I. INTRODUCTION AND COURSE OBJECTIVES
The Sustainable Heritage Management Executive Course is organized by Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON) and UNESCO Bangkok in cooperation with Think City Institute and the Asian Academy of Heritage Management.
Using UNESCO’s newly-developed Competence Framework as a reference, this course aims to strengthen the Core Competences of cultural heritage professionals in the Asia-Pacific region. The course will cover essential content from UNESCO’s inaugural Sustainable Heritage Management Foundation Course of 2021. Participants will evaluate and develop their competences to respond intelligently and effectively to real-world demands in sustainable heritage management.
The course will launch with a three-day onsite programme in Hong Kong SAR (15-17 June 2023), during which participants will take part in a Heritage Innovation Symposium. Site visits, introductory classes and activities are scheduled for this in-person gathering. This portion of the course will be followed by two interactive tutorial classes online that will take place during the following weeks (1 and 8 July 2023). The course will conclude with a competence-based assessment process, which will allow participants to benchmark their knowledge and skills in heritage management.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand core skills and knowledge required for sustainable heritage management.
- Practice heritage management that conforms to sustainable development principles and contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Identify gaps in competences that require further training and development.
It covers the Core Competences defined under the UNESCO Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management.
MODULE 1: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This module will cover the topic of Sustainable Development (SUS) as one of the core competencies identified under the UNESCO Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management.
Module Objective: Ensuring heritage protection and management activities conform to sustainable development principles and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Module learning outcomes:
- Understanding the principles of cultural heritage and sustainable development.
- Recognizing the tools and good practices for heritage management that conform to principles of sustainable development.
- Developing a management practice that contributes to achieving sustainable development goals within and beyond the site boundary.
MODULE 2: HERITAGE POLICIES, PRINCIPLES, PROCESSES AND ETHICS (HER)
This module will cover the topic of Heritage Policies, Principles, Processes and Ethics (HER) as one of the core competencies identified under the UNESCO Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management.
Module Objective: Incorporating and implementing heritage principles, charters, and conventions in all steps of the heritage management process.
Module learning outcomes:
- Understanding the heritage policies, principles, and processes within a sustainable mindset
- Utilizing the tools and good practices for the sustainable management of the historic environment.
- Developing critical positions in conservation issues.
MODULE 3: APPLYING LAWS AND REGULATIONS (ALR)
Module Objective: Ensuring that laws, regulations and rights affecting heritage sites at all levels are upheld and enforced.
Module learning outcomes:
- Understanding the heritage laws and regulations within the evolving scope of cultural heritage.
- Applying appropriate mechanisms for enforcing heritage laws and regulations that confirm to principles of sustainable development.
- Acknowledging the challenges and good practices in implementing heritage laws and regulations.
MODULE 4: COMMUNITY, RIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE (CRK)
This module will cover the topic of Community, Rights and Knowledge (CRK) as one of the core competencies identified under the UNESCO Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management.
Module Objective: Recognising and managing the rights and interests of local communities and integrating their traditional knowledge in cultural heritage management.
Module learning outcomes:
- An understanding of what it means to adopt people-centred and rights-based approaches to the long-term care of heritage places.
- Familiarity with an expanded set of tools for community engagement and participation that can be utilised in different aspects of heritage conservation practice.
- An ability to understand and respond to the diverse needs and cultural practices of communities that have associations with heritage places and their settings.
- Respect for the rights, cultural knowledge and different ‘ways of knowing’ of the people that have associations and interests with heritage places in their care.
- Greater confidence and willingness to deepen their own participatory methods and community engagement activities.
MODULE 5: HERITAGE EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION (HED)
This module will cover the topic of Heritage Education and Interpretation (HED) as one of the core competencies identified under the UNESCO Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management.
Module Objective: Ensuring that local stakeholders, visitors, decision-makers and the wider public are aware of heritage sites, their purpose and values, and how they are governed and managed.
Module learning outcomes:
- Appraise the importance and concepts applicable in heritage education and interpretation, as a key aspect of sustainable heritage management.
- Apply pedagogical and interpretive techniques to prepare educational and interpretation materials as relevant to convey the heritage values and management processes.
- Promote inclusion of diversity and application of technology in educational and interpretive practices in sites management.
