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27 November

• New sustainability guidelines a winner - Guidelines for installing modern services on heritage buildings. Heritage Tasmania (Australia)
  The Tasmanian Heritage Council has released new guidelines about installing modern services on heritage buildings. Unveiled at the Sustainable Living Expo in Hobart this month, the guidelines were welcomed by visitors to the Heritage Council’s display. Heritage Council Chairperson Michael Lynch said the aim was to encourage owners to think about balancing new technologies with heritage values and features. “All of the trappings of the modern world have the potential to be intrusive on heritage properties. These guidelines explore ways to reduce the impact,” Mr Lynch said.
  More information: http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/November%202009.pdf (Page 1)

• Heritage properties benefit from funding boost. Tasmania (Australia)
  One of Tasmania’s National Trust-operated stately homes, Runnymede at New Town, and a shelter for homeless men, Bethlehem House in Hobart, have received funding boosts from the State Government’s Urban Renewal and Heritage Fund. The National Trust will use its funding of $148,000 to upgrade fire and electrical systems in the house, cottage and stables at Runnymede. The maintenance work is important for ensuring the ongoing security of Runnymede and its significant collections. At Bethlehem House the $145,000 funding boost will be used for restoration work to remove rotting timber, rust and rising damp as well as repairing deteriorating stone and paint work.
  More information: http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/November%202009.pdf (Page 2)

• Industrial Heritage: Lake Margaret Power Station. Tasmania (Australia)
  The Upper Lake Margaret Power Station was officially reopened this month by Premier David Bartlett. Hydro Tasmania Chairman Dr David Crean said the completion of the redeveloped power scheme marked a significant milestone in the history of Lake Margaret. “In 1914 the Lake Margaret Power Scheme was an innovative development to deliver electricity for the Mt Lyell Copper Mine” Dr Crean said. “We celebrate its return to service in much the same configuration as it was in its original state with the energy again being delivered to the copper mine.” Dr Crean acknowledged the West Coast Community Liaison Group led by Darryl Gerrity, the Heritage Council Works Assessment Committee led by Michael Lynch and the Hydro Tasmania Working Committee led by Andrew Scanlon and Tony Field, who found a solution that met each group’s objectives and enabled the scheme to be redeveloped.
  More information: http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/November%202009.pdf (Page 4)

• Uncover the Past with Port Arthur's Public Archaeology Program
  Do you want to learn about archaeology and experience the thrill of discovery? Then try one, or all of our four archaeology activities. All activities are included in the cost of Site entry:
  • Kids Dig Port Arthur!
    Hey kids (and grownups too)! Come grab a trowel, dig a real site, and learn about archaeology. Help our archaeologists uncover the hidden history of Port Arthur.
    10th – 26th January 2010
    On the Oval, one hour duration.
    11 am and 1 pm daily (except Saturday)
    Sign up at the dig site – numbers are limited, so get in early!
  • Jump In and Dig!
    No need to sign up for this one! Just stop by and try your hand at digging a real archaeological site. Trowels, tools and archaeologists provided!
    10th – 26th January 2010
    On the Oval
    10 – 11 am and 2:45 – 4.30 pm daily (except Saturday)
  • Ask an Archaeologist
    Learn about the Port Arthur that lies hidden beneath your feet. Questions welcome.
    On the Oval
    10:30 am and 2:30pm daily (except Saturday)
  • Unearthed! 30 Years of Archaeology at Port Arthur
    Visit our exhibit and discover more about the archaeology of Port Arthur.
    Policeman’s Residence, 10 am – 5 pm daily

  More information: http://www.portarthur.org.au/pashow.php?ACTION=Public&menu_code=700.845.100

• Port Arthur’s heritage tourism management gains international exposure in Mongao (China)
  The way in which the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority successfully combines tourism and heritage management was highlighted recently at an international workshop in China. Entitled Advancing Sustainable Tourism at Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, the workshop was held at the Mogao Caves World Heritage Site in Gansu Province, China from 26 to 29 September 2009. The workshop brought together around 100 people from 21 countries to discuss a range of issues relating to planning for sustainable tourism; working with the tourism industry; managing the tourist experience on site; and maximising community benefits.
  More information: http://www.portarthur.org.au/pashow.php?ACTION=Public&menu_code=700.841

• Coal Mines Historic Site Master Plan. Tasmania (Australia)
  Visitors to the Coal Mines Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula will be given the opportunity to participate in a visitor survey this summer. The Coal Mines, with its ruins surrounded by regenerating woodlands, provides an informal setting and a very different visitor experience to that provided at Port Arthur. At a local level the reserve has been used by the Tasman and wider Tasmanian community for informal gatherings and for recreational activities.
  More information: http://www.portarthur.org.au/pashow.php?ACTION=Public&menu_code=200.600

26 November

• Dialogue on Urban Conservation - Workshop of urbanism with Andrew Barnett and Philip Stein
  By Prof. Paul Lievevrouw, RLICC
  On Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 May, a workshop has been organized by Paul Lievevrouw at the RLICC with students of the Master of Conservation of Monuments and Sites (MCMS) and with professionals in the field of conservation and heritage. For the students, this workshop was an occasion to present their current work (in the framework of the IPW3 project) and to have a critical and constructive discussion about new trends in architecture, conservation and urban planning. In the evening, the alumni of the RLICC were also invited to join the discussion panel. For this workshop, the RLICC was pleased to invite Andrew Barnett (Hopkins Architects, London) and Philip Stein (Urbact II Thematic Pool Manager for the EU Urbact Programme, Brussels), both distinguished practitioners in the field of conservation.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 35)

• Doctoral Research Completed Competition between carbonation and hydration in the hardening of calcium hydroxide and calcium silicate binders
  PhD dissertation by Dr. Özlem Cizer, Department of Civil Engineering (BWK), K.U.Leuven
  Promoters: Prof. dr. Koenraad Van Balen and Prof. dr. Dionys Van Gemert
  This doctoral research has been carried out at the Building Materials and Building Technology Division at Civil Engineering Department between 2005 and 2009. In this research, hardening reactions of calcium hydroxide (i.e. lime) and calcium silicate binders (i.e. lime-pozzolana, hydraulic lime and cement-lime) due to carbonation and hydration have been studied, and the consequences on the hardened mortar properties have been investigated. This research contributes to the field of lime-based mortars used for the conservation of architectural heritage and to the field of sustainable construction materials using lime.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 34)

