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28 May

• NOICE from Rits: Application Deadline Extention to 14 June
  Please note that application Deadline of International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2009 has been extended to 14 June 2009. Regarding application form and guideline for Training Course 2009 please see the title link. If you have any questions about this course, please contact us: dmuch@st.ritsumei.ac.jp

• MERCOSUR Cultural Itineraries
  Bearing in mind that Cultural Itineraries not only favor communication and understanding among the peoples, but also encourage cooperation aimed at the conservation, safeguarding and revaluation of the Region’s Cultural Heritage, the Republic of Argentina, based on a previous experience developed by Argentina and Brazil, submitted a proposal aimed at encouraging the Identification and Valuation of Cultural Itineraries that could become significant ways towards the cultural integration in the region. In this sense, the XVI Forum of Ministers of Culture and Officials in Charge of Cultural Policies of Latin America and the Caribbean approved the “Piloto Project” of regional outreach Cultural Itinerary in the Region of the Jesuit-Guarani Missions, which encompasses the religious missions in Argentina (San Ignacio Miní, Loreto, Santa Ana and Santa María la Mayor); Paraguay (Trinidad, San Cosme and Damián y Jesús); Brazil (Sao Miguel Arcanjo, Sao Nicolau and Sao Lorenzo) and Bolivia (Chiquitos and Mojos).

27 May

• Katherine Slick Named New Executive Director of US/ICOMOS
  John Fowler, Chairman of US/ICOMOS, the United States Committee for the International Council on Monuments and Sites announced today that Katherine Slick will be the next Executive Director of US/ICOMOS. Ms Slick was selected from among a nationwide pool of very competitive candidates to take over the position held for fourteen years by Gustavo Araoz, who was elected last October as the first American President of ICOMOS, and who will continue to serve US/ICOMOS as Senior Advisor. As Executive Director of US/ICOMOS, Ms Slick will play an important international and national in fulfilling an ambitious growth and development plan and by ensuring that American preservation attains high global visibility.

26 May

• Reminder: Deadline for Registration: 29 May 2009 - EUROPAN 10
  The generic theme of Europan 10 – Inventing urbanity - specifically involves collaboration with cities and urban developers in the organising countries. Indeed, the ultimate aim of the European vision of the city is to make society, in other words to bring together people of all conditions and origins. However, the dominant trend towards individualisation, the quest for autonomy, cannot be ignored. This is precisely the contradiction that Europan addresses: on the one hand wanting the city – i.e animation, communal life, people – and on the other side wanting intimacy, privacy, home and the immediate circle.

• A new Landscape Architecture Association is born!
  After a lengthy endeavour, Mr. Priyanka Ranatunga, IFLA individual member is extremely happy to announce that he has received the Parliamentary approval on the 7th of April for the establishment of a National Institute of Landscape Architecture. This decision follows Cabinet approval on September 2006. The brand new Sri Lanka Institute of Landscape Architects (SLILA) will now apply to become the 62nd member association of IFLA.

25 May

• WHTour: 1001 Wonders - Lucy and Tiya (Ethiopia)
  1001wonders.org (formerly world-heritage-tour.org) is listing 1001 cultural and natural sites around the world and is documenting them in panophotographies - immersive and interactive panoramic images. Today 272 sites have been visited : 253 are available on this web site, 19 are currently in post-production and will soon be uploaded. Altogether there are 2097 panophotographies. This project is building a museum atlas which is interactive, immersive, without border and for educational purposes. It is also a testimony and a documentary inventory of natural and cultural sites to future generations.

• Audio-visual Research archives: its pre-Inca and Inca past (Lima)
  Lima, ancient capital of the viceroyalty of Peru, is generally identified with its colonial past. At present, megapolis of more than eight million inhabitants, is the economic, social and political center of Peru. Little is known of its important precolonial past, taking into account the numerous archaeological remains from its numerous cultures. In addition, identity aspects of its “Andean and Amazonian” inhabitants and places are rarely mentioned in the capital. This conference is complemented by precolonial images describing the past and the development of Lima, as well as current Lima and the challenges arisen by the perspective of a new definition of “Limean”.

