Proceedings of conference: Incredible Industry

Conference proceedings "Incredible Industry" online

We would like to announce the publication of the conference
proceedings "Incredible Industry, Preserving the Evidence of
Industrial Society" from the Nordic Association of Conservators 18'
Conference, Copenhagen 25-27 May 2009. The publication consists of
25 papers from the presentations given during the three days
conference (list below). The publication is available for free
online, by the following direct link for download in PDF (9.5 Mb):

  <URL:http://www.nkf-dk.dk/Bulletin/NKF-Incredible-industry09.pdf>

On behalf of the Nordic Association of Conservators, Denmark, Morten
Ryhl-Svendsen, Karen Borchersen and Winnie Odder

Contents of proceedings:

    Jacob Bjerring Hansen
    Can the concept of industrialism be preserved? (keynote)

    Bertrand Lavedrine
    From mass-produced artefacts to mass treatments: the impact of
    industrial development on the museum field (keynote)

    Yvonne Shashoua
    Plastic - has the dream material of the 20th century become the
    nightmare of the 21st? (keynote)

    Cecil Krarup Andersen, Troels Filtenborg, Annemette B. Scharff
    and Mikkel Scharff
    The industrialisation of canvas production in Denmark and its
    implications for the preservation of Danish nineteenth century
    paintings

    Jon Brookes
    The St Just Coast Project 1995 - 2005

    Terje Grontoft and Susana Lopez-Aparicio
    Degradation of modern synthetic polymers in museums and
    environmental assessment with EWO dosimetry

    Kornelius Goetz, Stefan Brueggerhoff and Norbert Tempel
    Action plan for industrial monuments - a proposal for research
    into improving the management of large sites

    Cajsa Hallgren
    Flameproofed textiles in museums and conservation

    Birgit Vinther Hansen
    Cold storage as an alternative to mass deacidification

    Karin Bonde Johansen
    Preservation of sponsored films

    Gunilla Lagnesjo
    Modern cultural heritage; an area of research at the Swedish
    National Heritage Board

    Martha Leskard
    Developing a policy and procedure for selecting and operating
    historic objects from the collections of the Science Museum,
    National Museum of Science and Industry, UK

    Agnes Gelbert Miermon
    Polymers in watches manufactured in the Jura region, Switzerland

    George Brock-Nannestad
    Gramophones and Records - the first widespread commercial
    standardization

    Eric Nordgren, David Krop, Erin Secord, Elsa Sangouard,
    Michael Saul, Gary Paden and Gerry Hanley
    USS Monitor conservation: preserving a marvel of 19th century
    technology

    Sharon Penton
    Case study of a Ducretet inductor coil: conservation problem or
    visual wonder?

    Karen Stemann-Petersen
    Considering the changes of appearance of iron and steel objects
    during conservation

    George Prytulak
    Another look at painted finishes on outdoor industrial artifacts

    Nynne Raunsgaard Sethia
    Industrially produced paint and the perspective of its
    reconstruction.

    Yvonne Shashoua, Michelle Taube and Torben Holst
    Protection of iron and steel in industrial heritage objects

    Ulrich Stahn
    Proposal for the conservation of weathered steel objects at the
    National Trust Estate of West Penwith, Cornwall and at the West
    Harbor in Berlin

    Norbert Tempel
    Recovering the Icon? The restoration of the Zollern II/IV
    Colliery Engine House in Dortmund

    Robert Turner and Shane Casey
    The conservation of a Victorian ship and a Victorian bridge

    Vigdis Vingelsgaard
    KLEVFOS Forever - how long is that? A new conservation plan for
    a pulp and paper mill

    Sue Warren
    Hazards in industrial collections of the Canada Science and
    Technology Museum Corporation Ottawa, Canada

    George Prytulak (moderator speech)
    Diversity, commonality and connectivity.


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