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HERITAGE Asia – Pacific (heritAP)

A Network of Heritage Practitioners supported by WHITRAP Shanghai

Mr Andrew HENDERSON
Country: Australia
Major(s):

Heritage Management

Institution/Organization:

UNESCO Memory of the World Committee for Asia-Pacific

Position/Title:

Secretary-General

Professional/Research Area(s):

Heritage Management, Museum Management/Curating, Archives Management, Sustainable Tourism

Short Resume:

I am currently the Secretary-General of the UNESCO Memory of the World Committee for the Asia-Pacific (MOWCAP), where I coordinate projects, grants and awareness raising activities to assist with the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage from the region.

I hold a Masters in Cultural Heritage from the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific, Deakin University, and over the last 6 years I have been working on museum, archives and heritage projects in the Asia-Pacific as a consultant for the UNESCO Office in Bangkok and Jakarta respectively. I am currently working on a UNESCO project in Myanmar to preserve, digitse and make accessible historic conservation archives of Bagan, linking the MoW and WH programs.

I am also currently a researcher at the University of Melbourne where I am working on a project on the intersection between digital and World Heritage.