EAA CALL FOR PAPERS
Urgent demand for papers for session 14: Archaeological Futures: Heritage as Radical History-Making of the European Archaeologists Association this September. If you fancy a trip to Croatia, there is your chance. Sit down and write up! The deadline has been extended until the June 20th...
For more details:
http://www.unizd.hr/eaa2007/Programme/ThematicBlocks/ArchaeologyintheModernWorld/tabid/1436/Default.aspx
Good luck!
Thursday 31 May 2007
The Van - Archaeology in Transit
Some of you may be interested toknow that Greg Bailey's film about last year's Transit Van excavation (In Transit, 15 mins) is now streaming online on the Archaeology Channelwebsite:http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/intransit_700kW.html
Do pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, and esp anyother email groups you are members of.
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/intransit_700kW.html
Do pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, and esp anyother email groups you are members of.
Wednesday 23 May 2007
Myths of Immateriality: Curating, Collecting and Archiving Media Art
DANUBE TELELECTURE from the MUMOK, Vienna
The Department for Image Science at Danube-University Krems created a new format of international lecture and debates on key questions of ImageScience and Media Art with high-calibre experts - the DANUBE TELELECTURES.
The discussion will be recorded by several cameras and transmitted live over the www. Online viewers can participate live in the discussion via email.TELELECTURE # 3
"Myths of Immateriality: Curating, Collection and Archiving Media Art"
During the last decades media art has grown to be the art of our time, though it has hardly arrived in our cultural institutions. The mainstream of art history has neglected developing adequate research tools for these contemporary art works, they are exhibited infrequently in museums, and there are few collectors. Media art is hardly being archived and systematically preserved like ancient and traditional forms of art. This loss of data our society is facing because of the change in storage media and operational systems threatens to result in a total loss of our contemporary digital art. Which practices and strategies in the curating and documenting of media art do experts in the field suggest?
*** CHRISTIANE PAUL, curator for New Media, Whitney Museum, NY, author of"Digital Art" (Thames & Hudson 2003)*** PAUL SERMON, media artist and scientist at the University of Salford, UK
http://creativetechnology.salford.ac.uk/paulsermon/cv.html
*(Introduction: Oliver Grau, Univ.-Prof. and Head of the Department forImage Science, Danube University Krems)
Danube TeleLecture # 3 at the MUMOK, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
Time: Sun, 27. May 2007, 17.00h CET (Start of Streaming)+ You can attend the event in MUMOK or in realtime over the www +http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
After 20 minute long lectures the audience will have the possibility to ask the speakers questions. Internet users may join the discussion via e-mail.
Contact: Mag. Jeanna Nikolov-Ramírez GaviriaTel: +43 (0)2732 893-2570 E-Mail: jeanna.nikolov@donau-uni.ac.athttp://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
*******************************************PARTNERSORF http://noe.orf.at DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART www.virtualart.at
The Department for Image Science at Danube-University Krems created a new format of international lecture and debates on key questions of ImageScience and Media Art with high-calibre experts - the DANUBE TELELECTURES.
The discussion will be recorded by several cameras and transmitted live over the www. Online viewers can participate live in the discussion via email.TELELECTURE # 3
"Myths of Immateriality: Curating, Collection and Archiving Media Art"
During the last decades media art has grown to be the art of our time, though it has hardly arrived in our cultural institutions. The mainstream of art history has neglected developing adequate research tools for these contemporary art works, they are exhibited infrequently in museums, and there are few collectors. Media art is hardly being archived and systematically preserved like ancient and traditional forms of art. This loss of data our society is facing because of the change in storage media and operational systems threatens to result in a total loss of our contemporary digital art. Which practices and strategies in the curating and documenting of media art do experts in the field suggest?
*** CHRISTIANE PAUL, curator for New Media, Whitney Museum, NY, author of"Digital Art" (Thames & Hudson 2003)*** PAUL SERMON, media artist and scientist at the University of Salford, UK
http://creativetechnology.salford.ac.uk/paulsermon/cv.html
*(Introduction: Oliver Grau, Univ.-Prof. and Head of the Department forImage Science, Danube University Krems)
Danube TeleLecture # 3 at the MUMOK, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
Time: Sun, 27. May 2007, 17.00h CET (Start of Streaming)+ You can attend the event in MUMOK or in realtime over the www +http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
After 20 minute long lectures the audience will have the possibility to ask the speakers questions. Internet users may join the discussion via e-mail.
Contact: Mag. Jeanna Nikolov-Ramírez GaviriaTel: +43 (0)2732 893-2570 E-Mail: jeanna.nikolov@donau-uni.ac.athttp://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
*******************************************PARTNERSORF http://noe.orf.at DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART www.virtualart.at
H-Museum
For over one year I am already benefiting from this very informative website and its e-newsletters that I want to recommend you!
It is giving international museum news digests, sending out calls for papers, scholarships, job announcements and other activities all related to museum and cultural studies mainly from central Europe and the U.S., so the information comes in various languages and can at times be a little overwhelming..
Anyway, it is definately worthwhile to have a look for yourselves!!!
http://www.h-net.org/~museum/index.html
It is giving international museum news digests, sending out calls for papers, scholarships, job announcements and other activities all related to museum and cultural studies mainly from central Europe and the U.S., so the information comes in various languages and can at times be a little overwhelming..
