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15-04- 2019 ICAHM Annual Meeting 'Archaeological Heritage and World Heritage Sites: Towards the Sustainable Management of Landscapes' 3 – 6 December, Arica, Chile

We are pleased to inform you that the submission of proposals for papers and posters has been extended until 6 May 2019.

Conference themes:

Indigenous Archaeologies in Latin America: Archaeologists, Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
The role of States, communities and experts in the conservation and management of the cultural and archaeological heritage of the Andean peoples of northern Chile
Processes of plundering and restitution of archaeological and anthropological collections
Public Archaeology and First Peoples (Indigenous) Communities
Competing Values: Bioethics in Practice within Archaeological and Anthropological Research

Important conference dates: Abstract submission deadline: 6 May 2019 Acceptance of papers and posters: 15 May Registration deadline for presenting authors: 1 July Early Bird registration deadline: 30 June Registration Deadline: 1 November

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22-02-2019 Publication: Archaeological Heritage Conservation and Management

The publication Archaeological Heritage Conservation and Management by ICAHM's past president Brian Egloff is available as a free to download or to purchase from Archaeopress via this link.

20-02-2019 ''Sense and Sustainability” International Conference on Archaeology and Tourism

ICAHM is participating in the organization of the Sense and Sustainability conference that will be help 6-10 May in Zagreb, Croatia.

The Conference is centered around four main themes:

Heritage in tourism destination management
Sustainable development, archaeology and tourism
Tourism and archaeological heritage management in Protected areas, World heritage sites and National parks
Cultural routes

The ICAHM sponsored session is entitled: Is Tourism destroying World Heritage? This session will explore the intersection between tourism and sustainability – both of individual sites and of World Heritage in general. It welcomes papers exploring issues relating to World Heritage Sites including, but not limited to, carrying capacities, visitor management, community engagement in tourism, tourism and sustainability, climate change and tourism and slow-tourism.

The call for papers and posters is now open here: we invite you to submit your proposal before 20 March 2019. https://zagrebarchaeologytourism.com

24-01-2019 ICAHM session at EAA: The Role of ICAHM in Supporting ICOMOS and UNESCO in the Context of World Heritage Sites

This session aims at discussing the role of archaeologists in general and heritage managers in particular in the context of World Heritage (WH), as ICAHM is UNESCO’s advisory body for this topic. Europe is the region with most WH sites in the world. Many of them are archaeological sites. On the one hand, this imbalance is a sign for the ‘hegemonic Western vision of Archaeological (Cultural) Heritage’ (UNESCO’s Global Strategy 1994), on the other hand Europe serves as a great field experiment in heritage management. This session wants to discuss examples of best practice or other experiences highlighting archaeological heritage management issues at European World Heritage Sites.

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09.01.2019

The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was created in 1995 to reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world’s cultural landscapes, a category of World Heritage. The next Prize will be awarded in Autumn 2019, in connection with the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference. The online form must be submitted in English or French, between 30 November 2018 and 30 April 2019 (midnight Paris time) at: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1915/

For more information on the criteria and selection process for the nominations for the Melina Mercouri International Prize 2019, please open the attached leaflet in English or French or visit: http://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscapesprize

01.01.2019 Happy New Year!

ICAHM wishes you all the best for 2019.

02.11.2018 Thank you!

Thank you to all participants of the 2018 ICAHM Annual Meeting - Discover Sicily’s Argimusco – a Holistic Approach to Heritage Management on October 25-28, 2018 at the beautiful castle of Montalbano Elicona. Your presence helped to make this event a great success and your enthusiasm and positive spirit helped make our time together both productive and fun. We wish you all the best and hope to meet you again at the next ICAHM Meeting!

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28.08.2018 - Henry Cleere

ICAHM is deeply saddened by the news of Henry Cleere’s passing. Henry Cleere was one of the founding fathers of ICAHM and authors of the 1990 ICAHM Lausanne Charter for the Protection and Management of the Archaeological Heritage. Henry Cleere has been an inspiration for all those involved in archaeological heritage management and he will be deeply missed. We wish his family and loved ones much strength in this difficult time.

In Memoriam

24.08.2018 -Feasible Management of Archaeological Heritage Sites Open to Tourism

What do we need to know, what facilities, agreements, and relationships should be in place before an archaeological site is open to the public? Such are the questions that must be addressed to make sustainable management of the site feasible.

A publication co-edited by former ICAHM President Douglas C. Comer and ICAHM member and Friends of ICAHM ED Annemarie Willems. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319927558

27.06.2018 - New Members

We are pleased to announce the launch of a 'new members' section on the ICAHM website. We are excited to introduce you to our network of archaeological heritage management professionals!

http://icahm.icomos.org/new_members/