I am looking forward to participating next month in a symposium entitled :"Ethics and Cultural Patrimony: Viewpoints" at L'Ecole du Louvre in Paris on October 20-21, 2015. The event is organized by L’Institut Droit Ethique Patrimoine (Institute of Law, Ethics and Heritage), in partnership with l’Institut d’Etudes de droit public (Institute of Public Law Studies) and l’Ecole du Louvre, and take place at the Ecole du Louvre, Palais du Louvre, porte Jaujard, place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris. The conference website (with registration) can be found here, and the brochure can be opened here.
I will speak about the ethics of deaccessioning in the United States, with Marie Cornu (director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research and a member of the national French commission for UNESCO), who will address the ethics of the export of cultural patrimony.
The overall program is as follows, begging forgiveness for my poor French translation. Hope to see you in Paris!
Tuesday October 20, 2015
ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chaired by Dominique Jarrassé (Professor of History of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux University Montaigne)
Opening
Durey Philippe (Director of the Ecole du Louvre)
Bittoun Jacques (president of Université Paris Sud)
Janicot Daniel (president of the French National Commission for UNESCO)
Introduction: The ethical issues of cultural heritage; UNESCO'S Viewpoint
Edouard Planche (Programme Specialist, Division of Cultural Expressions and Heritage)
UNESCO Perspective of a Lawyer
Stéphane Duroy (Professor of Public Law, University Paris Sud)
Perspective of a Practitioner
Denis Michel Boëll (general heritage curator, Musée de la Marine, member of the ICOM Ethics Committee)
Ethics and Artification
"The Artification" of Ethics
Nathalie Heinich (CNRS Research Director, Arts Research Centre and the language)
"Artification” and Raw Art
Baptiste Brown (lecturer in History of Contemporary Art, University Rennes)
"Artification" Ethics and the Art Market
Chadelat Catherine (president of the Council of Voluntary Sales) and Sophie Vigneron (senior lecturer, University of Kent)
THE ETHICAL ISSUES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chaired by Stéphane Duroy (Professor of Public Law, University Paris Sud)
Ethics and patrimonial documents
Ethical Challenges of the Cultural Heritage of Documents
Dominique Jarrassé
The Cultural Heritage of Architectural Archives
Gilles Ragot (Professor of History of Contemporary Art, University Montaigne Bordeaux, former head of Architectural Archives of the twentieth century)
Ethics and Patrimonialisation of Cultural Practices (Intangible Heritage)
Ethics of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Lafferière-François Julien (Professor Emeritus, University Paris Sud)
Implementation of Ethical Issues of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Janet Blake (senior lecturer in law, member of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran)
Ethics and Sponsorship
Ethics of Patronage
James Bradburne (Director, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)
Ethics and Practice of Patronage
Philippe-Henri Dutheil (former president, partner and non-profit sector director, EY Société d’avocats)
Legal Tools of the Ethics of Patronage
Geraldine Goffaux Callebau (Professor of Private law, University Western Bretagne / Université Paris Sud)
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2015
ETHICAL ISSUES IN CONSERVATION
Chaired by Marie Cornu (director of research, member of the Center for Scientific Research, member of the French National Commission for UNESCO
Ethics of Restoration
Challenges of Identity and Memory
Marie Berducou (honorary lecturer in art history, Université Paris, former director of the Department of Restaurateurs, National Heritage Institute)
The Ethics of the Conservation of Damaged Works in Berlin in 1945
Julien Chapuis (Deputy Director, Museum for Byzantine Sculpture Collections and Art, State Museums in Berlin)
The Ethics of the Conservation of Human Remains
Noëlle Timbart (conservative heritage, in charge of Egyptian and Oriental antiquities, Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France)
Ethics and Digitization
Ethical Issues of Digitization (Sorting, Selection, Censorship)
Céline Castets- Fox (Professor of Law, University of Toulouse Capitole, member of the University Institute of France)
Ethics of Digital Broadcasting
Arnaud Beaufort (director of services and networks, National Library of France)
The North American Approach: the Ethics of Digitization and Broadcast
Gautrais Vincent (Professor of Law, University of Montreal)
ETHICAL ISSUES OF RESTITUTION
Chaired by Philippe Durey (director of the Ecole du Louvre)
Ethics and restitution of looted works
Ethical Issues of Restitution of Stolen Works
Astrid Müller-Katzenberg (Doctor of Law, Lawyer, Berlin)
Update on the Implementation of Ethical Issues in the Restitution of Works
Emmanuelle Polack (French expert of the Task Force “Schwabinger Kunstfund,” [Gurlitt] researcher, National Institute of Art History)
Ethics and the Restitution of Human Remains
Statement on the Ethics of the Restitution of Human Remains
Michel Van Praët (member of the National Consultative Ethics Committee, member of the National Scientific Commission of collections)
Ethical Issues in the Return of Human Remains
Vincent Negri (Researcher, Centre national de la recherche scientifique)
Ethics of the Removal from Collections
Ethics and Deaccessioning
Nicholas M. O'Donnell (partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP)
Ethics and the Export of Cultural Heritage
Marie Cornu
CONCLUSION
Conclusions of a Lawyer
Fromageau Jérôme (Honorary Dean, President of the International Society For Law Research of Cultural Heritage and Art Law)
Conclusions of an Art Historian
Claire Barbillon (professor History of Contemporary Art, University of Poitiers, research team, École du Louvre)
