Conservation and Museology

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodologies will be theoretical and practical. They will include text analyses and the production of reports of museum visits.

Learning Outcomes

1. To produce knowledge in the field of contemporary art museology.

2. To promote awareness on the questions of contemporary art conservation.

3. To develop skills on the detection of contemporary art preventive conservation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Fundamental notions of museology.

2. Museology and Museography.

3. Specific questions of contemporary art museology.

4. Contemporary art conservation problems as a main challenge to contemporary art museums.

5. Preventive conservation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Dalila Aguiar Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Papers and reports: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean, Museums and the shaping of knowledge, Routledge, Londres, 1992.

2. Schubert, Karsten, The Curator’s Egg: The evolution of the museum concept, One-Off Press, Londres, 2000.

3. Bolaños, Maria, La Memoria del Mundo, Cien años de museologia, 1900-2000, Trea, Gijon, 2002.