Anyway, it is definately worthwhile to have a look for yourselves!!!
http://www.h-net.org/~museum/index.html
Online magazine MOnuMENTA
An online magazine, MOnuMENTA, has produced its first issue on urban space and the urban green space. The magazine has a Greek/Cypriot focus (so that should interest quite a few of our students!), although it includes case-studies from elsewhere.
http://www.monumenta.org/article_list.php?IssueID=2&lang=en&CategoryID=1
This issue contains:
The history of greek urban space from the post-war period to nowadays. Interview with the architect and urban designer Andreas Symeon
Editing: Irini GratsiaInterview with the architect and urban designer Andreas Symeon regarding town planning, the formation of the Greek urban space from the post-war period to nowadays. Through his training and professional development one can follow the international and local trends of town planning and the traumatic evolution of Athens. Meanwhile the problems of the modern town are presented as well as ways to encounter them.
"Castleford Project", an innovative regeneration project
David Barrie, producer of public projects and consultant in city development "Modernisation is possible only through democratisation". This is a key philosophy of "Castleford Project", the innovative regeneration project of a town in West Yorkshire, England that in just four years has transformed several of the town’s public spaces and leveraged over €300m of new public and private investment.
Urban regeneration in Athens and the broader Attica region
Eleni Portaliou, associate professor, National Technical University of Athens In the middle of the 1990s, plans for the Olympic Games intensified Attica’s centralization. Sporting and other Olympic venues encouraged the expansion policy and the euphemistically called rehabilitation projects, namely the sitting of Olympic Poles in unbuilt areas. However, all these areas constituted either valuable reserves for the reconstitution of the fragmentary city or parts of natural landscape.
They also have a Monuments at risk section and a discussion forum.
http://www.monumenta.org/article_list.php?IssueID=2&lang=en&CategoryID=1
This issue contains:
The history of greek urban space from the post-war period to nowadays. Interview with the architect and urban designer Andreas Symeon
Editing: Irini GratsiaInterview with the architect and urban designer Andreas Symeon regarding town planning, the formation of the Greek urban space from the post-war period to nowadays. Through his training and professional development one can follow the international and local trends of town planning and the traumatic evolution of Athens. Meanwhile the problems of the modern town are presented as well as ways to encounter them.
"Castleford Project", an innovative regeneration project
David Barrie, producer of public projects and consultant in city development "Modernisation is possible only through democratisation". This is a key philosophy of "Castleford Project", the innovative regeneration project of a town in West Yorkshire, England that in just four years has transformed several of the town’s public spaces and leveraged over €300m of new public and private investment.
Urban regeneration in Athens and the broader Attica region
Eleni Portaliou, associate professor, National Technical University of Athens In the middle of the 1990s, plans for the Olympic Games intensified Attica’s centralization. Sporting and other Olympic venues encouraged the expansion policy and the euphemistically called rehabilitation projects, namely the sitting of Olympic Poles in unbuilt areas. However, all these areas constituted either valuable reserves for the reconstitution of the fragmentary city or parts of natural landscape.
They also have a Monuments at risk section and a discussion forum.
Tuesday 22 May 2007
Black Swan saga
You may be aware of the current debate regarding underwater pillaging of historic wreck sites, especially with regard to recent "Black Swan" site.
The firm involved, Odyssey, have issued a long (and vague) press statement which you access via their website: http://www.shipwreck.net/
Mark Horton, writing in Britarch, neatly summarises the issues:
"I must admit I have been somewhat disappointed by the Britarch discussion (which sometimes verges on the banal), on what potentially is the biggest removal to the USA of our cultural heritage that has ever taken place. Basically:
a) it seems that the best candidate is the Merchant Royal, a British merchantman, carrying Spanish government bullion under contract. By all accounts, while in international waters (and we only have Odyssey's word for this - surely someone was monitoring their activities (e.g. MCA/Receiver of Wreck?)) it seems be be very close to the 12 mile limit.
b) If our government had signed up to the UN convention for the protection of underwater heritage, then it would have undertaken to outlaw treasure hunting not only in territorial waters, but also in waters where we claim an economic interest - this includes the continental shelf, where we clearly have already legislation claiming jurisitiction over natural resources such as gas and oil, or 200 miles for fisheries.
c) I suspect that to sign the UN convention, we would need primary legislation - but the opportunity is there with the Marine Bill to do exactly this. d) Unless this happens, the western approaches is going to become treasure hunters alley, as there is many other ships down there, perhaps also with equally large hauls on board. For those who don't know, this isn't a harmless activity, but these large ships basically hover up the sea bed, sort out the loot, and throw the rest back overboard. Whatever our views on the rights and wrongs of treasure hunting, this is I am sure something that none of us would condone.
e) one suspects that the government's reluctance to sign the convention is because of HMS Sussex, (of course the deal would be illegal under the convention), and the potential benefit the MoD hopes to get from Odysseys's next little venture."
