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Digital Media & Cultural Heritage Conservation. School of Communication, SFU, Fall 2006 Professor: Jan Marontate. Clip of Bill Viola Video. Cultural heritage & communication. cultural values & practices as heritage Identity politics Knowledge, beliefs & practices Policies & institutions
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Digital Media & Cultural Heritage Conservation School of Communication, SFU, Fall 2006 Professor: Jan Marontate Clip of Bill Viola Video
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
Focus on Case Studies in assignments with links to debates, theories & policies
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
Readings & Fieldwork • Weeks 1,2,3 (Handout #2
Next Day: Communication & Cultural Heritage--Principles of cultural heritage preservation
Today: Museum visit • Think about • Objects & audiences (visitors) • Objects & stakeholders • The museum “system” • Material culture & meanings
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.)
Getting to the Vancouver Art Gallery: 750 Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 11