The 16th General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), to be held in Quebec, Canada, on 29 September - 4 October 2008 under the title The Spirit of Place Between the Intangible and the Tangible, calls for papers to one of four themes:
Re-thinking the Spirit of Place, addressing the theoretical issues surrounding the relationships that exist between spirit and place, between the tangible and the intangible.
The Threats to the Spirit of Place, focusing on identifying and analysing the tangible and intangible threats to which the spirit of place might be exposed.
Safeguarding the Spirit of Place, examining the practices, methods, means and tools that could be developed to safeguard and protect the spirit of place.
Transmitting the Spirit of Place, exploring how increasingly advanced technological tools used today for recording monuments, historical sites and sites of memory can be used to help transmit the spirit of place.
The deadline for abstracts is 15 February 2008.
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