The firm involved, Odyssey, have issued a long (and vague) press statement which you access via their website: http://www.shipwreck.net/
Mark Horton, writing in Britarch, neatly summarises the issues:
"I must admit I have been somewhat disappointed by the Britarch discussion (which sometimes verges on the banal), on what potentially is the biggest removal to the USA of our cultural heritage that has ever taken place. Basically:
a) it seems that the best candidate is the Merchant Royal, a British merchantman, carrying Spanish government bullion under contract. By all accounts, while in international waters (and we only have Odyssey's word for this - surely someone was monitoring their activities (e.g. MCA/Receiver of Wreck?)) it seems be be very close to the 12 mile limit.
b) If our government had signed up to the UN convention for the protection of underwater heritage, then it would have undertaken to outlaw treasure hunting not only in territorial waters, but also in waters where we claim an economic interest - this includes the continental shelf, where we clearly have already legislation claiming jurisitiction over natural resources such as gas and oil, or 200 miles for fisheries.
c) I suspect that to sign the UN convention, we would need primary legislation - but the opportunity is there with the Marine Bill to do exactly this. d) Unless this happens, the western approaches is going to become treasure hunters alley, as there is many other ships down there, perhaps also with equally large hauls on board. For those who don't know, this isn't a harmless activity, but these large ships basically hover up the sea bed, sort out the loot, and throw the rest back overboard. Whatever our views on the rights and wrongs of treasure hunting, this is I am sure something that none of us would condone.
e) one suspects that the government's reluctance to sign the convention is because of HMS Sussex, (of course the deal would be illegal under the convention), and the potential benefit the MoD hopes to get from Odysseys's next little venture."
Thursday 17 May 2007
The challenges and problems of Strategic Planning Object
Alghero, 27th July - 4th August 2007
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL (ISS)
ISS 2007: The challenges and problems of Strategic Planning Object
Effective strategic planning must feature the capacity to define a particularly coherent, stable outline of objectives, instruments and policies, it must link up with other planning instruments at different spatial and temporal scales in a precise, regulated way, and it must combine top-down and bottom-up approaches. Strategic planning does not clash with ordinary planning, which is necessary and is - and must be - (also) made up of norms and vetoes, and it has to be able to be both rigid when useful and flexible when necessary: rigid, because once a shared vision has been constructed, this vision cannot change every time the leaves rustle, flexible, because a good strategist knows how to modify tactics and actions on the basis of changing conditions. Strategic planning has to express a shared vision, shared firstly by all those who have or will have rights, male and female citizens first of all, but also guests and friends, and also and with particular importance by the future citizens: girls and boys and adolescents; this means that before allowing those to speak who already have a say, those who express strong economic interests (they, too, are not to be excluded), we need to know how to listen to the demands, needs and wishes of those less capable of expressing or recognising them. But we must avoid this being a passing fashion. Fashions are not necessarily bad, nor are they necessarily good. It would not be right for strategic planning to be a fashion, a copy of slightly old-fashioned company practices brought into the field to justify urban marketing actions, as if the task of public administrations were to “sell” a product and not to ensure lasting quality of life for citizens and guests. Quality of life means fairness, it means a good tenor of life (tenor of life is not just the income pro capite), it means a healthy environment, it means beauty, it means public spirit (for the Greeks those who were not interested in public things were called “idiots”). Strategic planning for the city and territories must therefore be equipped with its own instruments, suited to the different scales, it must provide its own normative framework and determine concrete effects on the set of choices, it must compete with other planning dimensions, it must constitute a process of true empowerment. How to carry out strategic planning properly in accordance with the territorial level (with particular reference to small and medium cities), how to incorporate it in the picture of planning and management instruments, how to link it up with the different types of plan and other scales, how to encourage citizenship and participation to grow: these will be the themes of the summer school, which, after two days of (technical and territorial) background, will be
Place
ISS 2007 will take place in Alghero. This town is called L’Alguer by Catalans, S’Alighera by Sardinian people, L’Aliera by Sassari’s citizens and Alguer in Spanish. It is a town in the district of Sassari with over 42.000 inhabitants. It is well connected with Italian and European destinations with several daily flights. It is close to Porto Torres harbour and it hosts the first Faculty of Architecture in Sardinia.
Teachers
Stephane Bosch Arnaldo Cecchini Antonio Font Francesco Indovina Giovanni Maciocco Oriol Nello Bernardo Secchi
Languages
Italian and English
Enrolment cost
400 euro (250 euro for university students and doctorate or PhD students)
There will be 4 grants for EU students for the enrolment cost. There will be 4 grants for students outside UE belonging to partner Universities of the Faculty of Architecture of Alghero, that will cover the costs of enrolment and accommodation.
We have an agreement for the accommodation in Alghero (30 euro per person per night in triple room, 35 in double); also, agreements for meals will be activated.
The ISS will provide a certificate for 3 credits (ECTS).
Info
E sei2007aho@uniss.it M +39 3209234078 U www.sei.architettura.uniss.it
ISSs of Facoltà di Architettura di Alghero area directed by Giovanni Maciocco & Arnaldo Cecchini
The leading team of ISS2007 Alghero is composed by:
Francesca Bua, secretary Alessandra Casu Alessandro Plaisant Silvia Serreli
split between four project workshops on different realities in northern Sardinia.
