NEMO, the Network of European Museum Organisations launched a survey dedicated to the status of museums in the context of climate change. The initiative will help evaluate the stage where museums find themselves in the process of becoming more sustainable and help draft relevant public policies. The survey can be filled in until 3 June.
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The Awards Contest is open to tourist destinations across Europe, to showcase their results and outputs in sustainable cultural tourism under several selected categories each year. The 2022 overall theme is: ‘Relaunching European Tourism through Cultural Heritage & Digitalisation’.
The Awards will be given for achievements by cultural tourist destinations which have produced significant results related to enhancing visitor experience while respecting traditions and involving local host communities.
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The NEB Lab is a co-creation space at the service of the New European Bauhaus community, for the delivery of beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive projects to improve our daily lives.
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In the light of recent events, where a dress that belonged to Marilyn Monroe was used by Kim Kardashian in a public event, ICOM Costume has been discussing the topic, and would like to share the following statement. Historic garments should not be worn by anybody, public or private figures. Read here what did they say.
UNESCO creates an online Geographic Information System to better protect World Heritage properties
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The new Tae Rak Aquaculture Centre will give visitors the opportunity learn about how Gunditjmara people worked with the environment and it’s natural resources for more than 30,000 years.
Pic: "Mount Eccles (Budj Bim)" by mertie. is marked with CC BY 2.0.
Source: Deakin
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Education Professor Vanessa Lemm said Prof Sculthorpe brought to the position a world-leading knowledge of Australian Aboriginal material cultures.
Image by Oleg Mityukhin from Pixabay
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Europa Nostra and Global Heritage Fund have just launched a joint crowdfunding campaign to support the defenders of Ukraine’s endangered heritage.
The campaign aims to help those working in the cultural heritage world as well as those who have been rendered refugees in their escape from Russian aggression.
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The Cádiz Document: InnovaConcrete Guidelines for Conservation of Concrete Heritage provides guidance for the conservation of concrete heritage with respect to its cultural, historical, aesthetic, social and technological values that define its significance.
The German Federal Environmental Foundation has launched a special fellowship programme to support university graduates from Ukraine to work on topics related to environmental protection and nature conservation. The programme is aimed at graduates living in or have fled Ukraine with a good or very good Master's degree as well as current PhD students. Good English and/or German language skills are a prerequisite for application. The fellowship enables a six to twelve-month research and training stay in German research institutions, environmental authorities, NGOs or companies to gain experience in various fields of environmental protection and nature conservation. During the fellowship, the DBU offers an extensive programme consisting of seminars, events and workshops. The grant also includes at least one intensive German course.
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The Victorian Government (Australia) has now released its final Built Environment Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan.
In 2021 the National Trust made a submission on the draft, with recommendations seeking to reframe the role of heritage in the climate change conversation, harnessing the potential for heritage conservation to actively contribute to climate resilience through outcomes such as emissions reductions.
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Alexandra Lotz, alumna of the Master's degree in World Heritage Studies at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, who today works as a consultant for the preservation of monuments/world heritage at the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archaeology in Saxony-Anhalt, talked to RESTAURO magazine about her experience at BTU, her learning about World Heritage and her work as a Heritage Manager.
Highly recommended!
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Just as the tourism sector is affected more than others by the current COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable groups within the sector are among the hardest hit.
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The International Day for Monuments and Sites – 18 April 2022 provides a timely opportunity to showcase strategies to promote the full potential of heritage conservation research and practice to deliver climate-resilient pathways to strengthen sustainable development, while advocating for just transitions to low-carbon futures. It is part of the ICOMOS Triennial Scientific Plan 2021-2024 and also supports the 2020 ICOMOS’ resolution on People-Centered Approaches to Cultural Heritage.
The UK National Commission for UNESCO and PRAXIS at the University of Leeds (UK) released the report on Evaluating the Impacts of Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development. As part of the wider 'Heritage and Our Sustainable Future series', these brief reports focus on key themes from across the cultural heritage and sustainable development sectors in order to provide insight, recommendations and practical, solution-led case studies for best practice.
As the world commemorates #holocaustremembranceday, a timely national survey led by Deakin University researchers has found almost a quarter of Australians aged 18 or older have little to no knowledge of the Holocaust.
