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.
The same assessment methods and criteria apply to the regular examination period, resit examination period, special examination period, and working-student examination arrangements.
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.
