Syllabus/achievement requirements

 

Articles that have a web-link are marked with (€). Note: Most journals can only be accessed via the University of Oslo¡¯s network. Articles not available via a web-link are collected in a compendium that can be obtained from Akademika kopi-utsalg. These articles are marked with *

 

Students are encouraged to complete reading in advance of lectures. Complete reading list for each lecture can be found in the Fronter-rom for this course.

 

Book for purchase:

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

NB. There are a few copies available in the library.

 

Unit 1: What is cultural heritage, why should it be preserved and who should preserve it?

(€) Ahmad, Y. 2006. ¡®The scope and definitions of heritage. From tangible to Intangible¡¯. International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 12, No. 3, May 2006, pp. 292¨C300. [Online] Accessible from www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13527250600604639 (visited 19.04.2016).

(€) Lowenthal, D. 2005. Natural and Cultural heritage, in International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 81-92 ,  [Online] Accessible from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13527250500037088?needAccess=true (visited 7,04.2018).      

(€) Bruno, S. Steiner, F. and Steiner, L. (2011) World Heritage List: does it make sense? International Journal of Cultural Policy, 17:5, 555-573. [Online] Accessible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2010.541906 (visited 19.04.2016).                                                                                            

*Warren, K.J.1989. ¡®A philosophical perspective on the ethics and resolution of cultural properties issues¡¯, in Messenger, P.M. (ed) The ethics of collecting cultural property: whose culture?whose property?, University of New Mexico Press, pp.1-25.

 

Unit 2: The nature and history of conservation.

(€) ICOM Committee for Conservation 1984. The Conservator-Restorer. A definition of the Profession  [Online] Accessible from: http://www.icom-cc.org/47/about/definition-of-profession-1984/ (visited 9.04.2018).

(€) Sloggett, R. 2014. ¡®What is ¡®conservation¡¯? An examination of the continued relevance of ICOM-CC¡¯s The Conservator-Restorer: a Definition of the Profession¡¯, in J. Bridgland, (ed), ICOM-CC 17th triennial conference preprints, Melbourne, 15-19 September 2014. [Online] Accessible from: http://icom-cc-publications-online.org/PublicationDetail.aspx?cid=42d89b9f-a303-453e-942c-d46ec0def8f4 (visited 27.03.2018).

(€) Pey, E. and Sully, D. 2007. ¡®Evolving challenges, developing skills¡¯. in The Conservator, 30:1, [Online] Accessible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01410096.2007.9995221 (visited 20.04.2016).

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

 

Further reading

(€) Lewis, G.D. 2012. ¡®The history of museums¡¯, in Encyclopedia Britannica [Online] Accessible from https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-museums-398827 (visited 7,03.2018).

(€) ENCoRE 2001. Clarification of Conservation/Restoration at University Level or Recognised Equivalent, 3rd General Assembly, 19-22 juni 2001 Munich, Germany, [Online] Accessible from  http://www.encore-edu.org/ENCoRE-documents/cp.pdf , (visited 29.10.2009).

 

 

Unit 3: 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.

(€) Pereira H.N. 2007. ¡®Contemporary trends in conservation: culturalization, significance and sustainability¡¯, in City & Time, 3 (2): 2. [Online] Accessible from : http://www.ceci-br.org/novo/revista/docs2008/CT-2008-104.pdf (visited 27.03.2018)

(€) Szmelter, I. 2013. ¡®New values of cultural heritage and the need for a new paradigm regarding its care¡¯, in CeROArt, [Online] Accessible from : https://ceroart.revues.org/3647 (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) Gurian, E.H. 1999. ¡®What is the object of this exercise? A meandering exploration of the many meanings of objects in museums¡¯. in Humanities Research, Vol.8, No.1, pp. 25-36. [Online] Accessible from:  press.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/4_gurian.pdf  (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) McIntosh, W.D. and Schmeichel, B. 2004. ¡®Collectors and collecting: A social psychological perspective¡¯, in Leisure Sciences, 26:1, pp.85-97. [Online] Accessible from:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01490400490272639?needAccess=true (visited 27.03.2018).

*Pearce, S. 1995. ¡®Collecting as medium and message¡¯, in E. Hooper-Greenhill (ed), Museum, Media and Message, London: Routledge, pp.15-23.

