Syllabus/achievement requirements

Pensumliste KONS1000 - Introduction to conservation and collection care- h?st 2016

 

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.

 

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 *

 

 

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.

 

Lecture 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).

                                                                                                      

(€) (2004) ¡®Reevaluating the ICOM Defenition of the museum¡¯, ¡®Collection=Museum¡¯ and ¡®The non-profit status of the museum¡¯, ICOM News, No.2,  [Online] Accessible from http://archives.icom.museum/definition_museum.html (visited 19.04.2016).

 

(€) UNESCO (2012) ¡®World heritage and World Heritage Information Kit¡¯, [Online] Accessible from http://whc.unesco.org/en/about/. (visited 17,04.2012)

 

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

 

(€) 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).

 

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

 

Lecture 2: The nature and history of conservation.

 

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

 

(€) Ward, P. (1986) The nature 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).

 

(€) Ga?l de Guichen (2014) Conservation today and professional excellence: some questions. In ?ola, T. S. and Cipek, L. (eds.) 2014. The Best in Heritage, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-27 September 2014, 13th edition, in partnership with Europa Nostra, under special patronage of ICOM. Zagreb: European Heritage Association, The Best in Heritage. [Online] Accessible from: http://www.cca-roma.org/en/blog/2014/12/conservation-today-and-professional-excellence-some-questions (visited 19.04.2016)

 

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

 

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

(visited 19.04.2016).

 

(€) ICOM-CC (?) ¡®What is conservation? [Online] Accessible from http://www.icom-cc.org/330/about-icom-cc/what-is-conservation/conservation:-who,-what-amp;-why/#.VD932ouUeYk (visited 19.04.2016).

 

(€) ENCoRE (2001) Clarification of Conservation/Education at University Level or Recognised Equivalent, 3rd General Assembly, 19-22 juni 2001 Munich, Germany, [Online] Accessible from  http://www.encore-edu.org/encore/encoredocs/cp.pdf, (visited 29.10.2009), ca. 4 pages.

 

 

 

*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.

 

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.

 

(€) Gurian, E.H. (1999) ¡®What is the object of this exercise? A meandering exploration of the many meanings of objects in museums¡¯. 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).

 

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

 

(€) Carey, C. (2008) ¡®Modelling collecting behaviors: The role of set completion. Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol 29, Issue 3, pp. 336-347. [Online]  Accessible from:  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487007000682 (visited 20.04.2016).

 

*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

 

Lecture 4: Conservation ethics and theory

 

(€) (2002) E.C.C.O. professional guidelines and code of ethics 1-4. [Online] Accessible from:   http://www.ecco-eu.org/about-e.c.c.o./professional-guidelines.html (visited 20.04.2016).

 

(€) (2006) ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. [Online] Accessible from:    http://archives.icom.museum/ethics.html (visited 20.04.2016).

 

*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).

 

*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.

 

(€) Allington-Jones, L. (2013). ¡®The Phoenix: The role of conservation ethics in the development of St Pancras Railway Station (London, UK). 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¡¯ 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).

 

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, (visited 09.04.2013).

 

Lecture 5: Investigating and recording objects

 

(€) 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).

 

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

 

(€) 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)

 

 

Lecture 6: Processes of conservation

 

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

 

 

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

 

*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.

 

(€) Lister, A. and Banks, J. (2008) ¡®Unlimited access: safeguarding historic textiles on open display in public buildings in the UK¡¯., 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¡¯. S. Petterson, M. Hagedorn-Saupe, T. Jyrkki? amd A. Weij (eds.) In 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).

 

(€) 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).

 

(€) 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).

 

(€) Orba?li, A(2000) Is Tourism Governing Conservation in Historic Towns? Journal of Architectural Conservation, 6:3, 7-19. [Online]. Accessible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13556207.2000.10785276 (visited 20.04.2016).

 

Lecture 8. Introduction to preventive conservation and agents of deterioration

 

*Bradley, S. (1994) ¡¯Chapter 6: Do objects have a finite lifetime?¡¯, in (Ed) Simon J.Knell, 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)

 

*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.

 

(€) De Guichen, Ga?l (1999) Preventive conservation: a mere fad or far-reaching change? Museum International (UNESCO, Paris), No. 201, Vol. 51, No. 1, 4-6. [Online] Accessible from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0033.00183/epdf (visited 19.04.2016).

 

(€) Foekje Boersma (2016) ¡®Preventive conservation-more than ¡®dusting objects¡¯? An overview of the development of the preventive conservation profession¡¯. Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 39:1, 3-17.

[Online] Accessible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19455224.2015.1136463 (visited 19.04.2016).

 

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

 

(€) 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)

 

*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.

 

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

 

(€) Ashley-Smith, J. (2002) ¡®Sustainability and precaution ¨C Part 1. 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?. 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. 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 Accessible from http://www.neh.gov/files/divisions/preservation/podany.pdf

 

(€) 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).

 

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