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL (ISS)
ISS 2007: The challenges and problems of Strategic Planning Object
Effective strategic planning must feature the capacity to define a particularly coherent, stable outline of objectives, instruments and policies, it must link up with other planning instruments at different spatial and temporal scales in a precise, regulated way, and it must combine top-down and bottom-up approaches. Strategic planning does not clash with ordinary planning, which is necessary and is - and must be - (also) made up of norms and vetoes, and it has to be able to be both rigid when useful and flexible when necessary: rigid, because once a shared vision has been constructed, this vision cannot change every time the leaves rustle, flexible, because a good strategist knows how to modify tactics and actions on the basis of changing conditions. Strategic planning has to express a shared vision, shared firstly by all those who have or will have rights, male and female citizens first of all, but also guests and friends, and also and with particular importance by the future citizens: girls and boys and adolescents; this means that before allowing those to speak who already have a say, those who express strong economic interests (they, too, are not to be excluded), we need to know how to listen to the demands, needs and wishes of those less capable of expressing or recognising them. But we must avoid this being a passing fashion. Fashions are not necessarily bad, nor are they necessarily good. It would not be right for strategic planning to be a fashion, a copy of slightly old-fashioned company practices brought into the field to justify urban marketing actions, as if the task of public administrations were to “sell” a product and not to ensure lasting quality of life for citizens and guests. Quality of life means fairness, it means a good tenor of life (tenor of life is not just the income pro capite), it means a healthy environment, it means beauty, it means public spirit (for the Greeks those who were not interested in public things were called “idiots”). Strategic planning for the city and territories must therefore be equipped with its own instruments, suited to the different scales, it must provide its own normative framework and determine concrete effects on the set of choices, it must compete with other planning dimensions, it must constitute a process of true empowerment. How to carry out strategic planning properly in accordance with the territorial level (with particular reference to small and medium cities), how to incorporate it in the picture of planning and management instruments, how to link it up with the different types of plan and other scales, how to encourage citizenship and participation to grow: these will be the themes of the summer school, which, after two days of (technical and territorial) background, will be
Place
ISS 2007 will take place in Alghero. This town is called L’Alguer by Catalans, S’Alighera by Sardinian people, L’Aliera by Sassari’s citizens and Alguer in Spanish. It is a town in the district of Sassari with over 42.000 inhabitants. It is well connected with Italian and European destinations with several daily flights. It is close to Porto Torres harbour and it hosts the first Faculty of Architecture in Sardinia.
Teachers
Stephane Bosch Arnaldo Cecchini Antonio Font Francesco Indovina Giovanni Maciocco Oriol Nello Bernardo Secchi
Languages
Italian and English
Enrolment cost
400 euro (250 euro for university students and doctorate or PhD students)
There will be 4 grants for EU students for the enrolment cost. There will be 4 grants for students outside UE belonging to partner Universities of the Faculty of Architecture of Alghero, that will cover the costs of enrolment and accommodation.
We have an agreement for the accommodation in Alghero (30 euro per person per night in triple room, 35 in double); also, agreements for meals will be activated.
The ISS will provide a certificate for 3 credits (ECTS).
Info
E sei2007aho@uniss.it M +39 3209234078 U www.sei.architettura.uniss.it
ISSs of Facoltà di Architettura di Alghero area directed by Giovanni Maciocco & Arnaldo Cecchini
The leading team of ISS2007 Alghero is composed by:
Francesca Bua, secretary Alessandra Casu Alessandro Plaisant Silvia Serreli
split between four project workshops on different realities in northern Sardinia.
Monday 14 May 2007
The Marine Bill White Paper: exploring the detail
The Marine Bill White Paper: exploring the detail, 3 July 2007
The Brunei Gallery lecture theatre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London, is the venue for this one-day conference whose aim is to help a diverse range of stakeholders gain a better understanding of the detail involved in the Marine Bill and with the developing proposals. It will allow key issues to be raised and discussed with both the Defra Marine Bill team and the major stakeholders in the process. Online booking available via the CMS (Coastal Management for Sustainability) website.
The Brunei Gallery lecture theatre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London, is the venue for this one-day conference whose aim is to help a diverse range of stakeholders gain a better understanding of the detail involved in the Marine Bill and with the developing proposals. It will allow key issues to be raised and discussed with both the Defra Marine Bill team and the major stakeholders in the process. Online booking available via the CMS (Coastal Management for Sustainability) website.
Data sans frontières: web portals and the historic environment
'Data sans frontières: web portals and the historic environment', 25 May 2007, British Museum
Organised by the Historic Environment Information Resources Network (Heirnet) and supported by the AHRC ICT Methods Network and the British Museum, this one-day conference takes a comprehensive look at portal technologies and Web 2.0 approaches to the dissemination and integration of historic environment data. Speakers from national organisations, national and local government and academia will explore options for co-operation at national and international level and create a vision for a way forward for joined-up UK historic environment information provision.
Online registration and payment facilities are available on the Heirnet web page. It is also possible to pay by cheque or cash on the day, but please reserve your place in advance by email.
Organised by the Historic Environment Information Resources Network (Heirnet) and supported by the AHRC ICT Methods Network and the British Museum, this one-day conference takes a comprehensive look at portal technologies and Web 2.0 approaches to the dissemination and integration of historic environment data. Speakers from national organisations, national and local government and academia will explore options for co-operation at national and international level and create a vision for a way forward for joined-up UK historic environment information provision.