 

Further reading

Pearce, S.M. (ed) 1994. Interpreting Objects and Collections, London and New York: Routledge. [Online] Accessible from:  https://is.muni.cz/el/1423/jaro2013/SAN105/um/Susan_Pearce_Interpreting_Objects_and_Collection.pdf

(visited 27.03.2018).

 

 

Unit 4: Conservation ethics and theory

(€) Ashley-Smith, J. 2017. ¡®A role for bespoke codes of ethics¡¯, in ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference 2017 Copenhagen. [Online] Accessible from:. https://openheritagescienceblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/1901_4_ashleysmith_icomcc_2017.pdf

(visited 27.03.2018).

Jean-Louis Luxen 2004. ¡®Reflections on the use of heritage charters and conventions¡¯, in GCI Newsletter, 19.2. [Online] Accessible from: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/19_2/feature.html (visited 27.03.2018).

De Roemer, S. 2016. ¡®Conservation. How ethics work in practice¡¯, in B.L.Murphy (ed) Museum, ethics and cultural heritage, Abingdon: Routledge,pp.  251-264.

(€) Allington-Jones, L. 2013. ¡®The Phoenix: The role of conservation ethics in the development of St Pancras Railway Station (London, UK)¡¯, in Journal of Conservation and Museums Studies, 11(1), p.Art.1. [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.jcms-journal.com/articles/10.5334/jcms.1021205/ (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) Trusheim, L. 2011. ¡®Balancing ethics and restoration in the conservation treatment of an 18th century seving box with tortoiseshell veneer¡¯, in Objects Speciality Group Postprints, Volume eighteen, pp. 127-147. Accessible from: http://resources.conservation-us.org/osg-postprints/postprints/v18/trusheim/ (visited 09.04.2016).

 

International Code of ethics:

(€)E.C.C.O. professional guidelines and code of ethics 1-4. [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.ecco-eu.org/documents/  (visited 27.03.2018).

(€)ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums.[Online]. Accessible from:https://icom.museum/en/activities/standards-guidelines/code-of-ethics/ (visited 27.03.2018


Main 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 2013. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Burra-Charter-2013-Adopted-31.10.2013.pdf, (visited 09.04.2018).

(€) 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, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

 

Unit 5: Investigation and recording of objects

(€) Moore, M. 2001. ¡®Conservation Documentation and the implications of digitisation¡¯, in 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).

(€) Adriaens, A. 2005. ¡®Non-destructive analysis and testing of museum objects: An overview of 5 years of research¡¯, in Spectrochimica Acta, Part B 60, pp.1503-1516. [Online]. Accessible from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0584854705002879 (visited 09.04.2018).

 

Further reading and case studies

(€) Conservation Perspectives. The GCI Newsletter. Collections Research, spring 2010. [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/25_1/

 (visited 17.04.2012).

(€) The Unvarnished truth. Exploring the material history of paintings. McMaster Museum of Art https://theunvarnishedtruth.mcmaster.ca/

(€) 2008. Investigative conservation. Guidelines on how detailed examination of artefacts for archaeological sites can shed light on their manufacture and use. Swindon: English Heritage. https://content.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/investigative-conservation/investigative-conservation.pdf/ (visited 27.03.2018).

 

 

Unit 6: Processes of conservation: Cleaning and Stabilization

Case-studies

(€) Koob, P. and Gu¨¦, L. 2012. ¡®The conservation of two Baccarat crystal torch¨¨res at the Shangri La Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA¡¯, in Studies in Conservation, 57:sup1, pp.173-180. [Online]. Accessible from:   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1179/2047058412Y.0000000020?needAccess=true (visited 27.03.2018).

(€) Arie, S. 2003. ¡®Why dirty David needs a wash ¨C or at least a dry clean¡¯, in The Guardian International edition, [Online]. Accessible from:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/16/italy.arts (visited 27.03.2018).

(€)  ¡®Restoring Michelangelo¡¯s David. Plans to clean masterpiece spark art world controvery¡¯, in Arts & Life, August 11, 2003, [Online]. Accessible from:  https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1390379 (visited 27.03.2018).

 

 

Unit 7: Processes of conservation: Restoration

Case studies

 (€) Stanley-Price, N. 2009. ¡®The reconstruction of ruins: Principles and practice¡¯, in A. Richmond, and A. Bracker (eds) Conservation: Principles, dilemmas and uncomfortable truths, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp.32-46. [Online]. Accessible from:  https://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/sitepreservation/N_S-P_Article_Dec_2009.pdf (visited 27.03.2018).

