ARCLG142: Conservation in practice: Understanding Objects: Elizabeth Mary Pye Academic Year 2012/13
211 items
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Introduction to conservation 6 items
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Things fall apart...: museum conservation in practice - , , c20060720005590
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Conservation skills: judgement, method and decision making - 20000415188806,0415188814
Book Chapters 3 and 5
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Caring for the past: issues in conservation for archaeology and museums - 20011902916107
Book Chapter 1: 'Archaeology, museums and the 'heritage industry': a context for conservation' and chapter 2: 'Conservation examined'; p. 9-36. Digitised reading.
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The nature of conservation: a race against time - , c1986
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Texts particularly relevant to this course 7 items
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The object reader - , 20090415452295,0415452309,9780415452298,9780415452304
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Museum materialities: objects, engagements, interpretations - 20100415492173,0415492181,9780415492171,9780415492188
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Conservation as Material Culture -
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Objects of desire: design and society since 1750 - 19860500234531,0500274126
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Handbook of material culture - 20061412900395,9781412900393
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Evocative objects: things we think with - c20070262201682,9780262201681
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Web resources for museums relevant to this course 1 item
Many museums have information about. and images of, their collections on their web-sites. E.g.
Museums in London with important ethnographic collections include:
Museums near London with important ethnographic collections include:
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
- Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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Conservation online and Collections Link: the national collections management advisory service 1 item
This is a very valuable oline resource providing conservation information on a wide range of topics relating to the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
Collections Link is a collaboration scheme aimed at providing advice and support to museum archives, libraries and other collections-holding organisations. Most relevant to this course is the online library of best practice guides and fact-sheets.
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Other useful websites 1 item
There are many web sites and discussion lists relevant to conservation and cultural heritage, such as:
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Lecture 1: Introduction to the course. Approaches to understanding objects: objects and their biographies 17 items
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Textiles as multiple and competing histories -
Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading. You are also encouraged to read chapter 6 'Contemporaneous meanings'
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'Many tender ties': the shifting contexts and meanings of the S BLACK bag - 1999
Article Essential Electronic journal
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Chapter Digitised reading
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Learning from things: method and theory of material culture studies - c19961560986077,1560988835,9781560986072,9781560988830
Book Start with chapters by Lubar 'Learning from technological things' and Kingery 'Materials science and material culture'
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Further reading: biographies 5 items
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Chapter Recommended Digitised reading
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The cultural biography of things: commoditization as process -
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The cultural biography of objects - 1999
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Decolonising conservation: caring for Maori meeting houses outside New Zealand - c20079781598743098,9781598743104
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ExItCongoMuseum: an essay on the 'social life' of the masterpieces of the Tervuren museum - , c20009075894333
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Further reading: looking at objects 7 items
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Exploring the role of touch in connoisseurship and the identification of objects -
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Interpreting objects and collections - 19940415112885,0415112893
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Appendix: models for object study -
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Exhibiting authenticity - 19970719047978,071904796X,071904796x
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The truth of material culture: history or fiction? -
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Historical and philosophical issues in the conservation of cultural heritage - , , , c19960892362502,0892363983
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Lecture 2: Introduction to the material world: exploring ceramic and glass objects 18 items
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Making pottery - , ,
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Further reading 15 items
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Glass throughout time: history and technology of glassmaking from the ancient world to the present - 20038884913454
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Smashing pots: works of clay from Africa - c1994071412513X,1560984198
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English medieval industries: craftsmen, techniques, products - , 19910907628877
Book Recommended Chapters 8-11
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Ceramics and glass: a basic technology - , 20000900682302
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The colors of clay: special techniques in Athenian vases - , , c20060892365714,9780892365715
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Ceramics as testaments of the past -
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Earthenware in Asia and Africa: a colloquy held 21-23 June 1982 - , 19840728601206
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Earth, fire and water: Chinese ceramic technology : a handbook for non-specialists - , c19960728602652
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Pottery - what makes ceramics ethnographic? -
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Pottery technology: principles and reconstruction - 1981096028222x
