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WORLD HERITAGE:
Lessons from International Preservation and
Stewardship of Cultural and
Ecological Landscapes
of Global Significance
Program
CO-SPONSORS:
US/ICOMOS National Park Service
National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission
Tulane University School of Architecture
7 TH US/ICOMOS International Symposium
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W elcome to Natchitoches and our 7th US/ICOMOS International Symposium. Six years ago, I was elected Chairman
of US/ICOMOS at the 1st International Symposium, and next Saturday, I will complete my service when you elect my
successor. During this time, I was proud to see the US/ICOMOS International Symposium grow in stature and importance as
the only regularly scheduled preservation event in our country that looks at our heritage needs from a global perspective. Every
year, we address a topic that is of importance to us in the United States as well as to the international heritage community.
Our success is due to the hard work and the unrelenting commitment of our Trustees, our volunteer members, the Fellows
of US/ICOMOS and the staff. Using the experience of American preservationists with international experience, plus that of
our colleagues who have joined us over the past six years from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Cuba,
Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Poland, the Philippines, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Venezuela, we have delved into topics of crucial relevance and opened broad new perspectives on
better heritage stewardship in the United States.
This year, we will be exploring the challenges of preserving landscapes of ecological and cultural significance, using the World
Heritage experience as our framework. This is a rapidly emerging field that has redefined conceptual as well as managerial
principles in conservation, and that has begun to thrust the natural and cultural heritage professions into unprecedented
cooperation. Thus, for the first time in our Symposium’s history, cultural preservationists will be joined by nature conservationists
in what we trust will be a fruitful discussion that will last long into the future.
Natchitoches, of course, is the ideal setting for our discussions. This is a place where the physical legacy of a rich history
continues to thrive amidst an unusually diverse and beautiful natural setting. We are here thanks to many people and
organizations that over the past twelve months have put together an outstanding program. Our thanks must begin with our
Trustee, Saidee Newell, whose indefatigable tenacity and good cheer have been the driving force behind this event. It was she and
our longtime friend, Kirk Cordell, who secured the co-sponsorships of the National Center for Preservation Technology and
Training, the Cane River National Heritage Area and Tulane’s School of Architecture, all of whom have been generous partners.
We must also thank Patricia O’Donnell, Chair of the 7th Symposium Scientific Committee and the members of her committee,
Charles Birnbaum, Andrew Ferrell, Darwina Neal and Mary Striegel. They developed the themes, and then faced the interesting,
challenging task of selecting a group of speakers from among the more than 80 incisive abstracts. They and their colleagues
serving as session presidents and respondents will continue to work throughout the weekend as editors of the proceedings.
There are many others without whose support and contributions, this Symposium could not happen: the many local organizations
and people here in Natchitoches and in Louisiana who warmly have opened their hearts and their homes to the ICOMOS global
community; the leaders and hosts of the study tours, our institutional supporters, and of course, the National Park Service and
the Samuel H Kress Foundation, whose continuing support both inspires and sustains the our efforts.
Sincerely,
A major influence in this exchange was the search in recent decades by preservation and conservation stewardship professionals,
agencies and institutions in many nations for methods and approaches to protect and interpret areas whose significance is
inextricably bound to both natural and cultural resources. In Santa Fe in 1992, after a decade of extensive debate, the World
Heritage Committee adopted definitions of designed, evolved and associative landscapes, and an evaluation structure that
enables ICOMOS to recommend inscriptions of cultural landscapes of universal value in the World Heritage List. During the
same period, the consideration of natural resources progressed under IUCN. Since 1992 ICOMOS and IUCN have collaborated
increasingly on the identification, designation and protection of landscapes embodying both natural and cultural resource
values. In the United States, conceptualizing heritage at the territorial level has led to the rapid growth of heritage areas and
corridors as tools for both preservation and community development. Within ICOMOS, the territorial concept of a cultural
itinerary has been effectively expanded to address assemblies of non-contiguous territories unified by an overarching theme.
The effectiveness of de-fragmenting protective mechanisms through consolidation of valued heritage into broader protected
territories is indicated by the diversity of cultural landscapes and cultural itineraries recently inscribed in the World Heritage
List. From this milieu multiple values and voices emerge with the related challenges of diverse resources, large-scale distribution,
changing culture, community character, resource protection and sustainability, among others.
Today, after more than a decade of global activity, it is timely to re-examine preservation and conservation work at the intersection
of cultural and natural resources in an interdisciplinary forum. This symposium presents a platform for that exploration. Over
the course of the next two and a half day, distinguished colleagues will present the views and experience in major international
initiatives. The symposium is not only a time for passive listening; it is a period for conviviality, exchanges and fruitful discussions
among peers.
