Syllabus/achievement requirements

Text books:

Caple, C. 2000. Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge.

 

Lecture 1: Why is cultural heritage preserved? The occurrence and development of heritage preservation.

Caple, C. 2000.¡¯Chapter 2: ¡®Reasons for preserving the past¡¯, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp.12-28.

€ Ahmad, Y. 2006. The scope and definitions of heritage From tangible to Intangible in International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 2006, pp. 292¨C300.

€ ICOM News, No.2, 2004, The definition of the museum

€ Lewis, G.D., 2012. ¡®The history of museums¡¯, i Encyclopaedia Britannica, [Online]. Accessible from http://www.muuseum.ee/uploads/files/g._lewis_the_history_of_museums.pdf (visited 16.04.2012).

€ UNESCO, 2012. World heritage. Accessible from http://whc.unesco.org/en/about/ [Online]. (visited 17,04.2012)

€ Unesco, 2012. 'The World Heritage Convention'. Accessible from http://whc.unesco.org/en/convention/. [Online]. (visited 17.04.2012)

 

Total: ca 60 pages

 

Lecture 2: The nature and history of conservation.

Caple, C. 2000.¡¯Chapter 3: ¡®The nature of conservation¡¯ and Chapter 4: ¡®History of conservation¡¯, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp.29-45 and 46-58.

€ ICOM Committee for Conservation 1984. The Conservator-Restorer. A definition of the Profession. ca. 3 pages.

€ ENCoRE 2001. Clarification of Conservation/Education at University Level or Recognised Equivalent, 3rd General Assembly, 19-22 juni 2001 Munich, Germany, ca. 4 pages.

Vi?as, S. M. 2005. ¡®Chapter 1: What is Conservation¡¯, in Contemporary Theory of Conservation, Amsterdam:Elsevier, pp. 1-25.

* Keck, S. 1996. ¡®Further Materials for a History of Conservation¡¯, i (eds)N.S.  Price,M.K.Talley Jr and A.M. Vaccaro, Readings in Conservation: Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, pp. 281-287.

* Larsen, R. 1998. ¡¯The science of conservation ¨C restoration¡¯, in 25 years School of Conservation, the Jubilee Symposium Preprints 18-20 May 1998, K?benhavn: Det kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, pp. 77-85.

* Ward, P. 1986. The natrure of Conservation: A Race Against Time, Chapter 1-3. Getty Conservation Institute, Marina del Rey. [Online]. Accessible from http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/nature_of_conservation.html  (visited 17.04.2012)

€ Carter, Julian 2009. Taxonomy is dead...Long live taxonomy. Understanding the science of preservation in museum natural science collections¡® , in J. Henderson (ed.) Conservation in Wales. The Role of Science in Conservation. Post prints conference Thursday 18th June 2009, The Oakdale Institute, Museum of National History, St Fagan, Cardiff, pp. 7-11.

The Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments, 1931

 

Total: 85 pages + charter

 

Lecture 3: Conservation ethics and theory

Caple, C. 2000. Chapter 5: Conservation Ethics, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp. 59-69.

E.C.C.O. professional guidelines and code of ethics 1-4.

ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums.

* Schiessl, U. 1995. ¡®The Development of the Profession and its ethical rules¡¯, in (ed) R?theli-Mariotti, et.al. The Restoration of Works of Art. Legal and Ethical Aspects, Geneva: Geneva Art Law Centre, pp. 203-229.

€ Sease, C. 1998.'Codes of Ethics for Conservation' , International Journal of Cultural Property, vol. 7 number 1,1998, p. 98-115.  [Online]. Accessible from: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=279299&jid=JCP&volumeId=7&issueId=01&aid=279298 (visited 09.04.2013).

€ Mu?oz Vi?as, S. 2002. Contemporary Theory of Conservation, in (ed) N. Streeton, Reviews in Conservation,  The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, London, pp. 25-34. [Online]. Accessible from: www.viks.sk/chk/reviews_3_02_25_34.doc (visited 17.04.2012).

* Eastop, D. 2011. 'Conservation practice as enacted ethics', in (ed) J. Marstine, The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics: Redefining Ethics for the Twenty-First Century Museum, Routledge, London, pp. 426-434.

 

Charters:

€ The Venice Charter, International charter for the conservation and restoration of monuments and sites, 1964,  [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.international.icomos.org/charters/venice_e.pdf, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

The Burra Charter (The Australian ICOMOS Charter for the conservation of Places of Cultural Significance 1979. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.nationaltrust.net.au/sites/default/files/20110208%20The%20Burra%20Charter.pdf, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

The declaration of Dresden, Reconstruction of Monuments Destroyed by War , [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.icomos.org/en/charters-and-texts?id=184:the-declaration-of-dresden, (visited 09.04.2013).