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Introduction to glass science and technology - , 20050854046399
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Medieval glass vessels found in England, c. A.D. 1200-1500 - , 20001902771125
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Ethnographic beadwork: aspects of manufacture, use and conversion - , 20011873132875
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Lecture 3: Exploring organic objects 25 items
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Wood as a physical surface for paint -
Chapter Essential Electronic publication
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The object: examination, options and choice -
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Technology of plant materials used in artifacts -
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Textiles -
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Further reading 20 items
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Symposium 86: the care and preservation of ethnological materials : proceedings : L'entretien et la sauvegarde des matériaux ethnologiques : actes - , [1986?]0660126249
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Textiles revealed: object lessons in historic textile and costume research - , , c20001873132328
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Warp and weft: a textile terminology - , 19800888542569
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Three-dimensional structure of wood: an ultrastructural approach - , 19800412163209
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Leather: its composition and changes with time - , , c19910946072043
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The maker's hand: a close look at textile structures - , 19981857251342
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The primary structures of fabrics: an illustrated classification - , 1966
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Shoes and pattens - , , 20010851158382
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Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Scientific analysis of ancient and historic textiles: informing preservation, display and interpretation : postprints - , , 20051873132794
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Egyptian textiles - 19860852638000
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How to read historic textiles -
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Conservation of leather and related materials - , 20060750648813,9780750648813
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Ivory and related materials: an illustrated guide - , 19900900587628
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Wood -
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African textiles - , , 19890714115959
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Ancient skins, parchments and leathers - 19720129035505
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Mikroskopische Holzanatomie: Formenspektren mitteleuropäischer Stamm- und Zweighölzer zur Bestimmung von rezentem und subfossilem Material - , , , 19903905620022
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Lecture 4: Exploring metal objects 18 items
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Surfaces -
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Jewelry under the microscope. A conservator's guide to cataloguing -
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Metals and corrosion: a handbook for the conservation professional - , c20040662379845
Book Essential Chapters 1 and 2
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Metal techniques for craftsmen: a basic manual for craftsmen on the methods of forming and decorating metals - 19690709107234
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Further reading 14 items
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Distinguishing the forms of iron - ,
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English medieval industries: craftsmen, techniques, products - , 19910907628877
Book Recommended Chapters 8-11
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Iron and steel in ancient times - , c20058773043087
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Metallurgy for the non-metallurgist - c19980871706520
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Mining and metal production through the ages - , c20030714127701
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Emergence of scientific enquiry into the past -
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Gilded metals: history, technology and conservation - , 2000187313276x
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Archaeological method and theory: an encyclopedia - 2000
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Jewellery of the ancient world - c19820862940087
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Iron and steel in art: corrosion, colorants, conservation - , 20091904982050,9781904982050
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Copper and bronze in art: corrosion, colorants, conservation - , 20020892366389
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Metallography and microstructure of ancient and historic metals - 19910892361956
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Applications of radiography in conservation - ,
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A search for structure: selected essays on science, art, and history - c1981
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Lecture 5: Heritage and well-being: the use of museum objects in hospitals 21 items
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Enrichment programmes in hospitals: using museum loan boxes in University College London hospitals - ,
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Webpage Essential Electronic resource
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Further reading 17 items
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Webpage Recommended The aspect of Collections Link most relevant in the context of this course is the online library of best practice guides and fact sheets
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Museopathy: exploring the healing potential of handling museum objects - 2009
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Touch in museums: policy and practice in object handling - , , , 20089781847882387,9781847882394
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Knowing things: exploring the collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum 1884-1945 - , , 20079780199225897
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Learning in the museum - 19980415097754,0415097762
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Museums and the interpretation of visual culture - 20000415086329,0415086337
