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Book Review: Book Conservation and Digitization
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Reviewed by Marc Holly
Book Conservation and Digitization – The Challenges of Dialogue and Collaboration.
By / Ed. Alberto Campagnolo (and Contributors)
ARC Humanities Press, 2020
300 Pages, 109 € / 125 USD
ISBN: 9781641890533
Investigating Heritage Conservation Students’ Priorities in the COVID and post-COVID World
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By Amber Bhatty and Eleonora Sermoneta
Over the last year, COVID-19 emerged as a global crisis that greatly impacted communities and deeply affected the way we learn and experience heritage.
Lost WPA Mural: Found, Conserved, and Installed in San Francisco Bay Museum
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By Scott M. Haskins
Just across the Bay from San Francisco, the small town of Richmond, California has been inspired by the enthusiasm of the Richmond Museum of History and Culture’s executive director, Melinda McCrary, and raised the resources to save, protect and restore an abandoned mural lost in storage after its removal from the Richmond post office during a 1970s renovation. The excellent quality modernist mural was originally painted under the Work Projects Administration in 1941 by Russian immigrant artist, Victor Arnautoff.
Call for Abstracts, IIC Wellington Congress 2022
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Conservation and Change: Response, Adaptation and Leadership
Deadline for submissions: Monday 21 June 2021, 18:00 (BST)
The IIC Council and New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Material: Pū Maanaki Kahurangi, are pleased to issue a call for abstracts for the 29th biennial IIC Congress 2022 to be held online and in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand (5-9 September 2022).
Deadline:
Monday, 21 June, 2021 - 18:00
Bridging Policy and Practice in Conserving Archaeological Heritage Sites in Zimbabwe
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By Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya
Zimbabwe is the only country in the world that takes its name from an archaeological site: Great Zimbabwe. The name Zimbabwe is an indigenous Shona word referring to a ‘house of stones’. The prefix Great was introduced by Europeans who arrived in the region around the 18th century, and it distinguishes this site from more than 360 similar but smaller recorded sites that are also found in Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa.
Worldwide Call to Host IIC’s 30th biennial Congress in 2024
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IIC’s Council is inviting expressions of interest in hosting the 30th biennial Congress in 2024. This is the chance to bring an international group of conservators, scientists, curators, registrars and other professionals to debate a topic of interest, of concern and of fascination to us all.
Deadline:
Monday, 30 August, 2021 - 23:45
IIC President Addresses the G20 on Climate Crisis and Culture - Watch the Recording
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Read more here In its position as the current President of the G20, the Italian Government hosted a webinar on 12th April on addressing climate change through culture, in the lead up to COP26 in Glasgow later this year.
Emerging Conservator Zoom Talks: Studying in an International Context
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What challenges do international conservation students face, and how can you overcome these?
Conservation ethics and codes of conduct are similar worldwide. Nonetheless, many conservation programmes, regardless of their participation in the Bologna Process, have diverse focuses, lengths and acceptance requirements.
This fact, although enriching, makes student exchange and studying with graduate and post-graduate programs in different countries particularly difficult for conservation students.
28 Apr 2021
Watch the AGM 2021 Talk: Reaching Carbon Neutral at the Australian Museum and the Role of Conservators
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This inspiring talk given by Dr Jenny Newell took place as part of our #TogetherWeMakeTheFuture programme. It is available for IIC members to watch again on our Community Platform.
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