International Protection of Cultural Heritage

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The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has approved, at its twelfth session, 23 November 1972 in Paris, the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

The preamble of the Convention states that damage or loss of any specimen of cultural heritage determines the impoverishment of the heritage of all peoples of the world. In addition, parts of the cultural heritage are so important that they should be protected as part of the common heritage of all humanity. The international documents adopted in this field, yet according to the preamble, are evidence of how the conservation of cultural heritage is important to all peoples of the world, regardless of their membership.

The  introduction to the Convention clearly interprets the cultural idea of ​​internationalism, making a distinction between the ’material’ property of individual cultural heritage and the ‘spiritual’ belonging. The common heritage of mankind is the witness of the past of a community and the community of man extends to the whole planet.

The basic peculiarity of humanity’s heritage is its universality. The importance of individual property therefore transcends national borders. Among other things, the common heritage of mankind includes Antarctica, space, the stars of heaven, the sea floor and in more recent times also the genetic heritage and natural environment, the ozone layer, etc.. What ‘s just been listed as such, has in common with the heritage of humanity the fact to find its full expression only when the target is a common use of the whole world community, free of any-national logic .

If possible, on a theoretical plane, to equate the world’s cultural heritage with the Moon, for example, you can not do it on a legal level.  A. Kiss for this reason distinguishes between the ‘authentic’ and ‘non-authentic’ heritage of humanity  . The authentic heritage is common to all by its very nature, while ‘non-authentic’ heritage can not be exempted from national jurisdiction and is always possible to identify the owner. The most appropriate example for the ‘non-authentic’ heritage is in fact the world’s cultural heritage.

InForum 2011: Communicate : Collaborate : Innovate 11-14 September 2011, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin Northern Territory, Australia

InForum 2011: Communicate : Collaborate : Innovate

11-14 September 2011, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin Northern Territory,

Australia

Hosted by Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIM

Professionals Australasia) the theme for inForum 2011 “Communicate :

Collaborate : Innovate” is about working together to innovate in the face of

constant pressure to build knowledge, develop methods, learn new

technologies and justify an organisation’s needs. What are we doing already?

What are we, or should we be, doing differently to move forward for

tomorrow’s challenges?

inForum 2011 is all about how the information sector is, or should be,

working together and innovating for the future. External pressures will not

go away, but neither will we:  innovation, communication and collaboration

are the keys to success.

The multiple stream program is complemented by special interest group

meetings, networking opportunities, an optional breakfast session on leading

cross-generational teams, optional workshops, social events and a Trade

Exhibition featuring leading industry providers of relevant software,

products, storage, education, careers, training, consultancy, preservation

and recovery, safety equipment and legislative and advisory bodies. Many of

the leading industry consultants and vendors will be available to you to

consider and lobby for improvements in your own processes, systems or

services.

inForum 2011 provides an avenue to share the same challenges and concerns in

the records and information management profession by networking with others

from across the globe. The Convention program promises to be challenging and

diverse and will feature Australian, New Zealand and international speakers

including Australia’s new Information Commissioner, Professor John McMillan,

Australian Computer Society President Anthony Wong, Yadi Sumrahyadi,

Director of Accreditation and Records Management Profession, Arsip Nasional,

Indonesia and Shadrack Katuu from University of South Africa discussing the

management of public health records. Steve Bailey from the United Kingdom

will be joining the convention via video streaming. Kim Sadler, also from

the United Kingdom will be discussing the electronic integration of forensic

evidence and Brooke Wooldridge from Digital Library of the Caribbean, USA

will explore new partnerships that emerged in the effort to re-establish

community identify and memory after the Haitian earthquake, a topic that

continues to touch us all.  H. Larry Eiring CRM, FAI, a former President of

ICA Section on Archival Education and Training will explore the world of

digital natives and the ICA-Req project will examine how global functional

requirements can be applied at a local level.