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Museums and the shaping of knowledge - 19920415061458,0415070317
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Collections for people: museums' stored collections as a public resource - , , , c20089780905853444
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Museums in the material world - 20070415416981,041541699X,9780415416986,9780415416993
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Museums and the future of collecting - 20040754630056
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Pacific pattern - , , 2005050051237X,9780500512371
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The museum of the mind: art and memory in world cultures - , c20030714126373
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Museums and source communities: a Routledge reader - , 20030415280516,0415280524
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Museums, objects and collections: a cultural study - 19931560983302
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The power of touch: handling objects in museum and heritage contexts - c20079781598743036,9781598743043
Book Recommended Part 3: Professional touch
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An introduction to museum archaeology - 20070521677963,0521860768,9780521677967,9780521860765
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Collections for the future: report of a Museums Association inquiry - , 20050902102885
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Lecture 6: Material change in objects and our concept of condition. The role of condition reports 18 items
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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The life expectancy of materials and problems of increasing visitor use -
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Condition Reports: Fact Sheet - 2011
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Change in materials and objects: chapter 5 -
Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Further reading 14 items
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Conservation treatment methodology - 2007
Book Recommended E-BOOK
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Collection surveys and condition reporting -
Document Recommended Electronic resource
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Things fall apart--: museum conservation in practice - , , c20060720005590
Book Recommended
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Conservation skills: judgement, method and decision making - 20000415188806,0415188814
Book Recommended Chapter 3
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Chapter Recommended Digitised reading
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Chapter Recommended
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Making a statement: improving the condition reporting process - , 2009
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Vessel glass deterioration at the Victoria and Albert Museum - 1990
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Condition reporting. Care of collections and taonga - 2010
Document Recommended Electronic resource
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An Integrated Approach to Risk Assesments and Condition Surveys - 2005
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Investigating subjectivity within collection condition surveys - 1999-3
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Indexing reliability for condition survey data - , 2007-01
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Condition reporting crib sheet - 2011
Document Recommended Electronic resource
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Lecture 7: Conservation changes things! Conservations and its effects on understanding and use of objects 23 items
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Caring for the past: issues in conservation for archaeology and museums - 20011902916107
Book Essential CHAPTER 2
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The art of the conservator - , c19920714120561
Book Essential START WITH THE INTRODUCTION
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The nature of conservation: a race against time - , c1986
Book Essential E-BOOK FROM GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE
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Further reading 20 items
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Conservation treatment methodology - 2007
Book Recommended
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Things fall apart--: museum conservation in practice - , , c20060720005590
Book Recommended
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Conservation skills: judgement, method and decision making - 20000415188806,0415188814
Book Recommended CHAPTERS 3 AND 5
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The elements of archaeological conservation - , 19900415012066,0415012074
Book Recommended CHAPTER 1
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Chapter Recommended Digitised reading
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Book Recommended PAGES 58-60
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Conservation as material culture -
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Decision making in conservation: determining the role of artifacts -
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Introductory essay 'relativity and restoration' -
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Art, conservation and authenticities: material, concept, context : proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Glasgow, 12-14 September 2007 - , 20091904982514,9781904982517
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Material matters: the conservation of modern sculpture - , c19991854372882
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Sculpture conservation: treatment or reinterpretation? -
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Contemporary theory of conservation - 20050750662247
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Restoration - is it acceptable? -
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Does reversibility exist in conservation? -
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Authenticity challenged? The ‘plastic house’ at Çatalhöyük - 2006-01-01
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Evolving challenges, developing skills - , 2007
Article Recommended Electronic journal
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Conservation: principles, dilemmas and uncomfortable truths - , 20090750682019,9780750682015
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Historical and philosophical issues in the conservation of cultural heritage - , , , c19960892362502,0892363983
Book Recommended PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN CONSERVATION THEORY, PARTICULARLY THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS PART.
