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<strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Education Coordinator:<br />
Anjana Ford<br />
<strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Arts Co-ordinator:<br />
Daisy Sutcliffe<br />
Dorset County Museums Advisor:<br />
David Tucker<br />
Universal Value 2008<br />
PVA MediaLab commission<br />
Artist: Charlie Morrissey
Rank the items in order of<br />
value (highest first)<br />
Art<br />
Nature<br />
Family<br />
iPod<br />
Car<br />
Rock<br />
Dog
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Convention 1972<br />
IDENTIFY<br />
PROTECT<br />
PRESERVE<br />
Temple of Abu Simbel moved during flooding of Aswan<br />
Dam, Egypt, 1972
What is a <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Site?<br />
• 911 sites around the world have been included on the<br />
UNESCO* <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> List<br />
• Together they <strong>for</strong>m a common heritage <strong>for</strong> humankind:<br />
they transcend political boundaries<br />
• <strong>The</strong>ir protection is our shared responsibility<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are the ideas on which the<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Convention is based.<br />
*United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Sites all have<br />
Outstanding<br />
Universal<br />
Value<br />
Something that is so precious that it must be<br />
preserved and protected<br />
For now and <strong>for</strong> the Future<br />
For all of Humanity
What is <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong>?<br />
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid<br />
Fields from Giza to Dahshur<br />
©2006 Ricardo Liberato
©2004 Samuel Li <strong>The</strong> Great Wall of China
Stonehenge and Avebury, England<br />
© <strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Team
<strong>The</strong> Great Barrier Reef, Australia<br />
© 2004 Richard Ling<br />
(www.rling.com)
Types of <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Pyramids<br />
Cultural <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
<strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong><br />
Natural <strong>Heritage</strong>
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> was<br />
given <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Status in 2001 and was<br />
England’s first natural<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Site.<br />
Offers a unique geological<br />
exposure along 95 miles<br />
of coast
95 miles of <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Site
Rocks around the <strong>Coast</strong><br />
TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS<br />
Sandstone<br />
Shales &<br />
clays<br />
Limestone & chalk<br />
200-250 Million Years Old 140-200 Million Years Old<br />
65-140 Million Years Old
Turtles & crocodiles<br />
<strong>The</strong> fossils record<br />
virtually a third of<br />
the record of life<br />
Marine reptiles<br />
Dinosaurs<br />
(footprints)<br />
Fish<br />
Trace fossils<br />
Insects<br />
Fossil wood<br />
Fossil Forest
Spiral of time<br />
<strong>The</strong> Earth is 4.6<br />
billion years old<br />
But ‘complex’<br />
animals only<br />
evolved about 600<br />
million years ago<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dorset and East<br />
Devon <strong>Coast</strong><br />
contains nearly one<br />
third of the record<br />
of life from the start<br />
of the Triassic,<br />
about 250 my ago,<br />
to the cretaceous,<br />
about 65 my ago
We are part of a global family
Our fundamental vision is that <strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
Status in Dorset and East Devon will:<br />
Inspire people to celebrate, appreciate and enjoy the<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Heritage</strong> Site, and to safeguard it <strong>for</strong> future<br />
generations in the best possible condition<br />
Become a vibrant strand of the life of Dorset and East<br />
Devon, benefiting local people, visitors and the<br />
environment throughout the area
TO INSPIRE<br />
TO DISCOVER<br />
TO QUESTION<br />
TO CREATE
My <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
e.g. A place of worship<br />
Our local <strong>Heritage</strong><br />
e.g. Fishing in Beer<br />
Our <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Site<br />
e.g. Building a model<br />
Other <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Sites<br />
e.g. Watercolour of the<br />
Pitons WHS
• Developed out of the<br />
Interpretation<br />
Action Plan<br />
between 2003 and<br />
2005.<br />
• Arts Strategy<br />
launched in 2006<br />
• Funding confirmed<br />
and programme<br />
launched in 2008.
“…Artists create both physical landmarks<br />
that help us to identify where we are, and<br />
emotional landmarks, stories, films, plays and<br />
songs that help us to define and explore our<br />
relationship with the landscape. <strong>The</strong>y help us<br />
to access, enjoy and, there<strong>for</strong>e, care about the<br />
land.”<br />
From Natural Partners: Arts in the Protected Landscape, Arts Council England,<br />
South West and South West Protected Landscapes Forum
Artist: Sian Bonnell
OVERALL PURPOSE<br />
To encourage residents and visitors<br />
of all ages to visit and experience the<br />
<strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>for</strong> themselves and to<br />
understand it better through high<br />
quality arts experiences.
Gary Breeze,<br />
Timeline<br />
Running from<br />
the edge of the<br />
country park to<br />
the threshold of<br />
the castle.<br />
Durlston Project
DAISI<br />
Inspiration Aspiration<br />
East Devon
www.jurassiccoast.com/creativecoast<br />
Thank you<br />
Generation Live and B<br />
Sharp<br />
<strong>Jurassic</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Fossil<br />
Festival 2009
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