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28 October

• 1001 panophotographies: Tuol Sleng (Cambodia)
  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 273 sites have been visited : 260 are available on this web site, 13 are currently in post-production and will soon be uploaded. Altogether there are 2203 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.
  • Not a World Heritage site yet, but a very dark page of human history.
    Here are the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek in Phnom Penh, Cambodia : http://www.1001wonders.org/10067

23 October

• Creation and management of digital content
  An institution wishing to increase its importance, its quality and attract members must train, educate and strengthen its potential customers. With this perspective, the Canadian Network of information on Heritage (RCIP) offers several guides and a well conceived course on “Planning and implementation of digitization projects”. All this is completed with a directory of best practical resources, to get equipped and progress in the use of the necessary tools for the digitization of documentary collections. Everything is there, nothing is forgotten. Please help yourself, it is a free and high quality resource.
  More information in French: http://www.cursus.edu/?module=directory&action=getMod&subMod=PROD&uid=8572

22 October

• Animal Mummies
  In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren't human. They were feline—ancient cats that had been mummified and buried in pits in staggering numbers. "Not one or two here and there," reported the English Illustrated Magazine, "but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a stratum thicker than most coal seams, ten to twenty cats deep." Some of the linen-wrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had gilded faces. Village children peddled the best specimens to tourists for change; the rest were sold in bulk as fertilizer. One ship hauled about 180,000, weighing some 38,000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England.
  More information: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/animal-mummies/williams-text

21 October

• CONVENTION FRANCE-UNESCO “Cultural heritage and local development”
  “Cultural heritage and local development. Strengthening the capacities of the local Western African authorities in the field of sustainable protection and enhancement of cultural heritage”, co-financed by the European Commission (EC)
  In the context of the work initiated in 2003 (Africités 3, Yaounde) in favour of the African communities on the theme of heritage (see previous newsletters), the CFU participated in the drafting of the training project “Cultural Heritage and Local Development. Reinforcement of capacities of local authorities of Western Africa in the field of sustainable protection and enhancement of cultural heritage”, carried out by the International Association of French speaking Mayors (AIMF) and submitted to the EC in May 2009.
  More information in French: http://universityandheritage.net/doc/Newsletter_CFU_13.pdf

• The different languages of archaeology
  Guylaine DARTEVELLE, through an original itinerary, trained in studying of Middle Age literary texts and learning ancient languages, she nears herself to the history of art and more specifically archaeology, by studying, in her PhD thesis, monumental architecture. Her concern for confrontation leads her to test her knowledge with pedagogical experiences, thanks to which she attempts to give a discursive place to images (Organising and performing exhibitions, heritage and thematic surveys). Today in her works, she prevails a transversall analysis of the archaeology of knowledge and cultural identities, at the crossroads of places and their utopias (heterotypic archaeologies). In situ, in search for the footprints of the units of the discourse, the archaeologist continues passing the boundaries of memory.
  Guylaine DARTEVELLE is historian of art and archaeology, founding vice-president and researcher to the European Institute of economic and financial memory: Economy Art Culture (IMEF).
  More information in French: http://www.archivesaudiovisuelles.fr/1882/home.asp?id=1882

20 October

• Connecting Europe through History - promissing kick off in Poland
  The new EUROCLIO Project "Connecting Europe through History – Experiences and Perceptions of Migrations in Europe" has taken off with the first of a series of international events scheduled within the Project during 2009-2010. The seminar took place in Cracow, Poland on October 16th-18th at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University and brought together history teachers, representatives of the DG Enlargement of the European Commission and students attending the EVROPAEVM Graduate Workshop "Europeanisation in Central and Eastern Europe: How have the new member states changed?" EUROCLIO Partners in this Project, Dr. Paul Flather (EVROPAEVM), Frerik Kampman and Marko Halonen (International Students of History Association-ISHA) engaged the participants from Poland and beyond in a Round Table discussion on "Migration as a Theme in History Teaching"...
  More information: EUROCLIO Newsletter 2009-10 (Page 5) http://www.euroclio.eu/joomla/index.php/component/
  option,com_docman/Itemid,408/

• Collapse of ancient water system in northern Iraq forces tens of thousands to abandon their homes, UNESCO study finds
  Over 100,000 people in northern Iraq have abandoned their homes since 2005 because of severe water shortages, a UNESCO study finds. Drought and excessive well pumping have drawn down aquifer levels in the region, causing a dramatic decline of water flow in ancient underground aqueducts, known in Iraq as karez, upon which hundreds of communities depend. The study is the first to document the effects of the ongoing drought on the karez systems, which thousands of Iraqis have depended upon for centuries for their drinking water and farming needs.
  More information: http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/200910133147/Iraq-Politics/iraq-collapse-of-ancient-water-system-forces-100000-to-abandon-their-homes.html

