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31 March

• Celebrating the World Landscape Month (April 2009) - IFLA News

• Heritage at Risk campaigns – a selected update
  • AUSTRIA: Innsbruck Panorama of the “Battle of Bergisel” (1895)
  • AZERBAIJAN: Baku historic center
  • BELGIUM: Tournai, Une tour de trop
  • GERMANY: Brown Coal strip-mining continues destroying villages and creating moon landscapes.
  • GREECE: The Greek Ministry of the Environment's tourism land use plan
  • SPAIN: Numantia
  • TURKEY: Allianoi

   

• Europa Nostra urges EU Finance Ministers to agree with the EC proposal introducing the possibility for EU Member States to apply reduced VAT rates for renovation, repairs and maintenance of places of worship, cultural heritage and historic monuments. Prior to the March meeting of the Econimic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council of the the European Union of 10 March 2009, Europa Nostra’s Executive President, Dr Andrea H. Schuler, wrote a letter to the Czech Minister of Finance, Dipl.Ing. Miroslav Kalousek, in his capacity as the current President of ECOFIN, urging the EU Finance Ministers to reach an agreement on the European Commission proposal with regard to reduced VAT rates.

• Online Designed Landscape Database to be launched in Fall 2009
  In order to raise public awareness of the breadth, diversity, and interconnectedness of our designed landscape heritage, with generous support from National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, TCLF will launch an online searchable database, illustrated with downloadable images of these remarkable landscapes.

• Advanced Master in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions
  This Masters, approved and financially sponsored by the European Commission is within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Programme. This Master Course is organized by a Consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, composed by University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of Padua (Italy) and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic). The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications.

• Cultural landscapes and indigenous peoples - Diane Menzies President, IFLA & Alan Titchener NZILA IFLA Delegate
  When Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted “a large land, uplifted high, bearing south east of us” in 1642, he named the land Staten Land and proceeded to name geographic features of the islands. A cartographer in the Dutch East India Company renamed the land that Tasman “discovered” Nieuw Zeeland. Tasman was credited with having discovered Aotearoa / New Zealand even though he was aware that the land was already inhabited. Mari had discovered Aotearoa about 400 years earlier. Read more at IFLA Newsletter Nº 81 - March 2009 Page: 13

• Norway National Plan for the protection of highways, bridges and cultural relics - Tore Edvard Bergaust. Norwegian University of Life Sciences
  The legacy of road development across a nation is an aspect of landscape shaping on a regional scale. The history of Norway is revealed through the system of transportation access that has evolved over time. This preservation process, developed as a nationwide inventory and protection undertaking, is a rare example of a national approach to an important element of the cultural landscape. Read more at IFLA Newsletter Nº 81 - March 2009 Page: 7

• UNESCO - Historic Urban Landscapes Working Group - Hal Moggridge
  The Historic Urban Landscapes Working Group was set up by UNESCO to consider the implications of the Vienna Declaration on the Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes, which was adopted in October 2005 following an international conference in Vienna on World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture. It was recommended “that the General Conference of UNESCO adopt a new Resolution to complement and update the existing ones on the subject of conservation of historic urban landscapes, with special reference to the need to link contemporary architecture to the urban historic context.” Read more at IFLA Newsletter Nº 81 - March 2009 Page: 5

30 March

• (in French) Musique de Cour du Buganda (Ouganda). Paris (France) 25-26 mars 2009
  Le Buganda est le plus grand des royaumes traditionnels de l'Ouganda actuel. Les frontières de ce royaume sont marquées par le Lac Victoria au Sud, le Nil Victoria à l'Est et le Lac Kyoga au nord. L’Ouganda est l’un des rares Etats modernes du continent africain à porter le nom de l’un de ses peuples, les Ganda ou Baganda. L'influence de ce peuple dans l’Ouganda du XXe siècle témoigne de la puissance politique, économique et culturelle qui était celle du royaume du Buganda aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles. La musique de cour marquait chacune des étapes de la vie sociale. Le kabaka – roi du Buganda – entretenait de multiples orchestres. Des ensembles de trompes et de tambours royaux se relayaient au palais en fonction d’un calendrier musical complexe et précis...

• (in French) Corée - YONG-BU HA - Les danses de l'homme. Paris (France) - 30-31 mars 2009
  Trésor National Vivant, Yong-bu Ha est un grand danseur coréen contemporain. Il faut l’avoir vu danser pour saisir ce que l’on peut décrire comme « la grâce virile », une élégance masculine ancrée dans la terre, aérienne, subtile. Reconnu comme meilleur interprète du Miryang Baekjung Noli, patrimoine culturel immatériel de la Corée, Yong-bu Ha a contribué à populariser cet épisode essentiel de la journée dédiée à Bouddha dans la région du Miryang (sud de la Corée) où il est né. Il n’a que quatre ans quand son grand-père, Bo-kyung Ha, qui fut lui aussi Trésor National commence à le former et à lui transmettre son art. Yong-bu Ha lui rendra un hommage lors de ces représentations parisiennes...