II. TEACHING TEAM
Ms. Anna Yau
E-mail: annayau19@yahoo.com.hk
Anna is an accredited heritage conservationist of International Committee of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON), Professional member of Project Management Institute (PMI-PMP), Council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON), Museum Advisory Committee and History Sub-Committee of the HKSAR Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, and UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage Global Network Facilitator.. She is also the founder of Contemplate Culture Community, a registered charitable cultural organization in Hong Kong, working for heritage education, training, and sustainable management of heritage resources in Asia-Pacific.
Anna has been working in heritage revitalisation, management, and education over a decade. Her experience included project planning, establishing heritage museum and community network, as well as guest speakers and academic coordinator for Cultural Heritage Management related programmes in Asia Pacific countries. She is a key team member of the Mei Ho House Youth Hostel Revitalisation project and Lai Chi Wo Cultural Landscape project which both have received UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Conservation Award in 2015 and 2020 respectively. She was selected as the instructor of UNESCO living heritage training and MOOC course, and jury member of UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Conservation Award in 2021 and 2022
Dr. Jennifer Lang
E-mail: lang47plaza@yahoo.com
Dr. Jennifer Lang holds a PhD in Architectural Conservation from The University of Hong Kong. She is both an architectural historian and a conservationist with over thirty years of combined professional and academic experience in conservation and cultural heritage in Asia and the United States, including academia, built heritage conservation, environmental review, and sustainable development. From 2017 to 2022, she was an Adjunct Associate Professor and the Director of the MSc (Conservation) at The University of Hong Kong, where she led the graduate program in architectural conservation with an emphasis on values-based conservation, management, and sustainability. She was the President of The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON) from 2017 to 2019.
Jennifer is a member of the United States National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS US), a member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Twentieth Century Heritage (ISC20), a member of Docomomo in the United States, and a board member of Docomomo New England. Currently, she is a senior architectural historian with Tetra Tech carrying out environmental review for green energy projects throughout the United States.
Dr. Sharif Shams Imon
E-mail: shamimon@gmail.com
Dr. Sharif Shams Imon holds a PhD in Urban Conservation from The University of Hong Kong. He specializes in heritage management and heritage tourism. His teaching, research, and professional experience spans more than twenty-six years, including extensive consultancy work for international organizations, United Nations bodies, and governments across sixteen countries. He has also authored over forty articles on topics such as heritage interpretation, managing historic cities, sustainable tourism, and more. He currently teaches in the Cultural and Heritage Management program at the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies. He is the president of ICOMOS Bangladesh
Ms. Lavina Ahuja
E-mail: ahuja@hku.hk
Lavina was trained in architecture and cultural heritage conservation at Mumbai University and The University of Hong Kong (HKU) respectively. She has been a lecturer for the Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. She has collaborated with organizations such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, and HKICON to work on initiatives related to cultural heritage conservation and sustainable development, including research and publications. She is a registered architect with the Council of Architecture, India, an individual member of the Indian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS India), and a Professional Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON).
Dr. Nikhil Joshi
E-mail: akinj@nus.edu.sg
Nikhil Joshi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Educated at the University of Pune (India), University of York (UK) and National University of Singapore (Singapore). His research interests include cultural heritage management; traditional building materials and techniques; and community participatory approaches. Before joining NUS, Nikhil worked and taught in India, UK, and Malaysia for over a decade. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, UK, and recipient of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings – Lethaby Scholarship, UK. He has been an active speaker in various conferences throughout the world and has several publications to his name. His main recent publications include Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya: Constructing sacred placeness, deconstructing the ‘great case’ of 1895 (2019); Managing change: Urban heritage and community development in historic Asian cities (2018, edited); Community voices: Preserving the local heritage (2016); People + places: Exploring the living heritage of Songkhla old town (2016, edited).
Professor Richard Engelhardt
E-mail: richard.a.engelhardt@gmail.com
Richard A. Engelhardt is the former UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, a position in which he served between 1994 and 2008. The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Heritage Conservation programme was conceived and initiated during his tenure. Today he is concurrently the UNESCO Chair Professor of the Conservation and Management of Historic Towns and Urban Centres at the National College of Art in Pakistan; Honorary Professor of Conservation Architecture at Southeast University in Nanjing, China; and Visiting University Research Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Engelhardt has received numerous honours and awards in recognition of his contribution to the conservation of Asian heritage from governments of the region as well as from the Global Heritage Fund. In 1994 H.M. King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia knighted him with the title of Commandeur de l’Ordre Royal du Cambodge for his efforts in safeguarding the monuments of Angkor.