16 October

• Water shortage fueling displacement of people in northern Iraq, UNESCO study finds
  Over 100,000 people in northern Iraq have been forced to evacuate their homes since 2005 because of severe water shortages, a UNESCO study finds. Drought and excessive well pumping have drawn down aquifer levels in the region, causing a dramatic decline of water flow in ancient underground aqueducts, known in Iraq as karez, upon which hundreds of communities depend. The study is the first to document the effects of the ongoing drought on the karez systems, which thousands of Iraqis have depended upon for their drinking water and farming for centuries.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46631&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• Liste 2010 du World Monuments Fund (WMF)
  Need for Collective Action and Sustainable Stewardship are Common Themes
  Bonnie Burnham, President of the World Monuments Fund (WMF), today announced the 2010 World Monuments Watch. For more than 40 years, WMF, a nonprofit organization, has worked to preserve cultural heritage across the globe. The 2010 Watch includes 93 sites now at risk, representing 47 countries. These include 9 sites from the United States and 15 dating from the 20th century. The Watch is WMF’s flagship advocacy program, and it calls international attention to threatened cultural heritage.
  More information: http://www.wmf.org/project-map?watch_year=25&list=0#

13 October

• The eco-renovation of the Château de la Bourdaisière (France)
  After measuring its carbon footprint on 9th June 2009, the project is now at the stage of analysing the technological choices that should lead to a full restoration programme by the end of the year, spanning 3 years until 2012. Louis Albert De Broglie, the Château’s owner, would like the “restoration work [to be] in the context of eco-renovation based on the high quality environmental standards”. The restoration studies for Château de la Bourdaisière were entrusted to Eco2initiative.
  More information: http://www.valdeloire.org/front.aspx?SectionId=304&CHANGELANG=en&publiid=5849

12 October

• Prime Minister of Bahrain and President of Seychelles plead for education and respect for diversity at UNESCO
  Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and James Alix Michel, President of the Republic of Seychelles, spoke of their commitment to the ideals of UNESCO, notably regarding education and cultural diversity, during a visit to the Organization and its General Conference. The two leaders were welcomed by the President of the 35th session of the General Conference, Davidson Hepburn, and the Organization’s Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura. They praised the quality of cooperation between UNESCO and the two Member States and the contribution of both Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa and James Alix Michel to education and cultural heritage.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46630&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• (in Italian) Bando per il conseguimento delle qualifiche professionali di restauratore
  Il Ministero per i Beni e la Attività Culturali indice un bando di selezione pubblica per il conseguimento delle qualifiche professionali di restauratore di beni culturali nonché di collaboratore restauratore di beni culturali.
  Il conseguimento della qualifica di restauratore di beni culturali determina la possibilità di eseguire gli interventi di manutenzione e restauro su beni culturali mobili e superfici decorate di beni architettonici.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/10/09/31-12-09-bando-per-il-conseguimento-delle-qualifiche-professionali-di-restauratore/

6 October

• A further step towards the preservation and enhancement of the Mediterranean's audiovisual heritage
  Organised and hosted by Rai, this training is part of a training cycle that will provide television technicians with the opportunity to digitise their archives and regularly nourish Mem-Med’s website with important audiovisual documents. From 2011 onward, the collected material will be available to the public. The objective of the training consisted of the presentation, the installation and the use of the digitisation station and software tailored to the project. Beyond the unilateral transfer of skills, the uniformity of the profiles and experience in the computer field of the technicians and of the managers of these archives have helped to initiate a common reflection on the process of digitisation and of common needs in this domain.
  More information: http://www.euromedheritage.net/intern.cfm?lng=en&menuID=9&submenuID=
  7&idnews=242

• Montada: establishment of local advisory forums
  Participation at the heart of the recognition, promotion and ownership of traditional architecture in the Maghreb
  Building on the experience gained during the Corpus, Corpus Levant (Euromed Heritage I) and RehabiMed (Euromed Heritage III) projects, the Montada project will focus in the current phase of Euromed Heritage on the awareness and ownership aspects of the Maghreb architectural heritage through increased participation and involvement of local communities in managing the heritage of six cities of the Maghreb: Dellys, Ghardaia (Algeria), Salé, Marrakech (Morocco), Kairouan and Sousse (Tunisia). Starting in July the forums "The City: Living Heritage" will be formed in each of the six cities: they will meet regularly throughout the project to invigorate the public debate and to ensure the relevance and sustainability of actions as well as monitoring them. The forums will consist of members and civil society associations, including local and national political decision-makers, heritage professionals, professors of architecture/planning and tourism management and those from the education sector, trainers of the craft and restoration trades, etc.
  More information: http://www.euromedheritage.net/intern.cfm?lng=en&menuID=9&
  submenuID=7&idnews=215