• (in French) Bardes d'Azerbaïdjan. Paris (France) - 29 mars 2009
  L'art des ashiq est la forme d'expression artistique la plus appréciée du peuple azerbaïdjanais. Poète, compositeur, luthiste, le ashiq est aussi narrateur, acteur improvisateur et parfois danseur. Cette tradition est née au XVIe siècle. Shah Ismaïl, fondateur de la dynastie safavide, vient de prendre le pouvoir en Iran et impose l'azéri comme langue officielle, permettant l'éclosion d'une littérature écrite et orale azerbaïdjanaise. Entre le XVIe et le XXe siècle, l'on voit fleurir des centaines de poèmes lyriques, philosophiques, descriptifs, qui se transmettrent principalement par voie orale, et des dizaines de dastan – longs récits musicaux et poétiques – qui aujourd'hui encore animent les veillées dans les villages ou certains salons de musique en ville. Il y a encore près d'un siècle, chaque village possédait son « école » de ashiq identifiée par un style d'interprétation, un mode d'accompagnement instrumental et un répertoire...

• The Director-General establishes a UNESCO Chair in International Relations at the University of Dresden, Germany
  On 25 March 2009, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and Mr Jörg Weber, Vice-President of the Technical University of Dresden, signed an agreement establishing a UNESCO Chair in International Relations at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Also present at the Signature Ceremony were Mr Günter Overfeld, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Germany to UNESCO and Professor Sabine von Schorlemer, Chairholder of the newly established UNESCO Chair in International Relations.

27 March

• News from ICOMOS International Secretariat: International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS): Call for support from the City Archive in Cologne
  Last week we received a request for assistance from the City Archive of Cologne. This archive is known as the most important City Archive north of the Alps and its destruction is a great loss to European Heritage. Colleagues from archives in Cologne and other cities have quickly given their support. But this rescue operation will go on for many months, so additional offers for support are very welcome, from individual archivists and conservators as well as from institutions like archives, libraries and centres of professional education.

25 March

• Results from research: "Redevelopment by Tradition" by Karl Kupka
  This research has been elaborated on the national and regional policy level, the instruments applied in the cities and the organisation of the projects (55 in total). We started our analysis of the Italian policies and projects from ‘Dutch’ principles – like: solid planning of procedures, maximum use of the location, financially sound realisation in connection with the economically most convenient functions. In the Italian practice these principles are far less leading. Instead, there are the monumental or historic values of the properties which principally guide the type of intervention and the destinations afterwards. Guide.pdf

24 March

• Getty Conservation Institute (GCI): Urban Conservation Survey - Message from the Getty Conservation Institute: Survey on Historic Urban Areas
  The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is currently engaged in an effort to expand our focus on Historic Urban Settlements and Cities. As part of our research, we are asking for your participation in a survey that will help us to identify the priority issues facing the leaders and professionals involved in the conservation of historic urban areas. If you have already filled out the survey, thank you very much for your time and attention. If not, we would very much appreciate your input and assistance with this project. As urbanization and development continue, the treatment of this urban fabric is of increasing global concern. Your expertise and experience working in a historic urban environment will provide valuable feedback for this important project.

20 March

• Appointment of the Director for CHDA - Centre for Heritage Development in Africa - Mombasa (Kenya)
  We are pleased to inform you that the Board of CHDA has appointed Ms Deirdre Marina Prins-Solani from the Republic of South Africa as Director of CHDA (the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa) in Mombasa, KENYA. Prior to her appointment Ms Prins-Solani was the project manager of the Robben Island Training Program (RITP) that runs the post-graduate diploma in Museums and Heritage Studies in collaboration with the Universities of Cape Town and Western Cape. Ms Prins-Solani has also held several honorary positions in heritage institutions including being President of the South African Museums Association, member of the South African National Cultural Heritage Committee (SANCH), member of the Cape Town Committee of the Institutions of Public Culture and currently she is the President of AFRICOM. Her publications include a chapter called; “The Art of Memory Making” in the Trentham Books Series on Social and Critical Practice in Art.

• Institut national du patrimoine Introducing (INP) March/April 2009 Newsletter
  The Institut National du Patrimoine (INP) provides high level training for curators and conservators of heritage. It also includes a mission for film heritage. By 2008, INP will have trained over 700 state, territorial or international curators, 360 conservators of heritage resources, and it will have provided continuing-education programmes, seminars and conferences, to about 12000 participants. The Institute is thus deeply committed to the documentation, preservation, transmission, enhancement and circulation of our heritage.