• Heliopolis - Where is it going to? Master thesis By Ahmed Mostafa Mansour (architect, Egypt)
  Promoter: Prof. Paul Lievevrouw
  The notion of heritage refers to inherited goods (tangible and intangible). Heritage enables people to relate to a collective past and remember history, and at the same time involves value in use. Whenever the heritage of Egypt is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the Pharaonic heritage, or in case of Cairo, the Islamic and Coptic heritage of the medieval city. The UNESCO has named six sites as common heritage of humankind, and part of its World Heritage list (Memphis and its necropolis-The Giza pyramids, Ancient Thebes, Nubian monuments, Islamic Cairo, the Monastery of Saint Catherine, and Abu Mina Monastery) – mostly archaeological sites. The recent history of Egypt and the heritage it produced has been totally ignored.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 32)

• The Effect of Timber Ties on the seismic behavior of historic masonry structures
  Master thesis by Anna Skoura (civil engineer, Greece)
  Promoter: Prof. Elisavet Vintzileou (National Technical University of Athens)
  Co-promoter: Prof. dr. Luc Schueremans (Department of Civil Engineering, K.U. Leuven)
  Vernacular buildings demonstrate the way that previous generations confronted problems such as scarcity of materials or earthquake threat by employing traditional techniques. Most of these techniques have been forgotten and abandoned in contemporary constructions. The use of timber reinforced masonry has been a very common practice in the world’s seism-prone areas. Due to the masonry’s anisotropic and brittle nature, the timber elements with their high tensile strength are introduced to upgrade the structure’s seismic resistance. The structural system of timber ties present in numerous historical buildings of vernacular architecture in Greece, dating from the middle Byzantine period on (Fig. 1), is believed to play a significant role in the improvement of those buildings’ seismic behaviour [2]. As numerous historic masonry buildings with timber ties still exist in a non-ruined state, they could be restored and eventually reused. Assessment of their current bearing capacity and evaluation of available intervention techniques are therefore needed; this is the subject of this thesis.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 30)

• Retail-Reuse of Historic Buildings - Which type of buildings can be suitable for retail-reuse? And how can retail design respect the historic value of the monument?
  Master thesis by Bie Plevoets (interior architect, Belgium)
  Promoter: Prof. dr. Luc Verpoest
  Co-Promoter: Prof. dr. Koenraad Van Cleempoel (UHasselt – PHL University College)
  It is a recent phenomenon in historic city centres that historic buildings are reused for retail functions. But since many different parties with diverging interests are involved in a retail-reuse project – monument boards, conservators, restorers, retail designers, retailers, etc. – it is not evident to obtain a qualitative result. Until know, research of this subject is very limited, either from the viewpoint of conservation or the retailers’. Therefore, this master thesis aims to make a first move towards the theoretical analysis of retailreuse as a contemporary phenomenon in historic city centres in Europe. In a first stage of the research, two research questions are formulated: Which type of buildings can be suitable for retailreuse? And how can the retail design respect the historic value of the monument?
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 29)

• ATHENS Art Nouveau
  By Prof. Barbara Van der Wee and Prof. dr. Luc Verpoest, RLICC
  Barbara Van der Wee and Luc Verpoest (RLICC, K.U. Leuven) organized, on behalf of the Faculty of Engineering of the K.U. Leuven, the 2009 Spring ATHENS Course on Art Nouveau. ATHENS stands for the Advanced Technology Higher Education Network of 15 European engineering faculties and technology universities in Budapest, Istanbul, Delft, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Prague, Thessaloniki, Trondheim, Vienna, Warsaw, Paris, Louvain-la-Neuve and Leuven; it was originally funded by the European Communities Socrates Programme.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 21)

• EUROMED Heritage IV: Mutual Heritage 2008-2012
  By Prof. dr. Luc Verpoest, RLICC and Prof. dr. Daniele Pini, University of Ferrara and RLICC
  From 18 to 22 June 2009 Daniele Pini (University of Ferrara, Italy and RLICC, K.U. Leuven) and Luc Verpoest (RLICC, K.U.Leuven and Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen) have been engaged in the 1st Mutual Heritage Training Course in Fez, Morocco. The Mutual Heritage project is co-funded by the European Union (EUROMED HERITAGE IV) and focuses on 19th- and 20th-century architecture in the Mediterranean area which resulted from the mutual interaction of different cultures. “Due to its recent and often imported and imposed origin, this heritage is an underestimated asset for development, any approach must start by promoting processes of awareness and appropriation of such specific heritage” (from the Mutual Heritage Statement). The Fez training session was the first in a series of 9 and has been dealing with the mutual inheritance identification and documentation, practices for sustainable development and strategies to ensure local populations as partners in the conservation of cultural heritage. A group of professionals and institutionals from the educational and tourism sectors and from public authorities (local and national) in Morocco and from Italy, France, Palestine and Tunisia attended lectures and took part in seminars and field work. The results will be published.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 20)

• Re-Working the Modern - RLICC Study trip and joint workshop in Stockholm (Sweden)
  By Prof. dr. Luc Verpoest, Arch. Sara Van Rompaey, RLICC and Willemijne Linssen, PhD student KUL
  In 1937 the Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund created a laboratory for bacteriological analysis in the Stockholm area. An ambitious developer currently threatens the heritage value of this modernist building, in the process of decline. To propose suitable alternatives, the monument is placed at the heart of the concerns of an internat ional workshop held for students in architecture and heritage conservation.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 16)

• ICOMOS CIPA Heritage Documentation Conference in Belgium: the past, present and future, 2009
  By Mario Santana, Assistant Professor, RLICC
  The conference on Heritage Documentation in Belgium was organized in The Royal Library of Brussels on 12 February 2009 as the first event of this kind in Belgium. It
  was an initiative of the ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA). The event was supported by ICOMOS Brussels-Flanders, ICOMOS Brussels-Wallonia, Belgian Science Policy, Ministry of the Walloon Region, the Flemish Institute of Immovable Heritage, RLICC, and the Ministry of the French Community’s service of culture and plastic arts...
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 13)

• 3D Heritage Documentation Workshop 2009
  By Mario Santana, Assistant Professor, RLICC
  The ‘3D Heritage recording for Conservation Workshop’, an initiative by the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation and English Heritage is a training course designed for graduate students of conservation to understand the benefits, constraints and opportunities that recording tools for architectural heritage conservation offer. This year, the training course in its 8th successful version counted with instructors from the Getty Conservation Institute (USA), National Technical University of Athens (Greece), University College St Lieven (Belgium), and Public Works and Government Services (Canada).
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 12)

• Inauguration of UNESCO Chair for preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance
  By Cristina Purcar, PhD candidate, Department of Architecture (ASRO), K.U.Leuven
  In late March the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC) at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (K.U.Leuven) inaugurated the UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites, hosting a two-day international seminar. The seminar celebrated an achievement that stands as recognition of the Centre’s international prestige and impact on the education in the field of built heritage conservation, spanning over more than three decennia. The UNESCO chair is established at the RLICC, in collaboration with Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen (MWVl) and the University of Cuenca (Ecuador). Gathering over 180 participants of more than 20 nationalities, the event consisted of a first day of key-note speeches and of a second day of three thematic seminars, each accompanied by a collection of related posters.
  More information: http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnewsjul09.pdf (Page 7)

