Bulletin of the ISPAN, No. 24: Culture as the Engine of Reconstruction
Summary: Culture placed inside the reconstruction plan: the issue reads the plan drawn by the Haitian authorities as both a national strategy carried by political will and an appeal to international cooperation mechanisms, to be delivered through long-term structuring actions. The cover is carnival at Jacmel.
Key Findings
- The bulletin presents culture as a central pillar of Haiti's reconstruction after the 12 January 2010 earthquake.
- It frames the Haitian reconstruction plan as both a national strategy and an appeal to international cooperation for long-term structuring actions.
- UNESCO's April 2011 donor conference presented culture-sector projects across world heritage, intangible heritage, movable heritage, cultural industries and cultural policies.
- The proposed program grouped actions around institutional strengthening, integrated culture in Port-au-Prince, memory and creativity in Jacmel, intangible heritage in Leogane and World Heritage protection in northern Haiti.
- The bulletin links the program to recommendations of UNESCO's International Coordination Committee for safeguarding Haitian cultural heritage.
- Its chronicle also reports the April 2011 exhibition of ISPAN bulletin pages and receipt of the World Monuments Fund report on preserving Port-au-Prince gingerbread houses.
Full Description
Culture placed inside the reconstruction plan: the issue reads the plan drawn by the Haitian authorities as both a national strategy carried by political will and an appeal to international cooperation mechanisms, to be delivered through long-term structuring actions. The cover is carnival at Jacmel. One issue of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN, the monthly bulletin of Haiti's Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National, which ran from June 2009 to at least November 2011 and documented one monument, site or historic center per issue.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2011, Bulletin of the ISPAN, No. 24: Culture as the Engine of Reconstruction, https://www.haiti.org/