8th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium

HERITAGE INTERPRETATION

May 5 - 8, 2005 in Charleston, South Carolina

 

 

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Morning

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John Fowler
Chairman, US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees

Katherine Robinson
Executive Director, Historic Charleston Foundation

Jonathan Poston
Director of Preservation and Museum Services, Historic Charleston Foundation

Mayor Joe Riley
Mayor, Charleston, South Carolina

Robert Rosen
Historian, Charleston, South Carolina

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Neil Silberman (US and Belgium)
Digesting the Past: Interpretation and the European Heritage Industry

Boguslaw Szmygin (Poland)
Interpretation as a Factor Altering Conservation Doctrine: The Case for Reconstruction and Rebuilding

Andrew Hall (South Africa)
From Nationalism to National Identity: The Anglo – Boer South African War – Reinterpreting Old Heritage for the New South Africa

Karen Moon (UK and Tanzania)
Ownership Conflicts and Heritage Interpretation in Uganda and Tanzania

Afternoon

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Session 2 – Technologies & Techniques of
Presentation and Interpretation

Ron Fleming (USA)
Introduction to Session 2.  The Art of Place Making

James Conlon (USA)
The Virtual Indian Ocean: Expressing the Significance of Tarim, Yemen, through new Media

Dawson Munjeri (Zimbabwe)
Expressing them as it should be: Welcome Them Aboard

Martha Zierden (USA)
Archaeology and Heritage Interpretation in Charleston, South Carolina

Randolph Langenbach (USA)
Ruins of Piranesi - Ruins over Time: The Presentation and Interpretation of Ruined Monuments

FRIDAY (MAY 6)

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1-A Charleston Architecture Walking Tour
1-B African-American/Gullah Walking Tour
2 Auldbrass Plantation - Beaufort Tour
3 Cooper River Historic District Tour
4 Ashley River Tour

SATURDAY (MAY 7)

Morning

3-A

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Session 3 – Case Studies (2 Concurrent sessions)

John Hurd (UK)
Towards a Regime for the Sustainable, Ethically, Regionally Maintainable Conservation of Large Archaeological Sites on the Silk Road

Norma Barbacci and Mark Weber (USA – World Monuments Fund)
Experiences of the World Monuments Fund in Balancing Interpretation with Preservation

Arlene Fleming (World Bank)
Heritage Interpretation in Projects Financed by the World Bank: Challenges and Complexities

Peter Romey (Australia)
Interpreting the Cultural Palimpsest at Port Arthur, Tasmania

3-B

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Axel Klausmeier (Germany)
Commemorating the Uncomfortable: the Insecure Future of the Relics, Remnants and Traces of the Historical Landscape Formerly Known as the Berlin Wall

Steve Farneth and David Quan (USA)
Angel Island Immigration Station: International Place of Memory

Joanne Burgess (Canada)
Understanding and Interpreting the Past of an Urban Commercial District: Examining the Recent Experience of Old Montreal

Afternoon

Session 4 – Targeting and Widening Audiences through Interpretation (2 Concurrent Sessions)

4-A

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W. Brown Morton III (USA)
The Memorial of Moses at Mount Nebo, Jordan: Facing a Difficult Future

Katarina Voskova (Slovakia)
A Training & Education Centre for Improving the Preservation and Better Interpretation of Banska Stiavnika, a World Heritage Town

Kaisa Barthulli (USA)
Interpretation of the Route 66 Cultural Corridor

4-B

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Anne Ketz (USA)
Dakota Stories and Places: Collaborations with and New Interpretations of a Neglected Community

Ned Kaufman (USA)
Using Historic Sites to Interpret Racially Diverse Experience: Proposals Drawn from a National Study

Cynthia Porcher (USA)
Low Country Gullah Special Study