Humanities and Heritage: Some Thoughts Post-ICOMOS 2023
The following project received support from the CHCI Membership Activity Fund (MAF) earlier this year. We encourage interested members to attend and share this critical conversation and report, as well as apply for their own support for future collaborations in an upcoming cycle of the MAF.
Humanities and Heritage: Some Thoughts Post-ICOMOS 2023
Fri, 13 Oct 2023 • 3:30PM - 4:30PM (AEST) Online, Free
Join us as three heritage studies experts discuss their recent experience of attending the 21st General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), which was held in Sydney in September.
ICOMOS has more than 10,000 members globally – architects, historians, planners, archaeologists and other specialists – and officially advises the World Heritage Committee and national governments about heritage issues.
Universities and humanities centres, in particular, play a crucial role in the protection, conservation and management of cultural and natural heritage through research and education programs.
In collaboration with the Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes (CHCI), the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre (SSSHARC) sent three humanities experts in cultural heritage to attend the General Assembly as part of its official delegation of ambassadors.
Our speakers will each present a short presentation (10mins) followed by time for questions from the audience. The event will be recorded for international audiences.
Please make sure to register your attendance to obtain access to the webinar. For more information and to register, please visit here.
Speakers:
Dr Louise Cooke, senior lecturer in Conservation from the University of York, is a conservation expert interested in sustainability, historic buildings, archaeological sites and landscapes. An expert member of the ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage, Dr Cooke has conducted desk-based reviews for World Heritage sites and volunteered as a mentor through their Emerging Professionals scheme. Dr Cooke is the Chair of Trustees for Earth Building UK and Ireland, and a trustee of the Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library, as well as an advisor to the British Council, Cultural Protection Fund.
Dr Tristen Jones, lecturer in the Master of Museum and Heritage Studies program at the University of Sydney, is a cultural heritage specialist who specialises in recording and managing Australian Indigenous cultural landscapes, with a focus on rock art and intangible cultural heritage. Her latest research investigates the materiality and agency of ethnographic and archaeological objects, reconnecting these collections to source communities and documenting their relevance to contemporary Australian Indigenous and Pacific communities. Dr Jones has active research projects with Australian Indigenous communities in Kakadu National Park, West Arnhem Land, Cape York Peninsular and metropolitan Sydney.
Dr Natali Pearson is an early career researcher at the University of Sydney, where she researches and teaches at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC). Dr Pearson’s research is in critical heritage studies, specialising in maritime heritage in Southeast Asia. Dr Pearson has recently published her first monograph, 'Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck' (University of Hawai'i Press, 2023), which reveals new insights into the neo-colonial attitudes that pervade international and institutional responses to heritage destruction in a Southeast Asian context.
Contact
Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre, sssharc.research@sydney.edu.au