• Last stand for Allianoi in Turkey
  Decision imminent on threatened archaeological site. Two important but contradictory developments this week signal a turning point in the struggle for Allianoi. An Historic Turkish Appeal Court Ruling received earlier this week confirms Allianoi’s status as a first class archaeological site that should be protected at all costs. But also this week, a leaked secret Protection Committee report gives the green light to Yortanli Dam: the report actually states that the best way to preserve Allianoi would be to cover the site with silt and submerge it in the dam lake. The Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism announces an “imminent solution.” (The Ministry of Culture has not given an excavation permit for Allianoi in the last three years).
  More information: http://www.europanostra.org/news/73/

• Europa Nostra and Patrimoine Suisse/Schweizer Heimatschutz seek stronger cooperation
  At the end of June, Europa Nostra's Secretary General, Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, visited Switzerland, on the occasion of this year's General Assembly of Patrimoine Suisse/Schweizer Heitmatschutz, the leading Swiss heritage NGO. She made a presentation on Europa Nostra's mission and activities to around 100 heritage activists from all over Switzerland who were gathered in Yvedons-les-Bains for their General Assembly. She also discussed ways in which Swiss heritage organisations can become more actively involved in the wider European heritage movement. She had talks with representatives of the Vaud section of Patrimoine Suisse (also a member organisation of Europa Nostra ) and of the Geneva section of this organisation.
  More information: http://www.europanostra.org/news/74/

• Strategy working group on Cultural Heritage & History
  Europa Nostra took part to the first meeting of the Strategy Working Group on Cultural Heritage & History organised by the DG Enlargement of the European Commission on Wednesday 21 October 2009. The Working Group is part of the “Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Multi-beneficiary Programming 2011-2013”, launched in Zagreb (HR) on 9-10 June 2009. The purpose of assistance under the IPA is to assist candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and the potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99) in their accession to the European Union.
  More information: http://www.europanostra.org/news/75/

• Monument protection stakeholders in Germany meet to create a stronger lobby
  "Heritage organisations in Germany need to improve their cooperation“, stated Alexander Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Vice-President of Europa Nostra and President of Europa Nostra Deutschland, during the colloquium "Monuments Protection Lobby – how many cooks does it take to spoil the broth?" This colloquium, organised by Europa Nostra Deutschland on 19 November, was a highlight of EXPONATEC Cologne, the International Trade Fair for Museums, Conservation and Heritage, which took place from 17 to 20 November 2009 in Cologne, Germany.
  More information: http://www.europanostra.org/news/82/

• “Niederrhein Charta” adopted in the German Lower Rhine Region
  The “Niederrhein Charta”, a sort of regional version of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) for the Niederrhein area (the German lowlands on either side of the river Rhine between Cologne and the Dutch border) was presented in Xanten (DE) on 11 November 2009. It was prepared as the final declaration of a 3-day conference on "Der Niederrhein, Natur- und Kulturerbe" (The Lower Rhine Region, Natural and Cultural Heritage), organised by our member organization Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalschutz und Landschaftspflege. Approximately 130 heritage people took part in this conference.
  More information: http://www.europanostra.org/news/79/

25 November

• More visibility for Europe’s cultural heritage
  DigitalExtra offers in particular small-and-medium sized museums, archives and libraries eTools to develop their own on-line exhibitions. Our longer-term objective: Providing professionals and trainees within the ALM and VET sectors as well as the tourism industry with competence to create cultural heritage related eContent for many users.
  More information: http://www.encatc.org/pages/fileadmin/DExtra_newsletter_issue_1_-_Sept_2009.pdf (Page 2)

• Pictures of a city - Bilder einer Stadt A digital exhibition of the Dornbirn city archive
  “Pictures of a city” is a digital “model” exhibition developed by the Digital Extra project partners Dornbirn city archive (Werner Matt), Lürzer Graphics (Thomas Klocker) and the Fachhochschule Vorarlberg (Philipp von Herllberg). The idea was to present photographs illustrating decades of the city’s history using material available in the city’s vast archives. Pictures from different photographs and from different times can be combined, and provide different effects depending on their combination. The system is easy for the creator of the digital exhibition: it operates like a “slot machine”, providing a large number of possible combinations of photographs. The additional use of of sound, videos, and complementary links to further information provide the “visitor” of the exhibition with the opporunity of in-depth analysis of the material viewed. The benefi ts are twofold: fi rst, bringing together two very different media (the internet and the active participation of the “visitor”; second, making public the unique archives of the city of Dornbirn.
  More information: http://www.encatc.org/pages/fileadmin/DExtra_newsletter_issue_1_-_Sept_2009.pdf (Page 3)

• Change of venue - ICOMOS 17th General Assembly in 2011
  It is with great regret that the Executive Committee has decided, for a number of practical reasons, to release ICOMOS Iran from its commitment to organise and host the General Assembly in 2011. It is hoped, however, that ICOMOS Iran can offer another invitation sometime in the future, possibly in 2014. The Executive Committee is now looking for alternative venues. Interested National Committees can contact the Director of the Secretariat (gaia.jungeblodt@icomos.org).

23 November

• Under the framework of UNESCO's project; protecting cultural property, UNESCO Beirut organized a seminar on “Prevention and fight against illicit traffic of cultural properties” in Brumana Lebanon 9-11 November 2009
  Some 30 participants representing Ministries of culture, departments of antiquities and customs from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority participated in this three-day seminar. The event was under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Culture and in cooperation with the EUROMED Heritage. The objective of this seminar, was to compare the existing legislations and specialized services in the partner countries with the norms set by major international conventions; such as the Hague Convention of 1954, the UNESCO Convention of 1970, and the UNIDROIT Convention of 1995, as well as the codes of ethics for the management of collections, whether private or museum collections, and for the trade in cultural properties (Codes of ICOM and UNESCO).
  More information: http://www.unesco.org/en/beirut/single-view/news/unesco_works_to_prevent_illicit_trafficking_of_cultural_property/back/9437/

