The Heritage of the World and UNESCO World Heritage – Conservation goes International
The preservation of the world's cultural heritage, whether in Europe or Asia, is a central task of the
Institute of Conservation and its UNESCO Chair. In 2004, the Institute's international activities began with the FWF research
and conservation project in Nako, at an altitude of 4000 m in the Himalayas. From 2009 to the present, Patan Durbar Square
and the Royal Palace, part of Nepal's UNESCO World Heritage Site, have been the focus of research conservation campaigns,
as have the ethnographic museums and their collections of Kavaja and Kruja in Albania after the devastating earthquake of
2019.
Dissertations and research projects on World Heritage sites in Ephesus and Patan allow
for basic research on the history of restoration and the development of methods and concepts for the conservation of these
outstanding sites. The new Joint Master Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management has enriched the range of courses offered
at Angewandte, with the primary aim of strengthening the development and expansion of conservation in Southeast Asia.
The
lectures provide insight into conservation, research and capacity building on an international level, which require not only
specialized knowledge, but also creativity and flexibility in practical work.
Programme:
16.00
Welcome
Gabriela Krist, UNESCO Chair on Conservation and Preservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage
| Head of IoC
16.05 Welcome
Florian Meixner, Programme Specialist for World Heritage and
Protection of Cultural Property, Austrian Commission for UNESCO
16.15 Introduction
Bruno
Maldoner, Honorary Professor IoC
16.25 Conservation practice within a living World Heritage site:
The Patan Durbar Square in Nepal
Martina Haselberger, Research Associate IoC | Doctoral Student IoC
16.50
Conservation science research at the archaeological site of Ephesus (Turkey)
Barbara Rankl, Conservator | Doctoral
Student IoC
17.15 UNOPS-led projects in Albania. Evacuation and conservation of cultural heritage
Meral Hietz, Senior Conservator IoC
17.40 Austria and Thailand: Together for ‘Cultural Heritage
Conservation and Management’
Tanushree Gupta, Research Associate IoC
