Leonor Medeiros, while studying for a Masters in Heritage Management at the Ironbridge Institute, successfully completed her Work Attachment project with ICOMOS-UK at the end of June. Her project compared the experiences of UK and Portuguese mining sites and landscapes, identifying good practice in Britain to take home to Portugal. The Report, entitled: ‘Managing Mining [...]
31 July, 2008
Categories: Reports . Tags: Europe, industrial . Author: icomos-uk . Comments: Leave a Comment
Selected Summary Proceedings of the ICOMOS-UK 2008 Summer Conference are now online. The conference was organised in collaboration with the University of Cumbria and took place on 12-14 June 2008 at its Ambleside Campus in the Lake District. The packed conference programme showcased speakers from across the UK and Europe, with a particular focus on [...]
30 July, 2008
Categories: Features & Reviews, ICOMOS-UK Events . Tags: Europe, landscapes, UK World Heritage . Author: icomos-uk . Comments: Leave a Comment
This book review of ‘Heritage and Environment: An Indian Diary’ (2007) is contributed by Barry Joyce MBE, Vice-Chair ICOMOS-UK World Heritage Committee. It reviews the recent autobiographical work of Indian conservationist Shayam Chainani. Heritage and Environment: An Indian Diary by Shyam Chainani This is a personal account of a lifetime’s campaigning for the protection of [...]
30 July, 2008
Categories: Features & Reviews . Tags: Asia, people . Author: icomos-uk . Comments: Leave a Comment