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News |
Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development of Historical Cities in Asia
4-5 December 2007, Berlin, Germany
| by André Alexander | |
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"Safeguarding traditions & ancient knowledge to promote development"
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was the motto of a project planned and carried out by the two NGOs ASIA
Onlus (Rome) and Tibet Heritage Fund (Berlin). Both organizations have
been working for over a decade on development projects in Tibet that
include the preservation of Tibet's unique cultural heritage. With
support from the EU, a program to investigate the issues of sustainable
preservation of the heritage of Tibet seeks to evaluate adequate
methodologies to preserve aspects such as Tibet’s ancient architecture,
its traditional cities and its monastic art was launched. |
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Conservation Organisations in Europe |
| Chamber of Restorers in Slovakia | |
| by Barbara Davidson | |
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Professional restorers in
Slovakia, who want to work on listed heritage objects, have to be a
member of the Chamber of Restorers (Komora reštaurátorov, further only
KR). The KR is a self-governing, non political professional body and a
law entity which was established on the base of Slovak law act 200,
from the July 14, 1994 on the 1st September, 1994.
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Book Review |
| Lost City, Resumed Architectures | |
| a book by Michela Rossi, reviewed by Federica Ottoni | |
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There are many ways to enter into a cemetery.
We could inquire it by reading stories of ancient poets, looking at old paintings on its surrounding walls, or searching for old documents about its foundation. Alternatively, we could walk all around the city, through fields drawn by channels and trees, trying to detect a network of buried structures. There, a system of cemeteries seems to be created for an unexpected escape. Probably from life. |
2.9. The Crucifixes of Marginime
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Art History |
| The Crucifixes of Marginime | |
| by Ovidiu Danes | |
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The Crucifixes of
Mrginime – the outskirts of Sibiu – are public architecture elements
that consecrate crossroads, boundaries, road twists, springs and
homesteads in a way that qualifies them as a narrative of the folk
imagination. Time and form are both located somewhere between a
craftwork related poetic simplicity – so typical of the monuments
erected in the 18th century – on the one hand, and the more recent ready-made culture of double-glazed windows on the other.
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2.4. Sibiel Cultural Centre
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Project |
| Cultural Project The Sibiel Cultural Centre, Ecomuseum – Contemporary Art Gallery |
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| by Ovidiu Danes | |
DALA Cultural Foundation |
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The project of the DALA Foundation started from the idea of restoring the dialogue between two cultures, rural and urban. The setting of the Sibiel village provides, through the dynamic of changes, interesting documenting - research - experimenting material. The Sibiu outskirts, currently going through a transformation process that can be followed along several lines (image, human composition, and oral tradition), provide their journey of identity development up to present times. |