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Indigenous groups angry at Guatemala’s loan of Mayan throne to the Met

Posted on January 30, 2023 (February 2, 2023)

This article was first published by artnet A imposing Maya throne is the star of an impressive exhibition, “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art,” currently on view at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The rare antiquity is on loan to the New York museum thanks to institutional cultural diplomacy—but the deal doesn’t sit well with […]

Measuring the Immeasurable Human Cost of Heritage Loss and Damage from Climate Change for Effective Policy Reporting

Posted on January 30, 2023 (February 2, 2023)

Supported via the British Academy Conference scheme, the UEA alongside MOLA are organising a one-day conference on ‘Measuring the Immeasurable Human Cost of Heritage Loss and Damage from Climate Change for Effective Policy Reporting’ on Thursday 30th March (from 10am-6pm) at the University of East Anglia. To register, please follow the link here: https://store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities/conferencesevents/british-academy-heritage-loss-and-climate-change-damage The […]

The Equity Activists – talk online / London, 8 Feb

Posted on January 30, 2023 (February 2, 2023)

Equity. The quality of fairness. From Rosa Parks to Malala Yousafzai, over centuries brave people have stood up for social equity and sparked change. Every day we can shape a fairer society: on our projects, in our workplaces, with our colleagues, when we’re hiring, and when we are designing. But how do you see and seize […]

NCACE Ideas Pool 2 – online, 8 Feb

Posted on January 30, 2023 (February 2, 2023)

The second NCACE Ideas Pool will be an opportunity for arts and culture sector organisations and artists to meet potential collaborators from the higher education sector through some online speed networking and workshops around the four NCACE key themes which are Place-making and Levelling Up, Environment and Climate Emergency, Health and Wellbeing, and Technology for Social […]

Free online talk, Thurs 2 Feb, 14:00 – Reconnect: Visitor Experience Post Pandemic

Posted on January 23, 2023 (January 23, 2023)

Join us for the latest online event from the ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professionals group, taking place 14:00 – 15:30 (UK time) on Thursday 2 February 2023. The pandemic greatly affected the world and people’s lives with lockdowns and isolation periods, uncertainties of how to go back to “normal”. This also impacted the cultural […]

Indigenous communities face damages to their heritage

Posted on January 23, 2023 (January 23, 2023)

This article was first published by The Canberra Times. The Indigenous community in Menindee in New South Wales (NSW) in Australia’s far west fears the rising floodwater could wash away remnants of their ancestors around Cawndilla Lake. Speaking on behalf of the Baarkindji community in Menindee, Michelle Kelly said they have urgently informed officials of […]

2023 International Cultural Dialogue Survey

Posted on January 23, 2023 (January 23, 2023)

Following the 2021 Cultural Dialogue Survey on the future of touring exhibitions, Culture Connect and Teo are joining forces again calling for members of the touring exhibitions community to contribute their thoughts and vision of touring in a new international survey. This survey is an inclusive initiative open to all professionals involved in the hosting, […]

GIS environmental conditions review

Posted on January 23, 2023 (January 23, 2023)

This information was first published on the ACE website. The GIS guidelines, published by the Arts Council and DCMS, set out how organisations are required to manage risk for an indemnity to be approved, and in the event of an incident, a claim to be made. Included in the guidelines is an assessment of environmental […]

The sustainability star: a model for museums

Posted on January 23, 2023 (January 23, 2023)

This article was written by Prof. Martin Müller and Julie Grieshaber, Professor of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Lead of the research project ‘Culture for the Planet’ (https://wp.unil.ch/culturefortheplanet/); Researcher on the project ‘Culture for the Planet’ (https://wp.unil.ch/culturefortheplanet/), University of Lausanne (Switzerland). It was first published on the ICOM website. For more and more […]

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Indigenous groups angry at Guatemala’s loan of Mayan throne to the Met

Measuring the Immeasurable Human Cost of Heritage Loss and Damage from Climate Change for Effective Policy Reporting

The Equity Activists – talk online / London, 8 Feb

NCACE Ideas Pool 2 – online, 8 Feb

Free online talk, Thurs 2 Feb, 14:00 – Reconnect: Visitor Experience Post Pandemic

Indigenous communities face damages to their heritage

2023 International Cultural Dialogue Survey

GIS environmental conditions review

The sustainability star: a model for museums