Online registration and payment facilities are available on the Heirnet web page. It is also possible to pay by cheque or cash on the day, but please reserve your place in advance by email.
Can ancient places be preserved successfully as part of a commercial development?
London Archaeologist Annual Lecture and AGM, 22 May 2007, Institute of Archaeology
When Pre-Construct Archaeology began excavations at Bermondsey Square, Southwark, in 2005, the prospect of locating the medieval abbey church was known. But the state and extent of preservation they found was both unexpected and problematical. Can ancient places be preserved successfully as part of a commercial development? Alistair Douglas of Pre-Construct Archaeology examines the archaeology and the issues. Tuesday 22 May 2007, 6.30pm for wine and refreshments; 7pm for AGM and annual lecture; Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square; free of charge; all welcome.
When Pre-Construct Archaeology began excavations at Bermondsey Square, Southwark, in 2005, the prospect of locating the medieval abbey church was known. But the state and extent of preservation they found was both unexpected and problematical. Can ancient places be preserved successfully as part of a commercial development? Alistair Douglas of Pre-Construct Archaeology examines the archaeology and the issues. Tuesday 22 May 2007, 6.30pm for wine and refreshments; 7pm for AGM and annual lecture; Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square; free of charge; all welcome.
Thursday 10 May 2007
Seaside Heritage: Colourful Past, Bright Future
Conference on the role of heritage in the regeneration and future of England’s seaside towns.
Seaside Heritage: Colourful Past, Bright Future will take place at St Mary in the Castle in Hastings on 16th and 17th October 2007.
Programme includes:
The English Seaside Resort: History, Heritage and Regeneration
John K.Walton, Professor of Social History, University of Central Lancashire
Tackling the Challenges Faced by Coastal Communities
Dr Phyllis Starkey, MP, Milton Keynes
Catching the Wave: Regeneration in Historic Coastal Towns
Deborah Lamb, Director of Policy and Communications, English Heritage
The Seaside Network: Sharing Experience and Learning from the Past
Derek Harding, BURA and Programme, Director for the Margate Renewal
programme
Turning the Tide: Enabling Sustainable Seaside Regeneration in the South East
Andy Brown, Regional Director South East, English Heritage
Coastal Defences: Protecting Seaside Heritage
Roger Bowdler, Head of Designation, English Heritage
Managing the Coastal Historic Environment through the 21st Century
Peter Murphy, Coastal Strategy Officer, English Heritage
The Challenge of the Seaside Pier: Past, Present and Future
Fred Gray, Dean of the Sussex Institute, University of Sussex
The Era of the “colonia di vacanza” in Italy: an Architectural and Social Study
Valther Balducci, Facoltà di Architettura ‘Aldo Rossi’ Università di Bologna
Coastal Treasures INTERREG Project
Elizabeth Justome, Chercheur associé au Service régional de l’Inventaire, Picardie, France
Reputation and Regeneration: History and Heritage in the Re-making of Blackpool
John Walton, Professor of Social History, University of Central Lancashire
Panel Discussion: Is Heritage an Aid or Hindrance to Regeneration?
For full programme and booking details contact Helen Charlton helen.charlton@sam-culture.com
Seaside Heritage: Colourful Past, Bright Future will take place at St Mary in the Castle in Hastings on 16th and 17th October 2007.
Programme includes:
The English Seaside Resort: History, Heritage and Regeneration
John K.Walton, Professor of Social History, University of Central Lancashire
Tackling the Challenges Faced by Coastal Communities
Dr Phyllis Starkey, MP, Milton Keynes
Catching the Wave: Regeneration in Historic Coastal Towns
Deborah Lamb, Director of Policy and Communications, English Heritage
The Seaside Network: Sharing Experience and Learning from the Past
Derek Harding, BURA and Programme, Director for the Margate Renewal
programme
Turning the Tide: Enabling Sustainable Seaside Regeneration in the South East
Andy Brown, Regional Director South East, English Heritage
Coastal Defences: Protecting Seaside Heritage
Roger Bowdler, Head of Designation, English Heritage
Managing the Coastal Historic Environment through the 21st Century
Peter Murphy, Coastal Strategy Officer, English Heritage
The Challenge of the Seaside Pier: Past, Present and Future
Fred Gray, Dean of the Sussex Institute, University of Sussex
The Era of the “colonia di vacanza” in Italy: an Architectural and Social Study
Valther Balducci, Facoltà di Architettura ‘Aldo Rossi’ Università di Bologna
Coastal Treasures INTERREG Project
Elizabeth Justome, Chercheur associé au Service régional de l’Inventaire, Picardie, France
Reputation and Regeneration: History and Heritage in the Re-making of Blackpool
John Walton, Professor of Social History, University of Central Lancashire
Panel Discussion: Is Heritage an Aid or Hindrance to Regeneration?
For full programme and booking details contact Helen Charlton helen.charlton@sam-culture.com
Tara controversy
Heated debates at present regarding the M3 motorway scheme at Tara, Ireland.
