Call for papers--Conference on conservation of material culture in tropical climates

Call for Papers
"The Conservation of Material Culture in Tropical Climates
The 3rd APTCCARN Meeting in 2012"

The 3rd APTCCARN Meeting (Asia Pacific Twentieth Century
Conservation Art Network) will be held from 23-25 April 2012 at
Silpakorn University, Nakornpathom in Thailand. "The Conservation of
Material Culture in Tropical Climates" Meeting is a targeted forum
for the dissemination and discussion of regionally relevant
preservation solutions for Southeast Asia's vast cultural record.
Co-organised by the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
(University of Melbourne, Australia) and Silpakorn University in
Thailand under the APTCCARN (Asia Pacific Twentieth Century
Conservation Art Network), the program brings international experts
engaged with the conservation of material culture in hot, humid
climates to this event in Thailand.

The 3rd APTCCARN Meeting will be delivered at Silpakorn University's
Nakorn Pathom Campus where the Faculty of Fine Arts, Materials
Research Centre for Art and Design, and Silpakorn University's Arts
Centre are located. The program will include formal papers based on
the APTCCARN research platforms and artist- conservator panel
discussions presented in a Symposium context, together with
practicum visits to the Art Centre, artists studios and artists and
industrial paint manufacturers to engage participants in the issues
informing material behaviour in tropical climates and their methods
of production.

2012 Conference Themes:

    Traditional Materials and Techniques

    Unconventional Materials- Contemporary Art

    Artists Dialogues and Interviews

    Distributed Information Systems and E-research

    Biodeterioration

    Conservation Policy Frameworks and Governance

    Modern Paints

We invite papers and panel discussions to send 250 word by 22
December 2011.  All intending presenters are required to:

Download and complete a proposal form from the meeting website
<URL:http://www.20thcpaint.org/event-3dAPTCCARN.jsp?subPage=call>

By 22 December 2011, submit a completed form by email to: Dr Nicole
Tse <nicoleat<-a t->unimelb< . >edu< . >au>

Dr Nicole Tse
ARC Post Doctorate Fellow
Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
The University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC Australia


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