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Network to Freedom Intersects with San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site

Living Quarters at Mission San Jose World Heritage Site, San Antonio, TX, USA, Image: NPS
Sharing news from the National Park Service regarding new sites added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, including Mission San José of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site: Sites of daring escapes and places of refuge are among the 19 new listings added to the National Park…

In Honor of Esther Coopersmith, Friend of International Heritage, Doyenne of UNESCO

ICOMOS-USA mourns the passing of Esther Coopersmith, who died in her Washington, DC, home on March 26, 2024, at the age of 94. ICOMOS-USA awarded Coopersmith the “Excellence in Intercultural Dialogue” Award at our 2014 Gala Celebration of World Heritage. By that time Esther had already played a central role in…
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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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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
🔴 Deadline for presentation proposals: 1/05/24
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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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📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: ICOMOS Culture-Nature Prize 2024
🌱 Funded by 2022 Giving Tuesday donations, the 2nd edition of the ICOMOS Culture-Nature Prize aims to reward tangible and intangible heritage initiatives that recognise the interconnections between cultural and natural heritage.
🏛️ The prize will be given to a project under implementation which integrates new ways to protect culture and nature through inclusive and sustainable management practices while building resilience to today’s challenges of climate change, pollution and rapid urbanisation.
🔴 APPLY BEFORE 31 MAY 2024 🔴
🏆 3 to 5 winners will be selected in September 2024.
🤝 ICOMOS members, Committees and Working Groups can apply
ℹ️ More info: www.icomos.org/.../139192-call-for-applications...
#CultureNaturePrize #ICOMOS #CulturalHeritage #NaturalHeritage
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📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: ICOMOS Culture-Nature Prize 2024
🌱 Funded by 2022 Giving Tuesday donations, the 2nd edition of the ICOMOS Culture-Nature Prize aims to reward tangible and intangible heritage initiatives that recognise the interconnections between cultural and natural heritage.
🏛️ The prize will be given to a project under implementation which integrates new ways to protect culture and nature through inclusive and sustainable management practices while building resilience to today’s challenges of climate change, pollution and rapid urbanisation.
🔴 APPLY BEFORE 31 MAY 2024 🔴
🏆 3 to 5 winners will be selected in September 2024.
🤝 ICOMOS members, Committees and Working Groups can apply
ℹ️ More info: https://www.icomos.org/.../139192-call-for-applications...
#CultureNaturePrize #ICOMOS #CulturalHeritage #NaturalHeritage

ICYMI 🌎🌍🌏📚 5 must reads to celebrate the 2024 edition of the International Day for Monuments and Sites!

⚔️ In celebration of #IDMS, ICOMOS picked 5 works discussing disaster and risk management, highlighting this year's theme: ‘Disasters and conflicts through the lens of the Venice Charter’.
These texts address different aspects of the damage caused to heritage by armed conflicts and natural disasters, as well as subsequents ways to recovery.

📖 Check out our 5 recommendations here: buff.ly/3UlyLSW

#18April #ICOMOS #IDMS2024 #icomosIDMS2024
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Great job, ACHP - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and thank you for sharing all of these wonderful sites today! 🥰It is the International Day for Monuments and Sites, which brings global attention to the need to conserve monuments and sites as our cultural heritage and to “celebrate the diversity of this heritage.” To commemorate the day, the ACHP wants to test your knowledge of World Heritage sites in the U.S. Our first stop was keeping pirates (and the British and the Dutch) away for hundreds of years before becoming a World Heritage Site. Guess the name of this site and others throughout the day in the comments and let us know if you have visited that site, what was your experience, and what history did you learn.

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) World Heritage USA
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Great job, ACHP - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and thank you for sharing all of these wonderful sites today! 🥰
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