Dr. Melathi Saldin
E-mail: m.saldin@deakin.edu.au
I am a lecturer in cultural heritage and museum studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. I completed my BA (Honours) and Master of Philosophy in Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, where I served as a faculty member from 2007-2014. I have also worked with the British-Sri Lanka explorations at the UNESCO World Heritage City of Anuradhapura, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sigiriya and more recently in the heritage field in Australia. My research interests are in the areas of post-conflict heritage, cultural resilience, archaeology of South Asia and the Sri Lankan Malay Diaspora. My PhD dissertation revolved around the politicisation of heritage and archaeology in Sri Lanka and its impact on ethnic minority communities, with a focus on the role of heritage in community resilience building and reconciliation in the aftermath of civil war. My recent publications have featured in the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (Ed. Claire Smith) and Architecture on the borderline: Boundary politics and built space (Ed. Anoma Pieris).
Dr. Neel Kamal Chapagain
E-mail: neel.kamal@ahduni.edu.in
Dr Neel Kamal Chapagain is an Associate Professor and the Director of Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University. He is an architect by training and lately focused on heritage management education. He has played a key role in designing the Masters in Heritage Management programme at Ahmedabad University, and teaches courses on heritage discourses, ethics, global heritage frameworks, among others. He has also been selected to as a part of instructors team to develop MOOC course on Living Heritage for UNESCO. Recently elected in the executive board of the Association for Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS), he also is in the boards of Asian Academy of Heritage Management and Asia Pacific Higher Education Network for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. His publications include a co-edited volume on Asian Heritage Management (co-edited with Dr Kapila Silva, Routledge, 2013), and a publication series on Reflections from Built Environment and Associated Practices (Tribhuvan University, Nepal). Prior to joining Ahmedabad University to develop the Masters in Heritage Management programme, his academic engagements were with University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as well as University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from where he received his PhD. He was an Asian Development Bank – Japan Government Fellow for his studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the East West Centre, through which he obtained his Architecture Doctorate and Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation. He is also an alumnus of ICCROM as well as Tribhuvan University (B.Arch.), Nepal.
III. COURSE FORMAT
This course is a combination of an on-site programme in Hong Kong SAR, self-paced online learning, and a series of interactive tutorial sessions. The course will conclude with a competence-based assessment process, which will allow participants to benchmark their knowledge and skills in heritage management.
ON-SITE PROGRAMME
- Dates: 15, 16, and 17 June 2023
- Place: Hong Kong SAR, China
- Download Programme
The course will kick-start with a special programme organized onsite in Hong Kong SAR, China. The three-day programme will provide an orientation on the key objectives and tasks of this course and cover content from Module 1: Sustainable Development (SUS). Through this on-site gathering, participants are expected to engage more dynamically with course activities and learning materials in the following classes.
INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL SESSIONS & SELF-LEARNING
- Dates: 01 and 08 July 2023
Each module consists of a set of pre-recorded lectures and readings followed by real-time online interactive tutorial sessions with the teaching team and other participants. Participants are encouraged to review these learning materials in their own time and pace prior to joining the tutorial sessions.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
Once the online learning of all modules is completed, participants will conduct a self-directed exercise concerning their own heritage projects/sites.
The Capstone Project will consist of the following:
- Preparing an individual portfolio that demonstrates the progress, achievements and abilities related to the Core Competences in cultural heritage management.
- Developing a Sustainability Action Plan for a selected heritage project/site.
ASSESSMENT
- Dates: 12, 13, 19 and 20 August 2023 (TBC)
The course will culminate with a competence-based assessment process that allows the participants to benchmark their skills and knowledge in heritage management. An invited group of panelists will assess the participants through a written exam, a portfolio of work, a project presentation, and an interview.
IV. RECOMMENDED READINGS
MODULE 1: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Theme: Principles of sustainable heritage management
Appendino, Federica. “Balancing Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development – The Case of Bordeaux.” 2017 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 245 062002 (2017). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/245/6/062002.
Nocca, Francesca. “The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool.” Sustainability 9, no. 10: 1882 (2017). https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/10/1882#cite.