Commissioned by the Gandel Foundation, the survey asked over 3,500 Australians across states and territories to answer more than 70 individual questions. The questions asked Australians about their thoughts, experiences and understanding on everything from Australia’s connections to the Holocaust to the importance of Holocaust museums and memorials.
UNESCO has published a series of case studies as part of the pilot project to support research and documentation on traditional knowledge systems, recognized as part of communities’ living heritage, for biodiversity conservation, climate change and disaster risk reduction in East Africa.
Our new group is here! Let's welcome our new #HeritageDualDegree students 2021 - 2022 at BTU Cotbus-Senftenberg (Germany) and Deakin University Melbourne (Australia).
Learn more about them here.
The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2022 are open for submissions!
The Awards honour every year up to 30 outstanding heritage achievements, among which up to five Grand Prix. Each winner of a Grand Prix receives a monetary award of €10.000. In addition, the Public Choice Award is presented to one of the selected award winners, following an online vote conducted by Europa Nostra.
Deadline: 31sth January
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On 6 December 2021, UNESCO and ICCROM launched the first edition of their joint training initiative “Improving Management Effectiveness in African World Heritage properties (2021-22)” targeting 25 African countries and 80 experts, of which 21 are women.
The Cultural Tourism Accelerator Program is a $5 million targeted measure announced by the Australian Government as part of the Regional Arts Tourism package, which will enable arts organisations to promote and develop cultural events for tourists across regional Australia.
Information sessions: 23rd and 25th November 2021.
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The first online edition of "Discourse: The Heritage Magazine", an initiative of BTU World Heritage PHD students Lianne Oonwalla and Ekta Chauhan, was launched on 1 October.
You can download it for free here.
Smriti Pant, Alumni of World Heritage Studies M.A. She talked with BTU about her time at our University, her experience as a student, what she learned in the Master's degree and her current work in Baden-Baden in the UNESCO World Heritage nomination project "Great Spa Towns of Europe". She also gave some tips for all newcomers and students ;).
Australia ICOMOS was set to host the ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GA) on 2020, but due #Covid19, plans changed. Instead, Australia will now host the GA in 2023 in Sydney.
Find here September's events, calls and opportunities in the field of heritage. If you know about events, workshops, initiatives and opportunities, and want to share them with our community, you can also do it here! You will find the link at the end.
From today until 31 July, the Extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee will be taking place. Here we tell you how to follow it online.
In April 2021, the government of Australia submitted to the UNESCO tentative list “Flinders Ranges”, under criteria viii to be considerer as Natural Heritage of the World. Read more
On 18 May we celebrate Museum Day, and we continue to highlight the initiatives and events that museums and different institutions around the world are organising to celebrate this special date.
Today we bring you a map made by the Network of European Museum Organization #NEMO showing an overview of the reopening of museums in Europe.
Today is May the fourth, and for all Star Wars fans, that means it's the day of the force. If you are a World Heritage lover and also a fan of the Star Wars films, you will have noticed that their locations are so incredible that they can't be anything other than World Heritage listed places. That's why today we take the opportunity to remember these films that have been set in several places included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Discover these 10 WHS that have been the location of Star Wars.
Happy #internationalWorkersDay and also happy #MayDay. Here are five different traditions that are celebrated on 1st May.
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The #HeritageDualDegree has new channels to keep in contact with Alumni, Students and all Heritage Practitioners. Through our social channels, you can find:
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Europeana 2022 will take place on 28 - 30 September 2022, and they have open now the call for proposals. 70% of the conference programme will be open to professionals working in and around the cultural heritage sector to share expertise, knowledge and experience in varied sessions.
Deadline for proposal's submission: 27 May 2022
As part of the Joint Programming Initiative Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH), the ANR and several other funding agencies, supported by the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine (FSP), are launching a transnational research call on “Cultural Heritage, Society and Ethics”. For this call, 5 270 000 euros is made available to researchers by funding organisations.
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The course aims at serving a wide range of conservation practitioners and decision-makers by placing technical issues within the broader conservation context to link them to planning and management concerns.
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In this weekly colloquium the doctoral students present the research questions, material and theses of their doctoral work, ranging from the history of planning and social-historical urban research to the ancient history of construction and technology.
