Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho n.º 8955/2023 - 31/08/2023
7 ECTS; 3º Ano, 2º Semestre, 15,0 T + 60,0 PL + 3,0 OT , Cód. 9380102.
Lecturer
- Ângela Sofia Alves Ferraz (1)(2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
1- Develop management and planning strategies for the conservation of ethnographic collections.
2- Document ethnographic collections using appropriate documentation systems and collection management frameworks.
3- Develop ethically consistent conservation approaches in accordance with the cultural significance of the objects.
4- Address, through practical application, issues related to the handling, storage, and exhibition of ethnographic collections.
Program
1. Introduction and Definition of Concepts: Anthropology, ethnography, ethnographic object, and collection?
1.1 Portuguese ethnography: from its origins to the current museological context
2. Ethnographic Collections: Challenges in Conservation and Restoration
2.1 The intangible dimension of ethnographic heritage?
2.2 The life cycle and biographical trajectory of objects?
2.3 Multicultural participation in decision-making processes in the conservation of ethnographic collections?
2.4 Damage and dirt in ethnographic collections?
2.5 Conservation challenges: objects in use?
2.6 Ephemerality and conservation
3. Acquisition and Accession of Objects
3.1 Acquisition policy?
3.2 Accession procedures: documentation and protocols?
3.3 Object marking and identification
4. Collection Documentation
4.1 Documentation systems?
4.2 Fieldwork and ethnographic research?
4.3 Photography, ethnographic drawing, and oral history recording
5. Conservation: Assessment and Decision-Making
5.1 Preventive conservation of ethnographic collections
5.2 Conservation and restoration: planning and implementation
6. Packing and Storage
6.1 Storage planning?
6.2 Execution of packing solutions
7. Movement and Exhibition
7.1 Documentation and procedures?
7.2 Exhibition planning
Evaluation Methodology
A The assessment of the theoretical component is carried out through a written test, accounting for 40% of the final grade.
B The assessment of the practical laboratory component accounts for 60% of the final grade. This includes active participation and work developed during laboratory sessions (20%) and an individual report on the work carried out in the practical laboratory classes (40%).
Students who obtain a final continuous assessment grade of 10 out of 20 or higher in the combined total of both components (A + B), and at least 10 out of 20 in each component, are exempt from the final examination.
Only students who obtain a grade of 10 or above in component B during continuous assessment will be admitted to the exam (written test).
Bibliography
- Clavir, M. (2002). Preserving What is Valued: Museums, Conservation and First Nations. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press
- H. Silva (coord.), R. e Macedo, R. (2010). A Arte Efémera e a Conservação. O Paradigma da Arte Contemporânea e dos Bens Etnográficos. Lisboa: Instituto de História da Arte
- Morita, T. e Pearson (eds), C. (1998). The Museum Conservation of Ethnographic Objects. (Vol. 23). Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology
- Pais de Brito, J. e Campos, A. e Ferreira da Costa, P. (2000). Normas de Inventário - Alfaia Agrícola. Lisboa: Instituto Português de Museus
- Ruiz-Jimenez, I. (1993). Conservación y restauración del material etnográfico. Madrid: Museo Nacional de Etnologia, Ministerio de Cultura
- Reflections on Changes in Museums and the Conservation of Collections from Indigenous Peoples.(1996, 0 de ---). Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, pp. 99-107.
Teaching Method
1- Theoretical lectures, supported by audiovisual resources and case study analysis.
2- Practical laboratory sessions, involving exercises that address the different stages involved in the preservation of ethnographic collections.
Software used in class
Not applicable.
