I do apologize for yesterday's message concerning the ICOM General Conference 2004. The attachment did not go through. Please find below pasted information about the ICOM General Conference 2004 (2-8 October 2004).
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ICOM 2004 Seoul: “Museums and Intangible Heritage”
ICOM’s 20th General Conference and 21st General Assembly runs from Saturday 2 to Friday 8 October 2004 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. We hope that as many members as possible, from all museum disciplines, will attend this unique international event. The conference theme, “Museums and Intangible Heritage”, will be treated from many different points of view, both in plenary sessions and in International Committee debate
Museologists across the world have so far paid great attention to collecting, preserving, researching, exhibiting and exchanging tangible objects, cultural and natural alike. This establishes museums as places of research, community development, heritage interpretation and public education.
However, culture manifests itself not only in tangible forms but also through intangible ones. These are transmitted from generation to generation by means of language, music, theatre, attitudes, gestures, practices, customs and a whole range of other forms of mediation. Intangible heritage includes voices, values, traditions, languages, oral history, folk life, creativity, adaptability and indeed all that is distinctive of a people. This distinctiveness is popularly perceived through cuisine, clothing, forms of shelter, traditional skills and technologies, religious ceremonies, manners, customs, performing arts, story-telling and so forth.
While for centuries the collective memories of entire civilisations have been handed down in these intangible forms, the presentation and documentation of these precious resources in tangible form has begun only recently. The emphasis on tangible heritage has created an imbalance, leading to the omission of a great number of intangible cultural features which are nevertheless essential to the living cultural diversity and collective memory of the planet. Through the theme “Museums and Intangible Heritage”, the ICOM Conference hopes to begin to redress the balance and seeks to promote a deeper understanding of the multiple cultural identities of different regions of the world.
The museum community world-wide now recognises that it must pay serious attention to intangible, non-material resources as well as tangible ones, and foster interdisciplinary approaches. Museums should continue to further their core aims of collection, preservation, research, exchange, exhibition and education for the totality of heritage resources.
The emblem of ICOM 2004 Seoul is “Sotdae”, a carved wooden bird perched on a pole. These wooden birds placed on the top of high poles are messengers conveying to the gods the people's wishes for prosperity in the new year and protection from harm. The inhabitants of villages gather every year to create these spirit poles or “Sotdae” and hold village rites.
Just as the traditional spirit poles stand at the entrance to villages, to ward off evil spirits and represent the villagers’ wish for a bountiful harvest, so ICOM 2004 Seoul uses “Sotdae” as its official emblem, to symbolise its wish for a successful ICOM General Conference in Seoul and the future prosperity of ICOM and all its members.
Information and Contact :
http://www.icom2004.org
Practical Information
Conference Venue
COEX (Convention and Exhibition)
Convention Center
Samsung-dong, Kangnam-gu
Seoul, 135-731, Korea
Tel. (+82) 2 6000 1123 - Fax (+82) 2 6000 1303
ICOM 2004 Organising Committee
ICOM-Korea
c/o National Museum of Korea
1 Sejongno, Chongno-gu
Seoul, 110-820, Korea
Tel. (+82) 2 735 0230, 398 5190
Fax (+82) 2 735 0231
Email [log in to unmask]
Registration Fees
Before 1 June 2004
Delegate US $310, Accompanying Person US $140
After 1 June 2004
Delegate US $380, Accompanying Person US $170
The registration fee includes all the sessions and cultural programmes (excluding excursions and pre- and post-Conference tours). Payment of the registration fee may be made by credit card, bank transfer or bank draft. We accept VISA, Master Card, AMEX, Diners and JCB cards.
You can also contact the Korean Tourist Information Center to request for maps, brochures, and pamphlets on Korea: [log in to unmask]
Best regards,
Yun Shun Susie Chung, PhD
Southwestern USA Contact Representative
ICOM Korea Organizing Committee 2004
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Yun Shun Susie Chung, PhD
Assistant Professor
Heritage Management
Center for Advanced Study of Museum Science and Heritage Management
Museum of Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
Fourth and Indiana
Box 43191
Lubbock, Texas 79409-3191
USA
Tel: 806-742-2442 Ext. 254
Fax: 806-742-1136
Email: [log in to unmask]
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