BTU's DFG research training group "Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings" is launching an initiative to get current heritage students in contact with the PhD candidates. If you are interested, find a questionnaire here.
Discover how the fresh ideas by #GlobalYouthTourismSummit participants meet innovation! Don't miss it on April 6th.
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This summer school will examine the concept of the socialist city in a broader European context. Participants will take a close look at academic debates about socialist cities and their relevance for and place in European urban history. Case studies from cities across the Eastern Block – the Soviet Union, the GDR, Poland and Yugoslavia – illustrate similarities and differences between several states in Eastern Europe. By bringing the counterexamples from France we will look closer what was specific about the socialist cities and what was merely a part of the post-war urbanism.
The summer school will take place from the 1st till the 5th of August 2022.
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Both summer schools will thematically focus on introverted and extroverted urban spaces. Thereby participants will be able to discuss and re-imagine the relationship between the house as an unrepresented and the city as a represented space while using both ethnographic and visual methods. For further information and application, visit https://www.b-tu.de/institut-stadtplanung/seespace22
Application Deadline: 17.04.2022
Teaching materials and media often reproduce colonial pictures of Africa and feed racist ideas. In many cases, Africa is associated with poverty and primitiveness. Yet, more often than not, this perception is based on misinformation, lack of knowledge, and stereotypes. Steven Ojoo will deconstruct colonial knowledge in his web talk and shine a light on innovation and prosperity in Africa.
14 March 2022, 18:00-19:00 CET
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The Foundation for Heritage Science is pleased to invite you to the symposium ‘Heritage for the Future, Science for Heritage: A European Adventure for Research and Innovation’.
When? March 15 - 16
Which future perspectives exist for dissonant heritage sites in Europe?
All over Europe, dissonant heritage of the 20th century is under discussion. The Online Forum on 16 and 17 February 2022 offers the space to talk and have an exchange about integrated approaches to the dissonant heritage in smaller towns and remote areas.
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Today starts the Climate.Culture.Peace conference and there are many lectures, workshops and conferences focus on how heritage can contribute to the climate conversations and actions.
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This webinar is organised by UK Research and Innovation, in association with the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, and will provide attendees with an introduction to the funding opportunities that Horizon Europe offers to the Arts, Heritage, and Creative Industries sectors. The event will also offer deeper insights into the various avenues to engage with Horizon Europe, with concrete examples through case study presentations and speakers from relevant stakeholder organisations, including Europa Nostra Board member Graham Bell.
Thursday 3 February 2022 from 14.30 to 16.30 CET (13.30-15.30 GMT).
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Climate.Culture.Peace aims to illustrate the role that culture plays in understanding and responding to the global climate crisis. Culture and heritage are at the core of this initiative, illustrated with place-based stories, knowledge/research/practice presentations, ignite talks and multi-media guided by four interconnected themes.
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Join this talk by Keith Scobie-Youngs ACR, director and co-founder of The Cumbria Clock Company, to find out about the recent conservation of the Great Clock of Westminster. Keith and his team, along with UK Parliament's clock mechanics, painstakingly cleaned, repaired, and restored more than 1,000 components at their workshop in the village of Dacre near Penrith.
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The Call for Papers for the 10th European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE) is now open! The workshop is being hosted by the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy from 8-10 September 2022.
Deadline : 20 February 2022.
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The 6th international conference on International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage offers the opportunity for interested researchers from around the globe to submit their research papers and get them published in highly-ranked publishers, Springer and Ierek Press.
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"International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies" (www.chnt.at) -in hybrid format will take place on November 10-12, 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
The Call for Sessions, Round Tables, Advanced CH Trainings will start - February 15, 2022. The organisers of CHNT 26 invite all session-speakers who attended CHNT 26 to publish their contribution in the proceedings of CHNT 26. You will be able to publish papers, round table contributions or posters.
See more information here: https://www.chnt.at/guidelines-ebook-chnt26-edition/
Are you a native or heritage speaker or user of an Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Indigenous, minority, or low-resourced language from Oceania?
Do you have an idea for a project or campaign that uses the internet or digital media to promote your language in digital spaces?
Are you interested in developing a plan to further advance that idea to make an impact for your language community?
