Prioritizing People in Ethical Decision-Making and Caring for Cultural Heritage Collections

Herausgeber: Owczarek, Nina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While historically focusing on the object, the study of ethics in conservation has expanded to consider the human aspect of conservation work. This book offers a flexible framework to guide decision-making in line with this development, offering an inclusive, compassionate approach to collections care. This edited volume contributes theories and international examples for advancing conservation practice and providing best practice for the field that centers people in conservation of cultural heritage and collections care. The first part examines the ethical theory that underpins conservation decision-making by challenging outdated norms, introducing updated methods, and demonstrating new ways to approach compassionate collections care. The second part considers the challenges of human-centered ethics in conservation practice, while the final part provides real-world examples and case studies of these best practices in action, including successful challenges to colonial authority. By presenting both theoretical and practical aspects of prioritizing people, this volume establishes the need for rethinking conservation approaches while demonstrating how to do so effectively. Combining theory and practice, Prioritizing People in Ethical Decision-Making and Caring for Cultural Heritage Collections is valuable reading for conservation professionals, including collections managers, conservators, curators, and registrars. It will also benefit students working in Cultural Heritage Conservation, Museum studies, and Heritage Studies, as well as those taking courses in Art History and Anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781032342511
• ISBN-10: 103234251X
• Artikelnr.: 67513758

Autorenporträt

Nina Owczarek (she/her) is Assistant Professor of conservation at the University of Delaware. She was previously Associate Conservator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, where she worked for nine years. She is a graduate from New York University and a Fellow member of the American Institute for Conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Purpose and Theory of Human-Centered Ethics in Conservation,
Nina Owczarek; Part 1 - Ethics in Conservation Theory; 1. An Analysis of
Key Cultural Heritage Resolutions, Documents, Charters, and Legislation,
Madeline Hagerman; 2. Examining Ethics from a Caregiving Perspective to
Inform Human-centered Conservation, Nina Owczarek; 3. Indigenous Storywork
as an Ethical Guide for Caring with Social Practice Art and Artists,
Rebecca Gordon; 4. Lessons from the Commons to Move from Enclosure to
Shared Stewardship, Jessica Walthew; Part 2 - Issues of Human-centered
Ethics in Conservation Practice; 5. Considering the Impacts of Colonization
Trauma when Exhibiting Indigenous Cultures in Museums, Tharron Bloomfield;
6. Repatriation as Conservation: Moving Toward a Decolonized Conservation
Ethic, Daniel Schwartz; 7. Prioritizing Communities Through Conservation
Documentation, Ellen Pearlstein and Linda Yamane; 8. Proposing a Vulnerable
and Transparent Approach to Conservation Documentation, Natalya Swanson and
Celeste Mahoney; 9. Incorporating Philosophy and Ethics in Objects
Conservation Curricula, Lauren Fair and Lara Kaplan; 10. Religious Values
as Conservation Practice: Caring for Judaica, Margalit Schindler; Part 3 -
Integrating the Human-Centered Approach Applied in Context; 11.
Conservation as Activism: Preservation at the George Floyd Global Memorial,
Jeanelle Austin and Nicole Grabow; 12. Post-Disaster Cultural Recovery in
Haiti, 2010-2021: Reflections on a Decade of Collaboration, Olsen Jean
Julien and Stephanie E. Hornbeck; 13. Rethinking "Invasive": Approaches to
Informed Analysis and Object Care with Spiritually-Imbued Objects, Marci J.
Burton, Christian de Brer, Carlee S. Forbes, and Erica P. Jones; 14.
Reconsidering Dust and How Personal Experience Informs Preservation
Decisions, Lisa Conte and Kerith Koss Schrager; 15. Reflections on
Authority in the Conservation of Indigenous Objects in Museums, Ellen
Carrlee, Amy Tjiong, and Adrienne Gendron.