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Course & Subject Profile :

Unit 01: Introduction to Culture

1) Introduction Unit 02: Culture & Industrialization
2) Lecture Topic Unit 03: Controversy between Preservation and
Modernization
3) Role of Unit 04: Architectural Conservation /
UNESCO Restoration
4) Preservation Unit 05: Conservation of the
of Old Cities Cultural Property
5) References Unit 06: Conservation of the Cultural Heritage
Unit 07: New Technologies (Change &
Flexibility)
Unit 08: Language Analogy in Architecture
Unit 09: Symbolic Function of Architecture and
Formation of Personal & Social Identities
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International organizations took string roots
towards establishing links between nations
and countries to help and coordinate towards
1) Introduction saving the cultural and architectural heritage
2) Lecture Topic of these nations. These organizations not only
facilitated the coordination and cross-linkages
3) Role of between these nations but also became a
UNESCO source of knowledge sharing and its cultural &
4) Preservation historic documentation to ensure conservation
of Old Cities of the native languages, architecture, historical
sites, etc. Some of the major organizations are
5) References discussed in the lecture.
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1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
of Old Cities
5) References
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a
specialized agency of the United Nations (UN)
based in Paris.
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Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace

and security by promoting international
1) Introduction collaboration through educational,
2) Lecture Topic scientific, and cultural reforms in order to
3) Role of increase universal respect for justice, the rule
of law, and human rights along with
UNESCO
fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United
4) Preservation Nations Charter.
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5) References It is the successor of the League of Nations'
International Committee on Intellectual
Cooperation.
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UNESCO pursues its objectives through five
major programs: education, natural
sciences, social/human sciences, culture
1) Introduction and communication/information.
2) Lecture Topic Projects sponsored by UNESCO include
literacy, technical, and teacher-training
3) Role of programs, international science programs, the
UNESCO promotion of independent media and freedom
of the press, regional and cultural history
4) Preservation projects, the promotion of cultural
of Old Cities diversity, translations of world literature,
5) References international cooperation agreements to
secure the world's cultural and natural
heritage (World Heritage sites) and to
preserve human rights, and attempts to bridge
the worldwide digital divide. It is also a
member of the United Nations Development
Group.
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Role and Place of UNESCO and WHC
(Culture, Cultural Heritage, Physical, non-
material)
1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic Past Experiences and Shortcomings. The
3) Role of Future. Where does UNESCO stand? Issues
UNESCO of concern.
4) Preservation
of Old Cities (Also for other Governmental Organizations,
such as ICCROM and NGOs such as Icomos)
5) References
Ref. Document attached with lecture.
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It is a universally known fact that UNESCO
has been the main factor/facilitator and, by
1) Introduction excellence, the UN Agency in collaborating
2) Lecture Topic
with Member States in matters of Cultural
Heritage, and to that matter, culture as such.
3) Role of
UNESCO
UNESCO has a certain merited credibility for
4) Preservation its role in major works related to the
of Old Cities preservation of cultural heritage. That
credibility stems from the 1960’s and 1970’s,
5) References
when international campaigns launched by
UNESCO for the protection and enhancement
of major cultural sites in Indonesia, Egypt,
Italy, Pakistan caught a great momentum.
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UNESCO continued with launching campaigns

1) Introduction
for heritage protection of universally
recognized cultural heritage sites in the 1980’s
2) Lecture Topic and 1990’s.
3) Role of
UNESCO It is not our intention to make an in-depth
4) Preservation analysis or evaluation as to what happened to
those campaigns and how in fact most of them
of Old Cities
faded away, while UNESCO still lives with the
5) References credibility it acquired from down-to-earth,
practical, professional and well-funded major
campaigns and projects of the 1970’s is a fact.
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Over the last 25 years or so most of the funds
for medium-scale and large-scale projects
used by UNESCO, were provided by
1) Introduction extrabudgetary funds, the bulk being
provided by UNDP, as were the rules of
2) Lecture Topic
technical cooperation, namely UNDP-
3) Role of UNESCO-Government concerned, back in the
UNESCO last century!.

4) Preservation
While the role of UNESCO was thus
of Old Cities established, in ‘substance, know-how and
5) References experience’, most of the jobs which had to be
done in the field with technical assistance
funds through UNDP were in a way
successfully implemented, establishing the
prerequisites for possible investment national
and/ or international projects to follow suit.
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Following the 1972 UNESCO Conference in
Nairobi and the establishment of an
1) Introduction international Convention for World Cultural
2) Lecture Topic and Natural Heritage, UNESCO was
strengthened and started to cooperate with the
3) Role of State Parties of the Convention in matters of
UNESCO cultural heritage, the built heritage of
4) Preservation monuments and sites, and actual Historic
of Old Cities Centers/Towns/Cities, and increasingly so
in natural landscapes.
5) References
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
of Old Cities
5) References
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

