遺産保護における自然と文化の連携に関するユネスコチェアプログラム                          UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation

プログラム名:遺産保護における自然と文化の連携
実施期間:2016~2019年
報告書:遺産保護における自然と文化の連携に関するユネスコチェアプログラム報告書[世界遺産学研究]
    Proceedings of Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation [JOURNAL OF WORLD HERITAGE STUDIES]


On 4 October 2019, the World Heritage Study and the Certificate Programme on Nature Conservation, University of Tsukuba will organize the 4th World Heritage Symposium. Participation is free and open to all.
2019年10月4日、筑波大学大学院世界遺産専攻と自然保護寄附講座は第4回世界遺産シンポジウムを開催しました。

UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation
遺産保護における自然と文化の連携に関するユネスコチェアプログラム

4th International Symposium on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific: Mixed Cultural and Natural Heritage

第4回 世界遺産シンポジウム 自然と文化をつなぐ:文化と自然の複合遺産

 

Date: October 4, 2019 10:00-16:00
日時:2019年10月4日(金)10:00-16:00

Venue: Tsukuba International Congress Center Hall 300, Tsukuba, Japan
場所:つくば国際会議場ホール300

Theme: Mixed Cultural and Natural Heritage
テーマ:文化と自然の複合遺産


Speakers/登壇者:

[ Dr. Mechtild Rössler ]
Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
UNESCO世界遺産センター, センター長

[ Dr. Webber Ndoro ]
Director-General, ICCROM/International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
文化財保存修復研究国際センター/ICCROM,  所長

[ Mr. Takahiro Okano/岡野隆宏 ]
Deputy Director, Biodiversity Policy Division, Nature conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment
環境省自然環境計画課, 課長補佐

[ Dr. Kumiko Shimotsuma/下間久美子 ]
Senior Specialist for Cultural Properties, Chief of Second Cultural Properties Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs
文化庁文化庁文化財第二課, 主任文化財調査官(文化的景観部門、工学博士)

[ Mr. Tim Badman ]
Director, IUCN Nature-Culture Initiative, IUCN/International Union for Conservation of Nature
国際自然保護連合/IUCN, 遺産保護における自然と文化の連携部長

[ Dr. Maya Ishizawa ]
Lecturer(Non-Full-time), University of Tsukuba
UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation
筑波大学, 非常勤講師
遺産保護における自然と文化の連携ユネスコチェア

[ Dr. Gamini Wijesuriya ]
Former Project Manager of Sites Unit, ICCROM/International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 
文化財保存修復研究国際センター/ICCROM, 元サイトユニットプロジェクトマネージャー

[ Ms. Kristal Buckley ]
Lecturer of Deakin University, ICOMOS/International Council on Monuments and Sites
国際記念物遺跡会議/ICOMOS, オーストラリア ディーキン大学講師

[ Ms. Sophia Rabliauskas ]
Representative, Pimachiowin Aki Corporation
ピマチオウンアキ・コーポレーション, 代表


Chair/進行:

[ Prof. Masahito Yoshida/吉田正人 ]
Chair/Professor, World Heritage Study,University of Tsukuba
UNESCO Chairholder on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation
筑波大学世界遺産専攻, 専攻長/教授
遺産保護における自然と文化の連携ユネスコチェアホルダー

[ Prof. Nobuko Inaba/稲葉信子 ]
Professor, World Heritage Study,University of Tsukuba
UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation
筑波大学世界遺産専攻, 教授
遺産保護における自然と文化の連携ユネスコチェア

* This symposium will be held as a special session of Tsukuba Conference.
* 本シンポジウムは筑波会議スペシャルセッションとして開催します。

Poster in English    poster EN.pdf
ポスター(日本語) poster JP.pdf
Capacity Building Workshop on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific: Mixed Cultural and Natural Heritage

Dates: September 24 – October 4, 2019
Place: University of Tsukuba, Japan

Organized by the UNESCO Chair on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation at the University of Tsukuba, in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, IUCN, ICCROM, and ICOMOS. 


The CBWNCL
Heritage Conservation is an evolving practice, and one of the current debates focuses on identifying and recovering the connections between nature and culture sectors. This exchange has become instrumental for the interpretation, conservation, and sustainable management of both natural and cultural heritage sites.
 
The purpose of the Capacity Building Workshops on Nature-Culture Linkages in Asia and the Pacific (CBWNCL) is to contribute to the World Heritage Capacity Building Programme led by ICCROM andIUCN, in consultation with ICOMOS and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in developing new approaches towards integrated conservation of cultural and natural heritage. These workshops started in 2016, explore nature-culture linkages with focus on theory and practice in Asia and the Pacific Region. The visit to Japanese heritage sites forms a core component of the programme, where participants conduct practical work. Participants will be able to understand issues and explore approaches being adopted in the field.
The first workshop under the theme“Agricultural landscapes” was held in September 2016, which was inaugurated with an international symposium at the University of Tsukuba, and with field visits to the Noto Peninsula and the Historical villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, World Heritage site since1995. 14 participants coming from the culture and nature sectors from 9countries in Asia and the Pacific (Philippines, India, Australia, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Taiwan, China, Turkey, Indonesia) and 2 countries from other regions(Latin America, Colombia and Africa, Ghana) gathered with international and Japanese experts during the workshop. The second workshop was dedicated to “Sacred Landscapes” and was held in September 2017. This time, the workshop closed with the Second International Symposium on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation. 16 participants from 13countries in Asia and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Philippines,Vietnam, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, Papua NewGuinea, Kyrgyzstan, India and Cambodia) 1 from Europe (France) and 1 from Africa (Ghana), visited along with international experts on the heritage field as well as Japanese professionals and site managers, the Sacred Sites andPilgrimage Routes of the Kii Mountain Range. The third workshop dealt with“Disasters and Resilience” and took place in September 2018. The workshop was inaugurated with the Third International Symposium on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation. 15 participants, 11 from 9 countries in Asia and the Pacific (Australia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India), 2 from America (Chile and Hawaii, USA), 1 from Europe (Russia) and 1 from Africa (Kenya), had the chance to discuss about disaster risk prevention and building resilience with natural and cultural heritage with international and Japanese experts on the heritage field. They visited sites that exhibit the interlinkages between nature and culture in the Tohoku region, affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011.
 
