
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu
Feb. 12, 2007
UNM Southwest Summer Institute Announces Three Courses
Japan, Acequias and Teacher Training Focus of Courses
The University Of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning’s Southwest Summer Institute for Preservation and Regionalism features three courses this year.
The first course, “Cultural Landscapes: Lessons from Japan,” is taught by UNM Visiting Fulbright Professor Chester Liebs and is scheduled May 15 – 28. The students will look at ways American cities can learn from their Japanese sister cities. Public transportation, attractive, compact and safe neighborhoods, civil society and the ability to maintain cultural traditions while creating communities of the future are aspects of Japanese life the students will discover.
A second course is designed especially for teachers - “Heritage Education: Built Environments in the K-12 Classroom.” The faculty are Jon Hunner and Marsha Weisgner from New Mexico State University. Teachers will be taught how to incorporate historic architecture and local history in their classes. The class is scheduled June 4-8.
The final course, “Acequias: Their Culture and Future,” takes place June 11-15 and is being taught by Eric DeLony, retired from the Historic American Engineering Record. Students will be looking at the history of acequias as well as threats to them through development and overuse, and the challenges and opportunities for conservation and adaptive reuse.
The courses can be taken individually or as part of the UNM School of Architecture and Planning’s Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation and Regionalism.
Students and professionals in preservation, design, planning, cultural resource management and related fields as well as interested members of the public are welcome to register.
For more information, please call 277-0071 or visit www.unm.edu/~hprinst, or email hprinst@unm.edu.
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