e-conservation the online Magazine 16, oct 2010.pdf

EVENTS
November 2010
NODEM10
Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums
From Place to Presence. Digital media breaking boundaries
between inside, outside and virtual spaces, in heritage
institutions
Date: 24-26 November
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7 th International Conference on Science
and Technology in Archaeology and
Conservation
And the Workshop on Documentation and Conservation of
Stone Deterioration in Heritage Places
Date: 7-12 December
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December 2010
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Place: Petra, Jordan
NODEM is a bi-annual conference that explores the role
The Workshop will focus on documentation and conserva-
of digital media in museums. One of the most striking
tion of stone. Organized jointly with by the ICOMOS Sci-
features of digital media in museums today is their po-
entific Committees of Heritage Documentation (CIPA,
tential for linking and integrating resources, spaces and
Stone Committee (ISCS), and ICAHM) the workshop is
users in an abundance of ways. Museums can share con-
aimed at gathering a multidisciplinary group of heritage
tent and gain exposure as well as work across online and
documentation and conservation specialists around the
onsite, users can contribute to knowledge production
issue of the use of advanced recording techniques for
and choose between different exhibition platforms, and
identifying, maping, and understanding weathering
experiences and knowledge can be mediated through a
forms and processes affecting the significance and
variety of channels.
integrity of cultural heritage surfaces.
Works of Art and Conservation Science
Today
Date: 26-28 November
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CALL FOR PAPERS: 2 nd International
Conference on Salt Weathering
of Buildings and Stone Sculptures
Place: Thessaloniki, Greece
Date: 24-25 Septembe
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Place: Austin, Texas, USA
The central aim of the Symposium is to bring together
renowned scientists and experts from all over the
The conference organised by the Building Materials La-
world, who will present the state-of-the-art in
boratory of the University of Cyprus follows a very suc-
conservation science and practice, and exchange views
cessful first meeting that was held in Copenhagen, Den-
on key issues related to the preservation of our cultural
mark in October 2008. It will take place in Limassol, at
heritage. The Symposium will address major fields of
the newly renovated 5-star Grand Resort, between 19-22
conservation science including modern diagnostic
October 2011. The meeting is open to both practitioners
techniques, materials for conservation, paintings,
and researchers and it is anticipated to address general
metals and ceramics, pigments and dyes, textiles,
salt-related problems and decay mechanisms, the key
wood, paper and manuscripts. Basic theme in one of
parameters controlling salt crystallisation and new con-
the main panels will be the Education/Curriculum of
servation approaches and materials.
Conservation Science today.
The symposium will be held in the facilities of Byzantine
The deadline for abstract submission is 17 December 2010.
Culture and Archaeological museums and the University
For more information, please visit the conference web-
Ecclesiastical Academy, according to the program.
site or send an email to swbss@ucy.ac.cy.
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