ICON Ethnography Group seminar

ICON Ethnography Group Seminar November 2011

ICON Ethnography Group Seminar:

"Conservation and Source Communities: Research, Objects and
    Treatments"
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Wednesday 16 November 2011

<URL:http://www.icon.org.uk/images/stories/ethno_com_seminar.pdf>

Join the ICON Ethnography Group for a seminar exploring the growing
links between conservators and source communities both in the UK and
abroad.

In acknowledgement of the role source communities play as
stakeholders in the care of collections, and with cultural
institutions pushing for wider access and education, conservators
have increasingly been seeking consultation with these groups. This
has given fresh insight into collections, and informed conservation
treatments and interpretation.

The day will include talks on recent collaborative projects between
conservators and communities through direct participation and
consultation at a distance. Participants will also discuss ethical
issues that arise through consultation, and the continuing
development of links between source communities and cultural
institutions over the years.

The seminar will be held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, which houses an
outstanding collection of world artefacts and archaeology, and which
has an ongoing programme of active engagement with source
communities both in the UK and around the world.

Programme for the day:

    9-00-9.50           Registration

    9-50-10.00          Welcome

    10-00-11.15         Session 1

        10-00-10.25         Heather Richardson, Kate Jackson
                            The 'yes' generation! Pitt Rivers
                            conservators working with source
                            communities

        10-25-10.50         Luba Dovgan Nurse, Teri Rofkar, Kelly
                            McHugh, Marian Kaminitz, Susan Heald
                            Partnerships in understanding: Materials
                            characterization and condition
                            assessment of Tlingit Spruce Root
                            baskets at the National Museum of the
                            American Indian

        10-50-11.15         Marian Kaminitz, NMAI
                            Looking Back/Looking Forward: the Impact
                            of Conservation
                            Consultations/Collaborations with Native
                            Communities at the National Museum of
                            the American Indian

    11-15-11.45         Coffee Break / Posters

    11-45-12.35         Session 2

        11-45-12.10         Titika Malkogeorgou
                            Everything judged on its own merit?
                            Object conservation and the secular
                            museum

        12-10-12.35         Teresa Heady
                            The conservation of painted textiles
                            from the Himalayas using locally
                            resourced materials and indigenous
                            techniques.

        12-35-13.50     Lunch Break / Posters
                        (Lunch will be provided)

        13-50-14.10     Annual General Meeting ICON Ethnography Group

    14-10-15.00         Session 3

        14-10-14.35         Cecilie Gravesen
                            Between Humans and other things

        14-35-15.00         Debra Carr, Rua McCallum
                            Engaging with source communities through
                            conservation projects

    15-00-15.30         Coffee Break / Posters

    15-30-16.45         Session 4

        15-30-15.55         Luba Dovgan Nurse, Dinah Eastop, Mark
                            Nesbitt
                            Maori taonga in the context of the
                            Economic Botany Collection, Royal
                            Botanic Gardens, Kew

        15-55-16.20         Charles Stable
                            Maximum intervention?  The collaborative
                            reconstruction and interpretation of a
                            Maori war canoe by NMS and George Nuku,
                            Maori artist

        16-20-16.45         Farideh Fekrsanati
                            Te Waka Maori

    16-45-16.55         Closing Remarks

    17-15-18.00         Optional: Tour of the Pitt Rivers Museum
                        conservation studio
                        (limited numbers only, places are reserved
                        on a first come first serve basis, see
                        registration form)

Fees:

    Regular:  UKP45
    Students: UKP30

Refreshments and lunch are included.

To register for the seminar please go to:

    <URL:http://www.icon.org.uk/
        images/stories/ethno_com_registration.doc>

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Email completed forms to ethnoreg2011<-a t->gmail< . >com

Charlotte Ridley
Conservation Officer
Horniman Museum and Gardens
100 London Road
Forest Hill SE23 3PQ
+44 20 8699 1872 ext. 126


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