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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week 45, November 3-6
Tuesday 3rd
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
10.00-12.00
Course introduction.
Objectives, assignments, learning outcomes, schedule, literature. Bosse Lagerqvist
13:00-15:00
Lecture: ”From the grave to the museum exhibition”, on the contemporary illicit trade
with cultural objects. Staffan Lundén, doctoral student, Dept of Global studies
Suggested reading:
- Lundén, Staffan, “The scholar and the market. Swedish scholarly contributions to the
destruction of the world’s archaeological heritage”, s. 197-247. (PDF)
- Lundén. Staffan. ”Perspectives on looting, illicit antiquities trade, art and heritage”, s.
109-134 (PDF)
Wedensday 4th
Literature studies
Thursday 5th
Literature studies
Friday 6th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
10:00-12:00
13:00-15:00
Seminar: ”Who owns the heritage?”, debate: pro and against repatriating cultural objects
based on some cases. Staffan Lundén
Cultural objects in museum collections
The objects/group of objects below have been in focus for repatriation discussions. The
student assignment is to give an opinion for each object/group of objects in regards to
their logical placement including a motivation.
 The Paracas textiles (presently at the Museum of World Cultures, Göteborg, and
owned by the Göteborg City).
 The Parthenon Marbles (presently at the British Museum, London)
 A Totem (at the Etnografic museum, Stockholm up to March 2006.)
The literature below can be used as a base for the assignment:
General:
- Declaration on the importance and value of universal museums (2002)
http://www.tomflynn.co.uk/UniversalMuseumsDeclaration.pdf
- MacGregor, Neil, 2004, “The Whole world in our Hands” The Guardian 24 July 2004
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2004/jul/24/heritage.art
- O’Neil, Mark, 2004, “Enlightenment museums. Universal or merely global?”, Museums
and society 2:3, pp. 190-202. http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/m&s/Issue%206/ONeill.pdf
- Vem tillhör museernas samlingar? Svenska Unescorådets skriftserie 3, 2008. (PDF)
The Paracas textiles:
- Correspondence between Sven Karell, General Consul in Lima and Erland
Nordenskiöld, Head of Ethnographic Museum, Göteborg, 1931-32.
- Tjänsteutlåtande Göteborgs kommun
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
The Parthenon marbles:
- Focus on the Meditteranean 2, 2005, s. 135-146. (PDF)
- British museum webpage:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/news_and_press_releases/statements/the_part
henon_sculptures.aspx
- British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon marbles
http://www.parthenonuk.com/ (See specifically: “The case for the return”)
The Totem:
- Gurt, Carl Johan, ”Haisla åter i Stockholm”, Fjärde världen 20:3 2004, s. 28. (PDF)
- Kulturella perspektiv 1992, no. 3-4, s. 53-65. (PDF)
- Gurt, Carl Johan och Persson, Henrik, ”Totempålekravet – del av större problematik för
nordvästkustindianern i Nordamerika: miljöförstöring och kulturell utarmning”, Fjärde
världen 9:1, 1992, s. 14-15. (PDF)
- Hultkrantz, Åke, ”Låt totempålen vara kvar i Sverige”, Fjärde världen 9:3, 1992, s. 38.
