 34th International Symposium on the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
“Reconstruction Process” and Cultural Heritage
Date: 19-21 January 2011
Venue: Large Auditorium, Tokyo National Museum (13-9, Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Organizer: National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
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The culture of any social group unavoidably changes forms over time, either as a slow process, or in a sudden manner. In this process, some things may be lost, while some others may be added as new values, and it is this comprehensive totality which gives shape to the historic cultural memory of a social group at a given time. Cultural heritage actually is one component that constitutes such historic cultural memory, the very part which has been inherited in a tangible form from the past to this day, which can be shared by the people who live today, and which people wish to transmit into the future.
Meanwhile, the expression “reconstruction process” involves strong intentions of going against the natural course of time in which things are gradually being lost, or the intention of bringing back and recovering something that had been lost already. This kind of intervention does not limit itself to mere “recovery”, and may be accompanied by new creation. Often, in such processes, cultural heritage is expected to fulfill the roles of expressing the culture’s characteristics and its permanence, or more, its superiority or excellence, as well as the role of maintaining and promoting people’s self-respect and unifying force.
This symposium aims to consider the intentions that motivate the conservation of cultural heritage and the social role played by cultural heritage in the process of reconstruction after disasters, conflicts or amidst social changes. The symposium will also discuss the approach that international cooperation for cultural heritage should adopt in these situations.
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<Program> (as of 21st of November 2010)
(Simultaneous interpretation between English and Japanese is available)
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| 19 January (Wed) |
10:00
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Opening address
Nobuo Kamei ( Director General, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo) |
| 10:10 |
Objectives of the symposium
Masahiko Tomoda (Head, Conservation Design Section,
Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation,
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo) |
| 10:30 |
Keynote Lecture: The recovery of cultural heritage following a disaster
Nicholas Stanley-Price (Former Director General, ICCROM) |
| 11:30 |
Keynote Lecture: What have people expected from cultural heritage?
Naoyuki Kinoshita (Professor,
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology,
The University of Tokyo) |
| 12:30-14:00 |
(Lunch) |
| 14:00 |
Session I: Reconstruction after disaster
Chair: Hiroshi Okumura （Professor,
Graduate School of Humanities,
Kobe University) |
| 14:15 |
"Abruzzo(L'Aquila), Marche, Umbria(Assisi) : Reconstruction Paths"
Luciano Marchetti (Government Extraordinary Vice-Commissioner of the Reconstruction of L'Aquila for Cultural Heritage) [Italy] |
| 15:15 |
The restoration and reconstruction after two earthquakes in China
Hou Weidong (Deputy Director,
Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage) [China] |
| 15:55-16:10 |
(Short break) |
| 16:10 |
Disaster recovery and society which cherishes cultural heritage - from the experience in the Kobe Earthquake-
Yasumichi Murakami (Director, Cultural Asset Protection Office,
Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education) [Japan] |
| 16:50-17:20 |
Sessional discussion |
| 18:00-20:00 |
Reception (Venue to be informed) |
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| 20 January (Thu) |
| 10:30 |
Session II: Reconstruction after conflict
Chair: Toshiya Hoshino (Professor,
Osaka School of International Public Policy
Osaka University) |
| 10:45 |
The significance of the conservation activities of Bamiyan for the Afghan people
Amir Foladi (Head,
New Bamiyan Eco-tourism Program, Aga Khan Foundation) [Afghanistan] |
| 11:25 |
Conservation of cultural heritage in Bamiyan, and the international contribution
Kazuya Yamauchi (Head, Regional Environment Section,
Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation,
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo) [Japan] |
| 12:05-13:35 |
(Lunch) |
| 13:35 |
The heritage in post-war peacetime - The case of Bosnia
Amra Hadzimuhamedovic (Commissioner for the protection of national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 14:15 |
Cultural Heritage without Borders - Restoration, Reconciliation, and Re-integration in the Western Balkans
Lejla Hadzic (Regional coordinator, Cultural Heritage without Borders) [Bosnia and Herzegovina] |
| 14:55 |
The intangible heritage in Angkor area: toward a balanced care?
Ang Choulean (Professor,
Royal University of Fine Arts) [Cambodia] |
| 15:35-16:05 |
Sessional discussion |
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| 21 January (Fri) |
| 10:00 |
Session III: Reconstruction amid social changes
Chair: Masatoshi Kisaichi (Director, the Center of Islamic Area Studies, IAS Center at Sophia University) |
| 10:15 |
Cultural Heritage caught between different political systems - demonstrated by two examples of historical churches in Dresden / Germany
Rudolf S. Morgenstern (Professor Emeritus, Dresden University of Technology) [Germany] |
| 10:55 |
Historic Reconstruction in Russia: a strategy for the future or devaluation of a heritage concept?
Natalia Dushkina (Professor, Moscow Architectural Institute) [Russia] |
| 11:35 |
Transmitting the cultural heritage as a national policy
Dorji Wangchuk (Director,
Folk Heritage Museum) [Bhutan] |
| 12:15-13:45 |
(Lunch) |
| 13:45 |
The social change and the protection of cultural heritages in post-war Japan
Shin'ichi Shimizu (Director,
Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation,
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo) [Japan] |
| 14:25-14:55 |
Sessional discussion |
| 14:55-15:10 |
(Short break) |
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| 15:10 |
General discussion: “Reconstruction process” and cultural heritage: issues/challenges for international cooperation |
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| 16:30 |
Closing remarks
Nobuo Kamei |
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Registration:
Pre-registration is required. Please register your
name, affiliation and contact information (mailing
address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address)
to the Secretariat before 20th of December 10th of January (deadline extended) .
Registration form is also available as PDF or Microsoft Word 2003 format.
Registration fee:
Please pay the registration fee at the registration desk.
General: 9,000 Japanese yen (including preprints, proceedings and reception)
Student: 3,000 yen (including preprints and proceedings.
For the reception, please pay extra 4,000 yen.)
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Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
Address: 13-43 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8713 Japan
TEL: +81-3-3823-4898 FAX: +81-3-3823-4867 E-mail: 
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Head: Nobuo Kamei (Director General, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo (NRICPT))
Expert panel:
Naoyuki Kinoshita (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi Okumura (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University)
Yasumichi Murakami (Director, Cultural Asset Protection Office, Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education)
Toshiya Hoshino (Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University)
Masatoshi Kisaichi (Director, the Center of Islamic Area Studies, IAS Center at Sophia University)
Standing committee:
Teruo Nakano, Takeo Kitade, Atsushi Tanaka, Shigeyuki Miyata, Takeshi Ishizaki, Wataru Kawanobe and Shin'ichi Shimizu (NRICPT) |
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