UNESCO. The HUL Guidebook. Bad Ischl, Austria: UNESCO, 2016. http://historicurbanlandscape.com/themes/196/userfiles/download/2016/6/7/wirey5prpznidqx.pdf.
UNESCO. UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda. Culture a Driver for Sustainable Development: Thematic Think Piece. UN Task Team, 2011. https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/Think%20Pieces/2_culture.pdf.
United Nations. “Sustainable Development Goals.” https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/.
Unakul, Montira. “Crisis Shows Need to Pivot to New Tourism Model.” Bangkok Post, July 20, 2020. Accessed September 11, 2020. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1954163/crisis-shows-need-to-pivot-to-new-tourism-model.
Wilkinson, Sara, and Hilde Remøy. “Heritage Building Preservation vs Sustainability? Conflict Isn’t Inevitable.” The Conversation. November 29, 2017. https://theconversation.com/heritage-building-preservation-vs-sustainability-conflict-isnt-inevitable-83973.
Theme: Socio-economic development
Baycan, Tüzin and Girard, Luigi Fusco. Heritage in Socio-Economic Development: Direct and Indirect Impacts. Paper presented at the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, November 27 to December 2, 2011. http://openarchive.icomos.org/1299/1/IV-2-Article9_Baycan_Girard.pdf.
Cook, Alison, and Mee-kam Ng. Building Sustainable Communities: The Wanchai Experiment, 2.7-2.10. Hong Kong: The Centre of Urban Planning and Environment Management, The University of Hong Kong, 2001.
de la Mora, Luis. “Institutionalization of the Negotiation Process for Ensuring the Sustainable Character of the Integrated Urban Conservation Projects.” In Management of the Integrated Cultural Heritage. Informal English translation of Gestao do Patrimonio Cultural Integrado—Gestion del Patrimonio Cultural Integrado. Interim reference paper prepared for the ITUC/AL Program, The Cathedra of UNESCO at the UFPE, Recife, Brazil, 2003.
DiStefano, Lynne D., Ho Yin Lee and Katie Cummer. “Hong Kong Style Urban Conservation.” Paper presented at the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, November 27 to December 2, 2011. http://openarchive.icomos.org/1106/1/Session1_DISTEFANO_LEE_CUMMER.pdf.
Kee, Tristance, and K.W. Chau. “Economic Sustainability of Heritage Conservation in Hong Kong: The Impact of Heritage Buildings on Adjacent Property Prices.” Sustainable Development 28, issue 1, November 2019. https://www.thei.edu.hk/f/staff/1045/11809/01Economic%20Sustainability%20of%20Heritage%20Conservation%20in%20Hong%20Kong.pdf.
Rypkema, Donovan D. The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader’s Guide. United States: National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, 2005.
Theme: Climate resilience and disaster-risk management
Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and ICCROM. A Guide to Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. Canada: ICCROM, 2016. https://www.iccrom.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/risk_management_guide_english_web.pdf.
Hong Kong SAR Government. “Criteria for Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment.” https://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/study/latest/figure/esb1442006Appendixb.htm.
ICOMOS. Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties. Paris: ICOMOS, 2011. https://www.iccrom.org/sites/default/files/2018-07/icomos_guidance_on_heritage_impact_assessments_for_cultural_world_heritage_properties.pdf.
Nakashima, D.J., Galloway McLean, K., Thulstrup, H.D., Ramos Castillo, A. and Rubis, J.T. Weathering Uncertainty: Traditional Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation. Paris; Darwin: UNESCO; UNU, 2012. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000216613.
UNESCO. “Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties.” https://whc.unesco.org/en/disaster-risk-reduction/.
Theme: Sustainable development policies and regulations
Logan, William and Peter Larsen. “Policy-making at the World Heritage-Sustainable Development Interface: Introductory Remarks.” In World Heritage and Sustainable Development: New Directions in World Heritage Management. Routledge, 2018.
MODULE 2: HERITAGE POLICIES, PRINCIPLES, PROCESSES AND ETHICS (HER)
Theme: Principles for cultural heritage management within a sustainability mindset
Jokilehto, Jukka (1986). A history of architectural conservation. https://www.iccrom.org/publication/history-architectural-conservation
Leung, Yu-Fai, Spenceley, Anna, Hvenegaard, Glen, and Buckley, Ralf (eds.) (2018). Tourism and visitor management in protected areas: Guidelines for sustainability. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 27, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. xii + 120 pp.
