The AIC Sustainability Committee would like to encourage AIC members to consider submitting abstracts to the 2023 ICOM-CC Triennial Conference:"Sustainability can be understood in many ways. We often think of it in ecological and economic terms, which are indeed relevant to our field and are already altering our practices. However, we must also consider sustainability from other vantage points, such as cultural sustainability, institutional sustainability, and even professional sustainability. In 2000, a satirical US journal warned that 'We may be running out of past'. Two decades later, well into the digital age, the warning may be viewed more seriously. Is the past – and its material symbols – at risk of becoming an unsustainable commodity? If the past, and its manifestations and associated values, becomes less relevant to today's society, what are the implications for those entrusted with caring for cultural heritage? And what are the consequences, if future generations are unaware of our shared past and unable to draw inspiration from it?"------------------------------
Annabelle (Bellie) Camp
NEH Fellow, WUDPAC Class of 2022
Outreach Officer, Sustainability Committee
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