Heritage Materials and Their Environments G (11160.1)
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| School Of Arts And Communications | Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit will introduce students to the conservation of heritage through a risk management perspective. The identification and mitigation of risk factors such as pests, environmental damage, human actions and natural disasters will be explored in the context of impacts on physical condition, significance and resource allocation. Students completing this unit will be able to identify risk factors and develop a preventive risk mitigation strategy for cultural heritage materials.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Identify and describe materials used in the manufacture of heritage artefacts and structures;
2. Accurately estimate, monitor and evaluate the behaviour of heritage materials in response to changing environments; and
3. Employ a risk management model to identify risks to heritage artefacts and structures, and develop appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Prerequisites
Undergraduate students must have completed a minimum of 48 credit points.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
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Required texts
Tim Padfield: http://www.conservationphysics.org/
Covers a wide range of topics on science of preventative conservation. Read as many articles as you can from this site and use it as a constant reference. It is free, up to date, reliable and entertaining – what more could you want!
Availability: Online
Canadian Conservation Institute Notes at < http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/resources-ressources/ccinotesicc/index-eng.aspx>
These are all excellent guides to good housekeeping and simple strategies. Make sure you keep the link and look them up regularly. You can download them, but CCI updates them so it is good to check the latest version.
Availability: Online
National Trust, The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping: The Care of Collections in Historic Houses Open to the Public, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2006.
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion. It is big and comprehensive, but expensive.
Thomson, Garry, The Museum Environment, London, Butterworth Heinemann Ltd, 1986.
The origin of all storage guidelines.
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion.
Conservation Unit Museums and Galleries, Materials, Science for Conservators, Museums and Galleries Commission, Routledge, 1992.
This series is a must for conservators. Volume 1 is the main one for this unit, but you will need them all if you are interested in conservation.
Availability: UC library
Purchase: Highly recommended.
May, E & Jones, M, ed. Conservation Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2006.
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion
Varella, E ed. Conservation science for the cultural heritage: applications of instrumental analysis, Springer, 2012
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion
Stuart, B. Analytical Techniques in Materials Conservation, Wiley 2007
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion
Horie, V. Materials for Conservation , Elsevier, 2010
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion
Odegaard, N, Carroll, S & Zimmt, W, Material characterization tests for objects of art and archeology, 2005, 2nd ed.
Availability: UC library
Purchase: At your discretion]
AIC Conservation wiki (free online resource)
http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
Agents of deterioration, CCI (free online resource)
https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/agents-deterioration.html
Participation requirements
Students are expected to participate in lectures, workshops, group work and site visits to achieve the learning outcomes set out above.
Students are expected to regularly check their Canvas site announcements and university email for information about readings,
session and site visit updates and opportunities relevant to the unit.
Required IT skills
Use of standard word processing and spreadsheet software, image processing software, and internet and email functions. Use of the
Canvas system.
In-unit costs
None
Work placement, internships or practicums
Visit to heritage site for field work.
