Introduction to Conservation and Restoration I
Objectives
The aim of this course is to give an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature and complexity of conservation activity.
Students will have sessions related to each of DCR''s research and action topics.
At the end of the semester the student should be able to:
i) use the bibliographic research tools, resorting to reliable sources;
ii) reveal organizational capabilities and comply with the safety and hygiene rules, necessary to the conservation work;
iii) reveal the critical capability that allows differentiation between acceptable and inappropriate conservation measures;
iv) properly convey the knowledge acquired, through an oral presentation and report texts.
General characterization
Code
10130
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Maria Filomena Meireles Abrantes de Macedo Dinis, Márcia Gomes Vilarigues
Hours
Weekly - 5
Total - 78
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Not defined
Bibliography
AZEVEDO, Carlos Alberto Moreira - Metodologia científica: contributos práticos para a elaboração de trabalhos académicos. 9ª ed. Lisboa: Universidade Católica, 2008. 180 p.
CASE, Donald Owen - Looking for information [Recurso electrónico] : a survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior.2nd ed. London: Academic Press, 2007. 423 p.
CARVALHO, Maria Cecília Maringoni de, org. -Construindo o saber: metodologia científica: fundamentos e técnicas. 15.ª ed. Campinas: Papirus, 2003. 175 p.
NUNES, Fernando M. D. Oliveira - Segurança e higiene do trabalho: manual técnico. Amadora, Portugal: Edições Gustave Eiffel, 2006. 637 p.
Teaching method
Lectures, study visits and to draw up a small report.
Evaluation method
Final grade
30% for mini-texts in each sessions + 20% attendance and participation + 50% oral presentation
Subject matter
What is heritage?
Conservation and self-ethnography
Principles of Preventive Conservation
The survey of the state of conservation
The book - from building support, from codiology to archeology
From egg to ink - a story of history of art
Ethnography, Religion and Conservation
Glass and Glazing - A Common Story?
Metals to conserve
Analog and digital photography - challenges for conservation
Decision making in conservation - the challenges of Contemporary Art
Unraveling the heritage in the Scientific Laboratory
Self-ethnography - the ICR1 Experience
Presentations - What is being a conservative of FCT NOVA?