The project aims at providing comprehensive

1) Introduction information on the present condition of the structure of
Jam Nizamuddin Tomb and soil condition for a proper
2) Lecture Topic conservation and restoration of the structure. Jam
Nizamuddin Tomb is one of most significant structures
3) Role of of the World Heritage Site of Thatta-Makli. The World
UNESCO Heritage Site of Thatta-Makli spreads over 10 km, and
consisting of a remarkable array of tombs, monasteries,
4) Preservation mosques and enclosures, situated at the ridge of the
of Old Cities Makli Hill. The uniquely Islamic religious character
witnessed in the 'city of dead', is a consequence of the
5) References grouping of princes' and rulers' mausoleums close to
the tombs and khanqahs (hermitages) of saints revered
by them. The grouping consists of the earliest 14th
century pre-Mughal Samma period, Tarkhan and
Mughal periods (16th-18th century), and miscellaneous
(Sufi clusters).
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
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3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

Following Norway's generous response to the call for

1) Introduction assistance for the conservation and preservation of the
Lahore Fort, UNESCO Islamabad Office and the
2) Lecture Topic Government of Pakistan signed a Memorandum of
3) Role of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of this
complex task. The challenge therein was the re-
UNESCO hanging/stabilization of the ceiling of Shish Mahal
4) Preservation (Palace of Mirrors) that was caving in. This required
extreme caution and careful planning to ensure a
of Old Cities consultative process and sharing of knowledge and
5) References experience from various quarters, including
international expertise. Consequently, following the
initial search and planning phase, the project took off in
practical terms, in the first week of March 2003, with an
International Experts' Meeting.
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
of Old Cities
5) References Realizing the role of urban heritage as a source of
social cohesion, creativity and innovation a Historic
Urban landscape project initiated in Rawalpindi (RHUL)
a neighboring city of Islamabad which aims to manage
the heritage resources in dynamic, constantly changing
cities and not in isolation.
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2) Lecture Topic
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1) Introduction UNESCO Islamabad applied for the Getty

Foundation Architectural Conservation and
2) Lecture Topic Planning Grant, to carry out baseline surveys
3) Role of and identify conservation needs at the
UNESCO Shalamar Gardens. Funds from Getty
Foundation came around the same time as
4) Preservation Emergency Assistance from WHC in early
of Old Cities 2005. The dual source of funding provided
5) References considerable support to initiate a systematic
process of conservation at the Shalamar
Gardens, based on scientific studies and
evidence.
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1) Introduction
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3) Role of
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4) Preservation
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

Moenjodaro, located on the right bank of the

1) Introduction
Indus River, 510 km north-east of Karachi, in
2) Lecture Topic Pakistan's Sindh Province, flourished for
3) Role of about 1000 years during the third and second
UNESCO millennium BC. This city of the Indus
civilization was excavated in the 1920s and
4) Preservation 1930s, spreading over an area of almost 600
of Old Cities acre and 10% of which has been excavated
5) References and was one of the most ancient planned
cities in the world built entirely of fired brick in
accordance to a carefully designed urban
planning scheme.
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The site, with its monumental structural

1) Introduction
remains, street pattern, covered drains,
2) Lecture Topic baths, wells and all necessary features
3) Role of needed for sanitation and administration, is
UNESCO known as the first urban centre of the Indus
civilization. The archaeological Ruins at
4) Preservation Moenjodaro was inscribed on the UNESCO
of Old Cities World Heritage List in 1980.
5) References
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This huge cultural heritage site, became
increasingly threatened with decay by
exposure to harsh climatic conditions, floods
1) Introduction from the Indus River, deterioration due to
2) Lecture Topic salts rising from the high water-table, and
water-logging. In 1974, after an appeal from
3) Role of the Pakistani Government, UNESCO
UNESCO launched the International Safeguarding
4) Preservation Campaign for Moenjodaro. It lasted until 1997
of Old Cities and mobilized around US $ 23 million for
large scale conservation measures which
5) References aimed at protecting the site from flooding,
control of the ground-water table,
implementation of national capacity building
activities and for the installation of a
conservation and monitoring laboratory.
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO
After the closure of the UNESCO
1) Introduction International Safeguarding Campaign for
Mohenjodaro in 1997, the UNESCO Division
2) Lecture Topic for Cultural Heritage and World Heritage
3) Role of Centre reinitiated their collaboration and
UNESCO developed a post campaign strategy in 2004,
which identified further areas of interventions
4) Preservation
such as: management structure, conservation
of Old Cities and stabilization, training and capacity
5) References building, site and tourism development.
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To date, the majority of activities have

1) Introduction focused on and greatly improved the overall
2) Lecture Topic management, conservation and stabilization
of the walls and structures and reinforced
3) Role of national training and capacities of site
UNESCO managers and workers.
4) Preservation
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
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5) References
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
of Old Cities
5) References
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Recent Works in Pakistan lead by UNESCO

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
of Old Cities
5) References
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References:
1.http://unesco.org.pk/culture/index.html

1) Introduction
2) Lecture Topic
3) Role of
UNESCO
4) Preservation
of Old Cities
5) References