Thank you for engaging in this important exchange and for your future efforts to carry this work forward.
On behalf of the 7TH US/ICOMOS Symposium Scientific Committee,
Patricia M. O’Donnell, FASLA, AICP, Chair, 7TH US/ICOMOS Symposium Scientific Committee
THURSDAY, MARCH 25
7:30 – 10:00 Registration - Church Street Inn, 120 Church Street
12:30 Departure by van from Immaculate Conception Church to the National Center for Preservation Technology
and Training, 645 College Avenue.
12:45 – 2:00 Picnic Lunch, Grounds of the NPS NCPTT & SPECIALIZED COMMITTEE MEETINGS
§ ARCHEOLOGICAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT NCPTT – 1ST Floor Conference Room
§ CULTURAL TOURISM – NSU Alumni House (next door to NCPTT)
§ HISTORIC GARDENS & CULTURAL LANDSCAPES – NSU Alumni House, next door to NCPTT
§ LEGISLATION, FINANCIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS- NCPTT, 2ND Floor Room
§ EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE – NSU Alumni House, next door to NCPTT
5:30 – 7:00 RECEPTION & AUCTION, Prudhomme-Rouquier House, 446 Jefferson Street, hosted by The
Natchitoches Historic Foundation and the Prudhomme-Rouquier House Foundation, all welcome.
FRIDAY MARCH 26
8:30–12:00 FIELD SESSIONS Depart from the Church Street Inn, end back at NCPTT, except for the
Natchitoches Walking Tour van from the Church Street Inn to NCPTT.
See complete descriptions after schedule of events.
§ Briarwood: A Cultural Landscape Conservation Tour, Caroline Dorman Nature Preserve. Light lunch provided on-
site.
§ The Natchitoches National Historic Landmark District: A Walk Through Time. Lunch on your own.
§ The Civil War Red River Campaign in Natchitoches. Red River Waterway Commission Visitor Center at Grand Ecore.
Light lunch will be provided on-site.
§ In the Heart of Creole Country: the Cane River National Heritage Area, the Cane River Creole National Historical
Park, and the Community. Light lunch will be provided at St. Augustine Catholic Church Hall.
§ Cane River Creole Cuisine: A Virtual Kitchen. NSU Alumni Center, College Avenue. Tasting during the session,
but lunch on your own.
§ Out of the Laboratory and into the Field - A tour of NCPTT and the American Cemetery in Natchitoches. Light
lunch will be served at the recently rehabilitated Guy House, located on the boundary of the cemetery.
5:00 Departure by van from NCPTT to Reception at the Cherokee Plantation, 3110 Highway 494, hosted by Mr.
and Mrs. William Nolan. Dinner and tour at Melrose Plantation, 3533 Highway 119, hosted by Ms. Saidee
Newell, US/ICOMOS Board of Trustees, and the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches
SATURDAY, MARCH 27
7:30 – 8:00 Van Transfer from Church Street Inn and the Ramada Inn to NCPTT
Fifteen minutes after the closing session, the bus to New Orleans will depart from NCPTT and vans will transfer other
participants to the Church Street Inn and the Ramada Inn.
R ed River Civil War Campaign in Natchitoches. The J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project
Visitor Center at Grand Ecore - At the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project Visitor Center at
Grand Ecore participants will listen to a guest lecture by archaeologist Dr. Tommy Hailey of Northwestern
State University on the history of the Red River Campaign, a pivotal point of the Civil War, as well as
the related archaeology of the region. Participants then will receive an interpretive tour of the recently
completed Visitor Center. Participants will view the extant Civil War earthworks at Grand Ecore and take a
walking tour of nearby Fort Selden. Finally, a costumed Civil War interpreter will provide a demonstration
Photo by Eugene Sutherland that includes a period camp and gun firing. Light lunch to be provided.
Contact: Mike Groves, Chief Ranger
• 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn.
• 8:15 a.m. – Leave for J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project Visitor Center at Grand Ecore.
• 8:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Guest speaker, tours, and demonstrations.
• 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. – Break for Lunch. Participants eat on-site.
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Return back to NCPTT.
C ane River Creole Cuisine: A Virtual Kitchen. NSU Alumni Center - Join Cane River Creole Chef
Lillie Delphin in her “Virtual Kitchen” at the NSU Alumni Center. Participants will listen to a guest
presentation on Cane River Creole culture followed by a viewing of “Cane River Common Pot,” a video
produced by the NSU Creole Heritage Center and the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission.
Participants will assist Chef Lillie Delphin in creating (and sampling) a traditional Creole dish.
Contact: Rhonda Gauthier
• 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. – Participants gather at Church Street Inn.
Photo Courtesy of • 8:15 a.m. – Participants travel to NSU Alumni Center.