The Nara document of authenticity, 1994 , [Online]. Accessible from:   http://www.icomos.org/charters/nara-e.pdf, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

The declaration of San Antonio, 1996, [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.icomos.org/index.php/en/charters-and-texts?id=188:the-declaration-of-san-antonio&catid=179:charters-and-standards,

 

Total: ca 60 pages

 

Lecture 4: The meaning of objects

* Pye, E. 2001. ¡®Chapter 4: The meaning of objects¡¯, in Caring for the past. Issues in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums, London: James and James, pp.57-76.

* Baer, N. 1998. ¡¯Does Conservation Have Value?¡¯, in 25 years School of Conservation, the Jubilee Symposium Preprints 18-20 May 1998, K?benhavn: Det kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, pp. 15-19.

* Belk, R.W. 1994. ¡®Collectors and collecting¡¯, (ed) Susan M. Pearce, Interpreting objects and collections, London: Routledge, pp.317-326.

* Jokilehto, J. 1985. ¡®Authenticity in Restoration Principles and Practices¡¯, in (ed) Steiner-Kiljunen, K. Konservering ig?r och idag. Nordiska konservatorf?rbundets X kongrss, Finland 10-15.6 1985, pp. 19-33.

* Pearce, S. 1995. ¡®Collecting as medium and message¡¯, in (ed) Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, Museum, Media and Message, London, Routledge, pp15-23.

€ The NARA document on authenticity. 1994 [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.icomos.org/charters/nara-e.pdf

 

Further reading (not in compendium):

Taylor, J and Cassar, M. 2008. ¡®Representation and intervention: the symbiotic relationship of conservation and value¡¯, in Conservation and Access, Contributions to the London Congress 15-19 September 2008, pp. 7-11.

 

Total: 75 pages

 

Lecture 5: Investigating and recording objects

Caple, C. 2000. ¡®Chapter 6: Objects: Their recording and investigation¡¯, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp. 70-89.

* Caple, C. 2006. Chapter 1: ¡®Investigating objects. Theories and approaches¡¯, in Objects. Reluctant witnesses to the past, London and New York: Routledge, pp.1-32.

€ Moore, M. 2001. ¡®Conservation Documentation and the implications of digitisation¡¯, Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, Issue 7. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://cool.conservation-us.org/jcms/issue7/0111Moore.pdf (visited 19.04.2012).

€ Ianna, C. 2001. ¡®Non-destructive techniques used in material conservation¡¯, in 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Brisbane, Australia, 17-21 September, . [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.ndt.net/apcndt2001/papers/1159/1159.htm (visited 09.04.2013).

€ Conservation Perspectives. The GCI Newsletter. Collections Research, spring 2010. [Online]. Accessible from: http: //www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/pdf/v25n1.pdf (visited 17.04.2012)

 

Total: ca.60 pages

 

Lecture 6: Processes of conservation

Caple, C. 2000. Chapter 7: ¡®Cleaning¡¯, chapter 8: ¡®Stabilization¡¯ and chapter 9: ¡®Restoration¡¯, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp. 90-139.

* Caple, C. 2006. Objects, Chapter 1, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 1-32.

€ Case-studies Conservation Journal V&A, [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/c/conservation/, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

Total: ca. 45 pages

 

Lecture 7: Using collections. The balance between preservation and use.

Caple, C. 2000. Chapter 10: ¡¯In working condition¡¯, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp. 140-151.

* Keene, S. 2005. Chapter 3: ¡®Collections¡¯, in Fragments of the World. Uses of Museum Collections, Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 25-44.

* Keene, S. 1994. Objects as systems: A new challenge for conservation, in (ed.) Andrew Oddy, Restoration: Is it Acceptable?, British Museum, Occasional Paper 90, pp. 19-25.

€ Chatzigogas, J. 2005. 'The challenges in reconciling the requirements of faith and conservation in Mount Athos¡¯, in (eds) H. Stovel, N. Stanley-Price and R. Killick, Conservation of Living Religious Heritage, Papaers from the ICCROM 2003 Forum on Living Religious Heritage: conserving the sacred, ICCROM, Rome, pp. 67-73. [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.iccrom.org/ifrcdn/pdf/ICCROM_ICS03_ReligiousHeritage_en.pdf

€ Nardi, R. 1999. ¡®Going public: a new approach to conservation education¡¯, Museum International 201, pp.44-50. [Online]. Accessible from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0033.00191/abstract, (visited 09.04.2013).

