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"Interpretation of Human Cultural
Heritage -- Share and Spread"
International Symposium Held at PKU
PKU NEWS 2008--11—20
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=227155308
Peking University, Beijing, Nov. 20th 2008:
The international symposium on ―Interpretation of Human Cultural Heritage -- Share
and Spread‖, sponsored by Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and jointly
organized by PKU Faculty of Archaeology and Museology, Institute of Archaeology
of University of London, and International Centre for Culture and Heritage Studies of
Newcastle University, was held at PKU from November 4th to 7th.
The symposium attracted over 50 representatives from more than ten countries
including China, the US, Britain, Italy, Canada and Japan. They are renowned
archeologists, scholars on management of cultural heritage, relevant government
officials, head of major relics programs, and senior people from media. Vice
Secretary of PKU Party Committee Mr. Yang He, Dean of Institute of Archaeology of
University of London Stephen Shennan, and Professor Zhao Hui, dean of PKU
Faculty of Archaeology and Museology delivered their speeches. Head of National
Heritage Bureau Mr. Shan Jixiang and Professor Peter Stone from International
Centre for Culture and Heritage Studies of Newcastle University made the keynote
speeches.
Discussions centered on the relationship among archeological study, cultural
heritage and public participation. The whole session consisted of three major topics,
namely, communication between archeology and other disciplines, communication
between archeology and the public, as well as the relationship of archeology with
protection of cultural heritage. Representatives introduced their communication with
archeology from the perspectives of various fields, such as technological archeology,
ancient environmentology, museology, education, historical geography and digital
technology, etc. They also pointed out the achievements and remaining difficulties
during these processes. A series of topics on public archeology are also discussed,
for instance, Chinese public archeology, South Africa archeology and public
participation, Japan archeology and news reports, instant presentation of
achievements in initiative archeological excavation, media‘s responsibility in
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