(€) Natali, A. 2008. ¡®Some considerations on conservation and restoration in contemporary art¡¯, in Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, No. 8, pp. 187-196. [Online]. Accessible from:  https://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/viewFile/1406/775 (visited 27.03.2018).

Yasmine, J. 2008. ¡®Beaufort Castle, Lebanon; conservation versus restoration project¡¯, in D¡¯Ayala and Fodde (eds) Structural analysis of historic construction, London: Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 1407-1414. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.hms.civil.uminho.pt/sahc/2008/CH153.pdf (visited 06.04.2018).

 

Unit 8. Using collections. The balance between preservation and use.

(€) Pye, E. 2016. ¡®Challenges of conservation: working objects¡¯, in Science Museum Group Journal, Autumn 2016, Issue 06. [Online] Accessible from: [Online] http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/issue-06/challenges-of-conservation/ (visited 27.03.2018).

(€) Lister, A. and Banks, J. 2008. ¡®Unlimited access: safeguarding historic textiles on open display in public buildings in the UK¡¯., in Studies in Conservation, 53: sup1. pp. 151-161. [Online] Accessible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/sic.2008.53.Supplement-1.156 (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) Pye, E. 2010. ¡®Collections mobility perspectives on conservation: Emphasis on the original object¡¯, in S. Petterson, M. Hagedorn-Saupe, T. Jyrkki? and A. Weij (eds.)  Encouraging collections mobility ¨C A way forward for museums in Europe. Lending for Europe 21st Century. pp.136- 149. [Online] Accessible from: http://www.lending-for-europe.eu/handbook/contents/ (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) Bancroft, A. 2012. ¡®Preserving intangible integrity¡¯, in V&A Conservation Journal, spring issue 2012, Issue 60. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/conservation-journal/spring-2012-issue-60/preserving-intangible-integrity/ (visited 27.03.2018).

(€) P¨¦rier-D¡¯Ieteren, C. 1998. ¡®Tourism and conservation¡¯. in 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).

 

 

Unit 9: Introduction to preventive conservation and agents of deterioration

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

(€) 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).

(€) Lucchi, E. 2018. ¡®Review of preventive conservation in museum buildings¡¯, in Journal of Cultural Heritage, Volume 29, January-February 2018, pp. 180-193. [Online]. Accessible from:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207416302217 (visited 27.03.2018).

*Michalski, S. 1994. ¡®A systematic approach to preservation. Description and integration with other museum activities¡¯, in R. Ashok and P. Smith (eds.)   Preventive Conservation. Practice Theory and research,

Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress, 12-16 September, pp.8-11.

Pioneer air museum 2014. Museum preventative conservation 101: know your enemies¡ªthe agents of deterioration, [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.pioneerairmuseum.org/blog/museum-preventative-conservation-101-know-your-enemies-the-agents-of-deterioration (visited 27.03.2018).

Case study

(€) Kaplan, E. et.al. 2005. ¡®Integrating preventive conservation into a collections move and rehousing project at the national museum of the American Indian¡¯, in Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 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).

 

Unit 10: Stewardship, an integral approach to responsible use of collections

(€) Ashley-Smith, J. 2002. ¡®Sustainability and precaution ¨C Part 1, in Conservation Journal, Spring, Issue 40. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/conservation-journal/issue-40/sustainability-and-precaution-part-1/ (visited 20.04.2016)

(€) Ashley-Smith, J. 2003. ¡®Sustainability and precaution ¨C Part 2 How precautionary should we be?¡¯, in Conservation Journal, Spring, Issue 44. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/conservation-journal/issue-44/sustainability-and-precaution-part-2-how-precautionary-should-we-be/ (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) De Silva, M. and Hendersen, J. 2011. ¡®Sustainability in conservation practice¡¯, in Journal of the Institute of Conservation, Volume 34, Issue 1, pp.5-15. [Online]. Accessible from:  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19455224.2011.566013 (visited 20.04.2016).

(€) Podany, Jerry 2009. ¡®Sustainable Stewardship: Preventive conservation in a changing world¡¯, Presentation at Sustainable Cultural Heritage, Washington DC,   [Online] Accessible from http://www.neh.gov/files/divisions/preservation/podany.pdf (visited 27.03.2018).

(€) Merriman, N. 2008.  ¡®Museum collections and sustainability¡¯, in Cultural Trends, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 3-21. [Online]. Accessible from:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09548960801920278

(visited 27.03.2018).

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

 

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