• Foundations for a strong future: youth involved in discovering and promoting cultural heritage
  Last August the “Foundations for a strong future” project organised activities of awareness and appropriation directed to youth in Lebanon and Jordan.
  72 youths from six regions in Lebanon participated in a trip to discover important cultural heritage sites in Mount Lebanon; they learnt about the history and traditions of their country, prepared and shared traditional food with villagers, and enjoyed recreational activities. The trip included the visit of historical sites such as Deir El Kamar, Beit El Dinn palace, Moussa castle, Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve. 149 youths from both Jordan and Lebanon participated in a training workshop on the production of multimedia projects to promote cultural heritage in their countries. Training included intensive classes covering scriptwriting/audio, photography, and media print.
  More information: http://www.euromedheritage.net/intern.cfm?lng=en&menuID=9&
  submenuID=7&idnews=243

• REMEE: engaging young people in safeguarding the water heritage, a great way of preventive conservation
  The Study campus, which ran from 6th July to 18th July 2009 in Hammamet, brought together 14 volunteer participants - students or young Tunisian, Turkish and European professionals - around a contest of ideas and programmatic proposals for the implementation of an eco-museum of the Orangerie, which will enhance the architectural heritage and the know-how related to arboriculture in the region. The profiles of the participants (landscapers, architects, agronomists, ethnologists, specialists in cultural tourism or design, local development officers, etc.) helped to formulate proposals for a management and museum plan for the development of an educational garden and a model orchard to be implemented in the park of Hammamet Cultural Centre. The study focused on the development of an educational garden from the heritage of water found in the park of the cultural centre of Hammamet, the formulation of proposals shored up in the square of the eco-museum in the Hammamet cultural centre, the development of a comprehensive programme for the redevelopment of the Park of the cultural centre and the provision of guidance on communication to the future eco-museum.
  More information: http://www.euromedheritage.net/intern.cfm?lng=en&menuID=
  9&submenuID=7&idnews=246

5 October

• (in Italian) Laboratorio “Beni culturali e Impresa” per la valorizzazione e la gestione del patrimonio culturale
  La Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali e BIC Lazio spa hanno sottoscritto un Protocollo d’Intesa finalizzato all’attivazione di un Laboratorio denominato Beni Culturali e Impresa, come luogo di incontro, elaborazione e sperimentazione di idee, progetti e pratiche innovative per la promozione, la valorizzazione economica e la gestione imprenditoriale del patrimonio culturale. Il Laboratorio consiste in un percorso formativo articolato (seminari, workshop, casi aziendali, lavori individuali e di gruppo) equiparato ad un tirocinio per il quale vengono riconosciuti 3 CFU. Per il riconoscimento dei CFU previsti ai partecipanti sarà richiesta la discussione nel mese di giugno 2010 di un elaborato finale di cui sotto.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/10/05/15-10-09-laboratorio-beni-culturali-e-impresa-per-la-valorizzazione-e-la-gestione-del-patrimonio-culturale/

• Projection-discussion around the film Cannibals, Kanaks in Paris in 1931
  The film-documentary Cannibals, Kanaks in Paris in 1931 was shown on Thursday 8 October at 19.00 in the House of New Caledonia (4bis rue de Ventadour 75001 Paris) in the presence of producer Brigitte Whaap, the historian Pascal Blanchard and Wasapa Kaloïe, “shown” in the colonial Exhibition of 1931. The film was followed by a discussion. It is advisable to book by telephone 01.42.86.70.00 or electronic mail to centre-documentaire@mncparis.fr.
  More information in French: http://www.maisonnouvellecaledonieparis.nc/site/doc/DPCannibales.pdf

• Declaration and Policy on Architecture and Sustainability
  Recognising that coordinated and well-considered action in the construction sector can play a big part in the fight against the effects of climate change, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) launched its Declaration and Policy on Architecture and Sustainability at a Seminar in Brussels on the 24th of September 2009. The ACE Declaration and Policy on Architecture and Sustainability contains, among other things, concrete goals and commitments that the architectural profession can undertake in order to ensure that our built environment is both sustainable and of high quality. In the coming years it is expected that the architectural profession will play a more and more prominent role in these issues in order to safeguard the future for future generations and to ensure a high quality of life for all in the EU where nearly 80% of the population already live in urbanised areas. To receive a copy of the publication, please send a request to: info@ace-cae.eu with your post address or download a pdf version at the following address:
  http://www.ace-cae.org/MemberN/Content/EN/toc/toc/mytoc.asp?id=1-3-3

