World Heritage USA

2 days ago

Good news for Ohio, the Hopewell Culture #worldheritage sites, and other Appalachian Downtowns and Destinations! 👏👏👏We are beyond thankful for the $154 million investment through the new Appalachian Downtowns and Destinations Initiative by Gov. Mike DeWine's administration. Our Executive Director and CEO Megan Wood and Chief Historic Sites Officer Jen Aultman, pictured with Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Superintendent Chris Alford and Governor Mike DeWine, were on hand for the announcement in Chillicothe. Some of the grants announced yesterday will fund improvements to our Serpent Mound and U.S. Grant Boyhood Home & Schoolhouse Historic Sites, as well as Ross County's Ross-Chillicothe Convention and Visitors Bureau five Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks sites, which are part of Ohio's first and only UNESCO World Heritage Site! For details, go to:
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World Heritage USA

4 days ago

Study Industrial heritage? Submit your session abstracts now.Dear TICCIH Colleague,
TICCIH - the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage – is hereby inviting you to its 19th congress under the theme “Heritage in action: Legacies of industry in future making” in Kiruna, August 25 – 30, 2025. We invite interested researchers and practitioners to submit proposals for conference sessions.

The TICCIH 2025 congress focuses on tensions and controversies surrounding industrial heritage and its relation to wider tensions in present day society. It explores how we think about the past and about the future in the present, and how we construct historical narratives to connect the two, attach them to both the built environments and artefacts, in order to get where we want to go. It is a theme that addresses key global issues connected to the UN sustainability goals, and the goal conflicts emerging between them, but also pathways to bridging tensions through heritage. The theme also includes the issue of how we can work with contemporary industries as heritage and the heritage of the future.

In addition to the overall theme there are ten subthemes, nine thematic and one open. Choose one of the subthemes based on what suits your session/presentation best.

-Industrial Heritage and Traces of Colonialism
-Heritage in Motion in Time and Space
-Industrial Heritage and a Sustainable Future
-Who’s Heritage – Inclusion or Exclusion?
-Post Industrial Heritage – For Whom?
-Action For a New Generation
-Industrial Heritage in Popular Culture – Dystopias or utopias
-Heritage at Risk
-AI – Friend or Foe?
-Open Themes

Submit your session abstract of no more than 300 words describing the objectives/topic of the session/roundtable talk, and a short description of each paper presented (if applicable). You can also attach one picture, figure, or table (png/jpg). Every submission also needs to attach a short bio of each presenter and chair (total 250 words).

Deadline of call for sessions: September 1, 2024

Are you interested in proposing a session?
Become a member of TICCIH! See how to do it, here:
ticcih.org/membership/#join

Submissions are to be made online at: ticcih2025-kiruna.se/first-call

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6 days ago

If this is your topic of research, hope this was already on your radar 😏📣 ICOMOS AeroSpace Heritage Inaugural Conference

✈️ With its diverse network of heritage specialists and aerospace experts, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on AeroSpace Heritage (ISCoAH) is dedicated to the study, identification, conservation, and sustainable management of humanity's tangible and intangible aerospace and astronautical heritage.

✏️ For its first conference, the Committee invites the submission of presentations on aerospace archaeology, heritage conservation and management, remote sensing and robotics, the development of standards and guidelines, or other relevant topics.

𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.

📅 Open conference: 28-29 May
📍 Paris, France / online
ℹ️ More info and event schedule: buff.ly/4aN3yxR
📝 Register: buff.ly/3xPsJBg
🔴 Deadline for registrations: 14/05/24
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World Heritage USA

2 weeks ago

Historic preservation is inherently a sustainable practice.

A commonly quoted phrase, “the greenest building is the one that’s already built,” succinctly expresses the relationship between preservation and sustainability. The repair and retrofitting of existing and historic buildings is considered by many to be the ultimate recycling project, and focusing on historic buildings has added benefits for the larger community. Traditional materials are generally durable, the continued maintenance of historic buildings and features relies on local craftsmen rather than replacement parts, and these structures generally make up the heart of our towns and cities. For decades, preservation programs like the Historic Preservation Fund and the Historic Preservation Tax Incentives have demonstrated that whole communities can be revitalized by rehabilitating individual buildings.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy Information Administration, buildings are the largest consumers of energy in the nation. In recognition of the role the built environment plays in energy use, Technical Preservation Services develops guidance and technical information about how historic properties can incorporate sustainable practices to reduce energy consumption, while maintaining those characteristics that make historic properties significant: www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/sustainability-energy-efficiency-resilience-historic-buildings.htm

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