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Triennial Conferences (formerly called Triennial Meetings)

ICOM-CC organizes Triennial Conferences
to bring together professionals from all over the world who are interested in conservation. The Meeting represents the apex of the triennial activity of the Committee and of its Working Groups.

Recent Triennial Conferences have been held in Copenhagen in 1984, Sydney in 1987, Dresden in 1990, Washington DC in 1993, Edinburgh in 1996, Lyon in 1999 and Rio de Janeiro in 2002. The last one was in The Hague in 2005.
 

15th Triennial Conference in New Delhi

The 15th Triennial Conference will be held from 22 - 26 September 2008 in New Delhi (India). Please see the ICOM-CC 2008 Triennial Conference website for more information: www.icom-cc2008.org.

Theme:
Diversity in Heritage Conservation: Tradition, Innovation and Participation

  • The objective of the Triennial Conference is to present an overview of the current state of conservation research and practice through reports by the ICOM-CC Working Groups. Special attention will be given to papers and posters dealing with problems and progress in conservation in the region hosting the conference and to papers addressing the congress theme – “Diversity in Heritage Conservation: Tradition, Innovation and Participation”. Read more...

    The world is enriched with many different cultures (national, professional, social, etc.) and the values they assign to their heritage are not identical. It is a daily challenge to recognize and respect this cultural diversity in order to avoid cultural elitism and to integrate this reflection in every aspect of conservation. The ICOM-CC triennial Conference in India is an opportunity to celebrate diversity and differences in approach to conservation. There are various ways in which the theme of diversity in heritage conservation may be considered. For the 2008 Triennial Conference, ICOM-CC welcomes, for example, contributions which:

    • explore the relationship between heritage conservation and local, national or regional traditions;
    • compare or contrast approaches to conservation – e.g. low tech versus high tech methodology;
    • question or compare standards or best practices across cultures or regions;
    • relate to development, research and education in heritage conservation regionally as well as internationally;
    • discuss how professionals communicate the significance of heritage conservation in their local, national or regional contexts; or
    • deal with the mechanisms which allow the participation of non-professionals, owners and users in heritage conservation decisions.

    Although the theme is focused on diverse approaches and celebrating differences, at the same time it is important to identify common threads and unifying themes. ICOM-CC thus also welcomes contributions which: explore convergences in conservation approaches across cultures and across cultural heritage manifestations.

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY


- By-Laws of the ICOM International Committee for Conservation
- Terminology to characterize the conservation of tangible cultural heritage (English)
- Terminology to characterize the conservation of tangible cultural heritage (Francais) - Terminology to characterize the conservation of tangible cultural heritage (Spanish)
- Commentary on the ICOM-CC Resolution on Terminology for Conservation



GETTY FOUNDATION FOR NEW DELHI 2008

GRANTS/BOURSES/BECAS - ICOM-CC 2008- NEW DELHI - Sept 2008

( Full Text in English/ Texte en français/ Texto en Español)

"Grants for the ICOM-CC 15th Triennial Conference – New Delhi, India, 22-26 September 2008"

Thanks to The Getty Foundation, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is able to offer a limited number of bursaries to museum and/or conservation professionals from low-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Latin America to attend the 15th Triennial Conference of I COM’s International Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC).

Download the application form (English)
Download the application form (Espagnol)
Download the application form (Francais)



ICOM-CC 2008 New delhi preprints ACCEPTED PAPERS & POSTERS

Download 2008 Preprints final accepted papers only

Information and documents for the production of papers and posters

All pdf documents, except for the abstract templates (to fill in).

  
Triennial Conferences (formerly called Triennial Meetings)