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Digital Media & Cultural Heritage Conservation

Explore cultural values, practices, and collective memory preservation through time-based media in the context of identity politics, knowledge, beliefs, and institutions. Delve into challenges and opportunities in heritage conservation. Case studies and practical assignments with links to debates and policies will be emphasized in this course. Discover the role of cultural heritage in contemporary society and the significance of museums in preserving cultural artifacts for future generations.

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Digital Media & Cultural Heritage Conservation

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  1. Digital Media & Cultural Heritage Conservation School of Communication, SFU, Fall 2006 Professor: Jan Marontate Clip of Bill Viola Video

  2. Cultural heritage &communication • cultural values & practices as heritage • Identity politics • Knowledge, beliefs & practices • Policies & institutions • constitution of records of lived experience and creative practices for future generations • Collective memory & amnesia • Challenges & Opportunities afforded by time-based media

  3. Focus on Case Studies in assignments with links to debates, theories & policies

  4. Course Administration • Handout # 1: Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, Course Website Exhibition of Storefront Display covered with toxic dust from September 11, 2001, New York City. Source NYTimes, Aug. 25, 2006

  5. Readings & Fieldwork • Weeks 1,2,3 (Handout #2

  6. Next Day: Communication & Cultural Heritage--Principles of cultural heritage preservation

  7. Today: Museum visit • Think about • Objects & audiences (visitors) • Objects & stakeholders • The museum “system” • Material culture & meanings

  8. Recall: Bill Viola clip (migration)

  9. Haida cultural heritage & contemporary society? • Planning the museum visit: Vancouver Art Gallery • Think about • The museum visit as a form of communication (from the perspective of the visitor, the museum professionals & the people depicted) • The “content” of the exhibition • The museum as a frame or cultural context (other shows, shop items etc.)

  10. Getting to the Vancouver Art Gallery: 750 Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 11

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