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Cultural objects carry forward the identity of the past into the future. The process of preservation therefore has strong impact on the transmission of cultural knowledge and the definition of identity. The works of Elman Service, Nicholas Thomas and Marica Pointon have examined concepts of geography, economics and politics to argue how, as custodi...
The Returned and Services League (RSL) LifeCare Village in Narrabeen, Sydney, Australia, is home to roughly 1,000 ex-service men and women. Within the Village is a volunteer-run War Museum housing a collection that has been built up through donations from current and former residents. Since January 2012, Masters students from the Grimwade Centre fo...
Mike Parr is one of Australia’s most provocative contemporary artists with a practice encompassing performance, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and text. Parr’s close collaboration with master printmaker John Loane has produced a significant body of printed works, which collectively constitute The Self-Portrait Project. These pr...
The on-going partnership between the Australian War Memorial, the managers and residents of a Returned Services League retirement village, and the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne, constitutes an excellent case study of conservation-led student, volunteer andcommunity empowerment. Thiscommunity-engagement project...
Contemporary artists select unconventional materials as well as traditional and modern ones as part of their conceptual practice. This paper discusses the importance of the artist’s original intent and examines the imperative for conservators to comprehend the tangible and intangible content of contemporary art. Current practices for the long term...
Cultural materials conservation harnesses, builds and conveys knowledge with the aim that cultures will be preserved, sustained and strengthened. Materials science investigations have a very particular place in cultural materials conservation; and, together with historical, cultural and social studies, help to develop ethical and policy frameworks...
The University of Melbourne’s Middle Eastern Manuscript collection housed at the Baillieu Library was acquired by Professor John Bowman in the 1950s as part of a teaching collection to promote greater learning of Middle Eastern culture and civilisation (Pryde 2007, 3). The collection is a rare example within Australia and represents many different...