Panel Discussion
PD1 - My Island Home – the challenges and opportunities facing island heritage Across Southeast Asia Pacific
Chair: Christophe Sand (ICOMOS Pasifika)
Co-Chair: Doowon Cho (ICOMOS Korea)
Often, the Pacific is seen as geographically and culturally separate to the rest of the Asia Pacific Region. Separated by sea and consisting predominantly of small Island states, the management of heritage places in the Pacific nevertheless face many of the same challenges as other islands throughout Southeast Asia that are home to local communities. This panel
- Explores what makes Island heritage unique with its close and ongoing connections with local communities, predominance of vernacular architecture, and archaeological testimony to the migration of humans from ancient Sunda through Sahul and out to the Pacific.
- Looks at the many challenges facing that heritage, extreme events such as earthquakes, cyclones, typhoons, and rising sea levels. The difficulties in addressing these challenges facing island heritage places include, lack of access to expertise, the high cost of materials, low connectivity, and access to resources.
Speakers:
- Joselito Corpus case study on the challenges to response- earthquake in Cebu, Philippines
- Jason Kariwiga - Case study from Papua New Guinea
- Christophe Sand - Importance and challenges of Island archaeology
- Prof Hsu - Heritage of the islands of Chinese Taipei
- Doowon Cho- TBC
- Elizabeth Edwards- Case study Levuka World Heritage Site, Fiji
- Others from Indonesia and various Pacific Islands
PD2 - Conserving Cultural Heritage in The Global South-collaborative Exchanges
Chairs: Clara Arokiasamy OBE and Dr. Ishanlosen Odiaua
Co-Chair: Dr. Hossam Mahdi (CIAV), Ar. Mohd Zulhemlee An (Chair, Wood Committee, ICOMOS Malaysia),
Lassana Cisse (ICOMOS Mali), Zahida Quadri (ICOMOS Pakistan), Zuhura Mtengusi (EPWG Africa)
- Context setting – a key note address to outline key issues
- Oral presentations covering following topics:
- examples of S-SC in the areas of emergency response,
- safeguarding and protecting living heritage, in particular heritage crafts skills in the conservation of wood, and vernacular architecture,
- enabling the development of local solutions,
- transmission of knowledge and skills to future generations
- Break out groups to discuss key issues and recommendations for way forward chaired by panellists
- Plenary – report back on discussion and three recommendations to carry forward from each group
- Concluding remarks by the chair and a way forward
PD3 - How can Culture Heritage Sites Contribute to the World’s Common Future?
Chairs: Professor Cornelius Holtorf (Chairholder, UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures)
(in discussion with Dr Zeynep-Gul Unal , Dr Kai Weise, Dr Steve Brown, Dr Toshiyuki Kono, Dr Marcus Bengtsson, Dr Ulrika Mebus)
The 2024 UN Pact for the Future and its Appendices (available at https://www.un.org/pact-for-the-future/en) pledges “a new beginning in multilateralism” and sets out an ambitious agenda for the world’s common future, reaffirming an enduring commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development while committing to culture as an integral component of sustainable development.
The Heads of the World’s States and Governments, representing the peoples of the world, “condemn in the strongest terms the devastating impact of armed conflict on … cultural heritage,” and they pledge to “honour, promote and preserve cultural diversity and cultural heritage.” The panel is directly related to the TSP 2024-2027 which calls for developing research & policy and building capacity for the future in the area of Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage.
Given that the next GA 2029 will likely be held in close proximity to the expiry and possible replacement of the Agenda 2030, the present session also addresses the current need to discuss jointly the potential of cultural heritage sites and landscapes to contribute to the world’s future agenda from 2030 onwards.