e-News n°105

12 décembre 2024

News from the Scientific Council and the International Scientific Committees

ISC on Places of Religion and Ritual (PRERICO)

This proposed new ISC continues to be under formation and is being encouraged to work towards the goal of presenting themselves for official recognition at the Scientific Council (SC) meeting taking place on the occasion of the 18^th ICOMOS General Assembly, Florence, November 2014. The working group is led by Britta Rudolff, ICOMOS Bahrain, brittarudolff@gmail.com.

ISC on Rock Art (CAR)

The Committee is in the process of being restructured through a working group led by Benjamin Smith, ICOMOS Australia, benjamin.smith@uwa.edu.au. Once the working group has revised CAR’s Statutes, and these are validated by ICLAFI, a call for new members will be issued. CAR is being encouraged to complete the revision of its Statutes in time for the SC meeting in November 2014.

ISC on Rights-Based Approaches

At the SC meeting in Costa Rica, October 2013, ICOMOS Norway presented a proposal to form an ISC on Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management. They were encouraged to create a working group and explore the topic further, perhaps combining it with the topic of Indigenous Heritage.

Industrial Heritage/Heritage of Production

In an effort to streamline methods of communication within ICOMOS, and to facilitate ongoing exchange of information and dialogue, ICOMOS Ireland has undertaken to spearhead a review of the current operational arrangements within ICOMOS on the topic of industrial heritage and/or the heritage of production. The scope of this review is to explore whether or not it is necessary for ICOMOS to establish a new ICOMOS ISC or address the issue in some other way.  Any such effort would operate complimentary to TICCIH, with whom ICOMOS has a longstanding cooperation and an agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding. 

ISC on 20^th Century Heritage (ISC20C)

ICOMOS Germany in its Journal of the German National Committee, vol. LVIII, Berlin 2013 (ISBN 978-3-930388-90-5), entitled “Socialist Realism and Socialist Modernism. World Heritage Proposals from Central and Eastern Europe” publishes the documentation of the European ICOMOS expert meeting held in Warsaw, 14 -15 of April 2013 to explore the feasibility of an international serial nomination of 20th century monuments and sites in post-socialist countries for the UNESCO World Heritage List.

With this publication the editors wish to take stock of a multi-national cooperation and publication project initiated by ICOMOS in 2010 and supported by ISC20C. Due to the ongoing threats to the architectural and horticultural heritage of the post-war decades everywhere in Europe, in particular the architectural monuments and ensembles in the post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, ICOMOS Poland and ICOMOS Germany initiated an international exchange of experience on how to preserve the architectural heritage of the post-war period. Architectural monuments of the so-called Socialist Realism and Socialist Modernism were meant to be in the focus of these contributions. Read more

To order the publication : http://www.icomos.de/kontakt.php

ADCOM Symposium 2012 - Publication

The papers from the highly successful Scientific Symposium “Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage from Natural and Human-Caused Disasters” held during the Advisory Committee meeting in Beijing, China, on 31 October 2012 are in the process of being edited for hard-copy publication by Amel Chabbi (Executive Committee), Steve Kelley (co-chair and ISCARSAH – Structures of Architectural Heritage President), Rohit Jigyasu (co-chair and ICORP – Risk Preparedness President), Pamela Jerome (ISCEAH – Earthen Architectural Heritage Vice President), and James Reap (ICLAFI – Administrative, Legal and Financial Issues Secretary-General). The publication is scheduled to be available in time for the 18^th General Assembly, Florence, November 2014.

ADCOM Symposium 2013 - Publication

The second symposium under the three-year theme “Tangible Risks, Intangible Opportunities: Long-Term Risk Preparedness and Responses for Threats to Cultural Heritage” took place in San Jose, Costa Rica on 10 October 2013. Entitled “Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage from Uncontrolled Development in a Globalised World”, the co-chairs of the symposium were Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonias (CIVVIH – Historic Cities and Villages President) and Gisle Jakhelln (CIAV – Vernacular Architecture President). 30 abstracts were received from which 11 papers were presented. Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonias, Ofelia Sanou (ICOMOS Costa Rica President), and James Reap (ICLAFI - Administrative, Legal and Financial Issues Secretary-General) will co-edit the proceedings.

ISC Elections

ISC on Cultural Itineraries (CIIC)
Elections were held at its September 2013 Annual Meeting in Mexico. The new Bureau includes José María de Miguel – President, Dosso Sindou – Vice President for Africa, Cecilia Calderón Puente– Vice President for America, Kunie Sugio – Vice President for Asia-Oceania, and Rubén García Miranda – Secretary General. We congratulate the new Bureau.

