Publications

This publication provides a record of the Western Sudan Community Museums (WSCM) Project activities, which link the theoretical and philosophical aspects of heritage protection with their practical application. The project set out to include local communities and their living heritage – important in defining Sudanese identity and social and political affiliations – within the context of three nationally governed museums that share a regional history, culture and geography.

تقدم وقائع هذا الملتقى نماذج دراسية وفكرية وتطبيقية تطرح قضايا بارزة حول مفهوم الأصالة والمعاصرة وإعادة البناء، وتطرح حلول تنبثق من دور المؤسسات الثقافية في إشراك المجتمع من خلال البرامج التعليمية ومن خلال المتاحف بتواصلها مع المجتمعات المحلية المختلفة، وكذلك من خلال تعزيز دور الحوار الثقافي في فهم تراث "الآخر". وتستعرض وقائع الملتقى أيضا بعض التطبيقات لمفهوم الأصالة وسماتها أثناء أعمال التصميم والتنفيذ والتفسير وعرض المشاريع التي تهدف إلى حماية وإبراز وإدماج التراث الثقافي كرافد أساسي في التنمية المجتمعية المستدامة

El número 11 de Conversaciones... vuelve a enfocarse en el patrimonio urbano, tema que no ha dejado de llamar la atención desde inicios del siglo XX, con los cuestionamientos y las propuestas del Movimiento Moderno, pero en particular a partir de la década de 1950, con preocupaciones crecientes por la conservación de los lugares históricos. Estos espacios, desde tiempos remotos, han generado fascinación por su capacidad de conjugar hechos históricos, memorias colectivas y recuerdos familiares o personales.

What started as a workshop in 2008 in Ercolano, the Bay of Naples, Italy, has come full circle 15 years later as a thought-provoking ICCROM publication. Heritage Management Practices: Voices from the Field, available for the first time in 2023, presents not only the workshop’s results but also heritage management experiences from 13 countries scattered across the world.

ICCROM’s First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Programme (FAR), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, Maidan Museum and Heritage Emergency Rescue Initiative (HERI), has trained on-the-ground teams to carry out systematic, on-site damage and risk assessments for all types of heritage, which is enabled by a mobile and web-based application. This report details damage and risk assessments performed at four sites in Ukraine.

This poster takes a deep dive into survey results from Our Collections Matter (OCM). 

A Story of Change, takes us on-the-ground, where the ICCROM course participants could put theory into action with ALIPH seed grants ranging from USD 2500 to USD 10000. The support provided for 16 initiatives includes first aid protection measures for heritage buildings in Iraq and Yemen, the rescue of archives in Libya, and support for intangible heritage like poems, songs, dances and silversmith traditions in Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen. These projects reflect the breadth and diversity of cultural heritage in the regions and the strong commitment of a new generation of professionals to protect heritage, foster dialogue and build peace.

The Sustainability Test: A Self-Assessment Tool for Evaluating Digital Sustainability is a tool for self-assessment intended to help you identify where you are in your sustainability journey. It is ideal for organizations managing digital collections that would like to know if their digital assets would be available over the long- term. This assessment can be completed by one person or, preferably, by a small team. Your team can use the results to help plan your next steps, communicate needs to your leadership or other decision-makers, set annual priorities, choose a project to work on, plan a project, create a funding request and more.

Capturing local voices on how they use and regard heritage in peace and conflict is the focus of our newest Tool, Community-Based Heritage Indicators for Peace, developed by ICCROM’s First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crises (FAR) Programme. This resource outlines a step-by-step method for engaging local communities in defining heritage indicators that can help measure peace and social change in conflict-affected settings.

ICCROM and the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea, in collaboration with Escuela Taller Foundation de Filipinas Foundation Inc., Philippines, are pleased to announce the release of the publication, A Story of Change 2 – Transforming Online Learning into Action for Disaster Risk Management of Heritage Collections, now available for free download.