For a view opposing the road scheme - see SchNEWS www.schnews.org.uk
"The proposed M3 motorway has been described by archaeologists as the worst case of state-sponsored vandalism ever inflicted on Irish cultural heritage." - Roadblock.
The biggest anti-road direct action protest ever in Ireland may be about to happen at the Hill of Tara, north west of Dublin, if attempts to have the area protected on archaeological grounds, and other legal efforts fail. The entire area is a large archaeological complex containing at least 160 sites covering a timespan from 3600BC through to bronze and medieval ages. It was once the seat of the High Kings of Ireland and the country's political and spiritual capital until the 12th century. Yet it is imminently threatened, after a nine year battle to stop the development, by a motorway which would pass within one kilometre of its centre, and through the Tara Skryne Valley, scattered with hundreds of monuments whose relationship with the central complex is only just beginning to be understood. Like Stonehenge, the main edifice is surrounded by a large acreage of associated mounds, burial chambers and ancient building works.
The Irish govt have given the green light to the M3 motorway and are so determined to avoid the past problems of nuisance neolithic artefacts or human remains being dug up during earth works and threatening the developments, that new heritage laws have been enacted. Now under the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004, government ministers have sole discretion in deciding whether archaeological sites in Ireland are to be preserved or demolished - affecting Tara, and all future development sites.
Work started late last year, and since January a construction compound was set up and earth moving equipment brought in. On 4 January, protesters occupied digging equipment near Dunshaughlin to hold up work, as earth moving had begun - being passed off as 'excavations'. Last month a 1,300 year old underground building near Roestown was destroyed, just one of the major archaeological sites on the proposed route, containing beads, carved bones and an ancient gaming board. The destruction was rushed through by the National Roads Authority (NRA) to avoid an injunction being placed under the National Monuments Act which would have stopped work. The NRA claim that this sort of site was 'relatively common' in Ireland. Campaigners were refused permission to have an independent archaeologist inspect the site.
Mysteriously, a section of land at Lismullen is surrounded by fencing and 24 hour security - it is believed that something important may have been dug up which they don't want the public to find out about.
At the moment, with the affected land still largely intact, campaigners are trying to raise funds to pay for an independent archaeological team to go over the 38 known important sites along the route. Campaigners say that Irish archaeologists won't do it because they are all too deeply in the pockets of the NRA, and have an eye towards the future work they will get signing off other historic sites to oblivion. It is also claimed that government-lackey archaeologists are not digging at sufficient depth considering the layers of burial going back through the ages, and it is estimated that a proper excavation of the area concerned would take a decade. In June this year World Monuments Watch, an international body with enough clout to save many of the threatened sites at which they have intervened, will give a decision about whether to put Tara in their top 100 'most endangered sites' list, which would put further weight behind efforts to protect it. Tara is also being made a big issue in the forthcoming Irish general election this year, but campaigners told SchNEWS that this is amounting to the main political parties trying to gain pre-election kudos by appearing to oppose it. Whether any of them could be trusted once in power is another matter.
Since the Summer Solstice in 2006, there has been a permanent vigil, fire and camp at Tara, with regular events including the upcoming Beltane on 1 May, and a large gathering open to all celebrating the first anniversary on 21 June. The vigil is on the north side of the Hill of Tara, past Rath Grainne: just follow the ditch/road north from the parking area. Rope, tarpaulin and all usual camp tat is needed. For more see www.savetara.com.
In late December large trees were felled and earth moved on the northern slope of Skryne at Rath Lugh, and what began as daily demos has turned into an ongoing protest site there. When the direct action campaign kicks off, Skryne Valley will be the frontline - an area not only of archaeological importance but also featuring ancient woodland between Rath Lugh and Blundelstown. Mass destruction through the valley could be imminent; SchNEWS will give bulletins as and when people are needed to help protect it.
* For updates about the protest see http://tarawatch.org & www.savetara.com
* To read about the history of the Hill of Tara see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara
It is perhaps worth noting that the position of the current road passing Stonehenge can hardly be laid at the door of poor planning, as it significantly predates all planning legislation!
For an alternative view: see
The NRA, The M3 and Archaeology. The Facts
http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/DownloadableDocuments/file,1089,en.PDF
For a view opposing the road scheme - see SchNEWS www.schnews.org.uk
"The proposed M3 motorway has been described by archaeologists as the worst case of state-sponsored vandalism ever inflicted on Irish cultural heritage." - Roadblock.
The biggest anti-road direct action protest ever in Ireland may be about to happen at the Hill of Tara, north west of Dublin, if attempts to have the area protected on archaeological grounds, and other legal efforts fail. The entire area is a large archaeological complex containing at least 160 sites covering a timespan from 3600BC through to bronze and medieval ages. It was once the seat of the High Kings of Ireland and the country's political and spiritual capital until the 12th century. Yet it is imminently threatened, after a nine year battle to stop the development, by a motorway which would pass within one kilometre of its centre, and through the Tara Skryne Valley, scattered with hundreds of monuments whose relationship with the central complex is only just beginning to be understood. Like Stonehenge, the main edifice is surrounded by a large acreage of associated mounds, burial chambers and ancient building works.