>From educational tracks to tutorials to showcases, and more, this convention

offers expert-led practical information you will put to immediate use as

soon as you return to work. inForum 2011 for also the venue to engage with

other information and records management professionals to make contacts with

new acquaintances and forge invaluable professional alliances.

To view or download the registration program or the topic abstracts and

speaker biographies, or just to find out more about the convention go to the

inForum website at: www.inforum.net.au

Best wishes and hope to see you there.

Marian

Dr Marian Hoy MRIM

Professional Development & Education Officer

RIM Professionals Australasia

Phone:  + 61 (0) 419 213 843

Email:     marian.hoy@rimpa.com.au

inForum: www.inforum.net.au

IAM: www.informationawarenessmonth.com.au

The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Right to be Forgotten, the Duty to Remember

The Association of Canadian Archivists ­ University of British Columbia

Student Chapter (ACA@UBC) is pleased to announce that the presentations of

our 3rd Annual International Symposium are freely available on the event web

site.

This year’s theme “The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Right to be

Forgotten, the Duty to Remember” proved to be relevant also in addressing

current issues on privacy, ethics, security, etc.

To download the presentations visit:

http://www.slais.ubc.ca/people/students/student-groups/aca/symposium2011/proceedings.html

We thank our Symposium speakers for having graciously agreed to share their

presentations beyond the intended audience, with you all. We look forward to

see you at next year’s symposium.

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Sincerely,

ACA@UBC

Dr. Luciana Duranti

Chair and Professor, Archival Studies

Director, The InterPARES Project www.interpares.org

Director, Digital Records Forensics Project www.digitalrecordsforensics.org

School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) www.slais.ubc.ca

The University of British Columbia

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Suite 470, 1961 East Mall

Vancouver, British Columbia  V6T 1Z1 CANADA

Tel: 604.822.2587

Fax: 604.822.6006

www.lucianaduranti.ca

Annual Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Preservation Law

The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce its 2011 Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Law.  The first place winner will receive a prize of $1000, while the second place winner will receive $500. The winning papers may also be offered publication in the Journal of Cultural Heritage Law.
The deadline for 2011 submissions is 10 June 2011

Competition Details on the webpage: http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/competition

Submission: http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org/2011competitionsubmissionform

Progetto strategico per la conoscenza e la fruibilità del patrimonio culturale condiviso

Programma per la cooperazione transfrontaliera Italia – Slovenia 2007–2013

Si intitola TERZA PARTE. Tra liturgie di violenza e liturgie di pace: mediatori, arbitri, pacieri e giudici (Repubblica di Venezia e Alto Adriatico in età medievale e moderna), il convegno internazionale (nell’ambito del progetto Shared Culture - Progetto strategico per la conoscenza e la fruibilità del patrimonio culturale condiviso /Programma per la cooperazione transfrontaliera Italia – Slovenia 2007–2013), che sarà ospitato nella sala Tramontana della Facoltà di Studi Umanistici di Capodistria, organizzato da giovedì 14 a sabato 16 aprile 2011 dal Centro di Ricerche Scientifiche dell’ Università del Litorale in collaborazione con l'Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia e la Società Storica del Litorale.

Il convegno è strutturato intorno al concetto di 'terza parte', intesa come protagonista delle prassi di mediazione, arbitrato e conciliazione, intervenuta in forme e modalità diverse nel corso della storia, tutt'oggi segmento importante nella risoluzione dei conflitti. L'incontro scientifico sarà un'occasione per osservare i diversi aspetti attraverso cui si manifesta la terza parte, la cui nomina il più delle volte presuppone un conflitto latente o già in atto all'interno di una comunità o società. La terza parte è quindi incaricata, in presenza di un conflitto, di sedare gli attriti e di eliminarli. Da una prospettiva storico-culturale, la conoscenza del ruolo giocato da questi intermediari e delle tecniche di conciliazione a cui essi ricorrono per risolvere i conflitti sociali assume un significato straordinario.
L'evento vedrà la partecipazione di autorevoli esperti sloveni e stranieri provenienti da Italia, Croazia, Francia, Inghilterra, USA,... che si confronteranno sulle procedure e le prassi di mediazione, arbitrato e conciliazione utilizzate nei diversi periodi e contesti storici, con particolare attenzione alle regioni dell'Adriatico, e della più vasta area mediterranea, tra VIII e XX secolo.