• Course announcement: Architectural Conservation Programme, University of Hong Kong (China)
  ACP – Architectural Conservation Programme: China’s first and only professional postgraduate studies (part- or full time) for Postgraduate Diploma in Conservation Master of Science in Conservation. For Australian applicants, the 2009 application deadline has been extended to: 30 June 2009. For enquiries, please call +(852) 2859 2132 or +(852) 2859 7952, or send an e-mail to acp@arch.hku.hk or jodychan@arch.hku.hk.

• ICOMOS Macedonia: New Website
  On 24 April 2009, ICOMOS Macedonia launched its new website, on the occasion of the Celebration of the International Day of Monuments and Sites as well as the 15th Anniversary of the establishment of ICOMOS Macedonia. An English version of the site will be available shortly. Contact ICOMOS Macedonia - Zoran PAVLOV: icomosmk@mt.net.mk

• ICOMOS Pakistan: New Website
  ICOMOS Pakistan has launched its website on the 18th of April 2009. The site can be accessed at the title link. Comments and suggestions for further improvement and development of the site are welcome. Contact ICOMOS Pakistan: icomospak@neduet.edu.pk

• ICOMOS Wood Committee: Board Elections
  Two new members have been elected to the Board of the ICOMOS Wood Committee (IIWC):
  • Professor Elefteria Tsakanika
  • Professor Yasuhiro Watanabe

  The new Board is composed as follows:

  • Gennaro Tampone (President)
  • Hans Sandstrom (Secretary General)
  • Ian McGilliwray
  • Elefteria Tsakanika
  • Yasuhiro Watanabe.

  Contact the ICOMOS International Wood Committee Secretariat (IIWC)
  E-mail: icomos.wood.committee@gmail.com

• $2.5 Million Funding Protects Tasmanian Convict Sites (Australia)
  Conservation projects at four of Tasmania’s most important convict sites will receive a significant boost with the assistance of more than $2.5 million from the Australian Government. Funding was announced today by the Federal Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, during a visit to the Cascade Female Factory with the Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Michelle O’Byrne. “I am pleased to announce funding through the Australian Government’s Jobs Fund for conservation work at some of Tasmania’s most important historic sites,” Mr Garrett said.

• Heritage Tasmania May 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.

• Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of ICOMOS-KOREA
  Marking its 10th anniversary, ICOMOS-KOREA held a commemorative symposium on Friday 17 April 2009. Gustavo Araoz, President of ICOMOS International, was present to celebrate the occasion and give a keynote presentation on “ICOMOS and Cultural Heritage”. On behalf of all the members of ICOMOS-KOREA I would like to extend my deep gratitude to him. In commemoration of the anniversary, two lectures were held: A lecture on the Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes, and one on the Experience of the Inspection of Yin Xu. Both of the sites had been inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2007 and 2006 respectively. The event also saw the announcement of the publication "A decade of ICOMOS-KOREA, 1999-2009: Accomplishments and Visions". Members shared memorable moments from the past 10 years while watching a slide show. The celebration culminated in the proclamation of the "ICOMOS-KOREA VISION 2020", which was proposed as a firm resolution to further strengthen ICOMOS Korea’s activities as a leading professional NGO to preserve and protect the cultural heritage. Contact: Sang Hae LEE, Detached Building of National Palace Museum of Korea: icomos99@empal.com

• In memoriam: Michel Parent - President of ICOMOS from 1981 to 1987
  • All members of ICOMOS across the globe join me in mourning the death of my predecessor, our esteemed 3rd President, Michel Parent of France. Those members of ICOMOS fortunate enough to have met him and worked with him will remember and cherish his dedication to ICOMOS during our pioneer days. Those who did not know him must be aware and ever grateful that he was one of the giants who helped build and shape the great organization that we have inherited. Michel Parent will always live in ICOMOS as an example of dedication, professionalism and rectitude. To his family and to all our friends and colleagues in ICOMOS France, I convey our warmest feelings of sympathy as well as assurances that we share in this deep loss.
    Gustavo F. Araoz
    7th President of ICOMOS
    

    You can send messages of condolence via: icomos.france@wanadoo.fr

• (Un)Loved Modern preliminary speaker program released
  The preliminary speaker program for the (Un)Loved Modern Conference will be available from the conference website later today. An intriguing range of papers addressing the conference themes will be presented in three parallel streams, along with 6 keynote presentations and 2 round table panel sessions. Also, over the past couple of weeks, the Australia ICOMOS (Un)Loved Modern Conference has been featured in several articles in the press. Keep an eye out for the following:
  • “[Over]Loved Modern”, in the NSW Historic Houses Trust magazine Insites
  • “A celebration of ‘unloved’ modern heritage”, in the NSW Heritage Branch Autumn 2009 newsletter NSW Heritage
  • “(Un)Loved Modern at the Sydney Masonic Centre”, in the Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter’s May/June issue of the Architecture Bulletin

  Don’t forget that you can register online for the (Un)Loved Modern Conference now. Some of the field tours are already full, and others are filling quickly. At least one of our social events has almost reached capacity … so don’t miss your opportunity to participate fully in the debate about conserving 20th Century heritage, and register now.

• Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Program
  There are only a handful of universities worldwide that offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the study of maritime archaeology. The Department of Archaeology at Flinders University has taught maritime archaeology at undergraduate level since 1996 and at postgraduate level since 2002. The Graduate Program in Maritime Archaeology was established in 2002 and is now the largest, most successful and currently the only active program of its kind in Australia. The program draws students from all over the world, including Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Japan. Autumm Newsletter.pdf

• Heritage without frontiers - Information letter n. 19
  Heritage without frontiers, created in 1992 with the support of the Ministry of Culture, is aimed at worldwide heritage protection actions in contexts of alert, oblivion or death of the proprietor without heirs, as well as in post-accident or post-conflict situations.

20 May

• Watch initiative: 'Risk Preparedness and Listed World Heritage' Deadline for applications: 15 June 2009
  WATCH calls on the wider concerned Cultural Heritage community to identify and propose a site to be selected to conduct a strategic study aimed at the enforcement of the 1954 Hague Convention (HC) in accordance with the Draft Guidelines to the 1999 Second Protocol of the HC issued by the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflicts. This initiative aims to contribute to:
  • produce the necessary supporting documentation for the local authorities (if eligible under the HC) to apply for the enhanced protection status as Listed World Heritage (LWH);
  • introduce a milestone for a methodological approach in the design of protective strategies and implementation of policies aimed at establishing preventive measures for LWH during times of crisis; and
  • offer grounds for further development of the set strategies and the possibility to apply them to different sites in various countries and circumstances

15 May

• Exhibition: Thai Silk: Cultural Heritage
  From 18 to 20 May 2009. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
  An integral part of the culture and identity of Thailand, Thai silk is recognized as one of the world’s best, and is equally valued for use in the fabrication of garments as for home furnishings. Its qualities are many and varied: in the density of its weave, the variety of colors and the complexity of its motifs. This exhibition at UNESCO depicts the different stages in the production of this fine and precious fabric, from the cultivation of silkworms to obtain their cocoons to the spinning and weaving of silk thread and to the commercialization of finished fabrics. On display will also be twelve royal outfits belonging to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand, who supports the villagers of her country in producing silks of the highest standard, certified by the Royal Peacock logo. Exhibition presented by the Queen Sirikit Sericulture Institute in partnership with the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Thailand to UNESCO.

• Tell us your Alésia!
  Alésia is a main event in the history of France. For you, it is perhaps a childhood memory: a visit with your parents or your school, a yellowish photography of your prying great-grandfather, a colored image in a class-book, an attempt to reconstitute the battle with your tin soldiers… For you, Alésia is perhaps an anecdote of excavations, the meeting with an archeologist, the birth of a historian vocation… For you, Alésia is perhaps a visit in family or with friends, the weekend or during the holidays, a guided tour, a Workshop… For you, Alésia is already perhaps the MuséoParc… For you, what is Alésia? Tell us your Alésia, as you lived it or imagined it, share with us your memories, near or distant. The testimonials collected (possibly with photographs ) will serve to design an exhibition, displayed in the archaeological site.

13 May

• [italiano] Un parco archeologico a gestione integrata per Tivoli di Fabrizio Baldassarre
  Dal 20 maggio prenderà forma a Tivoli, con risorse MiBAC e FAI, un grande parco archeologico che sarà “messo a sistema” con una gestione integrata dei siti sul territorio. In un periodo di crisi e di forte ridimensionamento del budget statale per la cultura questa appare come una buona notizia: fare sistema è il segreto della crescita, nella cultura come in ogni altro settore. Non concorrenza interna, ma gestione associata e promozione comune di Villa Adriana, Villa d’Este, Villa Gregoriana (attualmente gestita dal FAI) e del Santuario di Ercole Vincitore che avranno un ticket congiunto, materiale informativo condiviso ed entreranno a far parte di un network, creando un unico polo culturale per la valorizzazione della storia del territorio e delle preziose tracce che essa ci ha lasciato.