(PDF)
Week 46, November 9-13
Monday 9th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
10.00-12.00
Lecture and seminar: Heritage and interpretation – theories and applications
Diana Walters
13.00-15.00
Tuesday 10th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
10.00-12.00
Lectures: Heritage and conflicts – or interpretations and solutions. Diana Walters
Wednesday 11th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
10.00-12.00
Lecture: Objects, access and stories in museum collections. Diana Walters
13.00-15.00
Museum of World Cultures
Lecture: Post-colonialism – the theory. Presentation of Museum of World Cultures
Klas Grinell
Suggested reading:
Camilla Pagani, “Ethnographic museums: towards a new paradigm?” from European
Museums in the 21st century, vol 1. MeLa Books, Milano. 2013. Available on line at
http://issuu.com/melaproject/docs/melabook_07_vol1_hq-single_page
or
http://www.mela-project.eu/upl/cms/attach/20130916/184230863_7422.pdf
Thursday 12th
Literature studies
Friday 13th
Literature studies
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week 47, November 16-20
Monday 16th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
13.00-15.00
Lecture: Heritage and Authority in Cities, Societies and Discourses. Feras Hammami
Suggested readings:
Hammami F. (2015) Conservation, innovation and healing of the well-preserved
medieval Ystad. Urban Research & Practice Vol. 8, Iss. 2
Tuesday 17th
Literature studies
Wednesday 18th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
Lecture: Urban Resistance and Violence in/through Heritage Making and Management
Feras Hammami
Suggested readings:
De Cesari, C. & Herzfeld, M. (2015) Urban Heritage and Social Movements. In
Meskell, L. (2015) Global Heritage: A Reader. Wiley Blackwell
Hammami, F. & Hou, J. (2015) On the Entangled Path Between Urban Resistance,
Urban Planning and Heritage Conservation. International Open Access Journal plaNext
http://dx.medra.org/10.17418/planext.2015.vol.01
Thursday 19th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
Seminar: Heritage as a Problem: the Case of Gårda (to be confirmed). Feras
Hammami
Friday 20th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
13.00-16.00
Seminar: Presentation and discussion of the book Industrial Heritage Sites in
Transformation (Routledge). Heike Oevermann
Together with the research group on “Curating the City”
Suggested reading:
Industrial Heritage Sites in Transformation. Clash of Discourses Eds.: Mieg, Harald A.;
Oevermann, Heike- Available as e-book through the University Library
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week48, November 23- 27
Monday 23rd
Literature studies
Tuesday 24th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan
13.00-15.00
Lecture: Industrialization, Industrial Heritageization, Tourism development.
“Disneyfication”. Bosse Lagerqvist
Wednesday 25th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
13:00-15:00
Lecture: Touristic imagery and the Construction of Contemporary landscapes
Nadia Fava, University of Girona
Thursday 27th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
10.00-12.00
Lecture: Cultural landscape – landscape of gastronomy. Sandor Nemethy
13.00-15.00
Friday 29th
Literature studies
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week 49, November 30 – December 4
Monday 30st
10.00-12.00
Lecture: Eat or Be Eaten? Local-Regional Food Systems as Heritage Development.
Daniel Laven,
Reading:
Born, B. & Purcell, M. (2006). Avoiding the local trap: Scale and food systems in
planning research. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 26, 195–207.
Delind, L. (2006). Of bodies, place and culture: re-situating local food. Journal of
Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 19, 121–146.
Diamant R, Roberts J, Tuxill J, Mitchell N, Laven D (2007) Stewardship begins with
people: an atlas of places, people, and handmade products. National Park Service
Conservation Study Institute, Woodstock
Lindenfeld L, Silka L (2011) Growing Maine’s foodscape, growing Maine’s future.
MAINE POLICY REVIEW, Winter/Spring 2011, 48-52.
Tuesday 1st
Literature studies
Wednesday 2nd
Literature studies
Thursday 3rd
Literature studies
Friday 4th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
13.00-16.00
Literature seminar. Bosse Lagerqvist
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week 50, December 7-11
Monday 7th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
11.00-14.00
Lecture: Formulation of a critical study/individual paper. Diana Walters
Mentor time
Tuesday 8th
Individual project
Wednesday 9th
Individual project
Thursday 10th
Individual project
Friday 11th
Individual project
Week 51, December 14-18
Monday 14th
Individual project
Tuesday 15th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A
9.00-12.00
Seminar on paper planning (Problem formulation, objectives and questions, work plan).
Bosse Lagerqvist
Wednesday 16th
Individual project
Thursday 17th
Individual project
Friday 18th
Individual project
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week 52, December 21-25
Monday 21st
Tuesday 22nd
Wednesday 23rd
Thursday 24th
Friday 25th
Week 53, December 28-January 1
Monday 28th
Tuesday 29th
Wednesday 30th
Thursday 31st
Friday 1st
Week 1, January 4-8
Monday 4th
Individual project
Tuesday 5th
Individual project
Wednesday 6th
Thursday 7th
Individual project
Friday 8th
Submission of papers
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Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg
Integrated Conservation, 15hp, KU0920
Course coordinator: Bosse Lagerqvist/Diana Walters, October 22, 2015
Week 2, January 11-15
Monday 11th
Seminar preparation
Tuesday 12th
Seminar preparation
Wednesday 13th
Dept of Conservation, Guldhedsgatan 5A,
9.00 -12.00
13.00-15.00
Final seminar, ”cross critic”
Diana Walters
Bosse Lagerqvist,
15.00
Course valuation GUL
Bosse Lagerqvist
Thursday 14th
Seminar preparation
Friday 15th
Submission final version of paper