• ICOMOS Moldova: New Executive Board
  At its last General Assembly, which was held in January 2009, ICOMOS Moldova elected a new Executive Board. The members of the new ICOMOS Moldova Executive Board are:
  • Sergius Ciocanu – president
  • Manole Brihunet – vice president
  • Grigore Burciu – secretary
  • Mariana Slapac and Sergiu Musteata – members

   

• Center for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments of Culture in Albania
  Following the Albanian Government’s request to UNESCO, to open a training center for new restorers, the Ministry of Culture of Albania and UNESCO, signed an agreement for the creation of the ‘Center for the conservation and restoration of Monuments of Culture of Albania’ in June 2005. This was possible thanks to the funding of Italian Government with an amount of 1.481.037,5 USD. The aim of this Center is to train members which are employed in the different institutions, under the authority, of Ministry of the Culture. The aim of the training is to upgrade the skills and so increase the capability of the Albanian administration concerned with the protection of monuments and immobile/mobile artefacts to ensure the physical safeguard of these monuments...

• ICOMOS Cuba: New Headquarters
  ICOMOS Cuba is pleased to announce that the National Committee now has its own offices which are shared with the Cuban National Committee of ICOM. New address:
  ICOMOS Cuba
  Calle Compostela #158
  La Habana Vieja
  Cuba, CP 10100
  Tel: +53 7 8649036
  Email: icomos@icom.ohc.cu

• News from ICOMOS International Secretariat - Obituary: Dr. Armen Haghnazarian, ICOMOS Armenia
  After a grave illness, Doctor of Architecture, Founding Director of the Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) Organisation and member of ICOMOS Armenia Armen Haghnazarian departed this life at the age of 68. His lifetime and activity was characterized by selfless devotion to the field of historical and cultural heritage, and he remained a fervent advocate of its preservation until the very last moment of his life. ICOMOS deeply mourns the loss of a dear friend and member. Armen Haghnazarian was an exceptional professional whose devotion set an example for his contemporaries and will still be shared by those who will choose the path of historical heritage preservation in the future. Unfortunately, it was not easy to express high appreciation of, and gratitude for, Armen Haghnazarian’s work in his lifetime: he was always busy with his numerous projects and did not have time to listen to words of praise. ICOMOS hopes that his memory will be honored by many young members worldwide through positive action in favour of the preservation of cultural heritage.

• Heritage Tasmania March Newsletter (Australia)
  The Tasmanian Heritage Council came into existence in 1997, following the proclamation of the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995. The Council is made up of councillors, representing diverse community and professional interests including property owners, farmers and graziers, conservation interests and areas of expertise such as history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and tourism. The Heritage Council is a statutory body separate to government responsible for the administration of the Act and the establishment of the Tasmanian Heritage Register. Its primary task is as a resource management and planning body, focused on heritage conservation issues. As such, any development on heritage listed places require the approval of the Heritage Council before works can commence.

19 March

• Today is starting our Blog where eurau’10 settles its topics
  Until 22nd May 2009 we are going to utilize the Blog for discussing in order and split into sub-topics the meeting’s general theme: Venustas, architecture / market / democracy (please, go to the website to learn more about the theme). Using the blog, right from the beginning of the meeting’s preliminary phase the Eurau’10 Organizing Committee intends to encourage an active involvement on the part of the younger generation, and also choose new members for the Scientific Committee and some “discussants” who will be invited to partake in the convention in Naples. I would appreciate it if you would kindly take part in the Blog, and I shall be very grateful if you would extend the invitation to those people you retain could be interested in this event.

18 March

• Professor Andrew Ikupu has devoted his life to keeping Papua New Guinea’s hugely rich linguistic heritage alive. (interview)
  He spoke to EduInfo when he visited UNESCO last month to take part in International Mother Language Day (IMLD) which included the launch of the 3rd edition of UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger. Andrew Ikupu speaks 11 languages; an elegant and measured English among them. It’s hardly surprising when you consider that he is a native of Papua New Guinea, the country with the most diverse linguistic heritage in the world.

17 March

• (in French) La valorisation du patrimoine militaire et fortifié
  Le Mardi 13 Mars 2007 Maison du Tourisme - Espace Cartier. Paris (France)
  Séminaire préparé par Alain MONFERRAND
  Le Gouvernement français vient de proposer la candidature de 14 sites majeurs de Vauban au patrimoine mondial de l’Humanité à l’occasion du tricentenaire de la mort du Maréchal de Vauban. Plus généralement la France, qui a hérité d’une histoire ancienne et mouvementée un très important patrimoine militaire de musées, de fortifications, de champs de bataille et autres lieux de mémoire, dispose à cet égard d’un atout réel et peu valorisé. Ce patrimoine qui représente actuellement environ 15 millions de visiteurs par an, pourrait doubler sa fréquentation s’il était mis en tourisme plus professionnellement, notamment en direction des publics français et étrangers. Cette journée permettra de faire le point sur l’état de ce patrimoine et de sa fréquentation et présentera, à partir d’exemples français et d’expériences étrangères, les valorisations possibles sur le plan touristique.