• Memory of the World 2009 Register
  UNESCO established the Memory of the World Programme in 1992. Impetus came originally from a growing awareness of the parlous state of preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage in various parts of the world.
  War and social upheaval, as well as severe lack of resources, have worsened problems which have existed for centuries. Significant collections worldwide have suffered a variety of fates. Looting and dispersal, illegal trading, destruction, inadequate housing and funding have all played a part. Much as vanished forever; much is endangered. Happily, missing documentary heritage is sometimes rediscovered.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28984&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• Calls for New Nominations for Memory of the World International Register
  UNESCO is inviting new nomination proposals for inscription on its Memory of the World International Register, a list of library collections and archive holdings of world significance, which was established in 1997 to promote documentary heritage of universal value. Nominations should ideally be submitted through the National Commission for UNESCO or the Memory of the World National Committee in the country where it is located. Proposals should be based on the selection criteria listed in the General Guidelines to Safeguard Documentary Heritage, which stipulates that the most important criterion for inscription on the register is the universal significance of the documentary heritage. The deadline for the submission of nominations is 31 March 2010 and no late submissions will be accepted.
  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29240&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

• Nicosia’s Coffee shops, Bazaars, Architecture Through Time
  More than 100 educators participated in the two-day Council of Europe educational seminar and workshops held at the Ledra Palace Hotel, Fulbright Centre and Goethe Institute on 6 and 7 November, 2009. ‘Multiple views–Multicultural Nicosia: The Use of Interactive Methods in Teaching History’ seminar and workshops were organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the inter-communal Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) through its "Multiperspectivity and Intercultural Dialogue in Education" project with the support of Teacher Trade Unions across the divide and the United Nations Development Programme Action for Cooperation and Trust...
  More information: http://www.euroclio.eu/site/index.php/materials-cyprus-130/doc_download/325-newsletter-2009-11

• Past, the Future of Europe” Steering Committee comes together again
  The second meeting of the Steering Committee for the EUROCLIO programme ‘Past, the Future of Europe’ will take place in The Hague on November 20-21 2009. Experts and stakeholders in the field of history and heritage education will gather in order to commonly define their own role and responsibilities in relation to the latest developments within the programme. Under the umbrella of the Life Long Learning Programme of the European Commission EAC Executive Agency, which is funding the EUROCLIO project “Exploring European History and Heritage. Helping Educators” in Secondary Schools to Teach about European History and Heritage from Multiple Perspectives, an online educational tool on the transnational and cross-border aspects of European history is going to be implemented by EUROCLIO...
  More information: http://www.euroclio.eu/site/index.php/materials-cyprus-130/doc_download/325-newsletter-2009-11

• Back to the Land - The Architect's Newsletter (USA)
  Often neglected, deemed passe, or in the way of development - and sometimes, frankly a flop - America's modernist landscapes are under siege. But the movement to bring these pioneering works into the preservation fold is getting under way, and not a season too soon. William L. Hamilton talks to Charles Birnbaum, founder and president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, and others about the uphill challenges.
  More information: http://www.archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4026

• Gas Works Park. Seattle, Washington State (USA)
  On the shores of Lake Union near downtown Seattle, Gas Works Park rests on the location of a former coal gasification plant. The 19.-acre site was acquired for parkland in 1965. Opened to the public ten years later, the park, with its Great Earth Mound summit (constructed from on-site excavated material), was designed for passive uses (e.g. strolling, flying a kite), offering unrivaled panoramic views to the downtown...
  More information: http://tclf.org/landscapes/gas-works-park

• Research Queries - The Cultural Landscape Foundation (USA)
  Frederick W. Boissevain (1904-1943)
  In 1925, a young landscape gardener named Frederick Boissevain left a growing business on Long Island to the care of his partner for two months and traveled to Austerlitz, New York to assist his aunt, the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, and uncle, Eugen Boissevain, with developing their new property, Steepletop.
  More information: http://tclf.org/pioneer/research-queries

• Route 66 Threatened by Proposed Biodiesel Facility (USA)
  Designated a National Scenic Byway by the United States Department of Transportation in 2006 and cited in the March 2009 issue of Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 Must-See Endangered Cultural Treasures, this iconic highway has become immortalized as part of America’s history and culture. Having been placed on the World Monuments Fund 2008 Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites as well as endangered lists by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance, the corridor now faces a new threat. Today, in a rush to make Mohave County, Arizona the renewable energy capital of the United States, the local government has put several “green economy” projects on the fast track, including the construction of a biodiesel facility on a pristine stretch of historic Route 66. The site selection, influenced primarily by issues of land ownership, does not take into account the significance of the adjacent historic landmark.
  More information: http://tclf.org/node/2818

• Interview with Bennett Konesni
  I was born in Asheville, North Carolina, raised in coastal Maine and now living on Shelter Island, New York, I have been surrounded by powerful, iconic landscapes for most of my life. My home is Sylvester Manor, a former plantation/estate that has been in my family since 1651. Along with 243 acres of fields and forests, the Manor still holds the remains of a 18th century garden, an iconic wind-powered gristmill, and an early Georgian manor house. My job is to bring this historic gem into a new era, which preserves and interprets the past while engaging its stories to grow a culture of food and place, in a way that is delicious, joyful and fair. I am an organic farmer and a musician. A lover of old songs, I can be found out hollering in the garden with my crew. We’ve got a small farm here and we sing work songs together: farmer’s laments, sea shanties, rounds - you name it. Out in the fields we’re preserving and growing a cultural landscape every day.
  More information: http://tclf.org/stewards/bennett-konesni

• Biography of Beatrix Farrand
  Beatrix Farrand was one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, renowned for the private estate gardens she designed for East Coast society as well as her work as a landscape consultant at some of the country’s most prestigious private universities and colleges. Dumbarton Oaks, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden (Maine), and the old campus at Princeton University are among her most visible masterpieces today. To this list several recent landscape restorations help enhance our understanding of this important early design professional.
  More information: http://tclf.org/pioneer/beatrix-farrand/beatrix-farrand

• Shaping the American Landscape: Symposia and Events that Reflected on a Legacy
  To celebrate the 2009 publication of Shaping the American Landscape, a series of regional symposia was held to celebrate the legacy of the remarkable pioneers who have shaped our collective landscape.
  More information: http://tclf.org/news/tclf-news/shaping-american-landscape-symposia-and-events-reflected-legacy

20 November

• Exhibition: “I do. Love and marriage in 19th century Canada”. Library and Canada Archives
  The online exhibition “I do. Love and marriage in 19th century Canada” offers a review of the difficulties to find the right person to marry. The letters of Mary Eleanor Westcott, as well as the personal diary of Louis-Joseph-Amédée Papineau - that include a period from 1843 to 1846 - offer an example of the relationships of that time and illustrate the obstacles to surpass in the name of love. Some important topics are approached and we see how Mary and Amédée make their way in the customs and norms of convenience of 19th century, from the first meeting to a more a more intimate understanding of the letters and the extracts of intimate diaries. You can also see the obstacles created by family’s disapproval, as well as the outcome of their friendship.
  More information in French: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amour-et-mariage/index-f.html

