Extraordinary issue of the journal conservación y Restauración that reflects and analyzes the situation of cultural heritage conservation in Mexico within the of cultural heritage conservation in Mexico in the context of the pandemic.
The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is undoubtedly one of the greatest disasters humanity has faced in a long time. However, while it is primarily a crisis that impacts public health, other sectors will also be affected as the pandemic limits the developmental prospects outlined by countries. In Mexico, the federal government has implemented strategies to address the economic crisis, involving significant budget cuts to federal agencies, including the National Institute of Anthropology and History. This text examines how the budget cut adds to the financial and structural weakening that the Institute has been experiencing since at least 2014, through a systematic decrease in its financial capacity in real terms. As a consequence, this creates a situation of institutional vulnerability that significantly impacts the country's cultural heritage. Particularly, it leaves it vulnerable to natural threats that have the potential to affect cultural heritage, such as earthquakes
The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre has produced the second scientific report. The report represents a collaborative effort of more than 300 disaster risk experts from different sectors and disciplines who have worked together for more than 2 years to present the consequences of disasters on various assets at risk (population, economic sectors, critical infrastructure, ecosystem services and cultural heritage).
This book largely follows the process of exploring children's participation in disaster risk management, through the design of flexible and ethical approaches to children and young people's participation, to the multiple outcomes and recommendations of the project. CARE Cultures of Disaster Resilience Among Children and Young People
This document reflects good practices and lessons learned from Japan to support international practitioners in the fields of disaster risk management (DRM), CH, and public policy, who are seeking to enhance the disaster resilience of CH and communities in their countries.
El manual busca subrayar la implantación práctica de la Convención de La Haya de 1954 y de su segundo protocolo, el cual permite a los Estados miembros, en cooperación con la Unesco, incorporar a sus directrices e instrucciones militares la protección de los bienes culturales. Con el fin de consolidar más eficientemente los objetivos de seguridad a largo plazo, sobre todo la cohesión social y la reconciliación
In this third issue of the series, philosophers Helen Frowe and Derek Matravers pose a key question: what is the appropriate response to attacks on cultural heritage? They claim that we must more carefully consider the morality of using lethal military force to protect cultural heritage. Frowe and Matravers challenge the main argument that there is a causal relationship between the destruction of cultural heritage and genocide, and further argue that the defense of heritage should not be treated with the same weight or urgency and therefore should not be protected. in accordance with the same international policies—as the defense of human lives. Calling for expanded theory, empirical data, and the consideration of morality in the making of international resolutions, Frowe and Matravers present a compelling and thoughtful critique that stimulates debate on this critical issue.
Esta publicación elaborada por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Cambio Climático y Patrimonio Cultural del ICOMOS aborda la intersección entre el cambio climático y el patrimonio cultural, destacando el papel que juegan las estrategias que buscan mitigar la crisis climática en la protección del patrimonio cultural.
Protecting cultural heritage from the consequences of disasters - PROCULTHER is the initiative co-financed by the Directorate General of European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) within the framework of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism - UCPM and designed to develop and improve technical and operational capabilities for the safeguarding of cultural heritage at risk of catastrophe at all territorial levels. The project was carried out from January 2019 to December 2021 by the Italian Department of Civil Protection (Italy), leader of the Implementation Consortium that brought together the experience and competences of the Ministère de l'Intérieur - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile et de la Gestion des Crises (France), the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Junta de Castilla y León (Spain), the Ministry of the Interior-Disaster and Emergency Management Authority - AFAD (Turkey), the International Study Center of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets (ICCROM) and the Fondazione Hallgarten - Franchetti Centro Studi Villa Montesca (VM). Throughout the 36 months of activities, the partners of the PROCULTHER consortium, with the participation of the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Culture in Europe, worked proactively in a process in which cultural heritage actors participated and disaster risk management from the Member States of the European Union and the UCPM participating States, as well as experts from international organizations active in the fields of cultural heritage and disaster risk management. This consultative process has allowed, among other actions, to identify the "Key elements of a European methodology to address the protection of cultural heritage during emergencies" and the elaboration of the minimum requirements for a response capacity promoted by the UCPM capable of intervening and support national response actions around the world for the protection of cultural heritage at risk. With the closure of PROCULTHER, the work of the project partners is not over: from January 2022 to June 2023, they will be dedicated to the PROCULTHER - NET project, the UPCM initiative co-financed by DG ECHO that aims to consolidate a thematic community focused on the protection of cultural heritage at risk of disaster within the EU Civil Protection Knowledge Network. The Federal Technical Assistance Agency - THW and the German Archaeological Institute - DAI (Germany), the University of Porto - UPORTO (Portugal) and the Suor Orsola Benincasa University - UNISOB (Italy) will also participate in the PROCULTHER-NET consortium.
HYPERION es un proyecto europeo de 4 años de duración cuyo planteamiento parte de la resiliencia como estrategia global que incluye la gestión de riesgos, la protección y la preparación como estrategias complementarias para prevenir los daños a los sitios culturales. Además quiere identificar y alejar las amenazas adicionales y promover la adaptación, la reconstrucción y otras estrategias posteriores a la perturbación para restablecer las condiciones normales en las áreas históricas, así como los enfoques estratégicos a largo plazo para adaptarse al cambio climático y para manejar las herramientas políticas para la resiliencia económica.