The Irish govt have given the green light to the M3 motorway and are so determined to avoid the past problems of nuisance neolithic artefacts or human remains being dug up during earth works and threatening the developments, that new heritage laws have been enacted. Now under the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004, government ministers have sole discretion in deciding whether archaeological sites in Ireland are to be preserved or demolished - affecting Tara, and all future development sites.
Work started late last year, and since January a construction compound was set up and earth moving equipment brought in. On 4 January, protesters occupied digging equipment near Dunshaughlin to hold up work, as earth moving had begun - being passed off as 'excavations'. Last month a 1,300 year old underground building near Roestown was destroyed, just one of the major archaeological sites on the proposed route, containing beads, carved bones and an ancient gaming board. The destruction was rushed through by the National Roads Authority (NRA) to avoid an injunction being placed under the National Monuments Act which would have stopped work. The NRA claim that this sort of site was 'relatively common' in Ireland. Campaigners were refused permission to have an independent archaeologist inspect the site.
Mysteriously, a section of land at Lismullen is surrounded by fencing and 24 hour security - it is believed that something important may have been dug up which they don't want the public to find out about.
At the moment, with the affected land still largely intact, campaigners are trying to raise funds to pay for an independent archaeological team to go over the 38 known important sites along the route. Campaigners say that Irish archaeologists won't do it because they are all too deeply in the pockets of the NRA, and have an eye towards the future work they will get signing off other historic sites to oblivion. It is also claimed that government-lackey archaeologists are not digging at sufficient depth considering the layers of burial going back through the ages, and it is estimated that a proper excavation of the area concerned would take a decade. In June this year World Monuments Watch, an international body with enough clout to save many of the threatened sites at which they have intervened, will give a decision about whether to put Tara in their top 100 'most endangered sites' list, which would put further weight behind efforts to protect it. Tara is also being made a big issue in the forthcoming Irish general election this year, but campaigners told SchNEWS that this is amounting to the main political parties trying to gain pre-election kudos by appearing to oppose it. Whether any of them could be trusted once in power is another matter.
Since the Summer Solstice in 2006, there has been a permanent vigil, fire and camp at Tara, with regular events including the upcoming Beltane on 1 May, and a large gathering open to all celebrating the first anniversary on 21 June. The vigil is on the north side of the Hill of Tara, past Rath Grainne: just follow the ditch/road north from the parking area. Rope, tarpaulin and all usual camp tat is needed. For more see www.savetara.com.
In late December large trees were felled and earth moved on the northern slope of Skryne at Rath Lugh, and what began as daily demos has turned into an ongoing protest site there. When the direct action campaign kicks off, Skryne Valley will be the frontline - an area not only of archaeological importance but also featuring ancient woodland between Rath Lugh and Blundelstown. Mass destruction through the valley could be imminent; SchNEWS will give bulletins as and when people are needed to help protect it.
* For updates about the protest see http://tarawatch.org & www.savetara.com
* To read about the history of the Hill of Tara see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara
It is perhaps worth noting that the position of the current road passing Stonehenge can hardly be laid at the door of poor planning, as it significantly predates all planning legislation!
For an alternative view: see
The NRA, The M3 and Archaeology. The Facts
http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/DownloadableDocuments/file,1089,en.PDF
Heritage Impact 2007
Another expensive conference!
Heritage Impact 2007 is the third International Symposium on the study of the socio-economic impact of cultural heritage.
The Symposium and professional meeting will take place on 21-22 June, 2007 at the Royal Pavilion Palace, Brighton, UK. The theme will be the issue of assessing the socio-economic impact of cultural heritage with specific reference to the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) at heritage sites.
Their blurb states:
What role can ICT play in enhancing the impact of cultural heritage sites?
How can impact be improved through strategic evaluation, marketing and business practices?
How can ICT be used to obtain strategic impact data and information at heritage sites?
What methodologies can be used to analyse impact and value at cultural heritage sites?
Examples and in depth case studies will be examined to show how heritage and ICT can be used to increase positive impact and outcomes.
Heritage site practitioners who are delegates at the Symposium will have the opportunity to attend an additional FREE 2 hour impact training workshop prior to the event."
Contacts:
Heritage Impact 2007 is the third International Symposium on the study of the socio-economic impact of cultural heritage.
The Symposium and professional meeting will take place on 21-22 June, 2007 at the Royal Pavilion Palace, Brighton, UK. The theme will be the issue of assessing the socio-economic impact of cultural heritage with specific reference to the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) at heritage sites.
Their blurb states:
"The use of information and communication technology at museums and heritage sites is increasing. Yet heritage organisations are often poorly placed to fully take advantage of the opportunities that ICT can provide or assess the impact that ICT can have on their organisation. For three years, the European Commission’s EPOCH Network of Excellence has studied the impact of ICT in heritage organisations. Using the results of this Europe-wide research in conjunction with practical case studies, this Symposium will provide practitioners with an overview of the business processes associated with successful ICT deployment, and of the impacts and outcomes of ICT and of the wider impacts of heritage sites. The Symposium provides an opportunity for practitioners, policy makers and academics in the heritage field to share the latest thinking on research direction and to consider strategies for both evaluating and improving socio-economic impact in the cultural heritage sector. As always, the Heritage Impact Symposia series aims to produce firmly practical outcomes that will support practitioners in the cultural heritage sector.
