Please see (below) the very important online petition to the EU for our field! Also for those who have not signed the declaration for a sustaianable and international support of MediaArt-(Reseach) = please go to mediaarthistory.org to join the list of meanwhile 400 international scholars and artists. Best, Oliver >>> "H-ArtHist (Elisabeth Furtwaengler)" <[log in to unmask]> 2/21/2012 10:36 >>> From: Constanze Fuhrmann <[log in to unmask]> Date: Feb 21, 2012 Subject: ANN: Online petition: cultural heritage research in the EU Framework Programme HORIZON 2020 Dear colleagues of the cultural heritage research community, In the proposal of the European Commission for the 8th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, HORIZON 2020, cultural heritage has been omitted completely, thus taking away all the funds previously available for research in this field. This decision has serious consequences, since the whole basis for the conservation of cultural heritage in Europe will be eliminated, probably for many years to come. Against this background, members of the Focus Areas Cultural Heritage (FACH) of the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) have taken action for an online petition to be addressed to the European Parliament and the European Council in order to plead strongly for the inclusion of cultural heritage research in HORIZON 2020. In signing this letter, the European cultural heritage research community request the EU to acknowledge fully its responsibilities, now and in the future, to put cultural heritage research back high on its agenda and to address the topic appropriately in the next Framework Programme. Please support this petition with your vote to ensure further promotion of cultural heritage research: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cultural-heritage-research_8th-framework-programme/ Thank you very much for your attention. Reference / Quellennachweis: ANN: Online petition: cultural heritage research in the EU Framework Programme HORIZON 2020. In: H-ArtHist, Feb 21, 2012. <http://arthist.net/archive/2743>. ____________________________________________________________________ H-ARTHIST Humanities-Net Discussion List for Art History E-Mail-Liste für Kunstgeschichte im H-Net Editorial Board Contact Address / Fragen an die Redaktion: [log in to unmask] Submit contributions to / Beiträge bitte an: http://arthist.net/mailing-list/mode=contribute Homepage: http://arthist.net