CollAsia Concluding Forum: Next Steps
Developing and Sustaining Appropriate Skills in Conservation: Educational Strategies for Life-long Learning
Dates: 9-12 August 2011
Place: Manila, Philippines
Partners
The aim of the Leaders in Conservation Education of the CollAsia 2010 programme project is to bring innovation and change to the way that conservation education is practised in Southeast Asia by maximizing the potential of leading professionals in the region. Now that the current CollAsia2010 series of activities, supported by the Getty Foundation, draws to a close, the final activity is a forum to assess what has been achieved and how we can build upon those successes for the future. This is crucial because as CollAsia2010 enters its final phase, ICCROM and SEAMEO SPAFA are committed to ensuring that the programme’s results are sustainable and have a long-term positive impact beyond 2011.
Objectives
The objectives of the Forum are to:
- Assess and review the accomplishments of CollAsia 2010 thus far;
- Identify what activities need to be undertaken in the near future;
- Formally establish a working group dedicated to advancing the work of CollAsia;
- Broaden the existing CollAsia network; and
- Share information on how to make CollAsia financially viable in terms of being an ‘entity’ capable of offering training courses in the future.
Participants
Past participants from CollAsia2010 training activities are invited to attend. Other interested parties from within and outside Southeast Asia shall be informed of the event and their participation is most welcomed. The travel costs to Manila, accommodation and subsistence costs during the forum of up to 22 participants will be covered by the Getty Foundation, SEAMEO SPAFA, ICCROM, and the National Museum of the Philippines. Registration for the forum is free of charge.
Call for Contributions
SEAMEO SPAFA and ICCROM invite all former CollAsia2010 participants to submit proposals for contributing to the Forum. Participants can discuss and update the audience on the adaptation of approaches to conservation in their conservation projects or training events or other aspects of concrete experiences that the former participants consider as a direct outcome of having participated in CollAsia2010.
CollAsia2010 has covered the following topics: storage, climate change, community, built heritage, exhibition, intangible cultural heritage, textiles, traditional knowledge conservation methodologies, underwater archaeology, preventive conservation, flexible materials, and conservation of on-site objects.
Proposals should consist of an abstract of 200 words, outlining the issues to be discussed in the presentation. During the seminar 20 minutes will be allotted for each presentation.
The proposals for papers should be sent to SEAMEO SPAFA not later than 20 July 2011.
The abstract proposal should also be accompanied with brief bio-data information of no more than 150 words. The abstract and bio-data should be sent as an attachment to patchy@seameo-spafa.org and Kevin@seameo-spafa.org.
The proposals will be screened by SEAMEO SPAFA and ICCROM. In the selection of the presentations, special attention will be paid to the relevance of the proposal to the development of new conservation solutions for collections in different contexts and to the innovative dimension of the issues discussed.
Format of Presentation
Please indicate the format of the presentation. Dimensions for photographic or poster exhibitions is that each image should be A2 landscape size.
If planning a presentation using film or performance/demonstration, please indicate what technical equipment will be required.
Please return the completed registration form to:
CollAsia2010
SPAFA
81/1 Sri-Ayutthaya Road
Samsen, Dusit
Bangkok 10300 Thailand
Tel: +66 2 2804022-9
Email: patchy@seameo-spafa.org and Kevin@seameo-spafa.org
Registration deadline: 24 July 2011
CollAsia 2010 is supported by a generous grant from the Getty Foundation
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