The core themes will include:
The core themes will include:
What role can ICT play in enhancing the impact of cultural heritage sites?
How can impact be improved through strategic evaluation, marketing and business practices?
How can ICT be used to obtain strategic impact data and information at heritage sites?
What methodologies can be used to analyse impact and value at cultural heritage sites?
Examples and in depth case studies will be examined to show how heritage and ICT can be used to increase positive impact and outcomes.
Heritage site practitioners who are delegates at the Symposium will have the opportunity to attend an additional FREE 2 hour impact training workshop prior to the event."
Contacts:
Email: EPOCH@brighton.ac.uk or phone on: + 44 (0)1273 642468.
Journal of Cultural Economy
New Journal of Cultural Economy - see http://www.cresc.ac.uk/publications/cultural-economy.html with call for papers.
Might be interesting?
Might be interesting?
Gaza at the Crossroads of Civilisations
Interesting BBC article, prompted by the Gaza at the Crossroads of Civilisations exbition in Geneva. touches upon how the Palestinian Authority is trying to fight looting because it undermines ideas of nationalism by stealing/destroying national symbols, but how poverty has led to a booming trade in looted artifacts, & lack of resources to prevent/control it.
Iraq ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6600235.stm
Iraq ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6600235.stm
International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meetings
CHIM07 - International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meetings; Toronto; October 24-26.
http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/
http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/
Red List of Afghanistan Antiquities at Risk Released
In March, the ICOM Red List of Afghanistan Antiquities at Risk was published. The Red List is a tool in the ongoing fight against looting and illicit trafficking of Afghanistan's archeological heritage. By outlining the cultural artifacts that are most at risk, the list aims to aid customs officials, police officers, and art dealers in identifying these objects and promoting public awareness of this serious problem.
It is the fourth in a series of ICOM Red List publications.
See http://icom.museum/redlist/index.html
It is the fourth in a series of ICOM Red List publications.
See http://icom.museum/redlist/index.html
Sand Creek Massacre Site National Park
On April 28, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site was made the most recent National Park in the USA. It is the site of the massacre of nearly 160 Cheyenne and Arapaho on November 29, 1864. At dawn that day, a force of some 700 volunteers in a Colorado regiment attacked a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians camped along Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado Territory. The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, situated on over 12,000 acres in southeast Colorado, "recognizes the significance of the massacre in American history and its ongoing significance to the Northern and Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes."
See http://www.nps.gov/sand/index.htm
See http://www.nps.gov/sand/index.htm
Valuing the Historic Environment
'Valuing the Historic Environment' is a new, cross disciplinary research cluster for the discussion of frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. The cluster is meeting at three one day colloquia to take place between January and July 2007 and on an online discussion board, available from http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/contactus/valhistenvir.html.
Detailed notes documenting the discussion at each colloquium are also be available from the cluster www. The aim is for the activities of this cluster to lead to further research connections, collaborations, opportunities and outputs, with the potential to influence academic debate and policy formulation.
The third colloquium associated with this cluster takes place on the 6th July 2007. The main focus of the colloquium is 'Museumisation and Historic Environments'.
There are a limited number of places available, there is no cost to attend but we are not normally able to pay expenses. Expressions of interest in attending should briefly describe how the persons experience will enable them to make a significant contribution to debate in the colloquia. Expressions of interest should be sent to Anna Woodham at alw20@leicester.ac.uk.
The closing date for expressions of interest in attendance for Colloquium 3 is 15/06/07.
Colloquia details are as follows: 'Museums, Museumisation and Historic Environments' - 6th July 2007
Keynote: David Lowenthal, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University College London, 'Patrons, Populists, Apologists: crises in heritage stewardship and display'.
Other Speakers: Liz Stewart, National Museums Liverpool, 'Building Understanding: National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool's Historic Environment'.
Dr. Lisanne Gibson, Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, title to be announced.
Others to be announced.
Location: University of Leicester
You can find further details about the research cluster at http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/contactus/valhistenvir.html
Detailed notes documenting the discussion at each colloquium are also be available from the cluster www. The aim is for the activities of this cluster to lead to further research connections, collaborations, opportunities and outputs, with the potential to influence academic debate and policy formulation.
The third colloquium associated with this cluster takes place on the 6th July 2007. The main focus of the colloquium is 'Museumisation and Historic Environments'.
There are a limited number of places available, there is no cost to attend but we are not normally able to pay expenses. Expressions of interest in attending should briefly describe how the persons experience will enable them to make a significant contribution to debate in the colloquia. Expressions of interest should be sent to Anna Woodham at alw20@leicester.ac.uk.
The closing date for expressions of interest in attendance for Colloquium 3 is 15/06/07.
Colloquia details are as follows: 'Museums, Museumisation and Historic Environments' - 6th July 2007
Keynote: David Lowenthal, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University College London, 'Patrons, Populists, Apologists: crises in heritage stewardship and display'.
Other Speakers: Liz Stewart, National Museums Liverpool, 'Building Understanding: National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool's Historic Environment'.
Dr. Lisanne Gibson, Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, title to be announced.
Others to be announced.
Location: University of Leicester
You can find further details about the research cluster at http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/contactus/valhistenvir.html
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