On 8 June 2020, the webinar “The Ocean’s Past – Underwater Archaeology and Ocean Science” was organized by UNESCO’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Body to the 2001 Convention, the Ocean Decade Heritage Network, and Alexandria University (Egypt) in preparation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021 – 2030). Over 300 viewers […]
Maritime Archaeology and the Ocean Decade 2021-30: integrating archaeological research with the UN Sustainable Development Goals Paper presented at MAGS 2020: The 3rd Maritime Archaeology Graduate SymposiumOxford, 22 February 2020 Dr. Antony Firth, MCIfA. Director, Fjordr Ltd. / Technical Advisor, Honor Frost Foundation Steering Cttee on Underwater Cultural Heritage / Co-Chair, Ocean Decade Heritage Network […]
ODHN at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 – San Diego, USA, February 2020 By Athena Trakadas (ODHN) & Amy Gusick (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) A Town Hall, The human dimension: integrating cultural heritage into the Decade of Ocean Science, was recently organised by ODHN at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 (February 16-21, […]
ODHN at the annual meeting of the Society of Historical Archeology (SHA) and Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology (ACUA) – Boston, USA, January 2020 Implementing UCH into the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development by Chris Underwood, ODHN The panel discussion was organised by ACUA members, Amanda Evans and Dave Ball to introduce […]
ODHN at the Arctic Ocean Decade Policy-Business-Science-Dialogue WorkshopTromsø, Norway, January 2020 By Øyvind Ødegård, member ODHN The Arctic Ocean Decade Policy-Business-Science-Dialogue workshop was held as a one day workshop at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway. The purpose of the workshop was to provide opportunities to discuss, prioritize and formulate proposals for Arctic initiatives […]
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) Regional Workshop – Mediterranean Venice, Italy, 21-23 January 2020 by Arturo Rey da Silva, ICOMOS-ICUCH Member The Regional Workshop for the Mediterranean was organized in the framework of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), following the First Global Planning Meeting (GPM) held […]
ODHN at GLOSS, Brest November 2019 by Antony Firth, Co-Chair ODHN The GLOSS (GLobal Ocean Social Sciences) event was organised by the Ocean University Initiative to help develop an agenda for marine social sciences as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. I was able to attend GLOSS on behalf […]
A session entitled Underwater Archaeology In Europe – Where Do We Stand? with the theme “Archaeological heritage and museum management: future chances, future risks” was held at the 25th European Association of Archaeologists meeting in Bern, Switzerland, 4-7 September 2019. The session offered an important opportunity to take stock in the field of underwater archaeology: […]