18 November

• Florence Declaration - Recommendations for the Preservation of Analogue
  The scientific relevance of analogue photography and analogue photo archives was a central theme at the International Conference on "Photo Archives and the Photographic Memory of Art History - Part II" (29-31 October 2009, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz) and was also discussed at the concluding round table. The participants agreed that digital and analogue media are complementary: they should supplement, but cannot replace each other. The "Florence Declaration. Recommendations for the Preservation of Analogue Photo Archives" was presented at the end of the Conference. Its first subscribers include not only the participants themselves, but also many representatives of international institutions.
  More information: http://www.khi.fi.it/en/photothek/initiativen/index.html

17 November

• Restoration of the old Prison of Saint Martin, Guadeloupe (France)
  The Old Prison of Saint Martin was built in 1789 under the order of Jean Sébastien de Durat. It is a military building with a ground floor and first floor, associated to the construction of the Fort Louis that dominates the Bay of Marigot, capital of the French side of Saint Martin. Both buildings are made of volcanic rock and cemented by lime mortar. The original plastering was also made with lime. The prison was in operation until 1968, when the building was used to lodge the fire station of Saint Martin.
  More information in French: http://www.fondation-patrimoine.net/delegations-actualite.php4?id=539

16 November

• The INA (National Institute of the audio-visual sector, France) and UNESCO: an agreement to safeguard and digitize 120 audio-visual documents
  This agreement has the support of the French national Commission for UNESCO, for a period of ten years and is inscribed within the framework of a free and nonexclusive mandate of operation. UNESCO has an exceptional collection of several thousands films and videos, representative of the history of the Organization. Like audio-visual archives worldwide, these documents are fragile, perishable and condemned to oblivion if they are not transferred to modern media, making their content accessible in digital networks. UNESCO`s approach corresponds to this double objective of conservation and visibility. This association between INA, the national Commission for UNESCO and UNESCO resulted in the inscription on the “Memory of the World” Register of the Call by General de Gaulle in June 1940 from the BBC. The safeguarded documents are visible for the public at http://www.ina.fr next to those by the European Parliament, and soon by those of the United Nations.
  More information in French: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/lettre_d_info_no_31-_27-10_.pdf

• The Collections of the Library of the Cistercian Clairvaux Abbey at the time of Pierre de Virey (1472) listed in the UNESCO “Memory of the World” Register
  This collection already comprises a list of 35 heritage elements from all over the world. Founded in 1115 by Bernard de Fontaines (St Bernard), who directed it until his death in 1153, the Abbey of Clairvaux was the third daughter institution of Cîteaux, one of the greatest monastic centres of the Christian era on which some 530 other Abbeys in Europe depended at the end of the Middle Ages. The Abbey of Clairvaux had an unusual expansion, and had a considerable cultural influence, which is reflected in its library.
  More information in French: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/lettre_d_info_no_31-_27-10_.pdf

• Reconversion and urban project - Urban Knowledge, Rehabilitation, Prospective - what is the future of the prisons of Saint-Joseph and Saint-Paul of Lyons? (France)
  The objective was to carry out a multidisciplinary reflection on the reuse and possible use of the totality, or parts of two most significant buildings of the French prison heritage today out of use in the site of the important urban project "Lyons Confluence" that is developed at south of the city peninsula. It was a complement of the initiative, carried out by the region prefect, to launch a call for ideas on the future of Lyons prisons,which was simultaneously inspired by a shared preoccupation for heritage, and by a spirit of pragmatism that provided its contribution to economic, technical or urban development considerations…
  More information in French: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/lettre_d_info_no_31-_27-10_.pdf

• (In Italian) Master in Comunicazione del Patrimonio Culturale all’Università di Firenze
  Il Master in Comunicazione del Patrimonio Culturale, promosso dalla Facoltà di Scienze Politiche dell’Università di Firenze, utilizzando l’esperienza accumulata nel corso delle prime edizioni, che hanno avuto un notevole successo, quest’anno si rinnova profondamente, accentuando i suoi aspetti professionalizzanti, in vista dell’inserimento nel mercato del lavoro e in particolare delle attività professionali connesse alla valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale e paesaggistico.
  More information: http://www.tafter.it/2009/11/16/18-12-09-master-in-comunicazione-del-patrimonio-culturale-alluniversita-di-firenze/

• PAST ICOMOS Symposium & Committee meeting on Changing World, Changing Views of Heritage; the impact of global change on cultural heritage - Technological Change
  Changing World, Changing Views of Heritage; the impact of global change on cultural heritage - Technological Change was the theme of the ICOMOS symposium held on the 7th of October 2009 in Malta. IFLA was represented by its two Maltese individual members Pierre Micaleff, who was in charge of conveying Dr. Menzies' speech to the audience which she could not address personally due to other IFLA engagements and Antoine Gatt who reported back to IFLA's ExCo. Around 15 technical papers were prepared of which 8 were presented during the symposium. Most of the papers are accessible on the ICOMOS website.
  More information: http://ns22304.ovh.net/~iflaonli/index.php/public-relations/news/lst/nws

• Climate Adaptation Tools for Sustainable Settlements (CATSS)
  In consultation with the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has commenced a one year project, reporting in June 2010, to undertake a preliminary review of Australian and international examples of climate adaptation tools and strategies for responding to the impacts of climate change in the context of cities and their urban environments. For the purpose of this project, a "Climate Adaptation Tool" (CAT) is defined as: "...a described set of methods applied within the context of urban planning, design & management processes to enable the formulation, application and evaluation of adaptive responses to the impacts of climate change within human settlements, as part of a broader integrated sustainability approach."
  More information: http://ns22304.ovh.net/~iflaonli/index.php/public-relations/news/itm/nws/43

13 November

• Shaping the American Landscape
  TCLF established the annual Landslide program in 2002 to focus attention on culturally significant landscapes at risk for alteration or destruction. This year, to reach and inspire an everexpanding audience, TCLF weds our Pioneers of American Landscape Design publication series and Landslide initiative. Organized under the theme, Shaping the American Landscape, this year’s program spotlights great places designed by seminal and regionally influential landscape figures, which are threatened with change. These estate gardens, public plazas, institutional grounds, park systems, and cemetery designs have influenced our country’s collective landscape legacy. With this latest Landslide effort, these landscapes vividly come alive, with stories of those pioneering individuals who created them and those championing their survival today.
  More information: http://www.tclf.org/annual-spotlight/shaping-american-landscape

12 November

• [français] Salon du Patrimoine Culturel. Paris (France) - L'Atelier d’Exception
  L’atelier est spécialisé dans la gravure et la peinture sur porcelaine. Avec une parfaite maitrise des techniques des 18ème et 19ème siècles, il réalise entièrement à la main des décors sur porcelaine prestigieux et originaux. L’atelier crée des pièces originales à la demande de ses clients et reproduit à l'identique des œuvres anciennes. Il est actuellement le seul spécialiste en France de la gravure à l'acide sur céramique (sur pièce unique). Contact : José Luis Estebanez - atelier_estebanez@hotmail.com
  More information in French: http://www.atelier-exception.perso.cegetel.net/