 
The theme of CBWNCL 2019: Mixed Cultural and Natural Heritage
Thirty-eight properties are inscribed in the World Heritage List as Mixed Cultural and Natural Heritage (Mixed Sites). They are single sites but their outstanding universal value (OUV) is justified under natural and cultural criteria separately. The evaluation of nominations for Mixed Sites have been done separately by IUCN focusing on the natural criteria(vii) to (x) for natural values, and by ICOMOS focusing on the cultural criteria (i) to (vi) for their cultural values. Two separate Statements of Outstanding Universal Value (SOUV) and management plans are prepared and generally,  two separate teams undertake the management under different regimes. In all these cases nature-culture linkages are overlooked. This separation was one of the obvious questions raised by the Advisory Bodies to the World HeritageConvention, that attempted to bridge the gaps and recognize the interdependency of nature and culture and the reciprocal benefits of working together. After 40years of working independently, the World Heritage Capacity Building Strategypaved the way to start addressing these issues around 2013. During the same period, the World Heritage Committee requested to the Advisory Bodies to find methods to develop evaluations where the linkages between cultural and natural values could be acknowledged and integrated in the SOUV of Mixed Sites. This led to the Connecting Practice Project and all these efforts collectively led to Capacity Building Activities. This workshop series forms a pioneering activity. It has opened up the opportunity for practitioners and researchers to understand the linkages between nature and culture and benefits of working together.    
In Japan, there are no Mixed Sites inscribed in the List, even though, some of the cultural and natural properties have a potential for this designation. One example is Mount Fuji, inscribed as“Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration” in the World Heritage List in 2013 as a cultural property under the criteria (iii) and (vi), covering areas in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. Protected as a National Park (Fuji-Hakone-Izu), Mount Fuji is an interesting example in order to explore nature-culture linkages, where a variety of Japanese national designations are present: tangible and intangible cultural properties, natural monuments, places of scenic beauty, important habitats and species of animals and plants. In Mount Fuji, sacred values of pilgrimage are interrelated with symbolic and aesthetical values, giving a significance that goes beyond national borders.
 
In this workshop, we are interested in discussing issues related to Mixed Sites that can be exemplified by Mount Fuji and participants’ case studies. Management and governance challenges, integration of indigenous worldviews into management systems and plans, the applicability of natural criterion (vii) in the World Heritage context, as well as how to work towards a method for identifying and analyzing the interactions between natural and cultural values, are some of the topics that will be explored.


Objectives
  • To provide the existing knowledge on Mixed sites and the implications of their nominations and post-inscription management aspects by dividing nature and culture within a single site.
  • To provide the knowledge being developed about sites as landscapes recognizing the nature-culture linkages and the benefits of working together for effective management of Mixed sites in general, and in participants’ own sites/case studies in particular.
  • To visit and exchange experiences with local managers and residents and learn how cultural and natural heritage values have been protected and conserved with different approaches, initiatives, and governance systems.
  • To establish networks among heritage practitioners in the region.

Methodology
The workshop is an intensive programme combining theory and practice, through lectures, presentations, and roundtables in Tsukuba at the University Campus, and a field trip to the “Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration”, World Heritage property since 2013, where participants will get in contact with local managers and local communities.


Participants
The workshop is open to a maximum number of 15 professionals from Asia and thePacific region involved in the management of Mixed Cultural and Natural World Heritage sites, Mixed Sites on the Tentative List of their respective country, or potential mixed Sites. Mid-career heritage practitioners with a minimum of 5 years of experience from both natural and cultural heritage sectors currently engaged in managing/working in cultural heritage sites with natural values, and natural heritage sites with cultural values are eligible to apply.


Lecturers
International and Japanese professionals and academics in the field of heritage conservation (nature and culture sectors).
 
 
Working language: English
Course Fee: Free
Travel, accommodation and living expenses
Organizers will cover the cost of accommodation and living expenses in Japan for the selected participants and a limited number of scholarships will be available to cover the international travel costs of selected participants from developing countries.
Certificate
A certificate of attendance given by the University will be awarded to participants who satisfactorily complete the workshop.
 
Application Requirements
 
To apply
Applications should be e-mailed to applicationscbwncl@gmail.com
Please see the Guidelines for Application for more details.
 
Application deadline: May 6 (Monday), 2019