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Lecture 8: What importance do we attach to this object, what does it mean to us? The role of statements of significance and exploration of values assigned to objects 29 items
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First Nations, preservation and conservation: personal perspectives -
Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Context and meaning generation: the conservation of garments deliberately sealed in buildings - ,
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They made it a living thing didn't they? -
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Further reading 19 items
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The Australia ICOMOS charter for the conservation of places of cultural significance (the Burra charter) - 19810959620710
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Values and heritage conservation: research report - , , , c2000
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Stonehenge: making space - , 19981859739032,1859739083
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Reflections on Changes in Museums and the Conservation of Collections from Indigenous Peoples -
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Mortality immortality?: the legacy of 20th-century art - , c19990892365285
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Garments deliberately concealed in buildings -
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Perspectives on Hinemihi: a Maori meeting house -
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Learning from things: method and theory of material culture studies - c19961560986077,1560988835,9781560986072,9781560988830
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Authenticity and World Heritage - ,
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Changing criteria of authenticity -
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The past is a foreign country - 19850521224152,0521294800,9780521294805
Book Recommended Section 4: The look of age
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An artist's thoughts on conservation and curatorial issues -
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Museums and source communities: a Routledge reader - , 20030415280516,0415280524
Book Recommended Human remains and related cultural issues
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Museums, objects and collections: a cultural study - 19931560983302
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Interpreting objects and collections - 19940415112885,0415112893
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The meaning of objects: chapter 4 -
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Assessing the values of cultural heritage: research report - , 2002
Book Recommended E-BOOK
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Further reading: human remains and related cultural issues 6 items
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Human remains - c19940520088344
Book Recommended Human remains and related cultural issues
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Indigenous human remains and changing museum ideology - ,
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For your eyes only? The magic touch of relics -
Chapter Recommended Human remains and related cultural issues
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Caring for American Indian objects: a practical and cultural guide - c20040873515056
Book Recommended Human remains and related cultural issues
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Godly things: museums, objects, and religion - 20000718501535
Book Recommended Human remains and related cultural issues
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Caring for human remains: a developing concern? -
Chapter Recommended Human remains and related cultural issues. Digitised reading
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Lecture 9: From atoms to agents: what instrumental analysis can tell us about objects and the people who made them AND looking beneath the surface: use of x-rays. 19 items
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The emergence of scientific inquiry into the past -
Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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X-radiography of textiles, dress and related objects - , 20070750666323,9780750666329
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Material/culture: can the farmer and cowman still be friends? -
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Further reading 9 items
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Objects: reluctant witnesses to the past - 20060415305888,0415305896,9780415305884,9780415305891
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The primary structures of fabrics: an illustrated classification - , 1966
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Authenticity in art: the scientific detection of forgery - , 19750844807524
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Art, conservation and authenticities: material, concept, context : proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Glasgow, 12-14 September 2007 - , 20091904982514,9781904982517
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Fake?: the art of deception - , , , 19900714120588
Book Recommended Establishing authenticity
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Radiography of cultural material - , 20050750663472
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Hidden meanings: the relevations of conservation - ,
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Introduction. Do fakes matter? -
Chapter Recommended Establishing authenticity
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Understanding objects: the role of touch in conservation -
Chapter Essential Digitised reading
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Enrichment programmes in hospitals: using museum loan boxes in University College London hospitals - ,
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Introduction: the power of touch -
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A new pliopithecoid genus from the early Miocene of Uganda - , 2006-5
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Lecture 10: Tangible objects: understanding through touch AND 3D imaging for digital documentation of museum artefacts 7 items
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Objects in 3D - 2012
Webpage Essential Electronic resource
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Introduction: power of touch -
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New business partnerships to develop virtual exhibitions
Webpage Essential Electronic resource
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Further reading 4 items
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Preparing collections for digitization - , , 20111856047113,9781856047111
Book Recommended CHAPTER 1
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Objects: reluctant witnesses to the past - 20060415305888,0415305896,9780415305884,9780415305891
Book Recommended PARTICULARLY 74-79
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Touch in museums: policy and practice in object handling - , , , 20089781847882394,9781847882387
Book Recommended PAGES 215-223
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Understanding objects: the role of touch in conservation -
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