News: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Culture

6 sites from Asia-Pacific region inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List 2008 11 July 2008
	The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session in Québec, Canada from 2 to 10 July 2008 inscribed 27 new sites (19 Cultural and eight Natural sites) on UNESCO’s World Heritage List – 6 of which are in the Asia-Pacific region:… [more] Category: News and Events
13-14 June 2008: Fund raising Event for the Victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar 11 June 2008
	ASEAN Handicraft Promotion and Development Association (AHPADA) and Thailand Handicraft Trade Association (TH’TA) with the support of Amarin Plaza are organizing a Fund raising Event for the Victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.  The Event will be held during 13-14 June 2008 at Amarin Plaza, Pleonc... [more] Category: News and Events
45 submissions received for the 2008 UNESCO Heritage Awards 10 June 2008
	The UNESCO office in Bangkok has received a total of 45 entries for the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. International jury is meeting on 9-11 June 2008 to select this year’s winners. An Award of Excellence will be given to the project recognized as the mo... [more] Category: Projects
British Ambassador, Thai and international experts to take centre stage at FCCT/UNESCO panel on the impact of legal status on Hill Tribes 10 June 2008
	“Without I.D. Cards, the only choices for our children are to beg, sell drugs or sell their bodies – they are without hope.” - Akha grandmother in Sripingmuang Akha slum community, Chiang Mai. Without legal status, ethnic minority people are considered “illegal aliens” in their own ... [more] Category: News and Events
Galle Fort Hotel presented with UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award 14 May 2008
	14 May 2008 - Galle Fort presented with 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Distinction   The 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Distinction was presented to the Galle Fort Hotel by Richard Engelhardt, UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, at a p... [more]
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Publications

Statistics on Cultural Industries: Framework for the Elaboration of National Capacity Building Projects
The purpose of this publication was to serve as a guide for the elaboration and implementation of tailor-made national projects to collect and analyse statistical data on creativity in general and cultural industries in particular. [more...]

Asia Conserved - Lessons Learned from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation (2000-2004) Published with the primary support of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, with contributions from UNESCO offices in Beijing, Islamabad, Jakarta and Phnom Penh, Asia Conserved presents conservation best practices from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation (2000-2004). [more...]

The Urak Lawoi'

With support from UNDP/UNESCO/CUSR, this publication features the history and culture of sea-nomadic people Urak Lawoi' of the Adang Archipelago in Thailand. You can download the publication here.

Heritage Homeowner's Preservation Manual for Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site New! Produced by UNESCO Bangkok in cooperation with UNESCO Kathmandu, the first Homeowner's Manual has been launched to provide guidance on the proper maintenance of heritage homes in World Heritage Sites. [more...]

Finishing the Interrupted Voyage: Papers of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage This recent publication contains keynote speeches, presentations and discussions during the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. [more...]

Educating for Creativity: Bringing the Arts and Culture into Asian Education This new publication is made up of papers presented by artists, art educators, art and culture experts and policy-makers from across Asia. [more...]

Introducing the Arts for Teaching on the Historic Environment This publication is a report of the second Southeast-Asian workshop which focused on the “Art and the Historic Environment” approach. [more...]

Streetwise Asia: Practical Guide for the Conservation and Revitalization of Heritage Cities and Towns in Asia This joint publication by UNESCO, the World Bank and Deakin University provides practical guidelines for maintaining the historic character of the heritage quarters in Asia. [more...]

IMPACT: The Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment IMPACT is a series of publications about promoting sustainable tourism. It is designed to educate and foster cooperation between tourism industry personnel and heritage site managers. [more...]

GIS and Cultural Resource Management A manual for heritage managers. By Paul Box, 1999. UNESCO. An introduction to the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in heritage management. [more...]

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Events

Third International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
 
Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto is organizing its Third International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 3 to 15 November 2008. The course aims at preparing disaster management plan of a cultural heritage site by taking into consideration the nature of that heritage and the disaster management context of the respective country. [more…]

UNESCO-UNITAR Hiroshima Office Series on the Management and Conservation on World Heritage Sites

The fifth workshop of the Series will be organized from 30 March to 4 April 2008 in Hiroshima, Japan, and will focus on the potential implications and roles of heritage in the promotion of peace, reconciliation and reconstruction in war-torn, post-war and post-disaster societies. Study tours to the two World Heritage sites in Hiroshima – the A-Bomb Dome and Itsukushima Shinto Shrine – will provide a living laboratory and direct learning opportunities. [more...]

Celebration of Our Living Culture

44 Participating Countries (in alphabetical order)
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, P. R. China, Rep. of Korea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

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Further Readings

• UNESCO Director-General message on cluster membership of Singapore New!
• Jordan cooperates with China on relic protection (Source: People's Daily Online, 10 October 2007)
• UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of Japanese photo journalist 
• Cambodia bid to protect treasures (Source: BBC News, 27 September 2007)
• The Making of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Source: Telegraph, 25 August 2007)
• Job Announcement: Cultural Anthropologist/Ethnographer
• HAMPI World Heritage Site (Source: LA, Journal of Landscape Architecture, INDIA, Landscape and Conservation - I: Perspectives, Spring 2007, Vol. IV, Issue 4, Issue No. 16)
• UNESCO adds 38 cultural items to heritage list (Source: Mail & Guardian online, 20 June 2007)
• Mapping HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and culture (Source: Position Magazine, Issue 29, June-July 2007)