The Jurassic Coast World Heritage project - Association for Heritage ...

Jurassic Coast Education Coordinator:
Anjana Ford
Jurassic Coast Arts Co-ordinator:
Daisy Sutcliffe
Dorset County Museums Advisor:
David Tucker
Universal Value 2008
PVA MediaLab commission
Artist: Charlie Morrissey

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World Heritage Convention 1972
IDENTIFY
PROTECT
PRESERVE
Temple of Abu Simbel moved during flooding of Aswan
Dam, Egypt, 1972

What is a World Heritage Site?
• 911 sites around the world have been included on the
UNESCO* World Heritage List
• Together they form a common heritage for humankind:
they transcend political boundaries
• Their protection is our shared responsibility
These are the ideas on which the
World Heritage Convention is based.
*United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation

World Heritage Sites all have
Outstanding
Universal
Value
Something that is so precious that it must be
preserved and protected
For now and for the Future
For all of Humanity

What is World Heritage?
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid
Fields from Giza to Dahshur
©2006 Ricardo Liberato

©2004 Samuel Li The Great Wall of China

Stonehenge and Avebury, England
© Jurassic Coast Team

The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
© 2004 Richard Ling
(www.rling.com)

Types of World Heritage
Pyramids
Cultural Heritage
Jurassic Coast
Natural Heritage

The Jurassic Coast was
given World Heritage
Status in 2001 and was
England’s first natural
World Heritage Site.
Offers a unique geological
exposure along 95 miles
of coast

95 miles of World Heritage Site

Rocks around the Coast
TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS
Sandstone
Shales &
clays
Limestone & chalk
200-250 Million Years Old 140-200 Million Years Old
65-140 Million Years Old

Turtles & crocodiles
The fossils record
virtually a third of
the record of life
Marine reptiles
Dinosaurs
(footprints)
Fish
Trace fossils
Insects
Fossil wood
Fossil Forest

Spiral of time
The Earth is 4.6
billion years old
But ‘complex’
animals only
evolved about 600
million years ago
The Dorset and East
Devon Coast
contains nearly one
third of the record
of life from the start
of the Triassic,
about 250 my ago,
to the cretaceous,
about 65 my ago

We are part of a global family

Our fundamental vision is that World Heritage
Status in Dorset and East Devon will:
Inspire people to celebrate, appreciate and enjoy the
World Heritage Site, and to safeguard it for future
generations in the best possible condition
Become a vibrant strand of the life of Dorset and East
Devon, benefiting local people, visitors and the
environment throughout the area

TO INSPIRE
TO DISCOVER
TO QUESTION
TO CREATE

My Heritage
e.g. A place of worship
Our local Heritage
e.g. Fishing in Beer
Our World
Heritage Site
e.g. Building a model
Other World
Heritage Sites
e.g. Watercolour of the
Pitons WHS

• Developed out of the
Interpretation
Action Plan
between 2003 and
2005.
• Arts Strategy
launched in 2006
• Funding confirmed
and programme
launched in 2008.

“…Artists create both physical landmarks
that help us to identify where we are, and
emotional landmarks, stories, films, plays and
songs that help us to define and explore our
relationship with the landscape. They help us
to access, enjoy and, therefore, care about the
land.”
From Natural Partners: Arts in the Protected Landscape, Arts Council England,
South West and South West Protected Landscapes Forum

Artist: Sian Bonnell

OVERALL PURPOSE
To encourage residents and visitors
of all ages to visit and experience the
Jurassic Coast for themselves and to
understand it better through high
quality arts experiences.

Gary Breeze,
Timeline
Running from
the edge of the
country park to
the threshold of
the castle.
Durlston Project

DAISI
Inspiration Aspiration
East Devon

www.jurassiccoast.com/creativecoast
Thank you
Generation Live and B
Sharp
Jurassic Coast Fossil
Festival 2009