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
• 8:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Guest Speaker, video, and demonstrations.
• 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. – Break for lunch on your own.
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Participants return back to NCPTT. Transportation will be available from the
Church Street Inn.
N ational Center for Preservation Training and Technology (NCPTT): Out of the Laboratory
and into the Field. A tour of NCPTT and the American Cemetery - What are the latest
developments in preservation technology and when are they reaching you? The NCPTT is a National Park
Service office established by Congress to be a catalyst for technologies to assist in preserving our cultural
heritage. In this tour you will learn about NCPTT’s new and on-going projects and see the research facilities.
NCPTT staff and partners will present how their efforts affect cultural resources from archaeological sites
to historic cemeteries. We will highlight the community effort to preserve the American Cemetery, leading
Photo by Jennifer Cappeto participants on a tour to learn more about its history, materials, and treatments. Light lunch will be served
at the recently rehabilitated Guy House, located on the boundary of the cemetery.
Contact: Mary Striegel, MRP Program Manager
• 8:15 a.m. – Participants gather and meet Mary Striegel at NCPTT.
• 8:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Tour and workshop at NCPTT and the American Cemetery.
• 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. – Break for Lunch. Participants eat at Guy House.
• 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. – Return to NCPTT.
of Universal Value, 1995, an important text resulting Augusto Villalón has an Honorary Ph.D. in Humanities
from the 1993 Cultural Landscape Expert’s Meeting in from Far Eastern University (Manila) in 2003, an M.A.
Germany. In July 2001 she became Chief of Europe in Architecture from Yale University and a BA in
and North America in charge of half of all World Sociology/History of Art from the University of
Heritage sites and 50 States Parties. She has published Notre Dame. His firm, A Villalon Architects, which
7 books, more than 50 articles, and contributes to the works in the Philippines, Asia and Latin America, won
editorial board of three international journals. a UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Conservation Award
in 2003.
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American Institute of Architects: Kathleen Lane
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Archaeological Institute of America: Ellen Herscher
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he International Council on Monuments and To fulfill its mission, US/ICOMOS actively promotes
Sites (ICOMOS) is the only world-wide non- the international sharing of knowledge, resources and
governmental membership organization that experiences by convening its annual international
brings together, from many disciplines and backgrounds, symposium; through publications that include the bimonthly
individuals and institutions responsible for managing Newsletter and the Scientific Journal; the US/ICOMOS
and supporting the conservation of the built heritage. webpage and its electronic ListServ; participation by its
ICOMOS was established in 1965 to bring order to the members in preservation events overseas; the US/ICOMOS
many uncoordinated and divergent efforts to protect, preservation library at its headquarters in Washington, DC;
preserve and interpret heritage sites throughout the world linking our communities and individual US/ICOMOS
after World War II. From that small group of founding members to preservationists and institutions with affinity
experts who met in Krakow, Poland, the global network concerns abroad; nine specialized committees that bring
of ICOMOS has grown to more than 6,000 members in US specialized experience to the International Scientific
119 National Committees, and 20 International Scientific Committees; partnership and collaboration with domestic
Committees that focus on specific concerns of the heritage and foreign organizations that enrich their outlook with
community. an international perspective; advocating US ratification
and implementation of international conventions for
An important universal contribution that derives from the the protection of cultural heritage; model conservation
global focus of ICOMOS is the ongoing development of projects, such as the Conservation and Tourism
international standards and doctrinal documents for the development Plan for Cape Coast in Ghana, under the
conservation and protection of built heritage. Because of auspices of the US Agency for International Development;
their unique role in the world of preservation, ICOMOS and US participation in the global leadership of ICOMOS
standards are the accepted norm the world over. For by fostering the election of US/ICOMOS members to high
instance, in the United States, the Venice Charter was office in the ICOMOS governing bodies.
the guiding basis for the Secretary of Interior’s Standards
for Historic Preservation. The high professionalism of Perhaps best known of all its programs is the US/
ICOMOS and the global consensus it embodies has been ICOMOS Summer Intern Program, which fulfills many
recognized in UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention by aspects of the US/CIOMOS mission. It has ushered 500
naming it official advisor on issues dealing with cultural young preservationists from 60 countries into the global
sites. ICOMOS network of cooperation and exchanges. Its far-
reaching effects are becoming more palpa-ble as former
As one of the largest and most influential of National interns begin to achieve positions of great responsibility
Committees, US/ICOMOS takes its position of leadership for heritage the world over, including chairs of ICOMOS
with utmost seriousness. In its mission, US/ICOMOS National Committees, direction of important projects and
broadly defines its field of activities as education and management of heritage sites.
training, international exchange of information, technical
assistance, documentation, advocacy and other activities
consistent with the goals of ICOMOS.