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Digital Media & Cultural Digital Media & Cultural Heritage ConservationHeritage Conservation
School of School of Communication, SFU, Communication, SFU, Fall 2006Fall 2006
Professor: Jan Professor: Jan MarontateMarontate
Clip of Bill Viola Video
Cultural heritage &Cultural heritage &communicationcommunication
cultural values & practices as cultural values & practices as heritage heritage – Identity politicsIdentity politics
– Knowledge, beliefs & practicesKnowledge, beliefs & practices
– Policies & institutionsPolicies & institutions constitution of records of lived constitution of records of lived
experience and creative experience and creative practices for future generationspractices for future generations– Collective memory & amnesiaCollective memory & amnesia
Challenges & Opportunities Challenges & Opportunities afforded by time-based media afforded by time-based media
Focus on Case Studies in assignments Focus on Case Studies in assignments with links to debates, theories & policieswith links to debates, theories & policies
Course AdministrationCourse Administration Handout # 1Handout # 1: Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, : Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, Course WebsiteCourse Website
Exhibition of Storefront Display covered with toxic dust from September 11, 2001, New York City. Source NYTimes, Aug. 25, 2006
Readings & FieldworkReadings & Fieldwork Weeks 1,2,3 (Weeks 1,2,3 (HandoutHandout ##22
Next Day: Communication & Cultural Heritage--Principles of cultural heritage preservation
Today: Museum visitToday: Museum visit
Think aboutThink about– Objects & audiences (visitors)Objects & audiences (visitors)– Objects & stakeholdersObjects & stakeholders– The museum “system”The museum “system”– Material culture & meaningsMaterial culture & meanings
Recall: Bill Viola clip Recall: Bill Viola clip (migration)(migration)
Haida cultural heritage & Haida cultural heritage & contemporary society?contemporary society?
Planning the museum visit: Planning the museum visit: Vancouver Art GalleryVancouver Art Gallery
Think aboutThink about– The museum visit as a form of communication The museum visit as a form of communication
(from the perspective of the visitor, the museum (from the perspective of the visitor, the museum professionals & the people depicted)professionals & the people depicted)
– The “content” of the exhibitionThe “content” of the exhibition– The museum as a frame or cultural context (other The museum as a frame or cultural context (other
shows, shop items etc.)shows, shop items etc.)
Getting to the Vancouver Art Getting to the Vancouver Art Gallery: Gallery: 750 Hornby Street – Meet 750 Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 11in the lobby at 11
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