• Exhibition in Gaza of a Workshop of the School of Chaillot in Damascus
  Within the framework of the international Day of monuments and sites organized on 18 April, under the auspices of UNESCO and ICOMOS, it was required the presence of the City of architecture and heritage, and its department of training of the School of Chaillot, by the French cultural Center of Gaza and its director, Gaëtan Pellan. For this reason, it was presented by the CCF and the Center for architectonic heritage of the University of Gaza, within the framework of events around the development of heritage, the exhibition of the works carried out in a Workshop in Damascus for the students of the promotion of ASG 2003-2005. This Workshop had gathered students from the School of Chaillot and Syria students of the postgraduate course in heritage, restoration. Ths training action was jointly organized by the Faculty of architecture of Damascus and the School of Chaillot since 2003. You will find attached the catalog of this exhibition, which demonstrates the international projection of the School and the interest for the quality of the work of our students. Once again we thank these students, and their professors, for these quality works.

• [portuguese] Iphan lança o Edital Inventário Nacional da Diversidade Lingüística e Mapeamento Documental do Patrimônio Imaterial
  O Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional lança o Edital Inventário Nacional da Diversidade Lingüística e Mapeamento Documental do Patrimônio Imaterial. Essa é uma ação do Programa Nacional do Patrimônio Imaterial, instituído pelo Governo Federal em 2000. O Departamento de Patrimônio Imaterial do Iphan receberá, no período de 16 de setembro a 31 de outubro do corrente ano, projetos referentes ao patrimônio cultural imaterial.

12 May

• [italiano] Beni culturali: a Tivoli il progetto di un grande parco archeologico a gestione MiBAC e FAI (Italy)
  “Vogliamo creare a Tivoli un grande parco archeologico in connessione con Roma”. Lo ha annunciato il sottosegretario ai Beni culturali Francesco Giro, presentando la mostra ”Frammenti del passato. Tesori dall’Ager Tiburtinus” allestita a Tivoli, nell’Antiquarium del Canopo fino al primo novembre. Si tratta del nuovo Polo Tiberino archeologico gestito con i fondi dello stesso ministero e del Fondo Ambiente Italiano, che tenga conto di un percorso integrato che prevede Villa Adriana, Villa d’Este, Villa Gregoriana e il Santuario di Ercole Vincitore.

• ICBS: International Blue Shield Mission to Cologne Archive
  The new Blue Shield international coordination centre in The Hague received a request for support from Cologne, which we distributed among our relations and Dutch Archive institutes and professionals. We have received many responses from those who want to help. Together with the National Archive and the Dutch Branch organization of Archive institutes (BRAIN) we made an inventory of people and institutes willing to help. Their offers keep coming in. We have received many responses from The Netherlands, but also from Belgium, France, the United States and the Czech Republic. In the first week of April a delegation went to Cologne to see how best to coordinate offers of assistance. The staff in Cologne gave us a warm welcome and we obtained detailed information and a thorough impression of the work that is in progress...

• ICOMOS Argentina: Annual Assembly and Conference on Historic Urban Landscapes. 22 - 24 April, San Juan, Argentina
  The Annual Assembly will be held in the city of San Juan on 24 April. Previous to the Assembly, ICOMOS Argentina organised a conference on Historic Urban Landscapes, to be held in San Juan in April 22-24. The conference includes lectures by national experts and the presentation of some 60 papers related to urban conservation. The Assembly will include elections for a new Directive Board of the National Committee. Contact: Alfredo CONTI: alfredo.conti@icomos.org

• ICOMOS Brazil: General Assembly and Elections
  On 28 March 2009, the XII General Assembly of ICOMOS Brazil was held in Curitiba. On this occasion, elections were held for the triennium 2009-2012.
  Election Results
  • Participation: 79.7%

  Directors:

  • Architect Rosina Parchen - President (Paraná),
  • Architect Jorge Derenji - Vice President (Pará),
  • Anthropologist Marcia Kersten - Secretary General (Paraná),
  • Architect Jussara Valentini - Director of Finance (Paraná),
  • Economist Henry Oswaldo de Andrade - Director of Projects (Brasilia)
  • Architect Betina Adams - Director of Committees Topic (Santa Catarina);

  Council:

  • Architect Jussara Derenji - North (Pará),
  • Architect Eugene de Ávila Lins - Northeast (Bahia),
  • Architect José Leme Galvão Filho - West Central Region (Brasilia)
  • Art historian Myriam Ribeiro - Southeast (Rio de Janeiro),
  • Architect Brian Bicca - Southern Region (Rio Grande do Sul).