If you answered “yes” to all these three questions, then we would like to invite you to apply to take part in a two-week online workshop “Strengthening your language on the internet through digital activism” organized by Rising Voices in partnership with UNESCO and through a special collaboration with First Languages Australia.
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The Estonian Maritime Museum and The Tallinn University are pleased to invite everyone interested to the workshop
“Digital Data in the Service of Cultural Heritage”,
which will take place on the 24th and 25th of November 2021 online via Zoom.
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Presented by the Practitioners’ Network and co-hosted by the British Council and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, the webinar moves from the Declaration “Cooperation in Culture for Development: Towards a Sustainable Transformation”, and it feeds into the debate on the role of culture in sustainable development.
When? 24th November
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The 10th edition of Exponatec Cologne, Europe’s leading communication platform for the museum, conservation and restoration sectors, will take place from 17 to 19 November 2021 in Cologne. EXPONATEC COLOGNE links the classic core segments of the museum, conservation, restoration and cultural heritage with future-oriented trends like virtual reality, 3D staging and new digital developments in the fields of restoration and scenography.
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World Space Week will be celebrated from October 4 to 10, and what better way to join the celebration than by remembering our space and astronomical heritage.
This virtual conference will discuss the findings of the CHIEF project’s international research on youth cultural identities, practices and participation across Europe and Beyond.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
This workshop aims to discuss the contribution of cultural heritage to fostering societal well-being and local development, drawing on the rich experience of the HERIWELL Consortium and ESPON EGTC, URBASOFIA, Europa Nostra, Eurocities, KEA European Affairs SPRL and the European Regions Research and Innovation Network.
Hosted virtually on 27 and 29 October 2021. The Taking Control of our Heritage Indigenous Cultural Heritage Conference 2021 provides the first opportunity for Traditional Owners and their allies to meet, discuss, and develop programs, strategies and ideas to take control of their Cultural Heritage in Australia.
Save the date: November 25-26, 2021
The aim of the Festival is to involve groups of young university students around the world in the promotion, interpretation, presentation and enhancement of the local cultural expressions of a specific heritage site in their country (in times of pandemic), implementing the Life Beyond Tourism methodology. It is an exercise in narrating the territories in which students of universities and higher education institutions are involved to instill in the younger generations the curiosity to discover and protect the identities of their territories.
Find here the events, calls and opportunities in the field of heritage for this week from June 14 to 20, 2021. If you know of events and opportunities and want to share them with our community, you can also do it here! You will find the link at the end.
In this collaborative space you can find our database with events and important dates of the week, deadlines nearby, internships and more opportunities that we detect for you. Read more!
Find here events and important dates between 31st May and 7th June, deadlines nearby, internships and more opportunities that we detect for you. Click Read More
In this collaborative space you can find our database with events and important dates of the week, deadlines nearby, internships and more opportunities that we detect for you.
BTU Alumni Office, Startup Revier EAST and IAWHP e.V. prepare this conversation for Heritage BTU community, to talk about Entrepreneurship in the field of Heritage.
Next 6 June, Germany celebrates their UNESCO World Heritage places, and we can be part of it in the photo-contest #WelterbeVerbindet. We explain you here [in English] how to participate!
In this collaborative space you can find our database with events and important dates of the week, deadlines nearby, internships and more opportunities that we detect for you. Click in "Read More" to see what is going on this week.
Do you want to contribute? Do it here:
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May 17 - 24: Find here this week events, deadlines, opportunities and more.
This week:
In this collaborative space you can find our database with events and important dates of the week, deadlines nearby, internships and more opportunities that we detect for you. Click in "Read More" to see what is going on this week.
Do you want to contribute? Do it here:
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Are you working in the music/cultural heritage sectors? Do you want to participate in an international mobility to promote your project?
i-Portunus have open the callings for music and cultural heritage till 15th April.
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Call for Papers – Museum International: Empty Museums.
ICOM is preparing an issue of Museum International entitled ‘Empty Museums’ (Vol. 73, Nº 291 – 292). Therefore, it is inviting authors to send in proposals that reflect on the variety of challenges brought about by the latest crisis to impact the museum field: COVID-19.
Applications open to @UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercourie International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.
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