• Cultural Heritage Fair. Paris (France) - Ciergerie des Prémontrés
  Labelled as a Living Heritage Company, Ciergerie des Prémontrés is the last traditional factory of candles and the only artisan manufacture of Provence that makes candles according to the ancestral skills of the 15th century: manufacturing wax candles in large quantities. The Workshop is a rustic place that offers a trip through time thanks to its remains and tools that date from 1904 for the oldest, and 1960 for the most recent. A Workshop full of enchantment and simplicity, where the smell of wax is everywhere. Contact : Sandrine Recouvrot - info@ciergerie.fr
  More information in French: http://www.ciergerie.fr/

• Pôle Industries Culturelles & Patrimoines (France)
  It is an association created in 2006 and supported by the PACA Region, which obtained the PRIDES seal (regional Pole of Innovation and solidarity development). It refers to companies, main participants in research, education and training, associations… whose activity is linked to heritage:
  • material heritage: natural, built, artistic, archaeological, documentary
  • intangible: cultural expressions,

  … that participate in all the stages:

  • of conservation…: to protect, recover, renew, conserve,
  • … to the enhancement:
    • to promote by means of reception, animation, pedagogy, technologies
    • to disseminate on a large scale

  The Pôle federates one hundred members in the PACA region
  More information in French: http://www.industries-culturelles-patrimoines.fr/

• Appointment of Executive Director, Heritage Victoria (Australia)
  Following Ray Tonkin's retirement in June, Prue Digby, Deputy Secretary, Planning and Local Government, Department of Planning and Community Development announced last Friday that Jim Gard'ner has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Heritage Victoria. Jim has been Acting Executive Director of Heritage Victoria since 30 June 2009. He joined Heritage Victoria in 2005 as Director, Strategy and Policy and was responsible for the implementation of the whole of government strategy 'Victoria's Heritage: Strengthening our Communities'. Additionally, Jim has had held executive roles within Aboriginal Affairs Victoria and the National Trust of Australia and has significant private and community sector experience. Jim is a registered architect specialising in conservation and heritage management, with qualifications from Victoria University of Wellington and the Architectural Association of London. Please congratulate Jim on his appointment as Executive Director of Heritage Victoria.
  More information: http://www.icomos.org/australia/images/Email_News_2009/E-Mail_News_No._409_Australia_ICOMOS_Inc.htm
• The Archival Platform’s October newsletter – available online (South Africa)
  The excitement of Heritage Month may be over, but ideas about our heritage are still bubbling on the Archival Platform. Our guest blogs this month reflect on the ways in which we shape our understandings of the past, both through academic analysis and government intervention. We have a commentary on heritage, identity and racial nomenclature from historian Enocent Msindo. This is timely, as the question of race and racism is a key issue in recent public debate. We also have a guest blog on questions of human rights and cultural practice, in relation to traditional male circumcision. This theme will be followed up next month with a commentary by a traditional circumcision practitioner. Finally, we have a guest blog on South Korean heritage policy, discussing how government encouragement of local heritage affects public appreciation of it. This month we also have lots of input from readers, including several meeting reports and book reviews.
  More information: http://www.archivalplatform.org/news/entry/archival_platform_october_newsletter/

• ICOMOS Australia: Streetwise Asia Fund – Update October 2009
  Kuguita Gabaldon School Conservation project in the Philippines
  Streetwise Asia has committed funding to support a second project in the Philippines following completion of its first conservation project in Champasak, Lao PDR late in 2008. A school classroom building at Kuguita Elementary School on the Island of Camiguin in Southern Philippines has been selected, and documentation for a program of conservation is now complete with works due to commence in early December. The project was identified for Streetwise via Sydney architect Bruce Dawbin who has volunteered his expertise to work with the Philippines Heritage Conservation Society (HCS), an influential heritage resource and lobby group in the Philippines. The Philippines ICOMOS chapter is also supporting the project represented by renowned heritage architect, Augusto Villalon. The school building is one of the "Gabaldon Schools", now widely recognised in the Philippines as an important group of approximately 3000 school buildings erected during the American period (1898 – 1946). Bruce has visited Kuguita on two occasions, and has negotiated the project with the school community on behalf of Streetwise.
  More information: http://www.icomos.org/australia/images/Email_News_2009/
  Gabaldon%20School%20,%20Camiguin,%20Philippines.pdf

• INTO 13th International Conference of National Trusts – Adoption of the Dublin Declaration on Climate Change
  The INTO Congress and 13th International Conference of National Trusts was held in Ireland from 13 – 17 September 2009, hosted by An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland (ATNTI). The major outcome of the Conference was the adoption of The Dublin Declaration on Climate Change. For further information about the conference, visit: http://www.internationaltrusts.org/
  The Dublin Declaration can be viewed at: http://www.preservationnation.org/about-us/press-center/fact-sheets-and-reports/9-09-Dublin-Declaration-FINAL.pdf

• What a trip!
  Educational and entertaining, Heritage Workshops aim at young people aged 7-12. Their objective was to increase awareness of the youngest to heritage crafts. This year the Workshop was about 2009 “Heritage of religions”. In 2009, the Workshop will invite children to travel to the heart of the universes of the sacred. Produced by Infa, the Workshop initiated the youngest to the secrets of the texts of different religions, then a moulding Workshop will allow the young craftsmen to make bas-reliefs or small statuettes on the topic of great religions.
  More information: http://www.patrimoineculturel.com/Francais/Visiter/VISIT09/prog_ateliers09.html

• French Institute for Andean Studies (IFEA) and Archaeology
  Archaeology in the Andes attempts to piece together the history of the pre-Columbian civilizations and to draw conclusions regarding their legacy, based upon the materials and artefacts which they left behind. It goes beyond the traditional methods of dating and outlining the social structure and cross examines with ever growing interest, the development of technical systems, as well as the links between societies and their environments. By keeping up to date with the progress of the scientific world at large, archaeology draws together a number of methods and analytical techniques developed by multidisciplinary teams. It acts as a melting-pot which makes it possible to combine environmental and earth sciences and their contribution to social studies.
  More information: http://www.ifeanet.org/arqueo/?idioma=ENG

• Dr. David Beresford-Jones - Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  My principal geographical focus is one of humanity’s rare independent hearths of agriculture and ‘pristine’ civilisation development: the Andean region. My interests here cover a wide range of scales and resolutions: from the landscape-scale of relating Pre-Hispanic cultural trajectories to historical ecology on the hyper-arid south coast of Peru; to the broadest possible scale of correlations between historical linguistics and archaeology over the entire time-scale and geography of Andean prehistory. My main expertise is in the methods of archaeobotany and geoarchaeology. I use these also in other research interests such as the Upper Palaeolithic Period in Europe.
  More information: http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/pittrivers/members/current/david.html

