Maritime Greenwich World Heritage site
In celebration of 2009 “International Sites and Monuments Day”
WORLD HERITAGE AND SCIENCE
Some of the presentations are now available online – see below.
One Day Workshop 7th May 2009, 10am-4pm
Venue: The Museum of the Order of St John
St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 4DA
The history of the development of science and its application through technology is as important as any other part of our heritage to an understanding of the nature of modern human existence.
Many scientific achievements such as agriculture and industrialisation have been recognised on the World Heritage List, while other areas relating to scientific knowledge are under-represented, particularly the natural sciences (physical sciences including astronomy, chemistry, and geology, and biological sciences).
A distinguished panel of speakers explored these issues and highlight the wealth of associations between milestones in scientific thought and World Heritage and Tentative list sites in the UK.
The Programme included:
Prof. Alec Boksenberg, Chair UK UNESCO: What are the key scientific ideas we should be capturing?
Prof. Frank James, Chair of Science & Technology Network, Royal Institution: Understanding the development of ideas through physical evidence
Susan Denyer, World Heritage Advisor, ICOMOS & Secretary ICOMOS-UK: Acknowledging scientific ideas associated with World Heritage Sites
James Simpson, Partner, Simpson & Brown Architects:
Edinburgh and the Scottish enlightenment
Prof. David Mabberley, Keeper of the Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives, Kew: Kew Gardens and the evolution of plant classification
Prof. Adrian Phillips, former Chair of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas: Landscapes that reflect Darwin’s evolutionary ideas
Prof. Hugh Torrens, Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology, Keele University: Dorset & East Devon Coast, Giant’s Causeway and the History of Geological Science
Prof. Ian Wood, Professor of Early Medieval History, University of Leeds:
Monkwearmouth & Jarrow and the early scientific ideas of the venerable Bede
Dr Rebekah Higgitt, Curator of Science & Technology, National Maritime Museum: Greenwich as a centre for the development of horological/ astronomical thinking
Contact:
Camilla Massara
Events Co-ordinator
ICOMOS-UK
Tel: 0207 566 0031
camillamassara@icomos-uk.org
This event was organised in collaboration with The Museum of the Order of St John