• Building Montreal Announcement - UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at University of Montreal - Design Montreal office (City of Montreal)
  The UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at the Université de Montreal (CUPEUM) and the City of Montreal’s Design office are launching the English Web site of Building Montréal UNESCO City of design. The Web site’s aims are to promote activities from the project Building Montréal UNESCO City of Design as well as design and architecture competitions, part of the implementation of urban projects in Montréal. This project is supported by four major financial partners: the Ville de Montréal, the Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoire, the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine (under the Agreement on the Cultural Development of Montréal) and the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal.
  More information: http://www.realisonsmontreal.com/en/

• Living With Industrial Heritage In Ronse’s City Centre (belgium)
  Former factory buildings, typical alleys, Flanders’ first social houses, mansions and managers’ dwellings with an extremely varied and sometimes even extravagant architecture, exceptional Art Deco countryhouses… If you wander around Ronse, you simply cannot miss them! And you will also understand the city’s major challenge: how can it continue to develop without destroying its unique past? Together with the city of Ronse, the Ename Center is working on a project in order to define a high-quality heritage policy around this intricate matter, the main focus being on local involvement and awareness-raising.
  More information: http://www.enamecenter.org/files/newsletter/sept09/EN/sept09RI.html

• Exchange between The University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and The Ename Center (Belgium)
  As a result of on-going contacts between The Ename Center and the Spanish Research Group on Materiality, Archaeology and Heritage (MAP) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), one of MAP’s researchers, Victor M. Lopez-Menchero, got the opportunity to come to Ename for a 3-month stay. And he sure is enjoying the experience: ‘It is a great honour to share knowledge with other European researchers in one of the world’s most prestigious research centres in Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation.’ Increasing international competition as well as the need to build a common European research area require universities and research centres across Europe to promote the exchange of knowledge and staff. Victor M. Lopez-Menchero prepares a Phd on the in situ interpretation and presentation of archaeological heritage in Spain. He also participates in different international projects on the integral management of archaeological heritage and virtual archaeology.
  More information: http://www.enamecenter.org/files/newsletter/sept09/EN/sept09VL.html

• Heritage Day In Vinkt: Keep The Memory Alive (belgium)
  In May 1940 – at the beginning of the Second World War – the small town of Vinkt in the Belgian province of East-Flanders became the scene of a most gruesome event. During the violent combat in Vinkt and neighboring Meigem, many people on both sides of the front were killed. In the resulting chaos and confusion, the German soldiers vented their rage on the civilian population. In the space of just a few days, 140 innocent civilians perished. On the occasion of Heritage Day on 13 September last, the Ename Center unfolded the plans to establish a 'Centre for Reflection’ that will open its doors next year.
  More information: http://www.enamecenter.org/files/newsletter/sept09/EN/sept09OM.html

2 October

• Living With Industrial Heritage In Ronse’s City Centre
  Former factory buildings, typical alleys, Flanders’ first social houses, mansions and managers’ dwellings with an extremely varied and sometimes even extravagant architecture, exceptional Art Deco countryhouses… If you wander around Ronse, you simply cannot miss them! And you will also understand the city’s major challenge: how can it continue to develop without destroying its unique past? Together with the city of Ronse, the Ename Center is working on a project in order to define a high-quality heritage policy around this intricate matter, the main focus being on local involvement and awareness-raising.
  More information: http://www.enamecenter.org/files/newsletter/sept09/EN/sept09RI.html

• Re-lifing: sustainable refurbishment of commercial and public architecture - 9 October 2009. Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
  Organised by the Institute of Architects for its National Seminar Series, this promises to be an interesting event. The guest speaker is Jeff Robinson who will address the role of architects in the sustainable re-development of existing buildings, how existing commercial buildings can compete with new sustainable buildings constructed in recent times, and the costs associated with re-lifing the buildings. Mr Robinson is the Principal Engineer and Sustainable Buildings Group Leader for Aurecon, having worked as a consulting engineer for over 23 years in London, Ireland and Melbourne. For further information and to book your place, contact the Institute of Architects (Tasmanian Chapter) by telephone: 6214 1519 or email tas@raia.com.au
  More information: http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/September%20V2%202009.pdf

• Mystery artefact unearthed
  A mud-caked object unearthed from an old drain has caused much head-scratching and brainstorming at South Hobart’s Cascades Female Factory. The mystery artefact, from the collection of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, complemented a collection of interesting family heirlooms brought to a community event by the factory’s neighbours and friends. Beautiful Victorian jewellery, silk programs from the Royal Hobart Regatta, coins discovered in a shipwreck and a letter written from the trenches of France in 918 were among the items produced by the visitors. Arts Tasmania Roving Curator Jai Paterson was on hand to show how to care for the prized and delicate objects.
  More information: http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/September%20V2%202009.pdf

