Online survey: The Nara Document on authenticity

The year 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Nara Document on Authenticity. Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs is planning a conference to celebrate this anniversary in October 2014.
ICOMOS Japan will cooperate with the Agency on this event. As part of the preparation, Prof. Toshiyuki Kono, a member of ICOMOS Japan and the Executive Committee, has taken the initiative to plan the conference. This is part the preparation for the 2014 ICOMOS General Assembly in Florence as well.

As an important step toward these meetings in 2014, an online survey on the Nara Document has been created in four languages. It can be found by clicking here. If you could complete this survey or forward this to your colleagues and friends, ICOMOS Japan would be very grateful. The submission deadline is January 15th, 2014.

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UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value

Dr. Sophia Labadi

This book explores the international legal framework developed by UNESCO to identify and protect world heritage and its implementation at the national level. Drawing on close policy analysis of UNESCO’s major documents, extensive professional experience at UNESCO, as well as in-depth analyses of case studies from Asia, Europe, and Latin America, Sophia Labadi offers a nuanced discussion of the constitutive role of national understandings of a universalist framework. 

The discussion departs from considerations of the World Heritage Convention as Eurocentric and offers a more complex analysis of how official narratives relating to non-European and non-traditional heritage mark a subversion of a dominant and canonical European representation of heritage. It engages simultaneously with a diversity of discourses across the humanities and social sciences and with related theories pertaining not only to tangible and intangible heritage, conservation, and archaeology but also political science, social theory, tourism and development studies, economics, cultural, and gender studies. In doing so, it provides a critical review of many key concepts, including tourism, development, sustainability, intangible heritage, and authenticity.



Labadi, Sophia. UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value: value-based analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions. Lanham, Maryland, USA, AltaMira Press, 2013. (Archaeology in society series). Incl. bibl. and index. ISBN: 978-0-7591-2256-7

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Labesse, Olivier (2006) Précis d'utilisation des chaux naturelles hydrauliques = Accurate of use of the natural hydraulic lime. Other thesis, building Limes Forum. [Thesis]	1518
Argüello Garcia, Pedro María and Botiva Contreras, Alvaro (2003) El arte rupestre en Colombia. Significación, comunicación y patrimonio cultural. Revista La Tadeo (68). pp. 79-87. ISSN 0120-5250 [Article]	368
Martinez Celis, Diego and Botiva Contreras, Alvaro (2004) Manual de arte rupestre de Cundinamarca (Colombia). Manual. ICANH- Gobernacion de Cundinamarca, Bogota. D.C., 60p. ISBN 958-8181-07-0. [Book]	162
Muñoz, Guillermo (2011) Historia de los hallazgos, historia de las interpretaciones - Symposium archeology and politics. In: U.I.S.P.P., XVI Congresso; Florianópolis-Santa Caterina 2011, UISPP International Archeology Congress, Florianopolis , Santacatarina. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Unpublished)	113
Taylor, Ken (2008) Landscape and Memory: cultural landscapes, intangible values and some thoughts on Asia. In: 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’, 29 sept – 4 oct 2008, Quebec, Canada. [Conference or Workshop Item]	97
Bouchenaki, Mounir (2003) The interdependency of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In: 14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’, 27 – 31 oct 2003, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. [Conference or Workshop Item]	95
Rodrigues, Angela R. (2011) Estudo do patrimônio industrial com uso fabril da cidade de São Paulo = Heritage of manufacturing buildings still with original use in the city of São Paulo. Masters thesis, Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo - Brasil. [Thesis]	74
(2004) International Charters for Conservation and Restoration = Chartes Internationales sur la Conservation et la Restauration = Cartas Internacionales sobre la Conservación y la Restauración. Documentation. ICOMOS, München, 179p. Monuments & Sites (2001-), Vol. I. ISBN 3-87490-676-0. [Book]	70
Martinez Celis, Diego, Gutiérrez Bequet, María del Pilar, Uriza Carrasco, Pedro, Bernal Guerrero, Guillermo, Mendoza Lafaurie, Sandra and Sierra, Mary Luz (2011) Reconocimiento, documentación y registro de sitios con arte rupestre en Sutatausa (Cundinamarca). Project Report. Centro de Historia y Patrimonio Cultural de Sutatausa, Bogota. D.C., 280p. [Book] (Unpublished)	69
Vidargas, Francisco and López Morales, Francisco Javier (2088) San Miguel de Allende y el Santuario de Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco, México. Other. Presidencia Municipal de San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 48p. [Book]	64
Abdulac, Samir (2012) Les maisons à patio: Continuités historiques, adaptations bioclimatiques et morphologies urbaines. In: ICOMOS 17th General Assembly, 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02, Paris, France. [Conference or Workshop Item]	59
Bonacini, Elisa (2010) Una proposta di identificazione lungo la via a Catina-Agrigentum. In: AITNA. Quaderni di Topografia Antica (4). Alma Editore, Catania, pp. 79-92. ISBN 88-88683-58-5 [Book Section]	50
Cottenceau, André and Durand, Didier (2012) L’éloge des règles de l'art: Restaurer durablement le patrimoine: La qualité sans le poids des normes ? In: ICOMOS 17th General Assembly, 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02, Paris, France. [Conference or Workshop Item]	39
(1983) Arts contemporains et édifices anciens. Conference Volume. Section Française de l'ICOMOS, Paris, 146p. Cahiers d'ICOMOS France, 3. [Book]	36
(2010) Guidance on heritage impact assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties. ICOMOS, Paris. [Other]	34
Martinez Celis, Diego (2010) “Patrimonio cultural: no dañar”: Dinámicas y agentes en la relación patrimonio, cultura y sociedad. A propósito del arte rupestre de la Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia. Diego Martinez Celis. [Other]	33
Pedrosa, Patrícia (2011) Cultural significance as a criterion for the conservation of World Heritage. Masters thesis, Federal University of Pernambuco. [Thesis]	29
Distefano, Lynne D., Lee, Ho-Yin and Cummer, Katie (2012) Hong Kong style urban conservation. In: ICOMOS 17th General Assembly, 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02, Paris, France. [Conference or Workshop Item]	27
Niglio, Olimpia (2010) Sulle tracce del Ma. Riflessioni sulla conservazione dell’architettura in Giappone. In: GIAPPONE. TUTELA E CONSERVAZIONE DI ANTICHE TRADIZIONI. PLUS, UNIVERSITY PRESS, PISA, pp. 1-31. ISBN 978-88-8492-713-2 [Book Section]	25
Salavessa,, Eunice, Fernandes, Lisete and Duarte, Ana Maria (2012) Eco-plasters revive the plasterwork techniques of the past. In: ICOMOS 17th General Assembly, 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02, Paris, France. [Conference or Workshop Item]	24

