Introduction to Conservation and Restoration I
Code
10130
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Catarina Paula Oliveira de Mattos Villamariz, Maria João Seixas de Melo
Weekly hours
5
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The aim of this discipline is to integrate the student in the current research and practice of conservation projects, ongoing in the department, in order to immediately grasp the complexity of the work in this scientific area.
Each student has as tutor another master or doctoral student and has as supervisor the responsible for the Laboratory and overall coordination of the discipline held by its responsable.
Students will be assigned by the following laboratories and programs:
1. Scientific Lab.
2. Contemporary Art Documentation Lab.
3. Graphic Documents Lab.
4. Painting Lab.
5. Metals Lab.
6. Ceramics and Glass Lab.
7. Biodeterioration of Stone and Preservative Conservation
8. M&C Heritage Lab.
At the end of the semester the student should be able to: i) use the bibliographic research tools, resorting to reliable sources; ii) reveal organizational capabilities and comply with the safety and hygiene rules, necessary to the conservation work; iii) reveal the critical capability that allows differentiation between acceptable and inappropriate conservation measures; iv) properly convey the knowledge acquired, through an oral presentation and a written report.
Subject matter
1. Introduction to Bibliographic research: research on the Internet and specialized databases.
2. Introduction to research methodology.
3. Organization methods in the Conservation and Restoration Laboratory.
4. Hygiene and safety principles at work
5. Introduction to Preventive Conservation techniques.
6. Initiation on basic conservation practices.
7. Relevant Conservation and Restoration institution: the main functions.
Teaching method
The work of each student is followed by a tutor (another student of the department, that is developing a master or PhD project) and by the supervisor – the teacher responsible for the laboratory. The overall coordination is done by the teacher responsible for the discipline.
The teaching is based on theoretic-practical classes conducted in the laboratory context; except for the first lecture aimed at the presentation of the syllabus and the teaching of its first issue. Students have an individual work program, integrated in the research projects underway at the Laboratory. All the issues of the syllabus are adjusted and addressed in the individual program.