• Colebrookdale on road to recovery. Tasmania (Australia)
  A sandstone farm building on the historic property of Colebrookdale at Campania, in Tasmania’s south-east, was on the verge of falling when current owners Rob and Libby Sloane decided to repair it. “We bought Colebrookdale in 2007 with the intention of restoring the main weatherboard farmhouse. Part of the attraction was two heritage listed sandstone outbuildings, although the smaller one was barely standing,” Dr Sloane said. “It was only partly covered by an iron roof. There were no gutters or downpipes, and in some places the existing roofing iron did not extend beyond the outside of the walls. Water damage and livestock had made the stonework unstable. The front wall was little more than a collapsed pile of rubble, and the northern side had a serious lean and a major structural fault which required partial re-building. It had at some time been used as a chook shed and rats had undermined the remnant flagstone floor,” Dr Sloane said.
  More information: http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/September%20V2%202009.pdf

1 October

• Abbey of Cluny - New terminal of reality enhanced from 3 October 2009. Cluny (France)
  Thanks to this device, conceived by the Chalons company On-Situ in association with the Gunzo project of the ENSAM-ParisTech of Cluny, the inhabitants of Cluny and visitors will be able to rediscover the great abbey of Cluny III as a whole and in the context of the city of today as if it was still there, in its integrality, side by side with cars and asphalted streets!. Contact : delphine.faure@cluny.ensam.fr
  More information in French: http://www.cluny2010.eu/index.php?aid=309
  Videos : http://www.dailymotion.com/ClunyNumerique

• (in Italian) Archeologia: Roma, ritrovata una nuova sala della Domus Aurea
  Ritrovata, sul Palatino, la ‘coenatio rotunda’, o meglio la ’sala da pranzo di Nerone’ che girava giorno e notte imitando il movimento della terra. Fino ad oggi, da molti studiosi era stata identificata nella sala ottagonale sul Colle Oppio. Si trova esattamente nell’area della Vigna Barberini ed è emersa durante i lavori di consolidamento dell’area. ”E’ stata una scoperta casuale - spiega Mariantonietta Tomei, direttrice del Palatino - Stavamo effettuando i lavori di ordinaria amministrazione della sovrintendenza per effettuare sondaggi idrogeologici. Abbiamo iniziato a scavare ed abbiamo trovato una poderosa struttura, mai vista prima, che ci fa pensare ad un’aula rotante riconducibile alla sala da pranzo di Nerone”.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/09/30/archeologia-roma-ritrovata-una-nuova-sala-della-domus-aurea/

• Cultural and Environmental Heritage at Australian National University (ANU)
  Interested in studying Cultural and Environmental Heritage? The Australian National University offers an exciting suite of graduate awards in Cultural and Environmental Heritage: Graduate Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Masters (Honours). This program provides a focused, national and international outlook on contemporary cultural and environmental heritage practice. The graduate program has been designed to meet the needs of graduates working in all areas of heritage and those interested in pursuing a career in cultural and/or environmental heritage-related fields. Our program reflects contemporary demands for professional skills that enable a much more comprehensive approach to heritage concepts and the development of practical skills. Extensive and individualised internship programs, strong industry connections and expertise in practice-led research combine to provide students with a strong sense of intellectual context as well as professional training geared to future employment. Courses are taught flexibly and we offer a range of learning approaches and intensive (short) courses.
  More information: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/graduate/liberal_arts/culture_envirheritage.php

• In Memoriam : Lénin Ortiz, Founder of ICOMOS Ecuador
  (in Spanish) Lénin Ortiz fue siempre un visionario; personaje desde joven de grandes emprendimientos en lo cultural, social científico y político. Conjuntamente con el arquitecto Jorge Benavides, Carlos Núñez Calderón de la Barca, de origen mexicano, y otros estudiosos, organizaron varios congresos en defensa de la cultura nacional y en oposición a todo tipo de colonialismo. Iniciaron fervorosamente la defensa del Quito histórico agredido por la incultura reinante a la época y, resolvieron organizar en 1979 el Comité Nacional del ICOMOS en Ecuador. Lénin fue su primer Secretario y, en esa misión se mantuvo hasta el año 2007; veinte y ocho años al pie del cañón. Fue miembro hasta el final de la Sección de Antropología de la Casa de la Cultura y profesor de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Central, donde con enormes esfuerzos creó el museo arqueológico.
  More information: http://www.international.icomos.org/publications/e-news/2009/E-news_50_20090918.pdf

• Heritage Alert: Stockholm City Library, Stockholm (Sweden)
  In 2007, the winning design of an architectural competition for an extension to the Gunnar Asplund designed Stockholm City Library was announced. The heritage significance of the library building and its annexes are theoretically protected by a range of Swedish laws, but it is considered that the winning design would have serious adverse impacts on the heritage of the Asplund Library complex. The proposed size of the new buildings would overwhelm the library and the original monumental main entrance would loose its function, thereby diminishing the power of Asplund's original design. The proposed demolition of the three annexes would destroy the overall experience of the site as originally planned and designed by Asplund.
  More information: http://www.international.icomos.org/publications/e-news/2009/E-news_50_20090918.pdf

