Call for papers--Materials Research Society (MRS)

Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
Boston
November 27 - December 2, 2016

Call for Paper

Symposium

TC3 Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology

Abstract deadline: June 16, 2016

Submit abstracts at

    <URL:http://www.mrs.org/fall2016/>

The world's cultural heritage is currently in more danger than ever
in our current history.  The significance of protecting these
artifacts becomes more real with their imminent destruction
worldwide, whether it be by natural deterioration or a casualty of
war.  Advancements in technology allow for these precious cultural
entities to be protected and their technical construction better
understood.  We seek contributions of cutting-edge,
interdisciplinary research that provides new insights into cultural
heritage, archaeological, and art conservation materials.  The
preservation of the world's cultural heritage includes studies of
material and object degradation, stabilization, documentation,
monitoring and conservation.

Materials research, when applied to cultural heritage, allows us to
analyze and reconstruct the compositional and microstructural
variability of significant objects and processes, to measure and
gain understanding of special properties and performance
characteristics.  We discover artists' processes, appreciate their
special knowledge and sometimes find innovations, mistakes,
corrections or the rate-limiting steps that bounded their practices.

The focus of this symposium is:

    Exploring the advancements in imaging technologies as applied to
    art, archaeology and monumental structures

    The physical and chemical characterization of art objects and
    archaeological artifacts and their ranges of variability

    Analysis and reconstruction of the technologies of selection,
    preparation, production, testing and performance by which
    materials are transformed into useful, significant and beautiful
    objects

    Studies of the properties and performance of ancient objects and
    the processes underlying their deterioration

    The use of portable instrumentation for the characterization of
    ancient materials

Topics will include:

    Advanced techniques in imaging technology for art and cultural
    heritage

    Advancements in combining imaging techniques for non-destructive
    analysis

    Advancements in 3D imaging for documentation of deteriorating
    cultural materials

    Non-destructive, high-precision, high-resolution
    characterization of works of art

    Use of portable instrumentation for in situ scientific
    investigation of cultural heritage

    Advancements in the analysis of metal artifacts

    Characterization and development of new materials for use in
    conservation treatments

    Development of adhesives used in archaeology and conservation

    Advancement in methods of preventative conservation

    Analysis, replication and standards to understand processes of
    making art objects

    Characterization and interpretation of variability: stylistic
    types and technological typologies

    Sensors and proxies to monitor stability of collections,
    materials and material interactions

    Mitigation of the effects and processes of corrosion and
    weathering

    Origins of modern technologies in ancient crafts

    Standardization and skeuomorphism in elite and popular
    technologies

    Use of low-cost methods and mobile applications for the
    characterization and condition assessment of objects/monuments

    Use of online resources in conservation and archaeological
    science

As with previous Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology sessions,
papers will be published by Cambridge University Press.

Symposium Organizers:

    Aaron N. Shugar
    SUNY - Buffalo State
    Art Conservation
    USA
    shugaran<-at->buffalostate<.>edu

    Stavroula Golfomitsou
    UCL Qatar - Hamad Bin Khalifa University
    Conservation Studies,
    Qatar
    s.golfomitsou<-at->ucl<.>ac<.>uk

    Chandra L. Reedy
    University of Delaware
    Center for Historic Architecture and Design
    USA
    clreedy<-at->udel<.>edu

    Pamela B. Vandiver
    University of Arizona
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    USA
    vandiver<-at->mse<.>arizona<.>edu


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