Italian Foundations

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THE SLAVE ROUTE SITES OF MEMORY LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION
Possibilities for a Trans National Nomination?
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Work Undertaken, Meetings, Projects to date1.
International Seminar - Heritage, Identity,
Education and Culture management of sites and
places of memory linked to slavery and the slave
trade (Brasilia, August 2012 UNESCO in
coordination with the Palamres Foundation)2. A
List of sites related to the Transatlantic Slave
Trade and African Heritage in the Caribbean, as
compiled by the World Heritage Centre, Latin
America and the Caribbean Unit (November
2011)3. Thematic Working Group on the Slave
Route Definition and Recommendations. Final
Report of the Periodic Reporting Exercise of the
Caribbean Sub Region, Barbados (April 2011) and
Santo Domingo (2012)4. Report on the viability
of nominations of Sites of Memory of the Slave
Route Project in Latin America and the Caribbean
and the World Heritage List - Nilson Acosta
Reyes, December 2009
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5. A Feasible Nomination on Sites of Remains
in the English Speaking Caribbean, as well as
sites related to the Slavery Route Project -
Patricia Green, December 20096. International
Seminar The Slave Route in the Rio de la Plata
contributions to an intercultural dialogue
Buenos Aires, October 20097. Regional Meeting
Places of Memory related to the Slave Trade and
Slavery in the Latin Caribbean Havana, Cuba, May
20068. Conference on the Development of a
Caribbean Action Plan in World Heritage (20
Caribbean State Parties - St Lucia, February
2004), which called upon the World Heritage
Committee to note that they wish to explore
fully the implications of the options of serial,
trans boundary and serial-trans boundary
nominations recommended that under the C of
Credibility (Thematic Studies and Tentative
Lists) as part of the World Heritage Committees
Global Strategy that the Slave Route Sites of
Memory project be designated as a priority
theme
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9. World Heritage Paper Series No. 14
Caribbean Archaeology and the Conclusions of the
Meeting relating to the African Heritage in the
Caribbean - Martinique, September 200410.
Museums Association of the Caribbean Report -
Places of Memory The Caribbean Inventory.
UNESCO-WTO Joint Caribbean Programme of Cultural
Tourism on the UNESCO Slave Route Project.
November 200111. Regional Experts Meeting on
Plantation Systems in the Caribbean, Paramaribo,
Suriname, 17 to 19 July 2001
Information Document - WHC-01/CONF.208/INF.8W
ork undertaken by the UNESCO Regional Office for
Culture (Havana) in coordination with the UNESCO
Slave Route Project Places of Memory of the
Slave Route in the Latin Caribbean
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International Seminar - Heritage, Identity,
Education and Culture management of sites and
places of memory linked to slavery and the slave
trade (UNESCO Slave Route Project the Palamres
Foundation) 1. Creation of an international
network of managers of sites and places of
memory2. Committee established for the
preparation of a conceptual methodological guide
for cultural operators to support the development
of memory tourism initiatives around the sites,
places, monuments etc.3. Development of training
modules for the building of capacities4.
Opportunity for participants to reflect on a
trans national nomination including the
Caribbean, North, South and Central America,
Africa and Europe
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What is a Serial Nomination?A serial nomination
(for cultural sites) is a collection of sites not
physically connected but is a series of a whole
belonging to the same historicocultural group,
and may occur(PARAGRAPH 138)a) on the
territory of a single State Party (serial
national property) or b) within the territory
of different States Parties, which need not be
contiguous and is nominated with the consent of
all States Parties concerned (serial
transnational property)
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In the case of a serial nomination, the
potential OUV of the series of components is
fundamental and must be justified, with a clear
rationale for the selection of the components
based on the potential OUV and the attributes and
features that the components demonstrate
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• Outstanding Universal Value of the Slave Route
• Massive relocation of millions of people which
  forever forged ties between Africa, Europe and
  the Americas
• The forced development of new identities and
  adaptation to a new way of living in new lands
  creolization
• Development of the world economy at the time
  impact on the Industrial Revolution profound
  effect on the social, economic and cultural
  conditions of the times
• Colonies were an extension of European powers and
  very often war was fought in these areas,
  therefore the construction of military structures
  such as forts by enslaved and freed Africans
  contributed to not just the protection of these
  colonies, but the protection of the interests of
  European countries.
• Evolution of labour systems/socio-economic/politic
  al and cultural impact of slavery on an entire
  region/resistance agricultural and industrial
  systems

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• Mechanism for a serial transnational nomination
• Approach
• International cooperation under the 1972 World
  Heritage Convention
• How will this nomination be undertaken sub
  regionally diversity in the extent of countries
  impacted (North, South and Central America, the
  Caribbean Europe and Africa) sub-regional
  strategies
• Direction of the nomination process Work plan
• Cooperation
• Regional Meetings for discussion of approach,
  Coordinating Committee, political and
  multi-lateral cooperation and commitment
  (involvement of regional/national institutions
  and cooperation funding support. A formal
  inter-governmental agreement is valuable and
  serves as basis for coordination and
  responsibility
• Establishing Outstanding Universal Value (OUV)
• Development of a thematic study in tandem with
  the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies
  an International Expert Meeting?
• Definition of OUV identification of attributes
  sub themes criteria (FUNDING)

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• Mechanism for a serial transnational nomination
• Tentative Lists
• Preliminary development of Tentative Lists by
  country
• Updating and harmonization of Tentative Lists
  based on thematic study and OUV outlined
• Submission of Tentative Lists in phases (by
  sub-region?)
• Develop procedure for the preparation of the
  nomination - either sub regionally or regionally
• The OUV for the proposed itinerary as a whole
  should be defined and not just for component
  parts. Establishing OUV is fundamental and
  demonstrates why the property is seen to have
  international significance. Each component of the
  serial transnational property must demonstrate
  OUV, authenticity and integrity and subscribe to
  the common vision for the entire serial property
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SOME LAC WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES WITH REFERENCE
TO SLAVERYBrimstone Hill Fortress National Park
(St Kitts and Nevis) Historic Area of
Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour (Curacao)
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia, Historic
Centre of the Town of Olinda (Brazil) Viñales
Valley (Cuba)National History Park Citadel,
Sans Souci, Ramiers (Haiti) Historic
Bridgetown and its Garrison (Barbados)PROPERTIES
ON NATIONAL TENTATIVE LISTS Boca De Nigua
Sugar Mill Ruta de Los Ingenios (The Dominican
Republic)Fort Zeelandia (including Court of
Policy Building) (Guyana)Plantations in West
Curaçao (Curacao)Serra da Canastra National Park
(Brazil)Hacienda Chuao (Chuao Plantation)
(Venezuela)The Industrial Heritage of Barbados
the Story of Sugar (Barbados)Seville Heritage
Park (Jamaica)St. Georges Fortified System
(Grenada)Pitch Lake at La Brae (Trinidad and
Tobago)
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POSSIBLE CHALLENGES - Differences in inventory
and documentation - Challenges with or
insufficient cooperation amongst State Parties -
Capacity of individual countries - Funding
sources for regional and expert meetings to
undertake thematic studies - Inclusion of other
regions (North America Europe Africa) -
Shared responsibility for management Development
of a common vision for the conservation and
sustainable development and an understanding of
the commitment to management
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THANK YOU / MUCHAS GRACIAS