• ICOMOS Chile: Elections
  ICOMOS Chile has elected a new board for the triennium 2009-2012.
  Election Results:
  • President: Art Historian José de Nordenflycht (Valparaíso)
  • Vice President: Architect Jorge Atria (Santiago de Chile),
  • Secretary General: Architect Marcela Hurtado (Valparaíso),
  • Director of Finance: Architect Patricio Duarte (Santiago de Chile),
  • Director: Architect Sylvia Pirotte (Santiago de Chile)

  Email : icomoschile@gmail.com
  Website : www.icomoschile.blogspot.com

• ICOMOS Malta: ICOMOS membership card now gives free access to all sites managed by Heritage Malta
  ICOMOS Malta is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with Heritage Malta so that the ICOMOS Membership Card will allow for free entrance for the card holder for the sites managed by Heritage Malta, 27 sites in all, except for the Hypogeum.
  More information: http://www.heritagemalta.org

• ICOMOS Mexico : Elections
  On 13 August 2009, the General Assembly of ICOMOS Mexico elected a new Board.
  Presidente: M. Arq. Olga Orive Bellinger; Vicepresidente General: Arq. Valeria Prieto López; Vicepresidente Regional I: Dr. Arq. Enrique X. de Anda Alanís; Vicepresidente Regional II: M. Arq. Ma. Teresita Rojas Ortíz; Vicepresidente Regional III: Dr. Arq. Carlos A. Hiriart Pardo; Secretario General: M. Lic. J. Ernesto Beceril Miró; Tesorero: Arq. Alberto Saavedra Castillo; Secretaria de Promoción y Difusión: Lic. Marcela Acosta Chávez; Secretario de Desarrollo Académico: Dr. Arq. Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca; Secretaria de Conservación Patrimonial: Arq. Maya Dávalos Murillo; Secretaria de Relaciones Internacionales: Mtra. Louise Noelle Gras Gas; Vocales: Mtra. Guadalupe Lozada León, Arq. Guadalupe Mendoza Alcocer, Lic. Roberto Núñez Arratia
  Lic. EduardoQuintana Méndez, Dra. Nelly Robles García, M. Arq. Alicia Vergara de León, Rest. Ma. Guadalupe Zepeda Martínez
  More information: http://www.icomos.org.mx

• ICOMOS International Committee on Legal and Financial Issues (ICLAFI): New E-Journal
  When we proposed to ICLAFI GA the edition of the E-Journal, we had no idea of how complicate the project was. It was a hard work. We really hope that the results are satisfactory and useful for ICOMOS and the conservationist community. We hope to start working for the Second Issue immediately. We would like to ask you again to participate with your articles and collaborations. We will also appreciate your support to diffuse the E-Journal and to help us searching for other specialist’s participations.
  More information: http://www.icomos-iclafi.org/pagina%20principal/E-Journal.pdf

• ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH): Alvaro Gomez Ferrer honoured
  During the 2009 Annual Meeting of CIVVIH one of the founding Members, Alvaro Gomez Ferrer Bayo, was honoured as an Honorary President in view of his long outstanding career within CIVVIH and ICOMOS. He was also honoured by the Greek Ministry for Culture.
  More information: http://www.international.icomos.org/publications/e-news/2009/E-news_50_20090918.pdf

• International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar (Croatia): New Website
  Underwater archaeology in the Republic of Croatia has made considerable progress in the last couple of years and a high quality system for survey, research and protection of underwater archaeology sites and finds is being implemented. From now on, the focal point of these activities will be the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar (ICUA). This new Centre was opened in September 2007 as an organizational unit of the Croatian Conservation Institute, a scientific and professional institution founded by the Republic of Croatia. In January 2009 the Centre was legally recognized as an independent institution, although it will stay closely linked to Croatian Conservation Institute.The decision to establish the Centre was based on the fact that Croatia was among the first countries to ratify the UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage from 2001. That was the reason for UNESCO to accept the Croatian initiative to proclaim the Centre in Zadar as a regional centre (category 2) under the auspices of UNESCO.
  More information: http://www.icua.hr/en

• University of Nova Gorica: Graduate Study Programme : Economics and Techniques for the Conservation of the Architectural and Environmental Heritage
  The international postgraduate programme "Economics and Techniques for the Conservation of the Architectural and Environmental Heritage" is the result of a joint effort between the with Universita IUAV di Venezia, Italy. The programme is distinctly multidisciplinary and is subdivided into two specialisation courses:
  • The specialisation in Techniques, Materials and Building
  • The specialisation in Management and Economics