Stovel, Herb (2008). ‘Origins and influence of the Nara document on authenticity’ in APT Bulletin 39 (2/3): 9-17. https://www.iccrom.org/sites/default/files/publications/2020-05/convern8_01_hstovel_ing.pdf
UNESCO (1994). ‘Nara document on authenticity.’ https://whc.unesco.org/archive/nara94.htm
UNESCO. ‘The operational guidelines for the implementation of the world heritage convention.’ https://whc.unesco.org/en/guidelines/
United Nations. ‘Goals 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.’ https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11
Theme: Heritage conservation policies
Cody, Jeff & Francesco Siravo (eds.) (2019). Historic cities: issues in urban conservation, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute.
Fei Chen, Carol Ludwig & Olivier Sykes (eds.) (2020). ‘Heritage conservation through planning: a comparison of policies and principles in England and China,’ in Planning Practice and Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2020.1752472
Tong, Mingkang (2016). ‘Cultural heritage conservation in China: practices and achievements in the twenty-first century,’ in Conservation Perspectives. https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/31_1/practices_achievements.html
UNESCO. ‘The world heritage conservation process.’ https://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/486/
United Nations. ‘Sustainable development goals.’ https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
Theme: Values-based management process and ethics
Avrami, Erica, Randall Mason, Susan Macdonald & David Myers (eds.) (2019). Values in heritage management: emerging approaches and research directions, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute, 14-58. https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/pdf/9781606066195.pdf
Bandarin, Francesco & Ron van Oers (eds) (2012). The historic urban landscape: managing heritage in an urban century, NJ: Wiley.
Brown, Andrew (2016). ‘Statements of significance: the view from historic England’ in The Building Conservation Directory, Wiltshire, England: Cathedral Communications Limited. https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/statements-of-significance/statements-of-significance.htm
Chitty, Gill (ed.) (2017). Heritage, conservation and communities: engagement, participation and capacity building, London: Routledge.
Clark, Kate (2014). ‘Values-based heritage management and the heritage lottery fund in the UK,’ in APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, 45:2/3, 65-71. www.jstor.org/stable/23799529
Cleere, Henry (ed.) (1984). Approaches to the archaeological heritage: a comparative study of world cultural resource management systems, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
de la Torre, Marta (ed.) (2002). Assessing the values of cultural heritage, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/assessing.pdf
English Heritage (2008). Conservation principles: policies and guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment, London: English Heritage. https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/conservation-principles-sustainable-management-historic-environment/conservationprinciplespoliciesandguidanceapril08web/
Freitas, Raquel (2016). ‘Cultural mapping as a development tool,’ in City, culture and society,
Vol 7:1, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2015.10.002
Myers, David, Stacie Nicole Smith & Gail Ostergren (eds.) (2016). Consensus building, negotiation, and conflict resolution for heritage place management, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/consensus_building.pdf
ICOMOS China (2015). Zhongguo wen wu gu ji bao hu zhun ze = Principles for the conservation of heritage sites in China, Beijing Shi: Wenwu chubanshe. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/gci_pubs/china_principles_2015
Joshi, Nikhil (ed.) (2016). Community voices: preserving the local heritage, Bangkok: Asian Coalition for Housing Rights. http://communityarchitectsnetwork.info/upload/opensources/public/file_03022017214209.pdf
Natural England (nd). ‘Preparing a heritage management plan.’ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/350304/NE63-preparing-a-heritage-management-plan.pdf
Philip, Susan S (2020). ‘Cultural mapping and the making of heritage’ in Gabriel S. (eds) Making heritage in Malaysia, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1494-4_5
The Burra Charter: the Australia ICOMOS charter for places of cultural significance (2013). http://openarchive.icomos.org/2145/2/The-Burra-Charter-2013-Adopted-31.10.2013.pdf
UNESCO (2016). The HUL Guidebook. Bad Ischl, Austria: UNESCO. http://historicurbanlandscape.com/themes/196/userfiles/download/2016/6/7/wirey5prpznidqx.pdf
MODULE 3: APPLYING LAWS AND REGULATIONS (ALR)
Theme: Conversation law and practice in China
The Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. http://whc.unesco.org/en/guidelines/
The Principle for Conservation of Cultural Heritage Sites in China(2015). http://www.doc88.com/p-9465604473444.html
