from UNESCO
2005 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award Winners
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The recently announced winners for the conservation of built heritage in the Asia-Pacific region inculded a team from the National University of Singapore who did some highly commendable work in Lijiang, China (see NUS press release and more information).
from Digital Preservation Mailing List
iPRES presentation
Just to pass on an update originally posted on the digital preservation mailing list.
----- Original Message -----
Dear colleagues,
the live recordings of the presentations at the
International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES)
15 – 16 September 2005 in Göttingen
as well as the respective pdf documents are now online and can be viewed at:
http://rdd.sub.uni-goettingen.de/conferences/ipres/programme
All the best,
Heike Neuroth
Dr. Heike Neuroth
Research & Development - DINI secretary
http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ - http://www.dini.de/
Goettingen State and University Library (SUB)
Papendiek 14
37073 Göttingen
iPRES presentation
Just to pass on an update originally posted on the digital preservation mailing list.
----- Original Message -----
Dear colleagues,
the live recordings of the presentations at the
International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES)
15 – 16 September 2005 in Göttingen
as well as the respective pdf documents are now online and can be viewed at:
http://rdd.sub.uni-goettingen.de/conferences/ipres/programme
All the best,
Heike Neuroth
Dr. Heike Neuroth
Research & Development - DINI secretary
http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ - http://www.dini.de/
Goettingen State and University Library (SUB)
Papendiek 14
37073 Göttingen
from International Herald Tribune
China is racing to get its art treasures back
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An interesting take on further attempts to buy back historical Chinese artefacts, which was briefly highlighted here in a previous post. Only now, there is a strong whiff of ultra-nationalism and purposefulness, given the involvement of the military in China.
China is racing to get its art treasures back
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An interesting take on further attempts to buy back historical Chinese artefacts, which was briefly highlighted here in a previous post. Only now, there is a strong whiff of ultra-nationalism and purposefulness, given the involvement of the military in China.
from The Guardian
How Britain helps China destroy Tibet
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When museums get drawn into political agendas, perhaps unwittingly. It points to a larger but mistaken assumption that cultural and heritage matters somehow transcends the merely political (or everyday), which is never the case.
How Britain helps China destroy Tibet
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When museums get drawn into political agendas, perhaps unwittingly. It points to a larger but mistaken assumption that cultural and heritage matters somehow transcends the merely political (or everyday), which is never the case.
from the New York Times
Synchronizing the Present and Past in a Timeless Place
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Another glimpse into the French world of heritage preservation at the Versailles Palace, previously posted here. The deliberate yet meticulous attention to technical details may seem out of place in an efficiency-driven world that is widely expected. However, it is also true that when something is worth doing, sometimes it is worth doing it slowly.
Synchronizing the Present and Past in a Timeless Place
go to article
Another glimpse into the French world of heritage preservation at the Versailles Palace, previously posted here. The deliberate yet meticulous attention to technical details may seem out of place in an efficiency-driven world that is widely expected. However, it is also true that when something is worth doing, sometimes it is worth doing it slowly.
from BBC News
Original Alice work in 3D online
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Highlighting the Turning the Page project at the British Library, which currently has 14 historically significant books (in the British context, at least) that can be browsed virtually. An acceptable compromise between preservation and access, surely.
Original Alice work in 3D online
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Highlighting the Turning the Page project at the British Library, which currently has 14 historically significant books (in the British context, at least) that can be browsed virtually. An acceptable compromise between preservation and access, surely.
Singapore Updates
A couple of updates, if you have not already come across them:
The Changi Museum Revamped
go to weblog posting
With the most recent renovation completed to coincided with the slew of programmes marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the museum has added several new artefacts and storyboards.
Southeast Asian Archaeology
go to news page
An update of the site with additional pages of information in and around Singapore.
A couple of updates, if you have not already come across them:
The Changi Museum Revamped
go to weblog posting
With the most recent renovation completed to coincided with the slew of programmes marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the museum has added several new artefacts and storyboards.
Southeast Asian Archaeology
go to news page
An update of the site with additional pages of information in and around Singapore.
from GCI Newsletter
Conservation Science
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go to PDF version
The latest newsletter from the Getty Conservation Institute features the development and role of conservation science in the larger professional framework of cultural heritage conservation and preservation.
Conservation Science
go to online newsletter
go to PDF version
The latest newsletter from the Getty Conservation Institute features the development and role of conservation science in the larger professional framework of cultural heritage conservation and preservation.
from Guardian Unlimited
Taking the Tate into the future
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An article highlighting the Tate's Director, Nicholas Serotas's vision and plans for the museum.
The vision include the idea that the museum in society should be "not a cathedral, but a meeting place, where you see and recognise other people in society; a place of debate and dialogue and exchange, not a place of worship".
To do that, he plans to "unseat" painting and sculpture from their traditional position as "king and queen" of art and to showcase visual art forms in its entirety of richness and complexities. "The big idea," he said, "is that the old hierarchies between painting and sculpture and other forms of expression have evaporated."
In addition, it is important to note that the focus of his vision goes beyond the forms of visual art. By saying that the museum is not a "cathedral" but a place where you "see and recognise other people in society", he meant to create a Tate that "does not appear monocultural" but reflects a "broader British society, in all its richness". It is his ambition to represent the full depth of contemporary life, such as club culture.
I especially like the way he coolly took into account the Tate's deficiencies as compared to other world class museums and devised the Tate's unique identity from there.
Taking the Tate into the future
go to article
An article highlighting the Tate's Director, Nicholas Serotas's vision and plans for the museum.
The vision include the idea that the museum in society should be "not a cathedral, but a meeting place, where you see and recognise other people in society; a place of debate and dialogue and exchange, not a place of worship".
To do that, he plans to "unseat" painting and sculpture from their traditional position as "king and queen" of art and to showcase visual art forms in its entirety of richness and complexities. "The big idea," he said, "is that the old hierarchies between painting and sculpture and other forms of expression have evaporated."
In addition, it is important to note that the focus of his vision goes beyond the forms of visual art. By saying that the museum is not a "cathedral" but a place where you "see and recognise other people in society", he meant to create a Tate that "does not appear monocultural" but reflects a "broader British society, in all its richness". It is his ambition to represent the full depth of contemporary life, such as club culture.
I especially like the way he coolly took into account the Tate's deficiencies as compared to other world class museums and devised the Tate's unique identity from there.
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