Theory and Landscape: Reflections from Interdisciplinary perspectives

The Landscape Observatory publishes Theory and landscape: reflections from multidisciplinary perspectives

The book, co-edited with Pompeu Fabra University, has been published exclusively in digital format

The Landscape Observatory recently published the book Theory and landscape: reflections from multidisciplinary perspectives. Co-edited with Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), it is a compilation of presentations given in the seminar of the same name in February 2010 for the Humanities Department of said university. The different chapters can be consulted on the Landscape Observatory’s website. They apply a multidisciplinary focus to methodological and epistemological questions regarding the landscape concept.

http://www.catpaisatge.net/eng/documentacio_coedi_2.php

'Conserving the authentic: essays in honour of Jukka Jokilehto': An ICCROM publication

A surprise celebration was held on 6 November to commemorate the lifetime achievements of Jukka Jokilehto through the publication of a book, 'Conserving the authentic: essays in honour of Jukka Jokilehto'. This also marks the 10th volume of the ICCROM Conservation Studies series.
The publication is a recognition to Jukka Jokilehto’s contribution and dedication to the conservation profession, in developing both theory and practice. His role as a mentor and leading thinker in the field are highlighted in the volume’s contents

ICOMOS International Conference: "The Image of heritage: changing perception, permanent responsibilities"

The proceedings of the ICOMOS International Conference: "The Image of heritage: changing perception, permanent responsibilities", (Florence, Italy, 6-8 March 2009) are now online.

The Conference was organised by the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation (Florence) and the ICOMOS ISC on Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration.

Since the beginning of civilization, man’s main form of contact with works of architecture has consisted in visiting them physically(pilgrimages, journeys and recently tourism). Getting to know them indirectly from descriptions or visually was possible only through the media, changing and becoming more powerful with altering technology (printing techniques, graphic techniques, photography, film, television, recently computer technology).

The current rapid development of tourism and the media and their increasing accessibility have in recent years radically changed our perception of the cultural heritage.

These changes require a scientific description and analysis, leading to a diagnosis of the current situation and a prognosis of future developments.
What role should tourism have, and how can it be made into sustainable cultural tourism? What role and responsibility should the media take on? What benefits and threats do the development of tourism and the media bring with them? What kind of approach should the international movement for the conservation of the cultural and natural heritage adopt towards these phenomena?

Proceedings online