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19 December

• Exhibition on the habitat eco-friendly in the city: 8 “utopian” architectonic projects developed
  from April 28 to October 18 2009, the City of architecture in Paris will welcome an exhibition on the ecological and urban habitat. For the occasion, eight architects envisaged and revealed their vision of the future green building. Utopias or realities?

• Second Russian Congress in Cultural Research “Cultural Diversity: from Past to Future” took place in St. Petersburg
  The Second Russian Congress in Cultural Research “Cultural Diversity: from Past to Future” was conducted in St. Petersburg in partnership with the UNESCO Moscow Office on 25-29 November 2008. The event was dedicated to the discussion on various aspects of cultural research and their role in modern research and education, as well as art process and cultural policy. Over 800 representatives of cultural, educational and research institutions from the regions of the Russian Federation, CIS countries and abroad took part in the Congress. The attention of the participants was focused on actual challenges and perspectives of cultural research, issues of its development and widening of interaction with different fields of knowledge.

• Rescue Archaeology - Paris 8 December 2008. Parliamentary Assembly
  Balanced approach to the rescuing of archaeological finds from development projects
  Motion for a recommendation presented by Messrs Legendre and O’Hara and others.This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it.

18 December

• CHCAP hosted a workshop in conjunction with the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University on Heritage, Tourism and Development on 19 November 2008
  The workshop examined links and tensions between heritage preservation, tourism and development, with a particular focus on Asia and the Pacific. Case studies included Cambodia, Laos, PNG, Vietnam, Nepal and Pacific Island states. Speakers included: Tim Winter, University of Sydney; Bruce Scates, NCAS, Monash University; Paul Rogers, ex-Netherlands Development Organisation; Keir Reeves, Monash University; Caroline McLachlan, Deakin University and Prof Bill Logan, Deakin University.

• Jonathan Sweet (2008), invited participant in an international workshop on heritage site management practices at Ercolano, Italy, 13- 25 October 2008 . The workshop was organized by the International Centre for the Study of Herculaneum (Italy) and ICCROM.

• Landscapes at risk - "Nine Mile Canyon". Central Utah (USA) - The Cultural Landscape Foundation Newsletter
  Nine Mile Canyon in Central Utah may not be as well known as other public lands in the West, but there is no denying its cultural significance. Site of thousands of prehistoric Native American rock art panels that have earned it the moniker “the world’s longest art gallery,” Nine Mile Canyon boasts the densest collection of such panels in the United States. But the petroglyphs and pictographs attributed to the Archaic, Fremont and Ute people are not the canyon’s only claims to a piece of American history. The canyon also contains many historic sites – including stagecoach stations, settlers’ cabins, ranches, and iron telegraph poles installed by the famed 19th-century Buffalo Soldiers – that stand as reminders of the area’s more recent, pioneer history.

17 December

• Heritage South Australia E-News November 2008 No. 20
  An e-newsletter from the Heritage Branch of the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH). This monthly e-newsletter aims to deliver timely updates of news and events to people involved in looking after South Australia's built and maritime heritage. Please pass it on to others who may find it of value.

• Heritage South Australia E-News October 2008 No. 19
  An e-newsletter from the Heritage Branch of the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH). This monthly e-newsletter aims to deliver timely updates of news and events to people involved in looking after South Australia's built and maritime heritage. Please pass it on to others who may find it of value.

15 December

• The Label European Heritage
  The Council of the European Union has approved the creation of the “Label du patrimoine européen” (Label European Heritage) and has requested the European Commission to develop the Label into an official EU action, which will be open for participation of all Member States who wish to participate. First launched as an inter-governmental initiative in March 2007, to coincide with the celebration of 50 years of the European Union, the "Label “European Heritage” has already been granted to a series of sites ranging from the Court of Honour of the Pope’s Palace in Avignon (France) to the Capitol Square in Rome (Italy), from the Acropolis in Athens (Greece) to the Palace of Rundale in Latvia or the Naval docks in Gdansk (Poland).

12 December

• New Agreement between US/ICOMOS and the National Park Service
  US/ICOMOS has signed a new agreement with the Washington office of the National Park Service. Each year, NPS awards US/ICOMOS a grant to help support a variety of programs and activities. This year, the agreement further outlines ways in which NPS can be a more formal partner with US/ICOMOS and ways in which US/ICOMOS can benefit NPS more directly. NPS agreed to serve as co-sponsor for the annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium, including the recently concluded symposium in Washington, the 2009 Symposium being planned for New Orleans, and the 2010 Symposium (location not yet determined).

• Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Media Release – Minister Welcomes New Members to Peak Heritage Body
  Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett recently appointed three heritage specialists to join Australia’s peak heritage body, the Australian Heritage Council. “I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Adjunct Professor Sharon Sullivan AO, Associate Professor Peter Valentine and Dr Jackie Huggins AM FAHA to the Australian Heritage Council. Each is an eminent expert in their field, and each will bring a wealth of experience to their new role on the Australian Heritage Council,” Mr Garrett said.

11 December

• The Director of the UNESCO regional Office for Culture for Latin America and the Caribbean and Director of the Multinational Office (Cuba, Haiti, Republic Dominicana and Aruba) visited Haiti from 23 to 27 last September
  During this visit, Mr. Hermann Van Hooff had the opportunity to meet with the national authorities, in particular, the Ministers of Culture and Communication and Tourism, as well as the Director of the national Institute of heritage protection (ISPAN) and the permanent Secretary of the national Commission for co-operation with UNESCO. The primary target of this mission consisted in visiting the national Park of the Citadel, world heritage site since 1980, within the framework of the recommendations of the mission carried out in September 2009 ¬by the specialists Grazia Piras and Victor Marin, with the purpose of establishing the follow-up of the restoration works undertaken in 1980 (the last visit by Mr. Van Hooff to this site dates back to 1989) and have in situ knowledge of the Government directions regarding cultural tourism oriented to the economic and social recognition of the Park of the Citadel.

• 9th Meeting for the Dissemination and Promotion of Intangible heritage of Latin American Countries
  Organized by the Corporation for the Promotion and Dissemination of the Culture of Colombia, the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, the Spanish Co-operation Agency and the collaboration and support of the UNESCO Regional Office, the 9th Meeting for the Dissemination and Promotion of the Intangible heritage of Latin American Countriesit was held in Cartagena de Indias from October 7th to 11th. This year, it was dedicated to the theme of Oral Languages and Traditions. The UNESCO Offices of Montevideo, San José and Port Prince contributed by means of the participation of experts in different topics and the participation of UNESCO representatives.

• UNESCO participated in the 4th Latin American and Caribbean Meeting on cacao and chocolate held in Havana, Cuba, between October 14 and 17 October 2008
  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was represented in the 4th Latin American and Caribbean meeting on Cacao and Chocolate, held in Havana, Cuba, between October 14 and 17, 2008, by a joint delegation of its Regional Culture Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in the Cuban capital, and its Multicountry Office for the Andean Countries, based in Quito, Ecuador. Ada Rosa Pentón, Specialist of the Culture Program of the UNESCO Office, presented the regional project “the Route of Cacao in Latin America and the Caribbean: cultural diversity for an endogenous development”, while Olga Rufins, National Official of the Culture Program of the UNESCO Office in Havana presented the project” The Culture of Cacao in Cuba: Safeguard and Transmission ".

• Course/Workshop of Participating Action around the Safeguard and Revitalization of the expressions of the Living Cultural heritage, for the qualification of carriers, leaders, local specialists and stakeholders linked to the Renovation of the Havana Carnival
  This Workshop was taught in the National Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museum Science (CENCREM) from November 25 to 27, through a process of participating learning where all the participants become involved in the phases of construction of new knowledge. The workshop has the objective to stimulate the sense of property and responsibility of its protagonists, develop capacities, offer some methodological and cognitive tools that outline the way to act with manifestations of the living or Intangible heritage, as well as to conform a methodological and conceptual document that allows to realize this process aimed at other cultural expressions regardless of the country or region involved.

• Peru held the 9th Latin American Meeting of Cemeteries with heritage value
  Exhibitors from Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru met in Lima to discuss about death. The Latin American Network of Management and Valuation of Heritage Cemeteries, chaired by Luis Repetto Málaga, held in Lima, last 30 and 31 of October 2008, its 9th Latin American Meeting to talk about the different artistic manifestations of death, as well as topics related to heritage, rituals, advances in management and valuation projects of funeral areas, with emphasis on new initiatives linked with memorials and the topic of those who passed away. The academic seminars were developed in the Cultural Center of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. The Meeting also considered a special approach to the Master Cemetery Presbyterian Museum, which this year celebrates its Bicentennial.