  Contact: Headquarters of ICOMOS BRAZIL. Email: contato@icomos.org.br

• ICOMOS France: New Website
  The New website of ICOMOS France is now online. Message from ICOMOS France:
  Chers adhérents, chers amis,
  Notre nouveau site, fruit de longues heures de réflexion, de recherche et de travail est enfin en ligne!
  Merci à tous ceux qui nous ont aidés à le constituer par leur aide financière : la Région PACA, l'Ecole d'Avignon, Neteor, par leurs conseils ou leurs photos, et notamment Olivier Poisson, Samir Abdulac, Michèle Prats...
  ainsi qu'à Victoire Dorise, Marc Simon de Neteor et Michèle Prats, qui l'ont réalisé!
  Vous pouvez dès à présents accéder au nouveau site internet d'ICOMOS France à l'adresse suivante: http://france.icomos.org Nous espérons qu'il nous permettra des échanges encore plus fructueux que par le passé. N'hésitez pas à nous aider à le faire vivre et évoluer.
  Contact: Palais de Chaillot: icomos.france@wanadoo.fr

• ICOMOS Korea: 10th Anniversary
  On 17 April 2009, ICOMOS Korea celebrated its 10th Anniversary in the presence of ICOMOS President Gustavo Araoz. During the Anniversary Event, ICOMOS Korea presented a new long-term strategy called “Vision 2020”, consisting of five main points:
  • Advancing International Activities
  • Enhancing National Activities
  • Improving Conservation and Management Systems
  • Expanding General Understanding of the World Heritage
  • Invigorating Research and Development Activities

  Contact: Sang Hae LEE, Detached Building of National Palace Museum of Korea: icomos99@empal.com

• ICOMOS Peru: General Assembly and Elections
  The Election Committee, elected on 20 January 2009, consisted of:
  • Arq. Eulogio Tapia Urioste
  • Arql. Pedro Novoa Bellota
  • Abog. Fabricio Valencia Gibaja

  The list of candidates was announced on 23 March 2009. Elections were held on 2 April 2009, with the following results:

  • Presidenta: Ruth Shady Solis
  • Vice-presidente: Fernando Rosas Moscoso
  • Secretaria: Edna Quispe Loayza
  • Vocal: Edgar Santa Cruz Arana
  • Vocal: Julio Vargas Neumann
  • Vocal-Tesorero: Jorge Orrego Vargas

• What is left after the excavation? The contribution of archeology to the public space (Louvre Museum. Paris, France) - 14 May 2009
  By Daniel Gutscher, Archaeological Service of Bern (East and the West in the MiddleAges)
  For human beings, the confrontation with their own history has a fundamental importance. Archaeology is a remarkable tool that makes history tangible. It is not by chance that thousands of citizens participate in our guided visits. But what is left after the excavation? The excavator absorbed the vestiges often our reports once sent to the archives’ manager remain unexhumed for several years until the occasion of a publication. And ideally, the archaeological furniture becomes a museum showcase.

• University of Ferrara, Italy: Competences and tools for Ferrara’s local cultural heritage
  On 30 March 2009 at the University of Ferrara took place the conference "Competences and tools for Ferrara local cultural heritage – An interdisciplinary research perspective". The conference, organised by the University of Ferrara with the Municipality, the Province, the Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara, the "Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara" Bank, the "Cassa di Risparmio di Cento" Bank; the "Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara" Foundation, the "Cassa di Risparmio di Cento" Foundation, has intended to assert the need for an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to every policy enhancing cultural heritage. In this sense, professors and researchers of the Departments of Architecture, Biology and Evolution, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, Historical Sciences and Earth Sciences have analyzed topics such as knowledge, preservation and management of cultural heritage with particular reference to Ferrara local area and its opportunities and critical situations.