• Historic Gardens of New England: Photographic Exhibition
  From 17 April to 14 June 2009. Armidale, New South Wales (Australia)
  Historic Saumarez Homestead will be the host of an exhibition of photographs depicting the old country gardens of New England. The National Trust has invited local members of the Australian Garden History Society to present a view of New England designed, planted and cultivated and captured by the camera over many years. Gardens have always been more than a source of food and flowers for decoration. Gardens also provide recreation, relaxation, a memorial to older times and a place for expression by the garden designer and gardener. The garden provides a link between buildings and environment. The New England has been blessed with abundant rainfall, a bracing variation of seasonal climate and the space for many generations to grow and harvest from the earth.

• Domaine du Rayol (France) - Catalog of workshops and trainings 2009
  The Domaine du Rayol is a 20-hectare property of the Coast Conservatory located on the municipality of the Rayol-Canadel, Var (83), France. Open every day of the year uninterruptedly, the Domaine du Rayol welcomes you in free or guided visit. There you will discover gardens conceived as evocations of the landscapes and floras of the regions of the Mediterranean climate. You will also be able to participate in immersion Workshops and Trainings in the place and also discover the “Bookstore of the specialized Gardener” on topics of botany, gardens and gardening (more than 1,200 references); and to round out your visit to the garden you will have the opportunity to also make a pause in the “Café des Jardiniers”, a very pleasant stop with a menu that evolves depending on the season.

• Bibracte and Gallic cuisine in the hall of agriculture (France)
  Bibracte-Mont Beuvray was present in the International Hall of Agriculture held from February 21st to March 1st 2009 in Paris. Place of excellence for the discovery of agricultural products, the hall dedicates each year its rooms 7.1 and 7.2 at 10.00 pm to the French and overseas regions. The region of honor of this 2009 edition, Burgundy, has 850 m2 to discover its cultural, tourist and taste facets!

• PDF Call for Contributions (Articles) NewsletterAFRICA 2009
  The Africa 2009 newsletter is a forum for the exchange of news, information, views, experiences and ideas among members of the Africa 2009 network and offers an opportunity to report on activities undertaken to better the conservation and management of immovable cultural heritage in Africa.

16 March

• Tribute to Gilberte Mâle (1912-2008). 30 years of painting restoration in France
  The national Institute of heritage invites you to participate in the Tribute to Gilberte Mâle (1912 - 2008), 30 years of painting restoration in France, on April 7th 2009, in the INP, Colbert auditorium. The INP organizes this day of studies, in association with the National Institute of History of Art (INHA) and the Research Center and restoration of museums of France (C2RMF). The tribute takes place on the occasion of the publication by the INP, in co-edition with Somogy Editions d’Art, of the works by Gilberte Mâle, for a history of restoration of paintings in France…

12 March

• Study day on the sensory accessibility of heritage
  Held on 17 January 2009 at Chateau d’Angers as part of the Large Loire Valley Heritage Sites initiative, this seminar brought together 25 professionals from Loire Valley chateaux to discuss the issue of sensory accessibility to heritage for the visually impaired. Céline Savaux, head of training for Interface Handicap, presented the results of the study carried out in 2008 which identified a number of assets, challenges and perspectives. Role plays and simulations allowed participants to identify possible facilities.

• 20- 24 January 2009 was a week full of Europa Nostra meetings and events attended by Europa Nostra’s President, HRH The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón
  On the evening of 20 January, Europa Nostra held a most successful Fundraising Dinner, hosted at the historic Spanish Residence, located in the heart of The Hague. The warm and enthusiastic atmosphere of the dinner was ensured through the remarkable and elegant hospitality of H.E. Mr Juan Prat y Coll, the Ambassador of Spain to The Netherlands, and his wife Mrs Léontine Prat y Coll. HRH The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón presided over this event which brought together 80 Dutch personalities and the highest representatives of Europa Nostra.

• Europa Nostra's photo exhibition " The Building of Europe "
  From 27 August to 17 September 2009. The Hague. The Netherlands
  A Vision on Heritage, produced in close collaboration with Europa Nostra Belgium and first displayed in Brussels during Europalia 07/08, will be exhibited in The Hague’s City Hall Atrium (27 August - 17 September 2009), coinciding with this year’s European Heritage Days events. Please contact Laurie Neale at the Secretariat for inquiries regarding displaying this photo exhibition in a venue near you Communications: Laurie Neale ln@europanostra.org <mailto:ln@europanostra.org>

• 18 April 2009 - International Day for Monuments and Sites
  18 April is the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites, a UNESCO endorsed initiative since 1983. This special day offers an opportunity to raise public awareness concerning the diversity of the world’s heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it, as well as to draw attention to its vulnerability. This year’s theme is Architecture and Science. There are two major streams to the theme: one being the role that science (and the scientific process) has played in the creation of heritage, and the other being the contribution that science (and technology) offers to the study of heritage, such as the treatment of surfaces; non-destructive methods of exploration and examination; chemicals and compounds for treating artefacts and structures; the use of information systems to store and analyse data; structural analysis and finite element modelling as a means of planning repair works; and even the use of communication technology for the dissemination of research and developments.

