The aim of the conference is to consider the threat to the UK’s unique heritage from fire and other such incidents and is a must attend for anyone who is involved with Fire Protection or the restoration and preservation of heritage buildings.

The conference will involve key players from across the cultural and heritage sectors as well as representatives from the world of fire engineering, architecture, tourism and planning.

For more information and to book please contact Mandy Eeles on 07919 175310 or Richard Daly on 01606 868290.   

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service
The Institution of Fire Engineers

Blackpool Blackpool’s special history is rooted in its significance as the world’s first working-class seaside resort and its development into a unique centre of popular entertainment.

Today, still synonymous with fun and excitement, Blackpool constitutes an exceptional cultural landscape – a living, evolving expression of the industrial archaeology of the popular seaside holiday.

 Although always at the forefront of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship (the town’s motto is ‘Progress’), Blackpool continues to retain its core identity and ambience and to sustain its distinctive atmosphere of revelry and participation, with an impressive array of surviving architectures, built environments and entertainment traditions dedicated to the provision of leisure and enjoyment. Blackpool is now at a critical point in its historical development, looking to reinvent itself through a new masterplan, pursued through the urban regeneration company ReBlackpool. The Blackpool Resort Masterplan sets out an ambitious vision that will transform the town by redefining Blackpool’s future as a top-quality, world-class resort destination, improving the lives of residents and visitors alike. The trick will be to combine modernisation and the search for new markets with an appeal to tradition, identity and the heritage of the recent past and to encourage high quality architecture and redevelopment that responds to and respects the history, heritage and special character of the place.

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International Conference – Under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya Bint Al Hassan

The conference will critically explore the major issues facing the MENA region with regard to the development of tourism and its relationships with heritage and culture, to draw upon best practice from international scholars and to help develop new research capacities amongst the region’s scholars, policy makers and professionals. The conference will bring together over 150 international delegates, all with an interest in sharing research relating to the changing relationships between tourism, heritage and culture in the Middle East and North Africa; it will provide an important occasion for exchanging ideas about tourism, heritage and culture which we recognise as an important mechanism in generating inter-cultural dialogue. UNESCO and ICCROM will be represented.
 
Brochure and Registration Form 

The Conference is being organised by the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) based in the UK, and the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) based in Jordan and it is supported by the Greater Amman Municipality. The event will be held in the King Hussein Cultural Centre in the heart of Amman. Dr Taleb Rifai, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation will be a keynote speaker.
 
For more information please contact:

Lina G. Tahan
Conference Convenor
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Dr. Lina G. Tahan
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Faculty of Arts and Society
Leeds Metropolitan University
Old School Board
Civic Quarter
Calverley Street
Leeds LS1 3ED
UNITED KINGDOM
 
Mob:+44 (0) 7770 52 52 91
Tel:+44 (0) 113 812 9178
Fax:+44 (0) 113 812 8544
www.tourism-culture.com

Florence, March 5th-9th, 2009

Call for Papers – Abstract Submission Open

The Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation of Florence, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), and ICCROM (International Centre of the Preservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage) are glad to announce that the abstract submission for the III ICOMOS Scientific Committee Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration Conference The Image of Heritage: Changing perception –permanent responsibilities is now open.

The conference will be divided into 4 sections:

SESSION I: Changing the approach to the cultural property in the past: physical and intellectual

SESSION II: Media between man and cultural property: their influence on the perception

SESSION III: Mass tourism and cultural property: the place of cultural tourism

SESSION IV: Responsibility for the future; the role and responsibility of mass media; the sustainable cultural tourism

Please submit your abstract (and specify the session chosen) no later than December 10^th 2008 to icomos.theory@fondazione-delbianco.org. The abstract should not be longer than 5.000 characters (without images). The first-order headings should be in Times New Roman 12, bold, upper/lowercase letters with the text in Times New Roman 11, 1.5 spacing.

Among all the abstracts received:

a.       20 of them will be selected by December 20^th, 2008 by the ISC Theory Commission Members (headed by Prof. Andrzej Tomaszewski ) for the oral presentation during the conference in Florence ;

b.       the ISC Theory Commission reserves the right to select other abstracts whose authors will be invited to submit final reports; those reports will be included in the virtual proceedings of the conference and visible on the official ISC Theory Commission’s web site. The authors will also have the opportunity to take part in the conference in Florence as auditors (non-speakers).

The official ISC Theory Commission’s web site will also host a Forum where users can interact with the Members of the ISC Theory Commission.

If you have any queries regarding this meeting, please email: icomos.theory@fondazione-delbianco.org

View from Dragon Hall, Norwich, photo: ICOMOS-UK

Finding the Spirit of Place, an initiative of the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee, explores different ways in which the historic environment, cultural, tourism and heritage sectors are using the concept of a spirit or sense of place to bring value to local communities that live in the areas that people visit.

The first part reviews the one-day workshop, ‘Norwich HEART – People and Places: Optimising public benefits of urban historic environments’ held at Dragon Hall, Norwich, which addressed heritage management implications of ‘realising the reality’ of placing people centre stage in decisions concerning conservation. The accompanying short film showcases Norwich as a case-study for heritage-led regeneration and features Cultural Tourism Committee Chair, Sue Millar, CEO of Norwich HEART, Mike Loveday, and County Archaeologist for Norfolk, Brian Ayres. Look out also for appearances by Norwich’s Lord Mayor and Sheriff.

The review called Norwich: People and Places highlights the key points made by all the speakers.

The workshop in Norwich ended with a debate on The Norwich Accord which is a proposal for a charter on how the spirit of place can inform how we conserve, understand, interpret and develop our historic spaces. ICOMOS-UK members will be debating this Accord online and as consensus develops we shall be posting more information as part of this feature.