7 May

• Association of clunisien sites
  Founded in 910, the Abbey of Cluny (Burgundy, France) gave birth to the largest monastic set in western Europe. It was a melting pot of Renaissance and spiritual, artistic, social and political creation in Europe. It left us an exceptional legacy. Any place aimed at monastic life, which maintains links with the Abbey of Cluny, is considered as clunisien place. The order had more than one thousand members in Western Europe. Each of them has a piece of the heritage and spiritual legacy of the famous Benedictine order.

• UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database
  The UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database is the main gateway to national legislation on the protection of cultural heritage. A pioneering initiative in the field, the database has been publishing all the laws submitted to it from UNESCO’s Member States since February 2005. The aim of the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database is to provide you with swift and simple access to the laws that you are seeking. To facilitate searching, several types of query are possible:
  • free search;
  • closed search (or by field);
  • combined search (both free and closed searches).

  The “Search in database” page provides access to the contents of the database.

• US 20th Century Legacy in Danger
  Recently the United States National Trust for Historic Preservation unveiled the 2009 list of America’s most Endangered Historic Places in the USA. This year’s list is associated with themes such as Public Lands, infrastructure, diversity, community revitalization, Modernism + the Recent Past, Heritage Tourism, and Sustainability. Members of the ICOMOS ISC on 20th Century Heritage should note that seven of the eleven sites date from the 20th Century, and three are the product of the Modern Movement. To see the complete list visit the link where you can watch a public service announcement by HistoryTM and 11 short videos about each site. Follow virtually as the Trust Twitter-s from the national event, become a fan on Facebook, upload your own pictures of endangered places on Flickr, and watch the videos on the 11 Most Endangered YouTube playlist.

6 May

• Give your opinion about EU Policy related to European Heritage
  The European Heritage Label was launched in 2007 by a number of European countries as an intergovernmental initiative to foster EU citizens’ feeling of having a shared European identity and belonging to a common cultural space. One of the main objectives of the Heritage Label therefore is to increase knowledge and appreciation, especially among young Europeans, of their common history and their shared yet diverse cultural heritage. Teachers are obvious stakeholders in the process of defining European heritage. At the moment they are given the change to give their opinion (as individual or organization) on this initiative before it becomes an official EU initiative and if so, how it would be implemented. The European slogan ‘Unity in Diversity’ therefore should be reflected in the sites that eventually get the label. Since the consultation is open to both individual citizens and organizations, EUROCLIO would like to invite all its Members (including the non-EU Members) to do the same. This can be done until May 15 2009.

4 May

• Conference with projection: “Mythical animal, magic men: The celebration of masks of the Bamana and the Bozo (Mali) by Elisabeth den Otter
  Elisabeth den Otter, music anthropologist and honorary curator of the department of ethno-musicology of the Museum of the Tropics in Amsterdam investigates since 1990 on the mask festival in the towns of the region of Ségou and in the town of Kirango, in the borders of the Niger river. In this region, the border between mask and marionette disappears, since masks, often articulated, can be considered as giant marionettes. The Bamanas are farmers who celebrate their masks festival every year, in June. These great marionettes represent mythical, wild or domestic animal, the sogow. They are accompanied by songs, music and dances. For the Bozo fishermen, circumcision is a very important ceremony that takes place every ten years. For this reason, they also organize a mask festival.

• Exhibition: “Marionnettes du Monde” (Marionettes of the World)
  From February 27 to May 15 - House of Cultures of the World (Vitré). Paris, France
  This exhibition established from a private collection and pieces from the House of Cultures of the World, offers a rich general review thanks to the presentation of approximately one hundred pieces, as well as documentary photographs, posters and videos. The transformation of Lyon puppet theater in theater for the little ones made us forget for a long time the social satire function it had in the 19th century. Since then, and in spite of a slight renovation of this art in the contemporary creation with companies like Philippe Genty’s, marionette theater remains in France as the poor relative of performing arts. The situation is quite different in the majority of the other cultures and civilizations where they are considered magical creatures, with undreamed powers like those of the heroes they personify.

• Master of Science degree programme starting in October 2009 at the HafenCity University of Hamburg (Germany)
  The Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning (REAP) programme aims to enable participants to promote sustainable urban development in different geographical and cultural settings. Its main emphasis lies on technology for the provision of urban and building services, yet it also investigates the socio-economic context in which these services are provided and managed. The programme, addresses to people from all over the world, with a wide range of academic backgrounds and work experience (e.g. in Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography, Civil Engineering, Law, Political Science, Economics, Humanities or related fields), sharing an interest in technology and society and a concern for urban life. The Master of Science in “Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning” courses will be taught in English.

