The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning offers the 2005 Southwest Summer Institute in historic preservation and regionalism. The first time this program has been offered, its aim is to enhance skills for both students and community members interested or involved in cultural resource management.
Three courses are offered, starting with “Heritage Corridors: Learning from Route 66,” June 6-10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The second, “Preservation Law: A Practical Tool Kit,” is scheduled for June 13-17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the final course, “Industrial Heritage: Reuse of the Albuquerque AT&SF Railway Shops” will take place June 20-24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All courses satisfy requirements in the school’s graduate certificate program in historic preservation and regionalism.
“The graduate certificate program provides students and professionals in preservation, design, planning, cultural-resource management and even the general public interested in expanding their knowledge, skills and understanding how to conserve our cultural inheritance,” said Chris Wilson, certificate program director and JB Jackson Professor of Cultural Landscape Studies.
“The certificate program integrates proven historic preservation techniques with contemporary planning and design to conserve architectural and cultural heritage while fostering economic development,” said Chester Liebs, adjunct professor, UNM School of Architecture and Planning.
Liebs, one of the world’s foremost historic preservationists, developed and ran a summer institute at the University of Vermont for 20 years. Following his retirement, he taught cultural heritage conservation in Tokyo for five years before moving to Santa Fe two years ago.
Liebs, author of “Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture,” is co-teaching heritage corridors with Michael Romero Taylor, manager of the National Park Service’s Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program.
“The course focuses on the various initiatives used to conserve the rights of way, structures, traditions and historical memory Route 66, the ‘great mother road,’ as a case study for conserving similar corridors throughout the country,” Liebs said. Field trips will highlight the National Park Service’s efforts to conserve Route 66.
The preservation law course is co-taught by Katherine Slick, New Mexico state historic preservation officer, and John Fowler, executive director of the president’s advisory council on historic preservation.
The course is designed for professional cultural resource management specialists, preservation-agency staff as well as state representatives of preservation organizations.
“This course provides a critical piece in preserving our intangible heritage with the range of legal topics including federal processes, local design review ordinances and emerging issues such as tribal concerns and private property rights,” Liebs said.
Eric DeLony, retired chief of the National Park Service’s Historic American Engineering Record, will teach the industrial heritage course. In addition to understanding the former AT&SF railway shops, the course will include state-of-the-art documentation techniques, an exploration of National Historic Landmark eligibility as well as adaptive reuses.
For more information on the Summer Institute, visit http://www.unm.edu/~hprinst
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Posted by scarr at May 10, 2005 04:02 PM