Introduction to Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage

DRM4Heritage

Workshop: Tuesday 26th – Wednesday 27th July 2022

Field trip in Adelaide, SA: Thursday 28th July 2022

Contact Us

Dr Ania Kotarba
ania.kotarba@flinders.edu.au
College of Humanities, Arts and Social
Sciences
Flinders University
Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA

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About

Climate change impacts and natural disasters such as sea level rise, coastal floods, extreme weather, and increases in bushfire frequency and intensity put many archaeological and heritage sites at risk from erosion, inundation, and destruction. This potential loss of heritage—both tangible and intangible— is grave and requires immediate mitigative action.

Our 3-day workshop will introduce the participants to the process of identifying and managing risks to heritage places, including their landscape settings, interiors collections and movable heritage. The workshop will include two days of lectures and workshops and one day in the field to put theory into practice. It will be delivered on campus at Flinders University but will also be available via a dedicated Teams/Zoom link.

The course takes a multi-hazard approach and will engage multiple areas of expertise ranging from emergency management, emergency response, cultural heritage management, policy, and strategic planning for disaster.

The workshop will include an introduction to:

Understanding the place and its local context
- Heritage values and attributes
- Physical, climatic, cultural, socio-economic context
The concept of risk as a product of exposure and vulnerability to hazards, probability, and potential loss
Identifying and evaluating risks to cultural heritage (tangible and intangible) arising from both natural and human hazards, including climate change
The disaster cycle – planning for all phases of a disaster before it occurs
Developing strategies to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster
Understanding and mitigating post disaster risks

Engaging with emergency services to understand risks, priorities, protocols and procedures
Working with local communities and stakeholders to identify issues, needs, opportunities and priorities and to develop disaster management strategies
Facilitating recovery of heritage and communities
Developing strategies to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster
Understanding and mitigating post disaster risks
Working with local communities and stakeholders to identify issues, needs, opportunities and priorities and to develop disaster management strategies
Facilitating recovery of heritage and communities

Organisers and Core Instructors

Dr Ania Kotarba, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology | Flinders University, Adelaide | M.ICOMOS (ANZCORP), M.ICAHM

Catherine Forbes, Principal | GML Heritage, Sydney | M.ICOMOS (ANZCORP)

Lecturers

Victoria Pearce, Director, Senior Cultural Conservator | Endangered Heritage, Canberra | M.ICOMOS (ANZCORP)

A/Prof. Temitope Egbelakin, Construction Management and Disaster Resilience | School of Architecture and Built Environment | University of Newcastle | M.ICOMOS (ANZCORP)