brought intoJapan for this exhibition. This is the first time ever in the history of Japan-Sri Lanka relations that an exhibition of this magnitude is to be held inJapan. The Sri Lanka Embassy invites the Japanese Public to visit the Exhibition and see the diverse and deep rooted cultural heritage ofSri Lanka under one roof at The Tokyo National Museum.
  Sri Lanka Embassy. News

Escuelas Públicas: Patrimonio arquitectónico de Yucatán
Autora: Dra. Blanca Paredes Guerrero
Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán

DVD « Les savoir-faire du Pays d’Azay-le-Rideau, de la Tradition à l’Excellence »
Ce film documentaire de 52 minutes a pour objectif de provoquer un nouveau regard et une prise de conscience des habitants du Ridellois sur leur territoire de vie, mais aussi de faire découvrir des activités économiques traditionnelles en regain auprès des touristes et des Tourangeaux.

Guide for managers of cultural attraction shops
Joël CAM, ODIT France
Year: September 2008 - 184 Pages
Collection : Ingenierie Touristique
ISBN : 978-2-915215-47-2
In August 2008, ODIT France (Observation, Development and Tourism Engineering) and the Federation of Cultural Heritage Eco-museums and museums (FEMS), in collaboration with Joël Cam, produced an updated and expanded version of the “Guide for managers of cultural attraction shops" which was first published in 2002.

PDF (9.77 MB) Traditional Arts and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ISBN 88-902157-0-4
Year: 2005
The Balkan peninsula comprises three geographically distinct regions. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea and has a mountainous central continental region that slopes downwards in the north towards the Sava plains. While the north is subject to the influence of central Europe and the South reflects the impact of the mediterranean, therefore, the continental region, which historically has always been the most difficult to conquer and consequently impervious to outside influences, is considered the most authentically Balkan.