Dear reader,
Welcome
to our quarterly newsletter! Here you can read about the recent news and developments
of the International Heritage Cooperation programme of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
(RCE).
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have any questions or suggestions? Please let us know.
Happy readings!
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| | | | Livestream 30 June 2022, 15.00 hrs (CET) or 9.00 hrs (EST)
On 30 June,
the second expert meeting within the Albany exchange Neerbosch | a x n 2022-project will
take place. Everyone is invited to join this broadcast to learn about the
insights experts from the USA and the Netherlands have gained during this
second round of workshops about development potentials of two comparable
heritage sites: Van Ostrande-Radliff House (also called 48 Hudson) in Albany,
New York and Kinderdorp Neerbosch in Nijmegen. In June, the participants will
discuss possibilities of adaptive re-use of both sites.
Albany exchange Neerbosch | a x n 2022
In February 2022, the Historic Albany Foundation (HAF), Van ’t Lindenhout
Museum Neerbosch-Nijmegen, and the RCE jointly initiated an international
online expert exchange titled ‘Albany exchange Neerbosch | a x n 2022’. The
three-part exchange explores development potentials of the Van Ostrande-Radliff
and Kinderdorp Neerbosch. Each part of this exchange examines the
cases from different angles: area development, adaptive re-use and restoration
practices. Taking two heritage sites situated in different contexts, the
programme discusses the shared challenges they face and ways to address them. | |
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| | | Participants of the 2019 edition of Sharing Stories on Contested Histories ©Lina van den Idsert |
| | This November, the
fourth edition of the training Sharing Stories on Contested Histories will
bring together 24 young museum and heritage professionals and academics.
Together, they will explore and discuss how museums deal with the presence of
multiple and sometimes opposing views on their collections and displays; how
they enable communities who may have different readings of the same historical
events to share their stories with audiences; and how museums can respond to
political and cultural concerns to mobilise social change.
This is a unique,
international training programme for upcoming museum and heritage professionals
and academics who are concerned with how they can ethically engage with complex
heritage to shape more equitable futures. The training approaches shared
challenges in the field of cultural heritage by bringing together professionals
from 24 countries to exchange perspectives and approaches and develop new
knowledge and practices together.
Be part of this training
and meet other young professionals! The deadline for applications is extended
to 15 July. The training will take place online from 13 – 25 November, and is
jointly organised by the RCE and the Reinwardt Academy in the framework of the
International Heritage Cooperation programme. | |
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| | .jpg?v=20220607100551 "Centre of Amsterdam RCE") | City centre of Amsterdam © RCE |
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| | In 2021, UNESCO celebrated the 10 years anniversary of
the so called Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL). During the
extended event, which took place between June and December, the current and
future applications of the HUL-approach were discussed in several online
meetings. The event was supported by the Netherlands in order to define the
HUL’s usefulness on the topic of water challenges and heritage conservation, as
a means to support the Climate Adaptation Summit of 2021. For that reason, Delft
University of Technology was assigned to provide a global overview on the
topic. The assignment was executed in joint collaboration with the Ministry’s
World Heritage Programme and the International Heritage Cooperation Programme. The video that was produced as output, can be viewed on Youtube.
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|  | Cover of publication Marcel Andrzejczak |
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| | Żuławy
Wislane in the Vistula Delta in northern Poland is a region unlike any other in
the country; this unique landscape, with
its extensive network of canals, dikes and other elements of water
infrastructure, was initially created by Dutch Mennonites that
migrated to this region in the 16th century for its religious
freedom. Marcel Andrzejczak researched the historical connection between the Vistula Delta landscape and the Netherlands as well as the
unique hydrotechnical heritage that exists there today which is to a great
extent a result of this connection. What is the current state of this landscape
and what is its potential for the future?
This report presents the results of Marcel’s study
during his 5-month long internship at the RCE in 2021. | | |
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| | Visit of the delegation to La Fondation Nationale des Musees in Rabat © DutchCulture |
| | At the beginning of April, DutchCulture organised the
first inception mission to Morocco. The
Moroccan partner, the Fondation Nationale de Musées du Maroc, aims to modernise
the museum world in Morocco according to the applicable international
standards, and to create museums that present the "Moroccan heritage to
the Moroccan people and the world". Representatives of
DutchCulture, the Reinwardt Academy, the Dutch embassy in Rabat, and our colleague
Yolanda Ezendam visited various museums and met with museum professionals to
identify the needs for exchange and capacity-building projects. Representatives
of the Fondation Nationale des Musées then came to the Netherlands as part of a
DutchCulture visitors' programme, where they visited various Dutch museums and
institutions.
As a result of these two visits, a
plan is being drawn up for a training and exchange week for Moroccan museum
professionals in Amsterdam and Rabat in December and for collaboration after
this pilot year. | |
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| | | Part of the MANN’s collection storage in the attic of the main building © J.P. Corten |
| | On 21
and 22 April, the RCE and Delft University of Technology conducted a workshop at the famous Museo Archeologico
Nazionale di Napoli (MANN). Subject of the workshop was the museum’s amazing
archaeological collection. Currently, the museum is exploring the options for
improving storage conditions of the immense collection. And in doing so, it
wants to explore the potentials for reaching out to the precinct surrounding
the museum. Since the monumental Galleria Principe (located right opposite the
museum) is standing idle, this might offer opportunities for exposure of the
collection.
The explorative workshop was conducted at the request of the MANN and was
attended by its staff, as well as by local experts and by representatives of
the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Naples. The workshop
aimed at defining the current needs and potentials of the collection.
Furthermore, the workshop was meant to explore possible future collaboration
between the Italian and Dutch parties.
Although the results of the workshop are still being discussed, TU Delft
seems to be in a favourable position to further collaborate on the museum’s
challenges. Whether the RCE will be involved will depend on the extent to which
the challenges addressed are topical for the Netherlands. |
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| | .jpg?v=20220609141116 "Harbour of Alexandria Photo Flo") | Harbour of Alexandria Photo Flo |
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| | The Urban Heritage Strategies (UHS) training on the port cities of Casablanca,
Alexandria, Istanbul and Amsterdam is in full swing. Professionals from the various cities exchange their
perspectives on water challenges faced by these cities. In August,
they will meet again for the second exchange. In our next newsletter, we will reflect on this UHS training and the perspectives gained by the participants.
The course is
organized by the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS,
Erasmus University Rotterdam) in close cooperation wit the Department of
Architectural Engineering of Delft University of Technology and the RCE. |
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| | This is the newsletter of the
International Heritage Cooperation programme of the Cultural Heritage Agency of
the Netherlands. Our programme follows from the International Cultural Policy
Framework 2021-2024 of the Dutch government. Other organisations executing the
national International Heritage Cooperation programme are DutchCulture, the
National Archives of the Netherlands, KIEN and the Embassies of the Netherlands
in the partner countries. For more information on their activities, see their
respective websites.
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