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International Course on Rethinking Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage Collections
16 October, 2020
Moving away from a single hazard treatment approach, this international course offers a unique learning opportunity to protect heritage collections in more complex and real scenarios, with several overlapping hazards, such as an earthquake and fire.
Organized within the ICCROM programme framework of CollAsia and First Aid and Resilience in Times of Crisis, this blended course seeks to develop multi-hazard disaster risk management strategies for cultural heritage collections in Southeast Asia and beyond.
The aim is to broaden the scope of planning for disaster risk management in heritage institutions, and empower movable heritage professionals by enhancing their ability, to reduce the disaster risk for their respective collections in the context of a changing climate, limited resources, and an ongoing public health crisis.
Tailored to the diverse institutional contexts, which may include, but are not limited to libraries, archives, museums, places of worship or community managed cultural heritage centres, this course will combine:
- two-week online learning;
- one week in-person hands-on training in Manila, Philippines; and,
- a three-month post-training project with mentoring support.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- assess risks and develop realistic scenarios to guide risk reduction and preparedness for their respective collections;
- liaise with key disaster risk management actors and stakeholders in their respective local contexts;
- reduce disaster risk and enhance preparedness for heritage collections in and beyond their respective institutions;
- provide coordinated and time sensitive first aid to heritage collections in the event of complex emergencies;
- engage communities in disaster risk management of heritage collections and train volunteers; and,
build local teams of cultural heritage first aiders.
Online illustrated lectures will be combined with videos, virtual group discussions, and practical exercises, to be carried out by participants remotely in their respective institutions. The online learning will be followed by a week-long in-person workshop, during which, participants will learn how to provide coordinated first aid to cultural heritage collections through a series of emergency simulations and table-top exercises.
The learning phase will be followed by a three-month project implementation phase where participants will develop functional and coordinated disaster risk management plans and procedures for their respective institutions. This process will be supported by a group of mentors from ICCROM, ICOM and other partner institutions.
To apply, please use the online course application form.
For further information, please contact: mailto:collasia@iccrom.org