https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/china_prin_heritage_sites_2015.pdf
Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China(2004). https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/china_prin_heritage_sites.pdf
Theme: Mechanisms of Enforcing the Heritage Laws and Regulations
Patiwael, P., Groote, P. and Vanclay, F. (2018). Improving Heritage Impact Assessment: an Analytical Critique of ICOMOS Guidelines. International Journal of Heritage Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1477057
UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape. https://whc.unesco.org/en/hul/
Practical conservation guidelines for traditional courtyard houses and environment in the ancient city of Pingyao. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000234622
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000234621
Theme: Towards Better Implementation of Laws and Regulations: Case studies of multi-scale historic site conservation in China
Nara Document on Authenticity, ICOMOS, 1994. https://whc.unesco.org/archive/nara94.htm
MODULE 4: COMMUNITY, RIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE (CRK)
Principles of Community, Rights and Knowledge
Australia ICOMOS (2017). Practice Note: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Place. https://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/Practice-Note_Intangible-Cultural-Heritage-Place.pdf
International Association for Public Participation (2019). IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation. https://www.iap2.org.au/resources/iap2-published-resources/ [note: to use this, we need to formally apply for permission – fees are waived for educational use]
Johnston, C. (2014). Inhabiting Place: Social Significance in Practice in Australia. APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, 45(2/3), pp. 39-47.
Larsen, P.B. (2018). Human Rights, Wrongs and Sustainable Development in World Heritage. In P.B. Larsen and W. Logan (eds) World Heritage and Sustainable Development: New directions in World Heritage management. London: Routledge. pp. 120-133
Rogers, L. (2017). Intangible cultural heritage and international environmental law: the cultural dimension of environmental protection. Historic Environment, 29 (3), pp. 30-42
Watson, S. and Waterton, E. (2011). Heritage and Community engagement – Finding a New Agenda. In E. Waterton & S. Watson (eds.), Heritage and Community Engagement: collaboration or contestation? London and New York: Routledge. pp. 1–11
Tools for enhancing community engagement
Australian Heritage Commission (2002). Ask First: A guide to respecting Indigenous places and values. Australian Heritage Commission. Canberra. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171114035941/http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/publications/ask-first-guide-respecting-indigenous-heritage-places-and-values
Konach, T. (2015). Intangible cultural heritage projects–National policies and strategies. The creation of intangible cultural heritage inventories. Journal of Cultural Management and Policy 5 (1), pp. 67-79.
Kraft, R.N. (2006). Archival Memory: representations of the Holocaust in oral testimony. Poetics Today 27 (2), pp. 311-330.
Veale, S. and Schilling, K. (2004). Talking History: oral history guidelines. Department of Environment & Conservation (New South Wales, Australia), Sydney. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Aboriginal-cultural-heritage/talking-history-oral-history-guidelines-040001.pdf
Wild, R. and McLeod, C. (eds) (2008). Sacred Natural Sites: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers. IUCN Best Practice Area Guidelines Series no. 16. IUCN, Gland. https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/PAG-016.pdf
Good practices for Community, Rights and Knowledge
Cooke, S., & Frieze, D. L. (2016). Affect and the politics of testimony in Holocaust museums. In Heritage, Affect and Emotion. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 93-110.
Saldin, M. (2019). Pushing Boundaries: Heritage resilience of minority communities in post-war Sri Lanka. In A. Pieris (Ed.), Architecture on the borderlines: Boundary politics and built space. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 237–256.
Sweet, J., & Kelly, M. (2019). ‘Indigenous knowledge in community museum practice’, in J. Sweet & M. Kelly (Ed.) Museum Development and Cultural Representation. Developing the Kelabit Highlands Community Museum. London & New York: Routledge.
Sweet, J., & Wills, J. (2013). Cultural heritage and development in South East Asia. In M. Clarke (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Development and Religion. Cheltenham & Northampton: Edward Elgar. pp. 338–355.
MODULE 5: HERITAGE EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION (HED)
Theme: Communication
Fiske, J. 1990. Introduction to Communication Studies, London
Berger, A. 2010. ‘The Objects of Affection’ – Semiotics and Consumer Culture, New York.