• Europa Nostra creates an Industrial Heritage Taskforce (IEHTF)
  Europa Nostra creates an Industrial Heritage Taskforce (IEHTF) to contribute to the better coordination of the many efforts undertaken at international and national level to do with the safeguard of Europa's industrial and engineering heritage. The Taskforce's Chairman Pierre Laconte (Belgium) and Secretary Rienko Wilton (The Netherlands) are in the process of approaching potential members. The first meeting of the IEHTF is scheduled for March 2009 and the resulting first progress report on activities is expected to be presented at Europa Nostra's Annual Congress in Taormina, in June 2009.

• Europa Nostra to publish an annual list of europe's most endangered heritage monuments and sites in 2010
  Europa Nostra to set up a structured Heritage at Risk Scheme to better campaign in favour of Europe’s endangered heritage, as a complement to the already highly successful Awards Scheme, run in partnership with the European Commission. At its meeting on 22 January 2009, EN’s Council endorsed the proposal and plans for a fully fledged Heritage at Risk Scheme which will formalise EN’s campaigns which so far have occurred ad hoc in response to requests from its members. The Scheme would require a panel/jury of experts and would have 2 main streams, including a methodology for dealing with requests for assistance and emergency campaigns, plus a proactive arm which would include a yearly theme and the publishing of an annual list of Europe’s most endangered heritage monuments and sites. 2009 will be used to develop this plan and to prepare for its launch in 2010.

• EC proposal introducing the possibility for EU Member States to apply reduced VAT rates for renovation, repairs and maintenance of places of worship, cultural heritage and historic monuments
  Europa Nostra urges EU Finance Ministers to agree with the EC proposal introducing the possibility for EU Member States to apply reduced VAT rates for renovation, repairs and maintenance of places of worship, cultural heritage and historic monuments. Prior to the March meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council of the European Union of 10 March 2009, Europa Nostra’s Executive President, Dr Andrea H. Schuler, wrote a letter to the Czech Minister of Finance, Dipl.Ing. Miroslav Kalousek, in his capacity as the current President of ECOFIN, urging the EU Finance Ministers to reach an agreement on the European Commission proposal with regard to reduced VAT rates. Europa Nostra very much supports permanent reduced rates of VAT to labour intensive services, including for services related to renovation, repairs and maintenance of places of worship , cultural heritage and historic monuments.

6 March

• Injection Grouts for the Conservation of Architectural Surfaces: Research and Evaluation
  The primary objectives of the project are to evaluate the working properties and performance characteristics of injection grouts for the conservation of architectural surfaces, including plasters, wall paintings and mosaics, and to provide reliable tools for conservators and conservation scientists to assess and compare different grouts in the laboratory and field.

  Specific objectives of the project are:

  • to inform practitioners in the field on the properties and performance of different grouts and grouting materials,
  • to correlate scientific research with conservation practice in the field, and
  • to disseminate the project results through laboratory and field workshops, publications, and a seminar.

   

• ICCROM REDUCING RISKS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE 2009. For the 1st time, the course is offered in Spanish
  ICCROM is pleased to announce the 2009 session of the international course on "Reducing Risks", organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Ecuador, the University Andina Simón Bolívar, the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage and other regional partners.
  The purpose of this course is to focus on the risk management approach to preventive conservation of movable and immovable heritage. The course will take place in Quito, Ecuador from 9 to 27 November 2009 (three weeks) and will be given in Spanish. It is designed for collection and site managers, curators, registrars, conservators, and also directors of small to medium size museums, galleries, historic houses and archives, from all regions of the world. The course will also interest educators and professionals who teach collection management and preventive conservation, in either an academic or a vocational environment. The application deadline is 04 May 2009.

5 March

• (in Spanish) Patologías e Intervención en el patrimonio edificado. Buenos Aires (Argentina) febrero 2009
  Dirigido a Graduados de Carreras Terciarias o Universitarias de distintas disciplinas. El curso Patologías e Intervención en el Patrimonio Edificado tiene por objetivos:
  • Intervenir en grupos interdisciplinarios que trabajan en la conservación del patrimonio edificado
  • Reconocer las patologías de la edificación más comunes Realizar trabajos de pre-diagnóstico de desajustes
  • Abordar propuestas de conservación de acuerdo a principios teóricos básicos, manejando los principios de la conservación del patrimonio, y proponer acciones
  • Elaborar informes a partir de una especialidad tendientes a una preservación edilicia

   

• New edition of UNESCO’s Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
  UNESCO launched the electronic version of the new edition of its Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger on 19 February. This interactive digital tool provides updated data about approximately 2,500 endangered languages around the world and can be continually supplemented, corrected and updated, thanks to contributions from its users.

