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Appropriating the Past: the uses and abuses of cultural heritage

A multi-disciplinary conference to be held at Durham University, UK, 6-8th July 2009 to inaugurate the Durham University Centre for the Ethics of Cultural Heritage.

This two-day conference should be of wide appeal to archaeologists, anthropologists, anthropologists, philosophers, lawyers and others with an interest in the ethical principles and problems associated with the concept of cultural heritage. The meeting will open with four invited lectures to introduce the conference theme and relate it to the specific aims and methods of the new Centre.

This conference will explore some of the key ethical issues raised by the competing modes in which archaeologists and others appropriate the past. These include: rights to interpret the past and tell stories about it; handling the sacred; the concept and ethics of birthright; local versus national versus international rights over sites, antiquities and artefacts; study custodianship of human remains; looting and the antiquities trade; the economic exploitation of sites and resources; duties of preservation for future generations; the use of destructive research techniques; the roles of codes of ethics and of legal frameworks.

Please register any interest in the conference with Andreas Pantazato. 

For more information: Centre for the Ethics of Cultural Heritage; Durham University

IFCPP 2009 Conference

The International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection is proud to announce that its Eleventh Annual Conference will be held at the Art Institute of Chicago, August 13-14, 2009.

This year's conference will include 2 full days of all-new sessions presented by the nation's leading cultural property protection authorities, an all-new/updated CIPM/CIPM II certification program, a nighttime reception at the Art Institute's famous Stock Exchange, significantly discounted downtown lodging, and much more.

RSVP now to reserve your spot.

For more information: IFCPP- International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection

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