Workshop on "heavy heritage" in the Mediterranean Basin

Workshop

"Talking Heavy: Site Conservation, Documentation and Presentation of
    Heavy Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin"
Istanbul
29-30 September 2016

Funded and organized by the Koc University Research Center for
Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC) in association with the British
Museum Conservation Department.

The two-day workshop aims to bring together colleagues in order to
share experiences and exchange ideas to create future collaborations
between the countries of the Mediterranean basin, which hold a vast
number of important archaeological and historical sites consisting
of both movable and immovable heavy heritage.  By "heavy" we mean
large items such as buildings, sculptures, wall paintings, and
mosaics.  These and similar items are often weighty, not easily
moved or completely immovable, and present many challenges when in
need of conservation/restoration, in situ study, or removal from
sites.

The workshop focuses on theme-based case studies dealing with
conservation, restoration, scientific analysis, documentation, and
on-site presentation of archaeological/historical stone buildings,
sculptures, wall paintings and mosaics, particularly within "site"
contexts, but off-site, as well, where challenges persist beyond
removal from sites.  We hope to explore the experiences of different
of countries and discuss the practices and challenges of the latest
research via a wide range of participants including conservators,
archaeologists, conservation architects, engineers, conservation
scientists, heritage consultants, and site managers working in the
Mediterranean region.  We plan to situate these discussions within
four themes.

    Conservation/restoration and presentation of stone
    buildings/heavy objects

    Onsite lifting and transportation of heavy objects

    On site digital documentation and scientific investigation
    techniques

    Site presentation in regards to the preservation of stone
    buildings and heavy objects

Each of the four themes mentioned above will be the focus of a
session consisting of three or four 25-minute papers.  In addition
to 15 invited presenters, we hope the workshop will attract
colleagues specializing in this field to attend and contribute their
experiences to the discussion.  The languages of the symposium will
be Turkish and English, with simultaneous translation provided.

Admission to the workshop is free yet participants are expected to
register for the event online.  Following the workshop,
presentations will be available via the RCAC website.

For more information about the workshop and registration, please
visit:

    <URL:https://rcac.ku.edu.tr/en/workshop-talking-heavy>

For organizational enquiries, please email rcac_info<-at->ku<.>edu<.>tr.

All scholarly enquiries can be sent to dcamurcuoglu<-at->gmail<.>com.

Dr Duygu Camurcuoglu ACR
Archaeological objects and Site Conservator
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG


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