4 March

• Signing off the master implementation agreement of the Program for Sustainable Urban Development - Arab Republic of Syria and GTZ
  

3 March

• [portuguese] Patrimônio Arquitetônico, Documentação eTecnologias - Universidade Federal da Bahia - Brazil 5 March 2009
  O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade Federal da Bahia – PPG-AU, convida para a palestra do Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Bähr, Ex-diretor do Instituto de Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto – IPF, da Karlsruhe University na Alemanha. A palestra será seguida de discussão e esclarecimento de dúvidas sobre o projeto de cooperação científica e tecnológica PATRIMÔNIO ARQUITETÔNICO, DOCUMENTAÇÃO E TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS, a ser desenvolvido pelo LCAD/FAUFBA/UFBA e o Instituto de Fotogrametria e Sensoriamento Remoto da Karlsruhe University, com financiamento CAPES/DAAD.

• Luxury Lace provides livelihood (Sri Lanka)
  The lace makers of Magalle in the South of Galle, a far cry from the glamorous and glitzy world of global cinema, are in the spotlight, as Andrea Galer dresses actress Sally Hawkins in a costume with Galle Lace trimmings in the movie ‘Persuasion’. Galle lace, or Beeralu lace as it is more commonly known, a legacy from the Portuguese, a traditional craft passed down through generations, a means to a livelihood, is today in the hands of a small group of women who are striving to keep their cottage industry alive. Lace making is a delicate and difficult craft and the ladies of Magalle are striving against many odds, and the Power of Hands Foundation of the UK, an initiative of Andrea Galer, is determined to help them survive the odds.

• Video: The Spirit of the Ursulines’ Convent
  A video on "The Spirit of the Ursulines’ Convent" that was produced by the participants in the ICOMOS 2008 International Forum of Young Researchers and Professionals in Cultural Heritage, which took place at the Ursulines Convent in Quebec from 27-28 September 2008 before the ICOMOS General Assembly, is now available on YouTube at the following address: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zV7q3VNTZlM

• Obituary - Sid-Ahmed Baghli 1936 - 2009
  24 February. Mr Sid-Ahmed Baghli, Assistant Director of Fine Arts at the Algerian Ministry of Information and Culture, has died in Paris at age 72. An important advocate for heritage conservation, he held the following positions: Director, Société Nationale d'Editions et de Diffusion (SNED); Cabinet Chief of the Ministry of Culture; Cultural Counselor of the Permanent Delegation of Algeria to UNESCO; Member of the Executive Committee of ICOM; Honorary Member of ICOM. Mr Baghli, a museums specialist, co-authored the publication on the history of ICOM prepared on the occasion of ICOM’s 60th anniversary. He was the Algerian delegate at several ICCROM General Assemblies, and also collaborated closely with ICCROM as a lecturer in the courses on architectural conservation (ITARC) and the EuroMED project. The Director General, Mounir Bouchenaki and all the staff of ICCROM would like to present their most sincere condolences to his family and in particular to his colleagues at ICOM and UNESCO.

• International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites (ICOMOS ICIP): New contact address
  New contact address of the ICOMOS ICIP Secretariat:
  Neil SILBERMAN
  ICOMOS-ICIP
  c/o School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
  University of California, Merced
  5200 North Lake Road
  Merced, CA 95343 - USA

  Tel: +1 203 779 5028
  Fax: +1 203 208 1050

  Email: nasilber@anthro.umass.edu
  Email secretariat : icomos-icip@mailman.ucmerced.edu

• ITUC-AL 2009 - Integrated cultural heritage management and urban planning in Latin America
  Applications are now open for the ITUC-AL 2009 the Latin American course on 'Integrated cultural heritage management and urban planning, to be held in Brazil from 30 March 2009 - 30 March 2010.

• Heritage Canada Foundation – Communiqué: Heritage Canada Foundation Sees Positives in Federal Budget
  Ottawa, ON January 28, 2009 –The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) expressed measured satisfaction that the federal Budget tabled yesterday by the Minister of Finance includes some recognition of the need to invest in historic buildings. The budget contained $75 million for the long-dormant National Historic Sites Cost-Sharing Program which will make bricks-and-mortar matching funds available for a few of Canada’s approximately 900 National Historic Sites (NHS). There is also $323 million over two years for the restoration of federally-owned buildings and $2 million to plan the future of Quebec City’s historic drill hall, the Manège Militaire, a NHS damaged by fire last year.

• Australia ICOMOS – Canberra Talk Series - IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT – IS THERE RAMPANT MARKET FAILURE IN HERITAGE?
  Since the publication of the Australian Government Productivity Commission Report in 2006 [Conservation of Australia's Historic Heritage Places], widespread market failure in the heritage sector in all states and territories of Australia has been identified. Key to the problem is; how to get the community involved; how to fund and incentivise heritage; how to put forward a set of comprehensive and cogent planning policies to address the problem of maintaining, managing and conserving privately owned heritage which accounts for more than 80% of the national heritage stock...

• Heritage Education, Plurality of Narratives and Shared Historical Knowledge
  The Center for Historical Culture of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has been financed by the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research / NWO for a three years Research program on Heritage Education, Plurality of Narratives and Shared Historical Knowledge. This program will examine heritage education in a culturally diverse and globalizing society can contribute to the production of shared historical knowledge. EUROCLIO together with the Netherlands Institute for Heritage will collaborate with CHC together with an Advisory Committee of seven academic experts will oversee the progress and intellectual output of the program during regular meetings with researchers and applicants.