10 November

• Website of the regional project The Cacao Route in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cultural Diversity for an Endogenous Development
  The UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean hosted last October 23rd the launching of the website of the regional project The Cacao Route in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cultural Diversity for an Endogenous Development, coordinated by UNESCO/Quito. “The project aims at a comprehensive local development of cacao, by providing the creation of a reference framework that allows the safeguard and promotion of ancestral knowledge and practices related to cacao”, said Herman van Hooff, Director of the Regional Office, during his opening remarks…
  More information in Spanish: http://www.lacult.org/noticias/showitem.php?
  uid_ext=&getipr=193.242.192.9&lg=2&id=2413

• Thai Silk: cultural heritage
  Within the framework of the UNESCO international Festival of cultural diversity, Thailand permanent Delegation organized cultural, artistic and scientific events about “Thai Silk: cultural heritage” between May 18 and 20, 2009 at the UNESCO House in Paris. This event consisted of a series of colloquiums, an exhibition-demonstration, and a show followed by a fashion parade. Thai Silk, often called “the Queen of fabrics”, is a product very well known by its beauty and identity. The technical knowledge of this heritage is transmitted from generation to generation and includes tradition and culture in each manufacturing stage (winding, spinning and weaving).
  More information in French: http://www.archivesaudiovisuelles.fr/1801/home.asp?id=1801

• An innovative immersion room in Cluny!
  An innovative immersion room has just been created in the Abbey of Cluny, to prove that ITs are more and more present in this historical monument! As a result of a call for tenders (in May 2009), Immersion company, leader in the market of provision of complete solutions in the scope of virtual reality and visual simulation, conceived this unique room in France. Unique by its two inclined screens but mainly because it is detachable and transportable! The Gunzo project constitutes today one of main French and international references in the use of new technologies to the service of heritage. With the purpose of demonstrating the technical knowledge of this multidisciplinary team (engineers, historians, archaeologists…), this room can be transported to scientific fairs, colloquiums or events or for the general public.
  More information in French: http://www.cluny.eu/

• OBITUARY: Claude Levi-Strauss died at age 100
  Belgian anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss died on October 31, 2009, at the ripe old age of 100. His impact on anthropology and archaeology, was so earth-shattering that it's hard to remember what anthropology was like before him. Lévi-Strauss was perhaps one of the earliest post-colonial researchers: to put it bluntly, he humanized people who were less "civilized" than the first world. It's hard to believe now, but before Lévi-Strauss, the standard explanation of the existence of modern hunter-gatherers was to consider them less than human, less intelligent, less "gifted" than those of us who turned our hands to agriculture and the lesser arts. Lévi-Strauss' research could be said to have laid the groundwork for our modern understanding of the world, our (still fledgling) ability to look at alternative living methods as not a reflection of lesser intelligence, but of a pragmatic reaction to environmental conditions. Lévi-Strauss' structuralism pointed out that there are hard-wired components of our natures that are reflected in all of us, no matter where we were born, how much education we have or how we make our living. Although modern people are still chauvinistic as all get-out, we are less so for Lévi-Strauss' research and writings. You can't say that Lévi-Strauss won't be missed—but his impact will continue to resonate for a long time in anthropology and the related sciences. Here are some other attempts at explaining the importance of this truly astoundingly influential scholar:
  • The Influence of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Robert Mackay, New York Times
  • Famed Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies, Constance Holden, Science Now
  • Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies at 100, New York Times
  • Remembering Claude Lévi-Strauss, Academic Giant of the Twentieth Century, The Atlantic Wire
  • Claude Levi-Strauss: Intellectual considered the father of modern anthropology whose work inspired structuralism, Independent
    By: K. Kris Hirst, http://archaeology.about.com/b/2009/11/03/claude-levi-strauss-dies-at-100.htm

  More information: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46826&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

9 November

• Doors of Peshawar: 1 Poster - UNESCO Islamabad
  This poster illustrates the unique, beautifully carved heavy wooden doors of Peshawar located within the Walled City. Available from adnan.ahmad@un.org.pk
  More information: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001856/185644e.pdf

• Historic House: 2 Posters - UNESCO Kathmandu
  Do we want to preserve our heritage from becoming an urban slum or make an investment for generations to come?
  More information: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001856/185644e.pdf

6 November

• Poland is the Denkmal national partner 2010
  Denkmal, European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation 18 - 20 November 2010
  After Italy (2004), France (2006) and Hungary (2008), the Denkmal trade fair's new national partner is now confirmed. The Republic of Poland will be introducing itself at the European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation from 18 to 20 November 2010 in Leipzig. "The Denkmal trade fair enables us to consolidate German-Polish cooperation and to present the achievements of Polish heritage conservation to an international public", says the Polish heritage conservation curator-general, Tomasz Merta.
  More information: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/564/

• Roberto Burle Marx (1909–2009) & 50th Anniversary of the Parque del Este (1959–2009)
  How do we preserve a living work of art? Abandonment and bad maintenance are the main worries for those who care about landscaping artist Roberto Burle Marx´s oeuvre. The huge heritage left behind by him (specially his public parks), while not being well taken care of when he was alive, is much more in danger since he passed away in 1994. There is no work of Architecture more fragile than that of Landscape Architecture… But, what can we say about his legacy in Venezuela? In which situation are the parks, the landscapes and the gardens he did here? How much have they deteriorated, which species have been lost, how much have they ran away from their original projects? Let´s not forget that although in his 61 years of intense activity, Burle Marx, like a real garden and environmental warrior, designed more than 2,000 gardens and parks around the world, he denied from his works whenever the original projects were altered. They say that, during the re-planning of the coasts of Laguna Rodrigo de Freitas, in 1975, which came right out of the hands of Burle Marx, he afterwards rejected the work: “I don t assume the paternity of anything that was created by me and has been modified”. Are his Venezuelan works today still Burle Marx´s, maintaining all their qualities and original effects?
  More information: http://centrodelaciudad.blogspot.com/

5 November

• Threatened Audio-Visual Heritage: UNESCO pulls the alarm
  The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, warned on the occasion of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage last 27 October. According to him, this 20th century heritage is threatened due to deterioration - and in some cases its deliberate destruction - of their media.
  More information in French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=20451&Cr=UNESCO&Cr1

Four other collections can also be accessed:
La Revue générale d’architecture: issues published from 1840 to 1888,
La Construction moderne: issues published from 1885 to 1936,
L’Architecture: issues published from 1889 to 1936,
L’Architecte: issues published from 1906 to 1935.