  More information: http://www.ung.si/img/storage/doc/opis-arhitektura-en.pdf

• Confernce: Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF): The Heritage Imperative: Old Buildings in an Age of Environmental Crisis
  24–26 September, 2009, The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto (Canada)
  Climate change. Green building. Economic renewal. Older buildings have answers for the biggest questions of our generation. Featuring keynote address by global visionary and leading Canadian intellectual Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, speaking on how societies can adapt to complex ecological, economic, and technological change.
  More information: http://www.heritagecanada.org

• Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH): Electronic Newsletter
  The Architectural Heritage Division of INTACH, in its endeavour of dissemination of information on its various activities, has initiated an electronic newsletter, the first issue of which is placed before you for your reference and observations, if there are any. Your response will help us in improving our endeavours.
  The Newsletter can be downloaded at the following address :
  http://www.intach.org/pdf/AHD-Newsletter-Issue-I.pdf

• Urban History: Newsletter August / September 2009
  The August 2009 newsletter is available at the following link: http://www.le.ac.uk/urbanhist/news/uhn/aug09.html
  Just too late for inclusion was the news of the publication of the special edition of Urban History Journal with the theme Transnational Urbanism in the Americas. Details can be found on the Cambridge Journals website at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=
  UHY&volumeId=36&issueId=02&iid=5907684
  The September 2009 newsletter is available at the following link:
  http://www.le.ac.uk/urbanhist/news/uhn/sep09.html

• Getty Conservation Institute: GCI Bulletin August 2009
  The August 2009 Bulletin of the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is available online. This issue includes announcements, videos, new titles in the research library, and other events in the GCI newsletter.
  More information: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/bulletin/current.html?cid=gci007

The UNESCO Courier Number 8 - History of Peoples: recasting the past
UNESCO’s historiographic collections on humanity, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the civilisations of Central Asia and Islamic culture are the result of forty years of international cooperation, involving some 1600 specialists from all corners of the world. To date, 51 volumes have appeared, some translated into dozens of languages. These pioneering reference works, with their interdisciplinary approach and international exchange of knowledge, combine the history of events with the history of ideas, societies, civilizations and institutions in the regions and cultural zones concerned. Special feature produced in collaboration with UNESCO’s Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue. Conception and coordination: Monique Couratier, former Chief of the communication, information and publications section of UNESCO’s Culture sector.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46092&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

New e-publications available
“Paisajismo” magazine. Asflor Editorial is pleased to offer its readers the digital format edition of its magazine “Paisajismo”. This means significant advantages for the readers as they will be able to have access to the magazine two weeks before the printed edition is launched. Foreign readers will especially benefit from it because the distance increases considerably the delivery time of the printed copies. Another major asset is the price reduction: the digital format is available at € 6.00, which represents over 60% cost reduction from the printed format. Only the latest issue is available for the moment but the editorial target is to digitalize the magazine from issue nr. 1. Furthermore, the digital format will also be downloadable in English.
http://www.iccrom.org

AFRICA 2009: Cultural Heritage and the Law
This book, published as part of the AFRICA 2009 Programme, presents the legal frameworks for immovable cultural heritage protection in English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. It documents and analyzes the existing frameworks, addressing the history, development and contexts in which they were established and used.
Co-edited by Webber Ndoro, member of the ICOMOS Executive Committee
More Information:
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/various_en/06_30pubAfrica2009_en.shtml

ICOMOS Documentation Centre Blog: Recent posts

• Papers of the ICOMOS Scientific Symposium: “Changing World, Changing Views of Heritage: The impact of global change on cultural heritage – Technological Change” (Malta, 7th Oct 2009)
• Workshop on inventories/Atelier sur les inventaires: proceedings / Actes
• ICOMOS France: New publication – “Structures en bois dans le patrimoine bâti“
• Australia ICOMOS: (Un)Loved Modern Conference papers available online
• “World Heritage Status: Is there an Opportunity for Economic Gain?: Research and analysis of the socio-economic impact potential of UNESCO World Heritage Site status”
• “Esempi di Architettura: Rehabilitation planning in the historical towns of the occupied Palestinian territory”, edited by Elisa Palazzo
• Proceedings online: IX World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities
• Getty Research Library: New titles in the conservation collection (August 2009)
• RehabiMed Bulletin, n° 14

(http://icomosdocumentationcentre.blogspot.com/)

ICOMOS Documentation Centre Thematic Bibliographies Updated (September 2009)

• Industrial and Technical Heritage in the World Heritage List
• Rock Art Sites in the World Heritage List
• World Heritage Cultural Landscapes
• World Heritage Urban Sites
• World Heritage in Africa
• World Heritage in Asia and Pacific
• Patrimonio Mundial en America Latina y Caribe
• Conservation of stone
• Industrial and technical heritage

