Syllabus/achievement requirements (KONS1000 - Autumn 2013)
Text books:
Caple, C. 2000. Conservation Skills. Judgement, Method and Decision making, London: Routledge. THE STUDENT NEEDS TO BUY THIS BOOK. THERE ARE A FEW COPIES IN THE LIBRARY.
* For articles that can be found on the web a link to the web-site is given.
Articles not available on the web are collected in a compendium that can be obtained from Akademika kopi-utsalg.
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. 292–300.
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, [online ] http://www.encore-edu.org/encore/encoredocs/cp.pdf (visited 29.10.2009), 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 – 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.
Charters
The Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments, 1931
Total: 85 pages + charter
Lecture 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.
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.
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: 73 pages
Lecture 4: 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).
Matero, F. 2000. ‘Ethics and Policy in Conservation’. GCI Newsletter, No. 15.1, Spring 2000, Getty Conservation Institute, [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/15_1/feature1_2.html, (visited 08.04.2012)..
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 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, Ppaers from the ICCROM 2003 Forum on Living Religious Heritage: conserving the sacred, ICCROM, Rome, pp. 67-73. [Online]. Accessible from: http://www.iccrom.org/pdf/ICCROM_ICS03_ReligiousHeritage_en.pdf (visited 09.04.2013).
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).
Périer-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).
Peters, R and Romanek, D. 2008. ‘Approaches to access: factors and variables’, in Conservation and Access: Contributions to the 2008 IIC Congress, London, pp. 1-6.
Total: 73 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 – does it exist?, British Museum Occasional Paper nr. 135, British Museum Press, London, pp.1-5.
Smith R., D. 1999. ‘Reversibility: a questionable philosophy” in A. Oddy and S. Carroll, Reversibility – does it exist?, British Museum Occasional Paper nr. 135, British Museum Press, London, pp. 99-103.
Palazzi, S. 1999. ‘Reversibility: Dealing with a ghost’. , in A. Oddy and S. Carroll, Reversibility – 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.
Total: 58 pages