Theme: Education
World Heritage Education Kit: https://whc.unesco.org/en/educationkit/
Raynel Mendoza, Silvia Baldiris, Ramon Fabregat, Framework to Heritage Education Using Emerging Technologies, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 75, 2015, Pages 239-249, ISSN 1877-0509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.12.244
Proceedings of an international seminar on ICH and higher education (though it is focused on ICH, much of it may be applicable to heritage education in general as well, please click on pdf button to download the entire publication in the following link): https://www.unesco-ichcap.org/publications-archive/aphen-ich-international-seminar-on-ich-pedagogy-in-higher-education/
Heritage education through fine art: Potočnik, R. 2017, Effective approaches to heritage education: Raising awareness through fine art practice, International Journal of Education through Art 13(3):285-294: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/245/6/062002
Cody, Jeff, and Kecia Fong. 2007. “Built Heritage Conservation Education.” Built Environment 33 (3): 265–74. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.33.3.265
Theme: Interpretation
Charleston Declaration on Heritage Interpretation: https://usicomos.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2005-USICOMOS-International-Symposium-Charleston-Declaration.pdf
Freiburg Declaration on Heritage Interpretation: http://www.interpret-europe.net/fileadmin/Documents/publications/Fbg-declaration-web.pdf
Shalaginova, Ethical Principles of Heritage Presentation for World Heritage Sites: http://openarchive.icomos.org/86/1/77-M4nS-252.pdf
Thorsten Ludgwig; Basic Interpretive Skills; http://www.interp.de/dokumente/topas_course_manual.pdf
Sense of Place: An Interpretive Planning Handbook: https://web.archive.org/web/20140708084054/http://www.jamescarter.cc/files/place.PDF
Writing Gallery Texts Guideline from V&A Museum UK
EU ‘Intangible Treasures – Capturing the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Learning the Rare Know-How of Living Human Treasures’ Project, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/600676/results
Continenza, Romolo, Fabio Redi, and Ilaria Trizio. 2017. “Heritage Interpretation: A Tool for Conservation, Protection and Management of Environmental and Cultural Heritage.” Scires-It 7 (1): 39–44. https://doi.org/10.2423/i22394303v7n1p39
Freeman, Tilden; 1957. Interpreting our heritage: principles and practices for visitor services in parks, museums, and historic places. Durham, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Beck, L, Cable,T. (1998) Interpretation for the 21st Century: Fifteen guiding principles for interpreting nature and culture. Sagamore Publishing, ISBN 1-57167-133-1
McManamon, F.P., 2000. Archaeological messages and messengers. Public Archaeology, 1(1), 5–20
Neil A. Silberman (2012): Heritage interpretation and human rights: documenting diversity, expressing identity, or establishing universal principles?, International Journal of Heritage Studies, DOI:10.1080/13527258.2012.643910
John Jameson; Cultural Heritage Interpretation, in Encyclopedia of Global Archaoelogy, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2
Avrami, Erica, Randall Mason, Susan Macdonald & David Myers (eds.) (2019). Values in heritage management: emerging approaches and research directions, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute, 14-58. https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/pdf/9781606066195.pdf
de la Torre, Marta (ed.) (2002). Assessing the values of cultural heritage, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/assessing.pdf
Myers, David, Stacie Nicole Smith & Gail Ostergren (eds.) (2016). Consensus building, negotiation, and conflict resolution for heritage place management, Los Angeles, California: The Getty Conservation Institute. https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/consensus_building.pdf
The Burra Charter: the Australia ICOMOS charter for places of cultural significance (2013). http://openarchive.icomos.org/2145/2/The-Burra-Charter-2013-Adopted-31.10.2013.pdf
UNESCO (2016). The HUL Guidebook. Bad Ischl, Austria:
UNESCO. http://historicurbanlandscape.com/themes/196/userfiles/download/2016/6/7/wirey5prpznidqx.pdf
Theme: Engaging and Collaborative Tools: World Café Method
(Example of application in heritage education and interpretation: Museum of Science and Industry / MOSI, Tampa, Florida, US): Brown, J., & Isaacs, D. (2005). The World Café: Shaping our futures through conversations that matter. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, p. 28-30
Theme: Designing ‘Experiences’ for the Visitors: Linking Heritage and Business
(The experience model: key concepts, and methodologies): Gilmore, J. & Pine, J. 1999. The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage, Boston.