• Society of Architectural Historians 63rd Annual Meeting. Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2009
  Members and friends of the Society of Architectural Historians are invited to submit abstracts by 15 August 2009 for the thematic sessions listed below. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent directly to the appropriate session chair; abstracts are to be headed with the applicant’s name, professional affiliation [graduate students in brackets], and title of paper. Submit with the abstract a short curriculum vitae, home and work addresses, email addresses, telephone and fax numbers. Abstracts should define the subject and summarize the argument to be presented in the proposed paper. The content of that paper should be the product of well-documented original research that is primarily analytical and interpretative rather than descriptive in nature.

• The University of Washington Nuclear Reactor Building: Artifact in the Landscape Seattle, Washington State (USA)
  By Abby Martin: The University of Washington in Seattle boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, sited with a sweeping vista of Mt. Rainier, fastidiously kept grounds, and buildings which are monuments to excellence in academics. John C. Olmsted, of the Olmsted Brothers firm, first established the layout of the campus with his plan for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909, and the University has gradually overlaid its physical history upon this site for the past century. All of the buildings and open spaces of the campus are realizations of the goals of the institution, and much about the history of the University can be read in the historic designed landscapes and structures of the campus.

Online Publication: Conservation of wooden monuments (ICOMOS, 1982)
Editors: Richard O. Byrne, Jacques Lemire, Judy Oberlander, Gail Sussman, Martin Weaver
Publicated by ICOMOS Canada and the Heritage Canada Foundation. Ottawa, Ontario

Online Publication: Information as an instrument for protection against war damages to the cultural heritage (ICOMOS, 1984)
Report from a Seminar, June 1984. ICOMOS Sweden, The Central Board of National Antiquities and the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO. Stockholm: UNESCO, 1994. 119 p.

Online Publication: Jardins et Sites Historiques (ICOMOS)

• Fontainebleau, 1971
• Granada, 1973
• Zeist, 1975
• Kromeriz-Prague, 1977
• Bruges-Bruxelles, 1979
• Madrid-Sevilla, 1979
• Barcelona, 1980
• Florence, 1981
• Stockholm, 1981
• Leningrade, 1982
• Munich, 1983
• Versailles,1985
• Louvain, 1987
• Oxford, 1987
• Brülh, 1988
• Barcelona, 1989
• Postdam, 1989

Charte des Jardins Historiques, Charte de Florence
Charter of Historic Gardens, Florence Charter
Carta de los Jardines Históricos, Carta de Florencia

Presentation of “On Site”, the second book in the series Landscape Architecture Europe
6 June 2009
info@landscapearchitectureineurope.com
Zürich (Switzerland)

New Maney Publishing website
We are pleased to announce our forthcoming new website. From Monday 20th April, the new Maney website will replace the current version and will include the following enhanced features which might be of interest to you:

• Improved resource areas
• Better searching capabilities
• More useful links
• A related interest section
• The chance to trial a journal or a collection of journal

The website reinforces the new Maney branding recently developed to reflect Maney’s commitment to technical and editorial innovation and traditional values of quality and collaboration. We will be in touch soon to let you know the site is live and point you in the direction of some pages of interest.

Complimentary copies of Significance 2.0 available (Australia)
The Collections Council is currently producing Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections. Approximately 2,900 Australian collecting organisations can receive a free copy of this publication when it is distributed in May 2009. In order to equitably select these organisations, the CCA is building a comprehensive database of all collecting organisations within Australia. Visit the title link above to ensure your organisation is included in the CCA database, and therefore in the running for a free copy of Significance 2.0.

Glossary of conservation (English, French, Spanish)
Mireia Xarrié, Balaam
ISBN: 978-84-89321-07-6
Please, enter the word and choose the language, for instance: "varnish" select English, "barniz" select Spanish. We are working to add the gender and synonymous. You will find about 13,000 terms (with no definitions) about art conservation. This is a long term project, terms are added weekly, this summer about MUSEOLOGY will be available. HERITAGE, LIBRARY and ARCHIVES (not scheduled yet).In the "Glossary of conservation" series you will find terms with definitions.