€ P¨¦rier-D¡¯Ieteren, C. 1998. ¡®Tourism and conservation¡¯. I Museum International 50(4), Oxford: Blackwelll publishers, pp. 5-14, [Online]. Accessible from:  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0033.00170/abstract, (visited 09.04.2013).

€ Wressnig, F. 1999. ¡®The professional guide: building bridges between conservation and tourism. Museum International 201, pp. 40-43, [Online]. Accessible from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0033.00190/abstract, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

Total: 68 pages

 

Lecture 8. Introduction to preventive conservation and agents of deterioration

Caple, C. 2000. Chapter 11.1 Preventive conservation: ¡¯In working condition¡¯, in Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, p. 152.

* Bradley, S. 1994 ¡¯Chapter 6: Do objects have a finite lifetime?¡¯, in (Ed) Simon J.Knell, Care of Collections, London: Routledge, pp. 51-59.

* Bradley, S. 2003. ¡¯Preventive conservation: the research legacy¡¯, in (Ed) Townsend, J. et.al. Conservation Science 2002, Papers from the conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland 22-24 May 2002, pp. 3-7.

* S. Knell, 1994. ¡®Introduction: The context of collections care¡¯, in (ed.) Simon J. Knell, Care of collections, London and New York: Routledge, 1-10.

€ Lewin, J. 1992. ¡®Preventive Conservation¡¯. GCI Newsletter 7 (1), pp.4-7, [Online]. Accessible from:

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/7_1/preventive.html, (visited 08.04.2013)

€ Kaplan, E. et.al. 2005. ¡®Integrating preventive conservation into a collections move and rehousing project at the national museum of the American Indian¡¯, JAIC, Vol 44, Nr.3, 217-232, [Online]. Accessible from:  http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/jaic/articles/jaic44-03-006_indx.html (visited 08.04.2013)

* Michalski, S. 1994. ¡®A systematic approach to preservation. Description and integration with other museum activities¡¯, in (Eds.) Roy Ashok and Perry Smith, Preventive Conservation. Practice Theory and research, Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress, 12-16 September, pp.8-11.

* Staniforth, S. 2006. ¡®Agents of deterioration¡¯, in The National Trust Manual of Housekeping. The care of collections in historic houses open to the public. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp.45-53.

 

Further reading: (ikke i Kompendium)

Pye, E. 2001. ¡®Chapter 5: ¡®Change in materials and objects¡¯, in Caring for the past. Issues in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums, London: James and James, pp.77-98.

 

Total: 78 pages

 

 

Lecture 9: Stewardship, an integral approach to responsible use of collections

Caple, C. 2000. Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge, pp. 63-69, 152-181, 200-206.

The Burra Charter (The Australian ICOMOS Charter for the conservation of Places of Cultural Significance 1979. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.nationaltrust.net.au/sites/default/files/20110208%20The%20Burra%20Charter.pdf, (visited 09.04.2013).

Michalski, S. 1994. ¡®A systematic approach to preservation. Description and integration with other museum activities¡¯, in (Eds.) Roy Ashok and Perry Smith, Preventive Conservation. Practice Theory and research, Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress, 12-16 September, pp.8-11 ( article see lecture 8)

Oddy, A. 1999., ¡®Does reversibility exist?¡¯, in : (eds.) A. Oddy and S. Carroll, Reversibility ¨C does it exist?,  British Museum Occasional Paper nr. 135, British Museum Press, London, pp.1-5.

Palazzi, S. 1999.  ¡®Reversibility: Dealing with a ghost¡¯. , in (eds) Andrew Oddy and Sara Carroll, Reversibility ¨C does it exist?, British Museum Occasional Paper nr. 135, British Museum Press, London, pp. 175-179.

Hanssen-Bauer, F. 1996.. ¡®Stability as a technical and an ethical requirement in conservation¡¯ .ICOM committee for conservation, 11th triennial meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1-6 September  Preprints, pp.166-171.

€ Claire Fry, Amber Xavier-Rowe, Frances Halahan and Jennifer Dinsmore, 2007. What¡¯s causing the damage! The use of a combined solution-based risk assessment and condition audit, in (eds.)

Tim Padfield and  Karen Borchersen,  Museum Microclimates,  National Museum of Denmark ,Copenhagen,  pp.107-114. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://natmus.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/natmus/bevaringsafdelingen/billeder/far/Museum_Microclimate/Proceedings/musmic150.pdf (visited 08.04.2015)

Avrami, E. 2009. ¡®Heritage, Values, and Sustainability¡¯, in (Eds) Alison Richmond and Alison Bracker, Conservation. Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths, Butterworth and Heinemann, Amsterdam, pp.177-183.

€ Sustainability at the V&A. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/v-and-a-sustainability/

 

Total: 40 pages

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