Underwater Cultural Heritage Training Programs aimed at increasing Professional Capacity

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2013

Other Keywords
Training • capacity building • professional • international • UNESCO • Fieldschool • courses • maritime and underwater cultural heritage • amateur • E'Learning

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Western Europe • Isle of Man (State / Territory) • England (State / Territory) • Wales (State / Territory) • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort (Country) • Scotland (State / Territory) • Northern Ireland (State / Territory) • Ulster (State / Territory) • Leinster (State / Territory) • Isle of Man (Country)

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  • Building relevant capacity in implementing Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage programs (2013)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only William F. Jeffery. Robert Parthesius.

    The CIE-Centre for International Heritage Activities has been very active in implementing Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage (MUCH) capacity building programs in a number of countries in southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific. While the UNESCO 2001 Convention and the Nautical Archaeology Society training programs are used as frameworks in the principles and practices for the programs, they are implemented in a manner and over a time that is considered relevant to each country. This comes...

  • Cultivating the Next Generation of Maritime Archaeologists: An Anglo/American Approach (2013)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian M Cundy. Mark W Holley.

    For the past two years the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) in the UK, in partnership with the underwater archaeology program at Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) in the USA, has run a field school in and around Lake Michigan focusing on maritime archaeology.  These events have drawn students from across North America and Europe by providing a wide range of specialty training courses not found elsewhere in the region.  A substantial amount of original research has been generated from these...

  • Illustrating The Components That Form Part Of International Training Courses (2013)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Chris Underwood.

    Successful training courses comprise more than the sum of the individual teaching components that take place in the classroom or in the field.  In particular those international courses that bring together participants from different cultures present their own challenges, not just differences in language, but there are other considerations. This paper, using examples from Latin America and the Caribbean, will illustrate the components and organisation that not only helps to fulfil the specific...

  • Nautical Archaeology from your couch: The NAS E'Learning Programme (2013)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Rachel Quick. Mark I Beattie-Edwards.

    The Nautical Archaeology Society's first course was  held in 1986. Since then over 10,000 people have attended an NAS Training event in over 20 countries. This attendance involved actually meeting an NAS Tutor and discovering what nautical archaeology was all about. In 2013 UK NAS trainees will be able to learn what nautical archaeology is all about from the comfort of their couch. The NAS E'Learning Programme will offer interactive online lessons to replace the face to face lesssons of the...

  • Not all its cracked up to be: The variety of roles of the NAS Training Programme in underwater archaeology (2013)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark I Beattie-Edwards.

    The Nautical Archaeology Society Training Programme is often perceived as being a " fun programme for amateaur divers" but that is "not really for professionals".  However over the past 26 years the NAS Training Programme has been utilised by both national and state heritage agencies and also by universities all over the world. The reason being is that the flexible programme allows the teacher to devise a structured course with content that helps build the skills required by...

  • Underwater Cultural Heritage Training Programs Aimed at Increasing Professional Capacity: the UNESCO Foundation and Advanced courses Held Between 2009 and 2012 in Thailand for the Asia - Pacific Region (2013)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Martijn Manders.

    Between 2009 and 2012, UNESCO developed a foundation course for the management of underwater cultural heritage followed by advanced courses - all for the Asia-Pacific Region and aimed at professionals working for governmental organisations. Three foundation courses and two advanced courses were given in Thailand. In total 70 people were trained from 17 different countries. This huge success resulted in a few spin off effects in the region such as a platform of professionals from several...