Visit: http://portaildocumentaire.citechaillot.fr/clientBookline/toolkit/p_requests/
formulaire.asp?GRILLE=CARHDOCNUMFEDEREMULTI&PORTAL_
ID=carh_access_docnumfedere.xml&INSTANCE=incipio

Online: Hennebique's Le Béton Armé (1898-1939)
In June 1898, François Hennebique issued the monthly journal Le Béton Armé. Published until 1939, with 378 issues in all, this platform on the interface between information and propaganda serves as a perfect means to obtain a comprehensive overview of Hennebique’s legacy. Digitalized versions of all 335 issues are now available. Contact: Stephanie.vandevoorde@ugent.be
http://www.architectuur.ugent.be/beton/

Présentation d’un livre sur “Le Moussem de Tan-Tan” par Kitín Muñoz, Ambassadeur de bonne volonté de l’UNESCO
Le Directeur général de l’UNESCO, M. Koïchiro Matsuura a pris part, le 28 octobre 2009, à la présentation de l’ouvrage consacré au Moussem de Tan-Tan par Kitín Muñoz, Ambassadeur de bonne volonté de l’UNESCO. Madame Irina Bokova, Directrice générale élue, la Princesse Kalina de Bulgarie, Monsieur Fadl Ben Aich, Conseiller du Roi du Maroc, Madame Aziza Bennani, Ambassadeur, Déléguée permanente du Royaume du Maroc auprès de l'UNESCO, Monsieur El Mostafa Sahel, Ambassadeur du Royaume du Maroc en France, et Monsieur Ahmed Merghich, Gouverneur de la Province de Tan-Tan ont également assisté à la cérémonie.
http://portal.unesco.org/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=46814&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Heritage Victoria - Heritage landscapes selected forum papers 2004–08
Selected papers (2004-2008) have been brought together in one publication to synthesise the knowledge gained from the landscapes forums and to communicate it to those dealing with landscape heritage at all levels. This publication is a resource for landscape practitioners, urban and regional planners, heritage consultants, economists, local and state government agencies, and for professionals and community members and organisations dealing with heritage landscape issues. The CD version of the selected papers are available by contacting us on heritage.victoria@dpcd.vic.gov.au or 03 8644 8800.
- Heritage landscapes Selected forum papers 2004–08 - Part 1 (1344kb)
- Heritage landscapes Selected forum papers 2004–08 - part 2 (2370kb)

Heritage Victoria - Annual Report
The Heritage Council’s annual report was tabled in Parliament in October, features a stunning view of the former Clyde Cameron College. Now Murray Valley Private Hospital, the Wodonga complex was one of 58 places included in the Victorian Heritage Register during the year. A complete list and summary description of these are included in the report for the first time. Several feature stories on activities are also included. The Annual Report can be downloaded from the Heritage website or is available from heritage.victoria@dpcd.vic.gov.au
Heritage Council annual report 08-09 (1532kb)

Belfast Fantasy : James ATkinson in the Antipodes
by Syme, Marten A.
ISBN13: 978-095-792-952-4
The Belfast Fantasy: James Atkinson in the Antipodes is the result of several years of work by well known Port Fairy historian Marten Syme, who was awarded on Order of Australia Medal in June ‘For service to the community and heritage conservation in the Port Fairy region.’ The task of identifying early occupants is complicated by the fact that the township at Port Fairy was the private township of Belfast for 13 years before there was any municipal authority to record this information for rate purposes. The book covers Atkinson’s life in Australia and the disposal of his land to lessees and subsequent freeholders, and helps overcome the misconceptions of his role in what curtailed later development.
http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/Publications.aspx

ICOMOS Documentation Centre blog: recent posts

• IFLA Journal, Volume 35, n° 3 (September 2009)
• Diccionario urbano, conceptual y transdisciplinar, por Jorge Benavides Solís
• Kit of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
• UNESCO World Report: Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
• La Rivista Siti, Trimestrale di attualità e politica culturale: Anno 5, n° 4, 2009
• IFLA Newsletter n° 84 - In search of sustainability - IFLA News Brief n° 24
• Boletin de interpretación, n° 21, Septiembre 2009
• E_Conservation Magazine - N° 11, October 2009

http://icomosdocumentationcentre.blogspot.com/

RECUPERO E RIUSO DEGLI EDIFICI RURALI
Maggioli Editore - Novità giugno 2008
Pagine 390 - F.to cm. 21x29,7 - ISBN 4569.2
Completa sotto ogni aspetto, questa nuova Guida professionale affronta la materia attraverso l'esame di casi studio e l'analisi di metodologie e interventi realizzati in differenti realtà italiane ed estere. Le scelte progettuali - spiegate ed illustrate con foto e disegni di progetto - sono esaminate alla luce dei vincoli, degli indirizzi locali e degli incentivi concessi a livello nazionale e locale, oltre che sulla base delle indicazioni e delle raccomandazioni dell'Unione Europea e della Comunità Internazionale.
http://www.mailingmaggioli.it/promo/edilportale/2009/23/45692.html

This is new research conducted by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in order to establish the inventory of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia that was proclaimed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on 7 November 2003. English and Khmer versions.

Context: built, living and natural
The journal of the Development and Research Organisation for Nature,
Arts and Heritage.
Issues associated with heritage management, planning, legislation and
sustainability of historic Indian cities are exemplified under ‘sustainable
solutions’ with the case of an Integrated Management Plan for the Hampi
World Heritage Site, Master Plan proposal for the historic pete in
Bangalore, need for heritage resource management at Udaipur, heritage
valuation in Chennai, the legislative apparatus in Haryana and finally the
role models for heritage legislation and community participation i.e. the
cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001622/162292e.pdf

The programme was launched in 2005 in order to raise professional capacity and set a new standard of quality for guides, particularly those who serve at World Heritage Sites.

http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/files/10801/12325212425
Indian_Cultural_Heritage_Specialist_Guide_Programme.pdf/Indian
%2BCultural%2BHeritage%2BSpecialist%2BGuide%2BProgramme.pdf

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001593/159333e.pdf

Masterpieces of Gandhara Art in Pakistan
This publication represents the collective efforts of staff of the Peshawar Museum, Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayum Museum, Swat Museum and other individuals who worked in the project “Preservation of Endangered Moveable Cultural Assets of Gandhara Art”. The project focuses on the registration and conservation of Gandhara objects.

Copies available from adnan.ahmad@un.org.pk

The newsletter aims to exchange information, present best practices, highlight events, and give different perspectives in addressing the challenges related to the preservation, management and sustainable use of urban heritage in India.

http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/files/10804/12325276855In-heritage_Newsletter_December_2008.pdf/In-heritage%2BNewsletter%2BDecember%2B2008.pdf