• New paper in the journal “Culture and Development” - the Economic Dimensions of the Carnival of Santiago of Cuba
  It is part of the thematic axis: “The economic dimensions of the carnival celebrations in Latin America and the Caribbean”, in order to approach these popular celebrations from a novel perspective and little explored of this cultural manifestation: “the economic dimensions”. The Carnivals of Santiago de Cuba have become one of the most important popular celebrations at national level. It brings about a movement of approximately one million people during all the week of celebration, which doubles the number of inhabitants of the municipality of Santiago de Cuba.

• New Website: Europeana Connecting Cultural Heritage- Welcome to Europe's Digital Library, Museum and Archive
  We launched the Europeana.eu site on 20 November and huge use - 10 million hits an hour - meant it slowed to a crawl. We are doing our best to reopen Europeana.eu in a more robust version. Meanwhile, the site you're in now is the project development site, with a video to give you a taste of what's on the real Europeana site. Unfortunately this project site is only in English: the real Europeana is in all EU languages.

10 December

• Thesis defense of Ms Ana VALLARINO KATZENSTEIN (Uruguay)
  Ana Vallarino is pleased to invite you to her thesis defense, Wednesday 17 December 2008, at 2.00 p.m. Laboratory “Architectures, means, landscapes” 118-130 avenue Jean Jaurès 75019. Thesis: “Theory of articulation of moments applied to the relationship city/nature. The case of the Boulevard of Montevideo “

8 December

• OBITUARY: Sir Bernard FEILDEN - Former Director-General of ICCROM from 1977 to 1981
  Sad news struck ICCROM on Friday with the loss of Sir Bernard M. Feilden, renowned international expert the field of heritage conservation and restoration.

5 December

• News from SOIMA: Safeguarding Sound and Image Collections, India
  The preservation of sound and image collections of the early twentieth century was the focus of a meeting in the National Museum Institute (NMI), New Delhi. The meeting was organized as part of the SOIMA programme (Conservation of Sound and Image Collections) and was chaired by Mounir Bouchenaki, Director General of ICCROM.

Public Archaeology Journal
Public Archaeology is the only international, peer-reviewed journal to provide an arena for the growing debate surrounding archaeological and heritage issues. Key articles include Stephanie Moser's "Representations of Archaeological Knowledge in Museums and Cornelious Holtorf's Can Less Be More? Heritage in the Age of Terrorism. The enclosed leaflet provides more information which I hope will be of interest to you and your colleagues.

3 December

• Mochica's sacrifice's ceremony in VIDEO
  video about a Mochica's sacrifice's ceremony realised for the museums of arts and history of Brusels, Belgium.

• New Website: Virtual Archaeology - Using 3D Technology for the Reconstruction and valorisation of natural and cultural Heritage World Wide
  Company specialising in the reconstruction of virtual objects, archaeological elements and historical buildings, we work using all types of media support. Fixed images, animations, video, interactive DVD, or CD Rom. Virtual archaeology is the process of researching a building or other artifact and modeling it as accurately as possible in a 3D graphics program. It is the process of learning about buildings, architecture and artifacts in the context of different civilisations. With our multi-field team of experts made up of architects, archaeologists and computer specialists, we are able to undertake all types of projects and exhibitions, historical researches, publications or productions allowing the Valorisation of historical buildings natural and cultural heritage.

2 December

• Culturemondo International Survey of Cultural Portals 2008
  This third edition of Culturemondo's International Surveys of cultural portals, conducted in cooperation with the Culturelink Network, is focused on peer-to-peer learning and skills sharing. The aim is to be able to look at cultural portal provisions internationally, to be able to examine cultural portals and help to support national, regional and local virtual initiatives on a global level.

New publications available from Getty Conservation Institute's website
The Getty Conservation Institute is pleased to announce two new publications on conservation documentation for cultural heritage places: Guiding Principles and Illustrated Examples. These two publications are available now to download for free from the GCI's website.

Representing the city - ALAIN MUSSET
Using the tools of an historical and cultural geography, located in the crossroads of several disciplines and several methodologies, the objective of this seminar is to analyze the methods of perception and representation of space that influence the organization and the arrangement of urban territories, more concretely in Europe and Latin America, but also in other cultural areas (Asia, Africa).