John Greenwood
John Greenwood's contact details are here
Background
I graduated from the University of Wales, University College Cardiff in 1976 with a BSc Archaeology specialising in archaeological conservation. I have worked as a conservator in museums in the UK. I worked at the Pitt-Rivers Museum Oxford, Saint Albans museum, Passmore-Edwards museum in London, Sheffield museum, South Yorkshire and ran a conservation unit at Doncaster Museum. In 1988 I started teaching conservation in what was then Lincolnshire College of Art in Lincoln UK. This then became part of De Montfort University and subsequently the University of Lincoln. I was teaching conservation programmes at undergraduate, Graduate Diploma and post graduate levels.
I managed to escape the academic life twice on sabbatical placements. In 2000-1 I ran a 12 month UK government Funded project developing learning rogrammes for small and voluntary museums throughout Yorkshire. This involved setting up education programs, developing programms in Community Archaeology, Community mapping, Tracing your Heritage, Drawing projects and Knitting, Knotting and Netting, the Coastal heritage of East Yorkshire.
In 2007-8 I spent 6 months as the senior conservator on the summer program for the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust. This involved long periods living and working in the field at the historic huts at Cape Royds (Ernest Shackleton) and Cape Evans (Captain Scott).
In June 2009 I packed up and left the UK to come and re develop the conservation course at the University of Canberra.
Publications
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A View from the Outside: Conservation Ethics and their Application to the Conservation of Icons
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Greenwood J. Thomas, S. |
ICOM-CC International Meeting, Athens 2006 |
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In The Cold Light of day: Conservation Challenges in Antarctica. Presentation to Legal Issues in Conservation Working Party.
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ICOM-CC 15th Triennial Conference, New Delhi. 2008 Presentation to Legal Issues in Conservation Working Party. |
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Caring for Collections During Conflict. Kabul a Museum in Exile |
Greenwood J, Cook, J |
ICOM-CC 15th Triennial Conference, New Delhi. 2008 Presentation to taskforce on Public Engagement in Conservation |
Foxes and Hedgehogs Greenwood J AICCM 2009 National Conference
Conservation challenges in the Antarctic Greenwood J & Absolon M. ICOMOS 2008 Historic Polar Bases Conservation and Management. International Polar heritage Committee
Pole to Pole presentation via video link from Antarctica to International Polar heritage Conference Barrow Alaska. September 2007
Research Interests
Conservation in extreme climates, effects on materials and equipment of working in all climatic extremes. This is a nascent interest and is work in progress,
Community conservation, involving communities in the conservation recording and assessment of cultural heritage.
Working with Tracy Ireland to look at conservation in situ. Why archaeological sites that are preserved go green and fall apart and what can be done.