Le relazioni si concentreranno attorno ai seguenti nuclei tematici:

Rappresentazioni della terza parte (letteratura, iconografia, propaganda)
Gruppi sociali e istituzioni come terza parte
La terza parte: i mediatori individuali
Procedure, tecniche, rituali
Le decisioni (criteri, motivazioni, giustificazioni)

Si allega il programma della manifestazione.

Gli organizzatori

Shared Culture – Strateški projekt za poznavanje in dostopnost skupne kulturne dediščine

Program čezmejnega sodelovanja Slovenija - Italija 2007–2013

Spoštovani,

V okviru projekta Shared Culture (Strateški projekt za poznavanje in dostopnost skupne kulturne dediščine/ Program čezmejnega sodelovanja Slovenija - Italija 2007–2013) Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Univerze na Primorskem v soorganizaciji z Univerzo Ca' Foscari iz Benetk in Zgodovinskim društvom za južno Primorsko organizira mednarodni znanstveni sestanek z naslovom TRETJA STRANKA. Med nasiljem in mirom: posredniki, razsodniki, miritelji, sodniki (Beneška republika in zgornji Jadran v srednjem in novem veku), ki bo potekal od četrtka, 14. do sobote, 16. aprila 2011 na Fakulteti za humanistične študije v Kopru (predavalnica Tramontana). 

Mednarodni znanstveni sestanek je zasnovan okrog koncepta 'tretje strani' kot akterja v mediatorskih, posredovalnih in pomiritvenih praksah, ki v različnih oblikah in na različne načine nastopajo skozi zgodovino, obenem pa tudi v sodobnem svetu še vedno predstavljajo pomemben segment reševanja konfliktov. Predmet znanstvenega sestanka je torej opazovanje različnih vidikov pojavljanja tretje stranke, katere imenovanje največkrat predpostavlja prikrit ali že obstoječ konflikt znotraj neke skupnosti oziroma družbe. Tretja stranka je tako poverjena, da obvladuje trenja ali jih odpravi, če povzročajo pravi spor. Poznavanje vloge, ki jo igrajo, ter spravitvenih načinov, ki se jih pri razreševanju družbenih konfliktov poslužujejo, je nedvomno izjemnega pomena tudi s kulturno-zgodovinskega vidika. Znanstveni sestanek, na katerem bodo sodelovali priznani strokovnjaki iz Slovenije in drugih držav (Italije, Hrvaške, Francije, Velike Britanije, ZDA,…) bo prispeval k osvetlitvi mediatorskih, posredovalnih in pomiritvenih procedur in praks v različnih zgodovinskih obdobjih in kontekstih (od 8. pa vse do do 20. stoletja, s posebnim ozirom na Jadran oziroma na širše območje Mediterana).

Udeleženci sestanka bodo o tej temi razpravljali v okviru naslednjih vsebinskih sklopov:

Reprezentacije tretje stranke (literatura, ikonografija, propaganda)
Družbene skupine in institucije kot tretja stranka
Individualni mediatorji kot tretja stranka
Postopki, tehnike, rituali pri posredovanjih tretje stranke
Tretja stranka in kriteriji odločitve (merila, utemeljitve, upravičenost)

V prilogi vam posredujemo tudi program znanstvenega sestanka.

Organizatorji

The Italian Lyric Opera as Part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

In this context, we would like to point the spotlight on the Lyric Opera and the immense cultural baggage it brings. We can say with absolute firmness that Italy is the country that invented the Opera. This art form was born in the sixteenth century, and it can give credit to the disclosure of Italian language in the world. There are no doubts about the prestige of Italian Opera. At the same time we are witnessing lately to an attempt to rejuvenate the  casts   and consequently the audience. 

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