Undertaking heritage recovery in conflict settings is challenging and could lead to unintended consequences, as well as further discord. Is there a way to avoid such an outcome?
To find out more on how the local community of Mosul, Iraq, got together to revive its spirit and identity through a heritage walking tour, starting in the Assyrian part of the city and ending up in the Jewish Ghetto, along with other stories of change from around the world, read more here.
Addressing emerging conservation challenges in the Arab region, and integrated approaches to heritage management, ICCROM (through its regional office in Sharjah), in partnership with the University of Sharjah in the UAE, is offering an inter-disciplinary MSc programme in “Conservation Management of Cultural Heritage”.
في ظل التحديات التي تواجه حفظ التراث الثقافي في المنطقة العربية وظهور النهج المتكاملة لإدارة التراث، تقدم منظمة إيكروم (من خلال مكتبها الإقليمي في الشارقة)، بالشراكة مع جامعة الشارقة في الإمارات العربية المتحدة، برنامج ماجستير متعدد التخصصات في” إدارة حفظ التراث الثقافي “.
The ICCROM-Sharjah Award for good practices was concluded for the first time on February 2018. It highlighted the good practices in conservation and management of cultural heritage in terms of technical skills employed as well as social and economic impacts of the project on local communities. تقوم هذه الجائزة بتسليط الضوء على أفضل الممارسات المتعبة للمحافظة على التراث الثقافي وإدارته خاصة فيما يتعلق بالمهارات التقنية المستخدمة والآثار الاجتماعية والاقتصادية المترتبة من هذه المشاريع على المجتمعات المحلية.
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the problems, issues and challenges related to understanding the reasons for preserving cultural heritage in the Arab region, supported by case studies from different Arab contexts.
يقدم هذا المنشور إطلالة شاملة على الإشكاليات والقضايا والتحديات التي تتعلق بفهم دوافع الحفاظ على التراث الثقافي في المنطقة العربية مدعومة بأمثلة دراسات حالة من سياقات عربية مختلفة.
The Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage is a document from 2018 constituting a comprehensive set of principles concerning the process of urban reconstruction and rebuilding of historic buildings or complexes of buildings destroyed as a result of armed conflicts or natural disasters.
توصية وارسو بشأن تعافي وإعادة بناء التراث الثقافي هي وثيقة من عام 2018 تشكل مجموعة شاملة من مبادئ إعادة الإعمار الحضري وإعادة بناء المباني التاريخية أو مجمعات المباني التي دمرتها النزاعات المسلحة أو الكوارث الطبيعية.
How can Traditional Knowledge Systems be applied and adapted to contemporary conservation and management of heritage? This question was discussed during the 2015 ICCROM-CHA International Forum on Conservation. The results are now available in this new publication, which looks at examples from 14 countries across Asia.
This participatory game offers its users the opportunity to build a common understanding of how the cultural and natural heritage of a place contributes to capacities for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.
MOSAIKON is a collaborative initiative dedicated to improving the conservation, presentation and management of mosaics in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region.