2 March

• Multimedia documentary: towards the discovery of the archaeozoology
  In the archaeological excavation, the remains of animals are among the numerous vestiges conserved in the ground. The study of these remains, archaeozoology, provides information not only on the prehistorical animal but also on the disappeared societies, their environment, their economy; if you want to explore the relations of man with animals during the time, from hunting of wild species to the relative control of the animal world, you can obtain a reference by discovering Yoma and the animals, an archaeozoological investigation. Yoma is a small town, somewhere on the banks of the Euphrates…

• Jacob Weidenmann - Pioneering Landscape Gardener (1829-1893) By Rudy J. Favretti, University of Connecticut
  Jacob Weidenmann was born to prosperous parents in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1829. He was an intelligent, active child, always eager to learn; his interests in design were soon apparent. When Jacob came of age, his parents arranged for him to work in the office of family friend and architect A.M. Forte in Geneva. Forte gave positive reports of Jacob’s growing interest in design and recommended further training.

• "Des Hommes aux champs" - Pour une archéologie des espaces ruraux dans le Nord de la France, du Néolithique au Moyen Âge
  Objet d’étude complexe, à la croisée des disciplines, l’espace rural est défini par Georges Bertrand comme « le milieu naturel aménagé pour la production au sens large, animale ou végétale, par des groupes humains qui fondent sur lui la totalité, ou une partie, de leur vie économique et sociale ». Cette construction protéiforme se ma­nifeste notamment à travers les établissements ruraux et systèmes agro-paysagers au sujet desquels l’archéologie livre chaque jour de nouvelles données : fermes, chemins, parcellaires…

• The mine landscapes, a controversial heritage
  
  Where mines are present, the previous world disappeared. The rural space was reorganized, mounds and hollows transformed the topography of the land. The visible result seems to be reduced to different forms of pollution, “black country” of coal, red country of bauxite, in sum an anti-landscape. When the exploitation ceases, after a period of uncultivated land, nothing seems more urgent than to erase, “rehabilitate” this uncomfortable environment.

• Old City of Tartous - Syrian Arab Republic - a press release by GTZ
  The manager of the GTZ Program for Sustainable Urban Development (UDP) visited Tartous governorate on Tuesday 3rd of February 2009 to hand over the final report on the preservation and development of the old city of Tartous to his Excellency the Governor of Tartous. The report's main themes had been developed earlier in a two day workshop conducted by the GTZ-UDP Aleppo project and stakeholders from all sectors in Tartous city on 17th to 18th of November 2008. Aleppo project is one of the four projects of the GTZ-UDP "Program for Sustainable Urban Development", it has achieved a great success in cooperation with Aleppo city council and directorate of the old city of Aleppo in the rehabilitation of the old city of Aleppo. UDP management aims now to transmit this experience and success to other old cities in Syria.

• Docomomo Exhibitions
  • Exhibition: National Schools of Arts, Havana, November 2009
    The exhibition will present the restoration works of the Cubanacán Schools. It will be shown at the Villena Gallery, Association of Writers and Artists. Proposed curators are María Elena Martin and Universo García.
    info: choy@cubarte.cult.cu & aochoa@planmaestro.ohc.cu
  • Exhibition: Guatemala Abstracta: The Modern in Architecture and Arts, Guatemala City, July 2009
    Docomomo Guatemala, in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center, URBANÍSTICA-Public Space Workshop (Municipality of Guatemala City) and the Carlos Mérida Modern Art Museum, will present the first national exhibition on modern culture: architecture, visual arts, furniture and objects of design.
    info: raulmonterroso@gmail.com
    website: http://mm-guatemala.blogspot.com
  • Exhibition: Cultivated Modernism, Dessau, Fall 2009
    The exhibition will present an overview of the position and quality of the practice of renovation of modern movement architecture; it will include a publication. The Wüstenrot Foundation in collaboration with Docomomo Germany and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation will open the exhibition at the Bauhaus Dessau. The touring exhibition will be shown in a number of venues in Germany and abroad.
    info: docomomo@bauhaus-dessau.de

   

• Pioneering Swedish Women Garden Designers c. 1900-1950 - Toward a professional identity. Feature by Catharina Nolin
  One hundred years ago, there were few women working professionally with garden design, yet today, the majority of the Swedish landscape architect students are women. This remarkable change within the profession has happened largely in silence. Even the historic contributions of the groundbreaking women of the early 20th century have been sublimated within the consciousness of the field.

Mining Heritage and Tourism: A Global Synthesis – call for contributions
Lee Jolliffe and Professor Michael V Conlin are co-editing the above titled book for Routledge, with an outstanding list of contributors. They are seeking one or two additional contributions reflecting appropriate topics from less developed regions or countries, and in particular, Asia, Africa and South America. If you would like to participate in this publication, please send an abstract to Michael V Conlin at mconlin@okanagan.bc.ca with a copy to Lee Jolliffe at ljolliff@unbsi.ca.

