“Toward International Principles in Heritage Interpretation: Ideological Imposition or Tools for Intercultural Communication?”
June 29, 2008
Dear colleagues,
• What are the worldwide ethical and policy dimensions of public archaeological interpretation?
• As archaeological sites around the world are increasingly developed and used as economically-driven leisure-time venues, are professional standards for public interpretation needed?
• Or are those standards themselves part of a globalizing wave?
• How do standards in the public interpretation of cultural heritage relate to, or contribute to, emerging subfields of public archaeology such as civically engaged archaeology and the archaeology of social justice and sites of conscience?
These are the main questions we will address in a session entitled “Toward International Principles in Heritage Interpretation: Ideological Imposition or Tools for Intercultural Communication?” that we are organizing at the Sixth World Archaeological Congress in Dublin (29 June – 4 July).
Co-sponsored by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (ICIP), the US ICOMOS Specialized Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (SCIP), and the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Presentation, this two-hour session will explore the meaning and possible usefulness (or uselessness) of texts like the Burra Charter, the ICOMOS Charter for Interpretation and Presentation (Ename Charter), and the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Faro Convention).
This session will examine the possible contributions of these and other initiatives to international efforts for establishing standards for interpretation and presentation that transcend national and cultural boundaries. It will examine the practicality and application of key concepts and principles such as “Authenticity,” “Inclusiveness,” and “Sustainability” across cultural, political, and economic boundaries.
If you are interested in participating, we encourage you to submit an abstract for a 5-10 minute position paper that will serve as the basis for the session’s discussion and debate.
For more information about this session please visit this page.
http://www.ucd.ie/wac-6/programme/92.html
Abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.ucd.ie/wac-6/proposal_papers.html
Please mention the theme “Getting the Message Across - Communicating Archaeology [10]” and the session name (as above). Please also note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is 22 February.
We hope that you will find this session to be of interest and look forward to seeing you in Dublin.
John Jameson, VP for Method and Theory
Neil Silberman, President
ICOMOS - ICIP
icomos-icip@enamecenter.org
Contact: John Jameson, VP for Method and Theory
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