Cultural heritage: a critical science gap of UNESCO Marine World Heritage Sites?By Athena Trakadas, ODHN Although the collective actions of many cultural heritage practitioners have been instrumental in getting aspects of cultural heritage included within the framework of the Ocean Decade, I think we all agree that more work is needed in applying integrated approaches […]
A summary of the conference – On April 5-6, 2021, at the Climate Change and Maritime Heritage: Interdisciplinary Perspectives conference, researchers presented the impacts of climate change on submerged archaeological resources through an interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches and provided recommendations for future action (conference programme here). Many coastal, terrestrial, and submerged archaeological sites are at […]
Intentionally Transformational: A Conversation on Inclusion in the UN Decade of Ocean Science at the Society for Historical Archaeology’s Conference, 2021 By David Ball, Amanda M. Evans, Athena Trakadas & Antony Firth (organisers), on behalf of the panel At the Society for Historical Archaeology’s Virtual Annual Meeting January 6-9, 2021, a panel discussion, Intentionally Transformational: […]
SPLOSH 2020 – Workshop on Southern Hemisphere perspectives on Submerged Palaeolandscapes By Ingrid Ward, on behalf of the SPLOSH committee The study of submerged coastal landscapes and human occupation records has rapidly emerged as a key topic in Quaternary science in the last couple of decades aided by new and higher-resolution technologies and focused research […]
Maritime Living Heritage in the ICHCAP Webinar By Athena Trakadas, co-Chair ODHN On October 29-30, 2020, the International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and the UNESCO Apia office hosted the webinar: “Maritime Living Heritage: Building Sustainable Livelihood and Ecosystems in the […]
Incorporating Social Science into the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development A session held at theInternational Symposium for Society & Resource Management (ISSRM) 2020 Virtual Conference July 20, 2020 By Taylor Goelz, Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Research Panelists: Steven Scyphers – Northeastern University Athena Trakadas – National Museum of Denmark / Ocean […]
Oceans Past 2020: OPVIII Virtual Conference Lightning Talk on Ocean Decade Heritage Network (ODHN) 14 May 2020 By Antony Firth, Co-chair, ODHN Script of talk presented at the workshop: The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-30 is a major initiative intended to stimulate marine sciences to inform sustainability, which is framed in […]
BalticRIM Blue Growth Workshop: The contribution of cultural heritage to the Ocean Decade 26 May 2020 By Antony Firth, Co-chair, ODHN Script of talk presented at the workshop: Introduction The relationship between cultural heritage and the Ocean Decade has many aspects. Today’s workshop focuses on Blue Growth, so I will concentrate on the relationship between […]
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 […]