Theme: Conservation and Interpretation
Cody, Jeff, and Kecia Fong. 2007. “Built Heritage Conservation Education.” Built Environment 33 (3): 265–74. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.33.3.265
Drury, Paul, and Anna McPherson. 2008. “Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance.” English Heritage, no. April: 78.
Fitri, I., Ratna, A. Marisa, and R. Sitorus. 2020. “Challenges for Heritage Conservation and Management in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.” IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 452 (1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/452/1/012047
González Martínez, Plácido. 2017. “Built Heritage Conservation and Contemporary Urban Development: The Contribution of Architectural Practice to the Challenges of Modernisation.” Built Heritage 1 (1): 14–25. https://doi.org/10.1186/bf03545666
Gulotta, Davide, and Lucia Toniolo. 2019. “Conservation of the Built Heritage: Pilot Site Approach to Design a Sustainable Process.” Heritage 2 (1): 797–812. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage2010052
Hoppenbrouwers, René. 2013. “Conservation-Restoration Education and the Development of the Profession.” CeROArt, no. EGG 3. https://doi.org/10.4000/ceroart.3283
Icomos Quebec. 2008. “ICOMOS Charter for the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites.” International Journal of Cultural Property 15 (4): 377–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0940739108080417
Jokilehto, Jukka. 1998. “The Context of the Venice Charter (1964).” Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 2 (4): 229–33. https://doi.org/10.1179/135050398793138762
Siguencia Avila, M. E., D. Avila Luna, and M. A. Hermida. 2019. “SURVEYING to GAUGE STAKEHOLDERS’ PARTICIPATION in URBAN HERITAGE CONSERVATION.” International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences – ISPRS Archives 42 (2/W15): 1097–1104. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-1097-2019
Torre, Stefano Della. 2020. “Italian Perspective on the Planned Preventive Conservation of Architectural Heritage.” Frontiers of Architectural Research, no. xxxx. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2020.07.008
Wang, Shusheng, Yuan Jiang, Yuqian Xu, Linjie Zhang, Xinpeng Li, and Ling Zhu. 2019. “Sustainability of Historical Heritage: The Conservation of the Xi’an City Wall.” Sustainability (Switzerland) 11 (3). https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030740
Zivdar, Narjes, and Ameneh Karimian. 2020. “Integrative Conservation of Tehran’s Oldest Qanat by Employing Historic Urban Landscape Approach.” Urban Book Series, no. January: 207–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22762-3_14
Theme: Technologies useful for Heritage Education
Bekele, Mafkereseb Kassahun, and Erik Champion. 2019. “A Comparison of Immersive Realities and Interaction Methods: Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage.” Frontiers in Robotics and AI 6 (September): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2019.00091
Corallo, Angelo, Marco Esposito, Mariangela Lazoi, Manuela Marra, and Mariangela Sammarco. 2019. “Innovating Cultural Heritage Promotion through Virtual and Interactive Technologies.” IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017, 504–9.
Ion, Rodica-Mariana, Vasile, D.A. 2020. “Digital Restoration and Preservation of Deteriorated Mural Paintings by Advanced 3D Measurement Technologies”.Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage 2020, 207-212.
Hess, M., C. Schlieder, A. Troi, O. Huth, M. Jagfeld, J. Hindmarch, and A. Henrich. 2019. “Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation. Methods of Teaching and Learning This M.SC. Degree, Unique in Germany.” Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12240-9_7
Koya, Kushwanth, and Gobinda Chowdhury. 2020. “Cultural Heritage Information Practices and ISchools Education for Achieving Sustainable Development.” Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 71 (6): 696–710. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24283
Maye, Laura A., Dominique Bouchard, Gabriela Avram, and Luigina Ciolfi. 2017. “Supporting Cultural Heritage Professionals Adopting and Shaping Interactive Technologies in Museums.” DIS 2017 – Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, 221–32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064753
Ott, Michela, and Francesca Pozzi. 2011. “Towards a New Era for Cultural Heritage Education: Discussing the Role of ICT.” Computers in Human Behavior 27 (4): 1365–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.031