ISC on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH)
The Committeeheld elections in November 2013 and elected a new Bureau, including Susan McIntyre-Tamworth – President, Clara Arokiasamy– Vice President (Europe), and Natsuko Akagawa – Vice President (Asia). We congratulate the new Bureau.

ISC on Risk Preparedness (ICORP)
ICORP held elections in February 2014, and elected a new Bureau, including Rohit Jigyasu – President, Christopher Marrion – Vice President I, Bijan Rouhani – Vice President II, Zeynep Gul Unal – Secretary General, Robyn Riddett – Treasurer. We congratulate the new Bureau.

ISC Events Calendar 2014

• ICLAFI (Legal, Administrative and Financial Affairs): Conference “The Status of Non-Governmental Organizations and their Contribution to Heritage” and Annual Meeting, Tiberias, Israel, 12-16 January 2014
• ICAHM (Archaeological Heritage Management): Joint Meeting with the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Conference “World Heritage and Best Practices in Archaeological Heritage Management in Southeast Asia”, Siem Reap (Angkor), Cambodia,12-18 January 2014
• ICTC (Cultural Tourism) with the participation of CIVVIH (Historic Towns and Villages): Symposium “Creative Cities as World Heritage Tourist Destinations”, Florence, Italy, 13-14 March 2014
• SBH (Shared Built Heritage): “Reflection on the Handling of Shared Built Heritage in UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia of Melaka & George Town, Penang, and in Bandung, Indonesia and the Shared Built Heritage in Asia, Australia and the Pacific”, venues: Melaka and Penang, Malaysia and Bandung, Indonesia, 13-24 April 2014
• ISCES (Energy and Sustainability): “Living with the Past” International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings 2014, Dublin, Ireland, 9-11 April 2014
• TheoPhilos (Theory and Philosophy): “Heritage Trends in the Mirror of Social Change. Conservation Reality - 50 Years after the Venice Charter”, Riga, Latvia, 8-10 May 2014
• CIVVIH (Historic Towns and Villages): Mediterranean Sub-Committee. “Mediterranean Fortified Port Cities in the 21^st century: sites, valuesand genius loci”, Alanya, Turkey, 2-3 May 2014
• ISCEC (Economics of Conservation): Committee meeting and Conference on “Integrated Conservation and the three dimensions of Sustainable Development”, Visby, Sweden, 21-23 May 2014
• ISCS (Stone) : “International Conference on the Conservation of Stone and Earthen Architectural Heritage”, Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea, 20-23 May 2014
• IPHC (Polar Heritage):Conference “The Future of Polar Heritage”, 25 - 28 May 2014 Copenhagen, Denmark.
• ISCMP (Mural Paintings): Board meeting, 30 January – 2 February and Conference on “Hand-Made Solutions of Man-Made Disasters”, Esztergom, Hungary, 19-21 June 2014
• CIPA (Heritage Documentation): Summer school on “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modelling”, 5-12 July 2014, Paestum, Italy
• ISCEAH (Earthen Architectural Heritage): International Conference on “Vernacular Heritage, Sustainability and Earthen Architecture”, VerSus 2014, 2nd MEDITERRA, 2nd ResTAPIA, Valencia, Spain, 11-13 September 2014
• ICORP (Risk Preparedness): Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 8 October 2014 linked to the Conference “Cultural HELP - Cultural Heritage and Loss Prevention" taking place on 6 - 7 October.
• ICAHM (Archaeological Heritage Management): “Universal Standards for Archaeological Heritage Management”, Jishou City, Hunan Provence, China, 20-23 October 2014

SC and ISC events at the 18^th General Assembly
On the occasion of the General Assembly taking place in Florence, Italy from 9 to 14 November 2014, the Scientific Council will conduct its annual meeting on the afternoon of 8 November 2014. There will be an ISC Networking event open to all General Assembly participants on the evening of 11 November 2014 – come to meet the representatives of each ISC ! 

Around 26 ISCs and working groups will be holding their individual business or thematic meetings in the afternoon of 13 November 2014 (except ISC20C on 7 November). A full calendar of these meetings will soon be published on the special General Assembly website.

Among other notable side events, CIPA will be hosting a workshop of the Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund, on 9 November, to present the “Arches - Heritage Inventory & Management System".

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