(http://www.international.icomos.org/centre_documentation/bib/)

Moscow Heritage at Crisis Point (2nd edition)
Co-published by SAVE Europe’s Heritage, the Moscow Architecture Preservation Society (MAPS) and Docomomo International
Buildings under threat include internationally famous landmarks: the Bolshoi Theater, Mayakovskaya Metro Station, Monuments of the avant-garde, plus buildings that are an inseparable part of Moscow’s identity like Children’s World Department Store and the Central House of Artists. The report is a follow up to the 2007 report, a bombshell that focused national and international attention on the crisis that Moscow’s heritage is undergoing. Despite the successes of the report, including the listing of three buildings, the destruction continues. The new report details the changes of the last two years—what new losses the city has suffered, which buildings are under continuing or new threat, why this is happening, and also outlines the path for a more sustainable future for the city.
This new report from SAVE Europe’s Heritage and the Moscow Architectural Preservation Society (MAPS), with support from Docomomo International, condemns the losses while illustrating the astonishing range of historic building in Moscow, from medieval churches to elegant postwar modernism—all threatened by the furious pace of redevelopment of the city by a coterie of property developers during the tenure of Mayor Yury Luzhkov.
More Information and complete PDF download available at:
http://www.maps-moscow.com/index.php?chapter_id=204&data_id=238&do=view_single

(Un)Loved Modern Conference papers available online
Papers and presentation slides for most of the presentations at the recent (Un)Loved Modern Conference held in Sydney are now available online from the Australia ICOMOS conference website. The papers are arranged according to the conference themes. Keynote presentations are also available. Selected papers will also be published in forthcoming issues of Historic Environment, following an editorial and peer review process.
http://www.aicomos.com/2009-conference/papers/

REHABIMED Newsletter #14
Bulletin pour la promotion de la réhabilitation de l'architecture traditional méditerranéenne.
http://www.rehabimed.net/ImagingRehabimed/B14_FR.pdf

Europe, a Continent of Migrants
The Comenius Project EuroCoMi-Europe, a continent of migrants, has been launched in the year 2006 by four initial teacher training institutes of Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Poland with the main task of promoting a competence-oriented teaching of history with a European perspective. The booklet, Europe, a continent of migrants - A multiperspective approach to teaching history of human mobility, edited by Umberto Baldocchi, is the main outcome of the project, intends to encourage the readers to apply new methodologies, aiming at fostering multiperspectivity and at developing a real historical thinking, which are two basic key competences for life in a democratic society.
http://www.eurocomi.net/

Pluralising Pasts - Heritage, Identity and Place in Multicultural Societies
Gregory Ashworth, Brian Graham, and John Tunbridge
Pluto Press, October 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7453-2285-8
The heritage industry is big business. From museums and the preservation of old buildings to broader questions of community and identity, heritage is now a political issue. This book explores what heritage means and how it is used to encourage people to identify with particular places and 'traditions'. The authors show how contemporary societies use heritage in the creation and management of collective identities and, most especially, the different ways in which it is involved with the questions of multicultural societies. The resources that are poured into heritage mean that questions of identity are widely discussed at a policy level: what does it mean to be American or British, or a minority in any society? This book shows how heritage is used politically and commercially to shape the ways people represent themselves, and are represented, in diverse and hybrid societies.
http://us.macmillan.com/pluralisingpasts

Del olvido a la mémoria
Produced in collaboration with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the National Museum of the country, this collection includes a five volumes series of teaching materials that are part of an initiative of Central America countries to eliminate the ignorance about the influence of populations of African descent in the region. Funded by UNESCO, this series of publications is part of The Slave Route Project and accompanies its new orientations with regard to geographical expansion to regions insufficiently covered on this topic and introduction of new themes. Besides the dissemination of these materials, UNESCO is working actively towards their inclusion into curricula of Central America countries and organizes workshops which objectives are as follow:

• Validate the content of brochures prepared by UNESCO on the African presence in Central America.
• Provide teachers with suggestions and recommendations for working with students, promoting learning about African heritage in each country.
• Obtain recommendations to implement the study of history, the presence and contribution of Africans in Central America in the educational programs of Ministries of Education respectively.

These publications are available online:

• Del olvido a la mémoria 1: Afircanos y afromestizos en la historia colonial de centroamérica
• Del olvido a la mémoria 2: Esclavitud, resistencia y cultural
• Del olvido a la mémoria 3: Africa en tiempo de la esclavitud
• Del olvido a la mémoria 4: Las voces de los esclavizados, los sonidos de la libertad
• The methodological guide (Del olvido a la memoria: Guía Didactica)

http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=39743&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html