The catalogue Art Nouveau in progress in now on sale
For further information. Exhibitions International : Email:orders@exhibitionsinternational.be

Website: www.exhibitionsinternational.be

Pour une histoire de la restauration des peintures en France
L’Institut national du patrimoine vient de publier, en coédition avec
Somogy Editions d’Art, Gilberte Emile-Mâle.
Élevée dans l’amour du patrimoine et auteur de nombreux articles fondateurs sur l’histoire de la restauration des peintures, Gilberte Émile-Mâle (1912-2008) est une fi gure majeure de la restauration du patrimoine. Cet ouvrage, initié par l’INP, lui rend hommage et rappelle le rôle déterminant qu’elle joua pour consacrer la restauration comme une véritable science. Voici réunis pour la première fois les résultats de ses recherches, des travaux inédits, mais aussi des rééditions d’articles marquants publiés dans des revues et actes de colloque, souvent diffi cilement accessibles. Ce livre est enrichi d’un dictionnaire des restaurateurs de la Révolution à la Restauration, complété d’une liste des tableaux restaurés en France : un outil de travail et de recherche extraordinaire.

International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF): Forthcoming articles in the Journal 'Urban Morphology'

• Urban morphological classics
• Urban morphology and computers 10 years on
• A new concept in urban history and morphology
• The structure of urban landscapes
• Urban morphology, historic urban landscapes and the management of historic cities
• How cities internalize their former urban fringes
• The study of urban form in Sweden
• Fringe-belt theory and polarities-landmarks theory
• The commercial-residential building and local urban form
• Housing associations and built-form conservation
• The study of urban form in Turkey

'Urban Morphology' is published biannually, in April and October, by the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF)

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE): Archive 1929-1999 now available online
In time with the Celebration of its 80th Anniversary, the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) has made its Publications Archive 1929-1999 available to Students, Research, Professionals and the Public. Over 80'000 pages of its historic documents on Structural Engineering worldwide are now available online, free of charge.

The IABSE Archive offers a broad coverage of themes, dealing with:

• all types of structures
• all types of materials
• all phases of the construction process

A major part of the Archive consists of reports collected from IABSE's Conferences and may be in English, in German or French language. Sophisticated search functions allow searching for keywords anywhere in the full text body of the articles. The digitisation of the IABSE Publications Archive was supported by the IABSE Foundation and has been realised in co-operation with the Library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries. IABSE is a scientific and technical association founded in 1929. It has members around the world, the seat is since its creation at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. The mission of IABSE is to promote the exchange of knowledge and to advance the practice of structural engineering worldwide, in the service of the profession and society.

Visions of Modern Architecture in Ecuador. Volume I, Cuenca, February 2009. Docomomo Ecuador
The book will collect the works of students from the Master of Architectural Design, Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad de Cuenca. info: mpa@ucuenca.edu.ec

Moderne Zwei: Baukultur 1948–1984, Fall 2009.
The report on the symposium organized by Docomomo Austria in Salzburg in October 2008 will be published in Fall 2009. Case studies as of architects Gerhard Garstenauer (Felsenbad’s public baths, and conference center in Bad Gastein, Salzburg) and Anton Schweighofer (City for Children, Stadt des Kindes) demonstrated the full lack of support against irreverent and insensitive care of important buildings when heritage protection is missing. info: info@docomomo.at

Inventário de Arquitetura Moderna em Porto Alegre, 1945–65, April 2009.
The RS chapter of Docomomo Brazil collaborated with PROPAR-UFRGS (the Graduate Studies Program of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and the Department Projects-ETSAB-UPC (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña) on this research on the diffusion of modern architecture in the south of Brazil. A selection of thirty buildings will be published late April in a book funded by AECI (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional). info: ccomas@uol.com.br

E-Bolletin Docomomo Guatemala, February 19, 2009. Docomomo Guatemala
The Guatemalan Docomomo chapter will launch its E-Newsletter and present it to the academic, cultural and political community, as well as to journalists. info: raulmonterroso@gmail.com

Architecture and Digital Archives
ISBN 978-2-88474-146-0
A collection of writings on this increasingly important topic, this book is bi-lingual in content (French and English) and explores questions such as how to assure an efficient and permanent archive for architecture, what standards should be followed, what problems arise etc.

A study report on doctrinal texts of cultural heritage conservation. Tokyo: Japan ICOMOS, 1999. 151 p. [Texts in Japanese and English]

Materiality, Brno, January 2009. Docomomo Czech Republic
Docomomo Czech Republic will publish the proceedings of the international symposium on the Preservation of Modern of Movement Architecture that was held in Brno, in April 2008. The publication, edited by Iveta Cerna and Ivo Hammer, will focus on four main themes: theory and history, international contributions, Czech contributions, and the Tugendhat House. info: Jakub.Kyncl@knesl-kyncl.com